Townsville City Council

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Townsville City Council is the Local Government body in the Australian city of Townsville, North Queensland. It serves a population base of around 100,772 people (ABS Estimate 2005). It currently has 10 Divisions each represented by a Councillor, and the Mayor who elected by the whole city. The current Mayor is Cr Tony Mooney who has held the position since 1989 when he succeeded Mike Reynolds.

The Townsville City Council was set up in 1903 after Townsville was granted City Status, The Townsville City Council provides many services to residents of the city of Townsville, including Infrastructure, Water, Garbage, Public Works, and Entertainment and Leisure i.e Parks, Theatres, events etc.

Currently the Council has total operating expediture of $201.3M and a capital works budget of $103.2M ^[1]