MODULE 1

Introduction to Blue Mountains City Council

MODULE 2

Governance

MODULE 3

BMCC Business Framework

MODULE 4

City & Community Outcomes

MODULE 5

Development, Health & Customer Services

MODULE 6

City Services

MODULE 7

Integrated Planning & Finance

MODULE 8

People & Systems

MODULE 9

General Managers Office

MODULE 10

Current Issues facing BMCC

City Services

MODULE 6

Function and Role

City Services directorate is the principal service provider for the Blue Mountains City Council.  It has the primary goal of providing local government services listed within Service Level Specifications to the community in a cost effective, efficient and sustainable manner.
 
Services provided cover the wide spectrum of traditional local government activities:
  • Civil operations including construction and maintenance of roads, parks and sports grounds, and other civil infrastructure, resource recovery and recycling of construction materials (www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/yourcommunity/roadrestoration)
  • Natural Areas management including bush regeneration, fire mitigation, noxious weed control, facilitation of volunteer Bushcare Groups, and maintenance of natural walking areas (www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/sustainableliving/noxiousweeds/)
    (www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/sustainableliving/environmentalinformation/bushcare/)
  • Built asset maintenance, graffiti removal, capital works as required.
  • Aquatics, Fitness and Leisure Centres (www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/yourcommunity/aquaticandfitnesscentres/)
  • Waste Services including domestic refuse collection, effluent pump-out and disposal, landfill gatehouse and Waste Transfer Station operation, bulky waste pick-up and kerbside chipping (www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/yourcommunity/wastemanagement/)
  • Support services including fleet management and maintenance, purchasing, stores warehousing and supply, cleansing of town centres, public places and other public infrastructure
  • Visitor Information Services including the operation of two (2) Visitor Information Centres that service the Blue Mountains Regional area. The Centres are actively involved in the promotion and marketing of the Blue Mountains Region locally, nationally and internationally through various medias such as the internet, retail sales, provision of community information and an accommodation booking facility.  The Visitor Information Centres are Accredited Visitor Information Centres (AVIC) through Tourism NSW (by Aurora Practical Solutions Pty Ltd). (www.bluemountainscitytourism.com.au/)
 
The Directorate encourages a multi-skilled and flexible workforce. That strives for innovation in service delivery, value-adding and achieving triple bottom line outcomes