Why don't you stick to "rates, roads and rubbish"?
As a council, we deliver over one hundred services to our community, and these go far beyond roads, rates and rubbish.
If we only delivered roads, rates and rubbish services, then we wouldn’t have other essential community services like delivered meals for older people, libraries, playgroups, support for people from migrant and non-English speaking backgrounds, and activities to keep young people engaged. All these programs and services are what make for a healthy and resilient community.
Since the Local Government Act 1989 (Vic) was passed 30 years ago, the role of local councils has grown to do more for local communities, including “advocating the interests of the local community to other communities and governments”.
Our local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community has told us that January 26 celebrations have a significant negative impact on their health and wellbeing. As a council, we have a legislative responsibility to show leadership and advocate on their behalf.
As important as our advocacy work is, we are equally committed to delivering a vast range of everyday services and programs. The community recently awarded us top marks on our services in an independent survey of 1,050 Yarra households. Our top performing services included rubbish collection and local libraries, while our most improved services included road maintenance and parks.
As a council, we deliver over one hundred services to our community, and these go far beyond roads, rates and rubbish.
If we only delivered roads, rates and rubbish services, then we wouldn’t have other essential community services like delivered meals for older people, libraries, playgroups, support for people from migrant and non-English speaking backgrounds, and activities to keep young people engaged. All these programs and services are what make for a healthy and resilient community.
Since the Local Government Act 1989 (Vic) was passed 30 years ago, the role of local councils has grown to do more for local communities, including “advocating the interests of the local community to other communities and governments”.
Our local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community has told us that January 26 celebrations have a significant negative impact on their health and wellbeing. As a council, we have a legislative responsibility to show leadership and advocate on their behalf.
As important as our advocacy work is, we are equally committed to delivering a vast range of everyday services and programs. The community recently awarded us top marks on our services in an independent survey of 1,050 Yarra households. Our top performing services included rubbish collection and local libraries, while our most improved services included road maintenance and parks.
