We developed a Public Place Service Improvement Plan following the community engagement and analysis of feedback. The plan discusses the many services, infrastructure, and assets that the Council manages and provides in public spaces to ensure that Merri-bek places and spaces are clean, safe, and inviting.

What we learned

The community feedback confirmed that the four most important concerns to the respondents were:

Council has developed improvement initiatives for each of these areas

Please refer to the Public Place Service Improvement Plan (PDF 634KB) for details on these initiatives and the Community Engagement Report (PDF 1.4MB) to read the feedback provided by respondents.

What are public place services?

We are responsible for overseeing a wide range of services that enhance and maintain infrastructure throughout Merri-bek. These services include things like:

• looking after our parks and open spaces
• cleaning our streets and footpaths
• picking up rubbish
• removing graffiti.