Municipal Services
Waste Management Program
Tangentyere Council provides a garbage collection service, emptying household waste from two 44-gallon drums, twice a week, for every house across the 18 Town Camp Communities.
Tangentyere also have 10 community skip bins that are emptied and rotated around the Town Camp Communities each fortnight.
Abandoned vehicles are identified and marked and their removal is coordinated with local steel salvaging operators.
Municipal Services Program
Tangentyere carry out a range of municipal services across communal areas of the 18 Town Camp communities including;
- grass cutting, slashing, tree lopping and chemical weed control;
- stormwater collection mounding and landscaping;
- tree planting and maintenance
- repairing community fences;
- creating firebreaks around community perimeters.
Wood Collection Program
Tangentyere Council collects, cuts, bags and delivers fire wood for 50 clients of the Tangentyere Aged and Community Services Program. This service delivers wood once a week during the summer months for cooking, which is expanded to twice a week during winter months when wood is also used for heating. Tangentyere also delivers wood to the two Town Camp communities that are not connected to mains electrical supply.
Cleaning Program
Tangentyere provides regular cleaning of community facilities and communal ablution facilities. This service is occasionally extended to assist clients of the Tangentyere Aged and Community Services Program, and to clean houses on a change of tenancy.
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department info
| Phone: | 08 8951 4254 |
| Fax: | 08 8952 8521 |
| Email: | Click to send |
| Location: |
4 Elder Street Alice Springs, NT 0870 |
| Mailing Address: |
PO Box 8070 Alice Springs, NT 0871 |
