About Exeter City Council...and Devon County Council

When I'm out and about meeting residents I try and focus on local City Council-related issues, although many people are influenced by National issues.

This a lot of confusion about which services are delivered by Exeter City Council and which are the responsibilty of Devon County Council.

Exeter City Council is responsible for services in the city including:

• Collecting council tax and business rates
• Providing housing and council tax benefits
• Managing elections
• Providing council housing
• Providing a range of environmental health services such as dog wardens, pest control, food safety
• Providing parks, leisure facilities and museums
• Providing markets and halls
• Collecting refuse
• Sweeping the streets
• Providing recycling facilities
• Providing car parks and residents parking
• Deciding planning applications
• Managing the council's commercial properties
• Promoting the city for tourism and business
• Providing a wide ranging events programme
• Supporting the arts
  
  Devon County Council is responsible for services across the county including some in the city such as:

• Running schools
• Providing social services
• Managing transport and traffic congestion
• Maintaining the highways
• Monitoring trading standards
• Disposing of waste and running the tip
• Providing recycling facilities
• Promoting the economy and tourism