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Council Services

Marrickville Council's key goal is to be a responsive, innovative and efficient Council that exercises leadership and builds community strength. In doing so, Council is looking to fulfil its vision for Marrickville to be a great place for all people, in keeping with the Marrickville Community Strategic Plan.

In keeping with this goal, Council's services operate under a Citizen Service Charter that outlines our commitments to the community and the standards applied across Council in meeting them.

Here is a summary of Council's ongoing services:

Section	Role in Council
Customer Service Centre	Providing frontline telephone, counter and information services to citizens.
Community Development	Social planning, delivery of food services and social support programs and working with youth, the aged, our culturally diverse community, the GLBTIQ community, indigenous Australians and those with a disability to build community capacity and sense of belonging.
Children and Family Services	Direct provision of early childhood services, including long day care and out of school hours care, middle childhood vacation care and recreational activities and mobile Magic Yellow Bus service for pre-school children, as well as administration of a Family Day Care network of services.
Culture and Recreation Services	Arts and cultural development, including the management of galleries, artists' residences and entertainment precincts; coordination and delivery of Council events and celebrations; recreational planning and management of lease/hire arrangements for Council's aquatic facilities, the Debbie and Abbey Borgia Community Recreation Centre, town halls, community halls and meeting places.
Economic Development	Economic development and co-ordination of Council's program.
Environmental Services	Developing and implementing sustainability strategies and engaging with the community, local schools, businesses and to protect and enhance the local environment through education programs and joint projects; set and review Council's own environmental management practices.
Library and History Services	Provision of a central and branch library network offering reader and outreach services as well as information and collection services; management of Council's History Collection holding resources representing the social, cultural and physical history of the Council area.
Monitoring Services	Maintenance of public health through inspection of food handling outlets, skin penetration premises, cooling towers, funeral facilities and public swimming pools. Monitoring of compliance with building codes, consent conditions and fire safety standards. Provision of rangers to investigate public concerns regarding nuisance, dangerous dogs, abandoned vehicles and water issues, as well as the maintenance of a safe, clean, equitable and accessible environment.
Parks and Reserves	Planning and design of community land as parks and reserves as active recreational and sporting areas and for passive recreation use and management of the community's tree stock.
Planning Services	Strategic urban planning investigations and analysis, creation and maintenance of to guide development on future land use and development, processing of Development Applications and development of sustainable transport policies.
Infrastructure Works and Services	Responsible for the direct delivery of the majority of the services carried out in roads, footpaths, parks and reserves and also for the delivery of resource recovery services including garbage, recycling and green waste.
Engineering Services	Planning, design and maintenance of community infrastructure, including roads, lanes, footpaths, bridges, drainage, street landscaping, signage and furniture.
Development Assessment	Assessing applications to construct new buildings, alter or make additions to buildings, subdivide land, change the use of a building or carry out other types of development.
Council Management Services	Facilitating the development of the Marrickville Community Strategic Plan and Council's annual Integrated Plans, communication and public relations, managing Council's finances and information technology, providing people management, legal services, supporting the elected Council, providing governance and administrative services and organising Citizenship ceremonies.