The functions and responsibilities of the Floriana Local Council as provided for in the Local Councils Act. (1993) are the following:
| 1. | To provide for the upkeep and maintenance of, or improvements in, any street or footpath, not being privately owned; |
| 2. | To provide for the collection and removal of all refuse from any public or private place, for the maintenance of cleanliness and for the establishment, upkeep and maintenance of all public convenience, dustbins and other receptacles for the temporary deposit and collection of waste, and to ensure that these are accessible to all persons, including persons using a wheelchair; |
| 3. | To provide for the establishment, upkeep and maintenance of children’s playgrounds, public gardens and sport, cultural or other leisure centers, and to ensure that these are, as far as possible, accessible to all persons including persons using wheel chairs; |
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To provide and maintain proper road signs and road markings, in conformity with national and international standards, to establish and maintain pedestrian and parking areas and to provide for the protection of school children in the vicinity of schools;
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| 5. | To propose to and, where applicable, be consulted by any competent authority prior to the competent authority making any changes in traffic schemes directly affecting the locality; |
| 6. | To make recommendations to any competent authority for or in relation to any planning or building scheme and to be full participant in any decisions on the naming or renaming of streets; within the parameters of any national plan, to issue guidelines to be followed in the upkeep, restoration, design or alteration of the façade of any building or of any building or any part of a building normally visible from a street, including the type of lighting and materials used, advertisements and shop fronts, and in the case of premises which are open to the public, to ensure that such premises are, as far as possible, accessible to all persons, including persons who use wheelchairs; |
| 7. | To assist citizens by providing, where applicable in conjunction with any competent authority, information relating to the rights of citizens in general, including information on consumers’ rights, transport, communications, tourist facilities, taxation , social security, public health and other matters of public utility and interest; |
| 8. | To advise any authority empowered to take any decisions directly or indirectly affecting the Council and the residents it is responsible for; as part of a national scheme to provide in conjunction with any competent authority, for the establishment, upkeep and maintenance of crèches, kindergartens and other educational services or buildings; as part of a national scheme, to provide in conjunction with any competent authority for the establishment, upkeep and maintenance of health and rehabilitation centers, government dispensaries, health district officers and homes for senior citizens; |
| 9. | To propose to the Minister responsible for education, persons to be appointed as presidents of primary school councils; |
| 10. | To enter into agreements with any public body or Government Department for the delegation to the Council of any of the functions of that public body or Department: Provided that any such delegation shall only come into effect after the Minister s made the relevant order in the Gazzette. |
KURŻITAJIET
Do you know who St Publius Patron Saint of Floriana is?
SAINT PUBLIUS Patron Saint of Floriana and Malta, the Maltese born Publius received the Apostle Paul during his shipwreck on the island as recounted in the Acts of the Apostles. He is also venerated as the first Bishop of Malta. St. Publius is Malta‘s first acknowledged saint. Publius’ conversion led to Malta being the first Christian state in the West, and one of the first in the world.
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