Council operations

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Council manages a range of services, programs and infrastructure on behalf of the community. This includes community infrastructure (like parks, sporting fields, footpaths etc.), arts and cultural services (libraries, events, performing and visual arts facilities), sewerage and wastewater treatment, water supply, waste collection, disposal and recycling, cemeteries, animal management, town planning, building approvals, local roads, kerbing and drainage. More information is available in Council's 2021-2022 Annual Report.

Council’s greenhouse gas emissions were down 7.5% this year, at 32,672 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (tCO₂e), a 49% reduction on scope 1 and 2 emissions compared to 2007/08. The generation of nearly 3,800 MWh of electricity by Council’s various solar PV installations contributed to this outcome. This ended four years of emissions increases, some of which were associated with the development of new large-scale facilities.

Favourable rainfall led to Council’s water use was being lower than last year’s nine-year high, but remains 7.4% above average at 1,123 ML.

Total fuel consumed by Council vehicles in 2021/22 was slightly lower than the previous year, continuing a reduction of over 24% since 2013/14.