​Victorian councils receive funding of $6.1 billion annually to provide more than 100 different services to the communities they represent.

Council services include:

• environment services such as greenhouse gas mitigation, and natural resource and coastal management
• health services such as public health and food regulations
• emergency management services such as response and recovery
• transport and infrastructure services such as roads, footpaths and cycle paths
• planning and building services such as land use planning, economic development and environmental conservation
• social and community services such as disability support, early childhood services, housing and public libraries