Local+Government

Australia has hundreds of local governments that are usually called city councils. These governments look after the everyday needs of people, including roads, rubbish collection, health inspections, surage treatment, sporting grounds, parks and libraries. Local governments are also responsible for taking away sewage. Each town has a lot of sewage pipes. Every house must have the correct pipes and plumbing fitted. Pumping stations send the sewage along the pipes to sewage treatment plants. In Pascoe Vale, Our ward is the Moreland City Council. The Mayor of Moreland City Council is Cr Lambros Tapinos, he was elected at the Ceremonial Meeting of Council on Monday 15 December 2008. He's picture is on the left.**
 * __Local Government__
 * As** **you see in this picture on the right, Pascoe Vale is in the north-west ward as well as Glenroy, Hadfield, Pascoe Vale South and Gowanbrae.

Moreland council has the responsibility of the roadwoks in their district. One of their biggest Projects was building a bike track along O'hea street. This was very time consuming and cost 2.6 billion dollars. This was also very bad for some buisnesses along the street. The roadworks blocked off one of the two entrances to the bakery. The people at the shops were very happy once it was all over.**

__**Fast Facts:**__
 * **Councillors are not paid untill they are in the council for a long time. Only then can they get paid once they get a full time job.**
 * **Local government is the only level of government not mensioned in the Australian constitution.**
 * **Green bins are collected every fortnight and yellow bins are collected every week on Tuesday. The same day as the green bins.**
 * **Moreland city council meets at the Coburg town hall in the North-East Ward.**

__**Bin tips:**__
 * What goes in our green bins? Our green bins are for branches, grass clippings, leaves and weeds.What goes in our yellow bins? Our yellow bins are for bottles, glass and anything you can recyled.What goes in our dark green bins? Packaged food or anything that is garbage**.

Here is a Powerpoint that will tell you more information about Local Government. By Samb, Mith and Phol