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Maroondah City Council provides community services and facilities using the money it raises. It is also responsible for making and enforcing local laws.
Look around and you'll see your Council at work everywhere:
- The school crossing supervisor works at keeping you safe.
- Immunisation sessions are available to make sure you don't catch infectious diseases like measles, polio and hepatitis.
- Libraries - there are two in Maroondah.
- Council staff plan the events and keep the buildings and grounds in top condition at the Croydon Entertainment Centre and Karralyka Centre.
- Council staff run activities for all ages at the Wyreena Community Arts Centre and Croydon Leisure Centre.
- Holiday programs and under-age entertainment are planned by Youth Workers who also give young people advice on education, employment and personal problems.
- Swimming pools with their office staff, life guards and swimming teachers.
- Meals on Wheels staff and volunteers deliver low cost meals mainly to elderly people living alone.
- Council workers repair roads, footpaths and street lights, and replace signs.
- Senior citizens centres offer activities to retired people or simply a place to go for a chat.
- There are child care centres where parents can leave their children during the day knowing they will be well looked after.
- Garbage trucks remove rubbish from outside houses and businesses every week.
- Ringwood Golf Course is kept in top condition by Council staff.
- Parking officers make sure people obey parking restrictions so that car park spaces are available for as many people as possible.
- Gardeners keep the plants in our parks, gardens and public places attractive and colorful.
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