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Council's
Charter is established under s8 of the Local Government Act, 1993.
It is:-
- to provide directly or on behalf of other
levels of government, after due consultation, adequate, equitable
and appropriate services and facilities for the community and
to ensure that those services and facilities are managed efficiently
and effectively
- to exercise community leadership
- to exercise its functions in a manner that is
consistent with and actively promotes the principles of multiculturalism
- to promote and to provide and plan for the needs
of children
- to properly manage, develop, protect, restore,
enhance and conserve the environment of the area for which it
is responsible, in a manner that is consistent with and promotes
the principles of ecologically sustainable development
- to have regard to the long term and cumulative
effects of its decisions
- to bear in mind that it is the custodian and trustee
of public assets and to effectively account for and manage the
assets for which it is responsible
- to facilitate the involvement of councillors,
members of the public, users of facilities and services and council
staff in the development, improvement and co-ordination of local
government
- to raise funds for local purposes by the fair
imposition of rates, charges and fees, by income earned from investments
and, when appropriate, by borrowings and grants
- to keep the local community and the State government
(and through it, the wider community) informed about its activities
- to ensure that, in the exercise of its regulatory
functions, it acts consistently and without bias, particularly
where an activity of the council is affected
- to be a responsible employer.
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