Local Government Services & Activities
Council services and the activities that support them vary slightly from state to state and municipality to municipality, but all Councils provide a wide array of services. The list below is an attempt to document the range of services delivered and activities undertaken by local government in Australia. If your Council provides a particular service not covered by any of the terms below, please feel free to add it to the list.
- Accounting Standard and Regulation Compliance
- Advocacy
- Airport Management
- Animal Management
- Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination Awareness
- Art Displays
- Arts Centre Management
- Artworks Custodianship
- Asphalt Patching
- Asphalt Regulation
- Asset Data Collection
- Asset Data Entry
- Asset Management Planning
- Asset Valuation
- Audit and Statutory Reporting
- Bollard Repairs
- Bridge Cleaning
- Bridge Parapet Maintenance
- Bridge Structural Repairs
- Broken Glass Removal
- Budget Development
- Budget Management
- Building Application Assessment
- Building Maintenance
- Building Quality Control
- Bus Shelter Cleaning
- Bus Shelter Maintenance
- Bus Shelter Replacement
- Bushfire Preparedness
- Bushfire Recovery
- Business Regulation
- Capital Works Prioritisation
- Car Park Rehabilitation
- Caravan Park Management
- Carer Support
- Cemetery Management
- Child Care
- Community Care
- Community Cultural Development
- Community Facilities Management
- Community Planning
- Community Theatre Program
- Contract Compilation and Execution
- Convention Centre Management
- Corporate Planning
- Council Asset Protection
- Council Subsidised Lawn Mowing
- Crack Sealing
- Cultural Collection Management
- Culvert Maintenance
- Culvert Repairs
- Customer Enquiry Management
- Delivered Meals
- Disadvantaged and Minority Group Support
- Diversity Awareness
- Drain Cleaning
- Drainage Improvement Works
- Drainage Pit Cleaning
- Drainage Pit Inspections
- Drainage Services
- Dust Suppression
- Economic Development
- Edge Patching
- Edge Trimming
- Emergency Management
- Emergency Structural Damage Assessment
- Employment Contract Creation
- Engineering Advice
- Engineering Plan Approvals
- Engineering Standards Development
- Environmental Health
- Environmental Management
- Equal Access
- Event & Festival Organisation
- Facilities Planning
- Facility Maintenance
- Family Day Care
- Fence Repairs
- Festival and Events Program
- Fire Prevention
- Food Premises Hygiene Monitoring
- Footpath Construction
- Footpath Inspection
- Footpath Maintenance
- Footpath Sweeping
- Furniture Acquisition
- Furniture Replacement
- Garbage Collection
- GIS Provision and Maintenance
- Golf Course Management
- Governance
- Graffiti Removal
- Green Waste Collection
- Gross Pollutant Trap Cleaning
- Gross Pollutant Trap Repairs
- Guard Rail Repairs
- Guidepost and Delineator Maintenance
- HACC Assessment
- Hard Waste Collection
- Head Lice Education and Eradication
- Health Planning
- Health Standards Enforcement
- Heritage Building Preservation
- Home Care
- Hygiene Standards Enforcement
- Immunisation Service
- Inclusion Support Agency
- Information Management
- Infrastructure Asset Design
- Injury Management
- Insurance Portfolio Assessment
- Internal Communications
- Internal Financial Reporting
- Isolated Pavement Repairs
- IT Services
- Kerb and Channel Cleaning
- Kerb and Channel Repairs
- Kindergarten Enrolments
- Land Slip Clearing
- Landfill Rehabilitation
- Leisure Facility Management
- Leisure Planning
- Liability Claim Management
- Library Service
- Line Marking
- Litter Bin Repair
- Litter Bin Replacement
- Litter Removal
- Local Law Enforcement
- Long Term Financial Strategy Development
- Manual Litter Collection
- Marketing
- Maternal and Child Health Care
- Maternal and Child Health Services
- Meals on Wheels
- Minor Bridge Repairs
- Minor Surface Treatment
- New Works Program Management
- Noxious Weed Control
- Occupational Health and Safety Coordination
- Occupational Health and Safety Training
- Open Drain Maintenance
- Open Space Planning
- Park Maintenance
- Parking Facilities Management
- Parking Restriction Enforcement
- Parks and Gardens Cyclic Maintenance
- Parks and Gardens Development
- Parks and Gardens Services Contract Management
- Parks and Open Space Development
- Parks and Open Space Management
- Pavement Cleaning
- Personal Care
- Pet Microchipping
- Planned Activity Groups
- Planning Enforcement
- Planning Scheme Management
- Play Groups
- Playground Maintenance
- Playground Provision
- Pothole Patching
- Preschool Service
- Preventive Health
- Property Maintenance
- Property Management
- Property System Management
- Property Valuations
- Public Area Beautification
- Public Tender Management
- Public Toilet Cleaning
- Public Toilet Opening and Closing
- Reconciliation Awareness
- Recreational Facilities Management
- Reserve Asset Data Collection
- Reserve Asset Maintenance
- Respite Care
- Rest Area Maintenance
- Revenue Collection
- Risk Management
- Road and Footpath Management
- Road Construction
- Road Drainage
- Road Maintenance
- Road Rehabilitation
- Road Resurfacing
- Road Safety
- Road Shoulder Maintenance
- Roadside Grass and Weed Control
- Roadside Litter Collection
- Roadside Maintenance
- Roadside Mowing
- Roadside Vegetation Management
- Root Cutting
- School Crossing Supervision
- Senior Citizens Support
- Septic Tank Approvals
- Service Reviews
- Sewage Treatment
- Shopping Trolley Collection
- Shoulder Grading
- Sign and Pavement Marking Replacement
- Sign Maintenance
- Snow Clearing
- Sports Facility Maintenance
- Staff Development
- Staff Recruitment
- Staff Renumeration
- Statutory Planning
- Stock Purchasing
- Stormwater Drainage
- Stormwater Drainage Design
- Stormwater Management
- Stormwater Pipe Repairs
- Stormwater Pit Repairs
- Stormwater Quality Control
- Strategic Communications
- Strategic Land Use Planning
- Strategic Media Relations
- Strategic Online Communications
- Strategic Planning
- Street Furniture Maintenance
- Street Furniture Repairs
- Street Furniture Replacement
- Street Lighting
- Street Sweeping
- Subsurface Drain Maintenance
- Surface Drain and Verge Maintenance
- Swimming Pool Audits
- Swimming Pool Management
- Syringe Disposal
- Tourism Promotion
- Town Planning
- Traffic Control
- Traffic Management
- Tree Maintenance
- Tree Planting
- Unsealed Road Grading
- Unsealed Road Maintenance
- Urban Design
- Utility Services Coordination
- Vehicle Servicing
- Waste and Recyclables Collection
- Waste Management
- Water Supply
- Website Management
- WorkCover Management
- WSUD Infrastructure Management
- WSUD Infrastructure Maintenance
- Youth Services
Related Pages
- Community Satisfaction Survey
- Community Service Level
- Community Service Obligation
- Council Functions
- Council Service Hierarchy
- Council Services Brain Dump
- Service
- Service Plan