Council Functions

The Daguragu Community Government Scheme was approved and notified in the NT Government Gazette on 14 October 1988. The original Scheme was amended and notice was published in the Gazette on 21 October 1991.

Functions

(a) the establishment, development, operation and maintenance of communication facilities for the community government area and in so doing the council may enter into a contract with the Australian Telecommunication Commission to act, for reward, as the agent of the Commission;

(b) the establishment and maintenance of parks, gardens and recreational areas and carrying out landscaping and other associated works;

(c) the establishment and maintenance of sports facilities, libraries, a cinema, community halls and public toilet and ablution blocks;

(d) the provision of a service for the collection and disposal of garbage, the maintenance of a particular place where garbage is to be dumped, and the control of litter generally;

(e) the provision and maintenance of sanitation facilities and the removal of health hazards;

(f) the provision and maintenance of sewerage, drainage and water supply facilities;

(g) the supply of electricity by contracting with a government department or statutory authority responsible for providing electricity, and acting, for reward, as an agent in respect of the collection of electricity charges;

(h) the provision of adult education and vocational and other training;

(j) the provision and maintenance of housing for residents and their families on such terms and conditions as the council thinks fit;

(k) the provision of relief work for unemployed persons;

(m) the promotion and provision of community welfare, health and care facilities for all age groups within the community government area and the provision of appropriately trained staff to provide counselling or temporary assistance;

(n) the maintenance of a cemetery;

(p) the control or prohibition of animals within the community government area;

(q) the development and maintenance of roads within the community government area (including the provision of street lighting and traffic control devices) and, for reward, the development and maintenance of roads outside the community government area;

(r) the maintenance of the Kalkgurung airstrip and facilities related thereto;

(s) the hiring out, for reward, of any plant, appliance or equipment belonging to the council and the repair and maintenance, for reward, of any plant, appliance of equipment not owned by the council;

(t) the contracting of works projects, within or without of the community government area;

(u) the establishment and operation of pastoral and commercial enterprises;

(w) the selling of petroleum products;

(y) the establishment and maintenance of a firefighting service, including the acquisition of property and equipment and training of personnel for the service, and the protection of the community government area from fire;

(z) the promotion and development of tourist attractions and facilities within the community government area;

(za) the production of and selling of artifacts and souvenirs;

(zb) the management and control of sites of historic interest;

(zc) the maintenance and preservation of Aboriginal law and custom; and

(zd) the support and encouragement of artistic, cultural and sporting activities.

Powers

(1) The council has power to do all things necessary or convenient for the performance of its functions including the orderly running and control of the community government area.

(2) Subject to subclause (3), all land within the community government area is ratable, and the council may declare and levy rates in relation to it for the purpose of raising revenue for the performance of its functions.

(3) Land is not ratable by virtue of subclause (2) if it is land of a description which would be exempt from rating by a council of a municipality under section 97 of the Act.

(4) Liability for the payment of rates declared by virtue of subclause (2) shall be determined in accordance with section 122 of the Act, and all other provisions with respect to rates contained in the Act or regulations under the Act shall apply to and in relation to rates so declared to the extent that they are capable of doing so and with any necessary modifications.

(5) Without prejudice to the powers of charging conferred on it by section 272(2) of the Act, the council may for the purpose of raising revenue for the performance of its functions declare charges to be payable by reason of a person's residence in the community government area or his carrying on of a business in the area or his having an interest in ratable land in the area.

(6) The council may exempt persons, or any class of persons, from all or part of the rates or charges for which they would otherwise have been liable by virtue of this clause.

(7) The council may, by agreement with that body, take over and manage any activity of the Daguragu Community Council Incorporated consistent with the functions of the council.

(8) The council may contract with the Territory or other person in order to perform any of its functions.

 
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