Council

Staff

Local councils and their staff are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Council area and for delivering local services and infrastructure. The General Manager is responsible for guiding the preparation of the Community Strategic Plan and ensuring that the supporting Delivery Program and Operational Plan are delivered, regularly reviewed, and reported on. Senior staff provide advice to the General Manager about projects, programs and activities outlined in the Delivery Program and Operational Plan. They also ensure that team and individual work plans support the achievement of both documents. An overview of the City of Canada Bay Council’s organisation structure is provided in Figure 1 below:

General Manager

Executive and Councillor Support

People and Culture

Media and Communications

Director Corporate Services and Strategy

Finance

Information Systems

Governance and Customer Service

Corporate Strategy and Business Improvement

Procurement and Fleet Director Community and Environmental Planning

Statutory Planning

Strategic Planning

Place Management

Sustainability and Waste

Health, Building and Compliance Director City Services and Assets

Library and Community Services

Parks and Recreation

Strategic Asset Services and Innovation

Buildings and Property

Roads and Traffic

City Projects

Services

The Council provides numerous services as part of its commitment to the community as identified under the Local Government Act. An essential function of the Council is to provide goods, services and facilities, and to carry out activities that meet the current and future needs of the local community. Many of the daily services that the Council provides are essential to the community's continued well-being and safety, from library services and community centres to environmental care and helping to maintain the area’s tree canopy and biodiversity. Below is an overview of the primary services Council provides:

Assessment and construction of a driveway and ancillary work Infrastructure planning

Building certification and compliance Law enforcement and parking

Buildings and trade maintenance

Business improvement Library services

Mayoral and Councillor support

City projects Media and communications

Cleansing operations for public areas Open space planning

Community engagement

Community services Parks and water operations

People and culture

Corporate strategy

Council buildings and property

Council venue hire Place management

Procurement

Protection and restoration of Council infrastructure

Customer service — Civic Centre

Early childhood education and care

Emergency management

Environmental health Records management

Recreation coordination

Risk management

Road maintenance services

Environmental sustainability

Events

Financial management

Five Dock Leisure Centre

Fleet and mechanical workshop

Garden services and Bushcare

Governance

Information systems Sports fields and golf courses

Statutory planning

Strategic asset management

Strategic planning

Traffic and transport

Tree services

Waste management

Table 2: Overview of critical services