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A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or national level are not considered councils. At such levels, there may be no separate executive branch, and the council may effectively represent the entire government. A board of directors might also be denoted as a council. A committee might also be denoted as a council, though a committee is generally a subordinate body composed of members of a larger body, while a council may not be. Because many schools have a student council, the council is the form of governance with which many people are likely to have their first experience as electors or participants.
A member of a council may be referred to as a councillor or councilperson, or by the gender-specific titles of councilman and councilwoman.

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    VIC Council Street tree

    Under my Council's Urban Forest Strategy, a street tree will not be given consideration for removal unless deemed dead, dying or hazardous to the public. We requested the removal of a street tree, advising Council that my elderly husband had incurred 2 separate falls, due to slipping on its...
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    NSW stormwater runoff from council property

    We have changed the use of part of our property.The local council has directed road stormwater runoff to our property when the subdivision was done. We changed the usage due to the erosion caused to our property and the access to this area by the water runoff. We are on acreage. We now want them...
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    VIC Council

    Recently I wanted to install a fence on our small front yard. I contacted the council twice and spoke to someone from planning and building and were told by both departments that I would not require a permit. I even doubled check with a building surveyor before going ahead with building, and got...
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    NSW Council road on private property, no easement

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    NSW Council Easement - Dead and Dying Tree Removal Responsibility?

    Our local council has a 1.83m easement along one of our boundaries which is used to take storm water from the road to a creek running through our property. The easement now has dead or dying trees along its 100 odd metre length and I wish to know who is responsible for their removal. Some of...
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    NSW Dwelling in existance for 5 years cannot be ordered by council to be demolished

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    TAS Tree neighbour issue

    Neighbour has 2 trees at edge of property next to ours. One tree dead, one shedding branches onto our land and almost dead. Each is 30-40 metres high. Five weeks of asking neighbour to remove trees due to safety issues and that we wish to build on our property but trees posing danger so cannot...
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    VIC Council - Legal to Sleep in Your Car?

    Recently, while driving I was overcome by a wave of fatigue, such that I felt unsafe to drive further. I pulled over into a vacant factory car park and had a solid nap. I was wondering whether this is legal? I often see road signs stating "Microsleeps can kill" and "Powernap now". Obviously the...
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    NSW Undisclosed easement that was never on Title Search

    I have a tricky one that I seem to be unable to find any answers to yet. Recently I've been notified by our council that there is a unidentified storm water easement running under our property that will severely effect our ability to rebuild on our property. It was only identified because our...
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    WA Dishonour fee charged by Local Council

    Hi, I pay my council rates by weekly direct debit. If ever there are insufficient funds available in the account, the council charge a $15 "dishonour fee". Together with the $10 fee charged by the bank, that's greater than 50% of the actual payment Aside from being unethical, is this legal...
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