Our Council

The responsibilities of the Council to the community change with the face of society. Council's role can only be broadly defined and must vary as the characteristics, needs and demands of the community also vary.

The general function of the Council is to provide for the good local government of persons in the district, which includes the provision of works and services to ensure the health, safety and fulfillment of the local community.

Five fundamental aims of Council can easily be identified:

• to direct and uphold the affairs of Council;
• to be responsible for the performance of Council's functions;
• to oversee the allocation of Council's finances and resources;
• to determine policies; and
• to provide for the good government of persons in the district.

The ways in which these aims are interpreted and the range and nature of the responsibilities to which they are applied undergo continuing transformation. There is a need to constantly re-examine tasks, to ensure they are the ones most suited to the scale of decision-making and services required.