Council performs the following major functions and services:
- animal management
- arts and cultural programs
- business and trade development
- capital works and maintenance of parks and gardens, roads, pedestrian ways, and public spaces of the city
- community health services
- customer, resident and visitor information services
- environment and water management
- financial planning, budgets, valuations, rates and credit control
- food safety and regulation of food premises
- international relations
- IT infrastructure
- land transfers and subdivisions
- libraries
- marketing of the city and coordination of events
- maintenance of council-owned facilities, property and other assets
- management of parks, gardens and sporting facilities and services
- public safety
- recycling and waste management
- regulation of parking and traffic
- regulation of parking, filming, trading and other activities in the streets
- services for children, youth, aged people and people with disabilities
- social planning and housing
- tourism
- urban planning and building regulation