Melbourne City Council is the local government body responsible for the municipality of Melbourne. Our elected council consists of a lord mayor, a deputy lord mayor and seven councillors. The administration is made up of a chief executive officer, five directors and more than 1100 staff.
Our functions are prescribed by the Local Government Act 1989. We must:
- plan and provide services, facilities and infrastructure for the local community
- strategically plan and regulate land use in the municipality
- raise revenue so that we can perform our functions
- make and enforce local laws
- discharge duties we have under other acts, such as the Food Act 1984, the Building Act 1993 and the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2009.
This is very broad and so we have produced a List of major functions and services.
Our Organisational structure shows how we are set up to perform these functions. Each branch is responsible for planning and implementing services for the municipality.
We also have a List of acts and local laws which we enforce.
We run Community consultations on any major strategy or plan which affects the public spaces of the city or the wellbeing of residents, businesses or visitors.
It is possible to Get information and documents about how we perform our functions, provide services and exercise our powers.