Council's role

Councils are responsible for the delivery of a broad and unique range of services to their communities, with different communities within the Shire having their own different priorities.

The Shire will deliver a range of Agency, Commercial and Other Council Services that contribute toward improving the level of services provided to their communities.The Shire is faced with the challenge of delivering a broad range of services to a standardacceptable to the community whilst at the same time raising revenues required to deliver core services within the context of its community’s ability to support.

 The new Shire is responsible for:

• Partnerships and Relationships

• External Resources (Suppliers and Contractors)

• Information Resources

• Physical Resources

• Human Resources

• Financial Resources

• Facilitating Local Education and Training

And managing the following resources:

 • Ensuring Legislative Compliance

 • Providing Advice and Advocacy

 • Providing Corporate Governance

 • Delivering Core Services