Selwyn District Council Activities
Council Purpose
The purpose of the Selwyn District Council is to enable democratic local decision-making to promote the social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of Selwyn District in the present and for the future. In meeting its purpose the Selwyn District Council has a variety of roles:- facilitating solutions to local needs
- advocacy on behalf the local community with central government, other local authorities and other agencies
- development of local resources
- management of local infrastructure including network infrastructure (e.g. roads, sewage disposal, water, stormwater, flood and river control works) and community infrastructure (libraries, parks and recreational facilities)
- environmental management
- planning for the future needs of the city.
- Source
- Selwyn District Council Local Governance Statement, 2005
Council Activities
During 2003/04 the Council advised its community that it undertook the following activities. N.B. There is no single agreed standard set of categories for councils to describe their activities.Council activities listed below are not necessarily in order of preference or priority.
- Asset Management
- Community Centres
- Corporate
- Democracy
- District Development
- Land Drainage
- Libraries
- Non-Subsidised Roading
- Office Buildings and Property
- Public Toilets
- Refuse Disposal
- Regulatory
- Reserves
- Rural Fire Protection
- Rural Water Supplies
- Sewerage
- Subsidised Roading
- Swimming Pools
- Townships
- Traffic Safety
- Urban Water Supplies
- Water Races
- Source
- Selwyn District Council - Long Term Council Community Plan, 2004-2014
