Roles and Functions

• The construction and maintenance of parochial roads. The construction and maintenance of drains and gullies.
• Maintenance of minor water supply for schemes (including springs).
• The maintenance of public markets, arcades and abattoirs.
• The management and maintenance of the infirmary for the accommodation/care of the poor.
• The provision of poor relief and welfare services for outdoor poor persons.
• The maintenance of public cemeteries.
• The provision and maintenance of bus terminals and public parking facilities.
• The maintenance of public sanitary conveniences.
• The maintenance of public parks and beautification projects.
• The provision and maintenance of animal pounds.
• The provision of social water through community standpipes and trucking of water to drought stricken areas.
• The coordinator of disaster preparedness plans, activities and the management of emergency response to the citizens of Manchester.
• Approval, regularization and street names and civic numbering within the parish.
• Street lighting (auditing and payment of streetlights to JPS).
• The regulation of public vending.
• Licensing of places of amusement, hotels and lodging houses; barbers and hairdressers as well as butchers.
• The local planning authority for the regulating and approving of building and subdivisions as well as advertisement signs.
• Preparation and implementation of sustainable development planning and control (Local government reform).