About the Council

Parkes Main Street Vision Statement "Parkes Shire Council- Progress, Opportunities And A Quality Lifestyle For Our Residents" Mission Statement The f...

Access To Information

Under Section 12 of the Local Government Act Any person may obtain access to the current version of documents held by Council at any time.  Public access...

Annual Reports

Councils are required under the Local Government Act 1993 to prepare an Annual Report which details it's achievements with respect to the objectives and pe...

Committees of Council

The Local Government Act permits Council to create committees as it considers necessary, to deal with more specific topics in a detailed manner. Committee meet...

Council Departments

Council operates four main departments as follows: CORPORATE SERVICES Director of Corporate Services - Mr Les Finn. This Department is responsible for finance a...

Council Payments

Rate Notices are issued in July of every year. Rates Instalment Due Dates are as follows: 31 August, 30 November, 28 February, 31 May. There are three alternati...

Councillors

Ten Councillors are elected every four years. The Mayor is the leader of the Council and is elected by the Council in September each year....

Fees & Charges

As part of the Management Planning process, Council is required to adopt a Revenue Policy setting out it's Income and Expenditure requirements for the ensui...