The following are the principal areas of activity for the Council:

• Core Services
• Commercial Services
• Agency Services
• Other Council Services

Core Services are services that all Councils are required to deliver to specified communities from 1 July 2008 under the Local Government Act.

• Administration of Local Authorities, Advisory Boards and Management Committees
• Administration of Local Laws
• Advocacy and Representation on local and regional issues
• Asset Management
• Cemetery Management
• Civic Cultural and Sporting Events
• Companion Animal Welfare and Control
• Community Management
• Council Planning and Reporting
• Customer Relationship Management
• Financial Management
• Fleet and Plant Management
• Governance
• Human Resource Management
• Information Technology and Communications
• Library and Cultural Heritage
• Lighting for Public Safety including Street Lighting
• Local Emergency Management
• Local Road Maintenance
• Local Road Upgrade and Construction
• Maintenance and Upgrade of Council Controlled Buildings, Facilities and Fixed Assets
• Maintenance and Upgrade of Council Controlled Parks, Reserves and Open Spaces
• Public and Corporate Relations
• Records Management
• Revenue Growth
• Risk Management
• Traffic Management on Local Roads
• Training and Employment in Council Operations
• Waste Management (including litter control)
• Weed Control and Fire Hazard Reduction

Commercial Services are services that the council is undertaking on a full commercial basis with the intention of using profits from commercial activities to improve services to the community. The following Commercial Services will be undertaken by the Barkly Regional Council:

• Non-Council Roads
• Post Office Agency
• Power, Water and Sewerage
• Visitor Accommodation and Tourist Information

Agency Services include services that the council has agreed to deliver on behalf of other Government agencies on a fee for service basis. It is anticipated that these services would be fully funded by the relevant agency and that funding would include a contribution to administrative costs associated with delivering the service. The following Agency Services will be delivered by the council:

• Airstrips
• Night Patrol
• Economic Development Support
• Employment and Training
• Family (Including Child Care)
• Outstation Municipal
• Sport and Recreation
• Youth
• Aged and Disabled Care
• Centrelink

The following agency services may be delivered by the council, subject to ongoing negotiations with relevant agencies and funding provision:

• Safe Houses
• Arts and Culture
• Community Media
• Family Finance Skills
• Natural and Cultural Resource Management
• Environmental Health

These are services that each council chooses to deliver from its own revenue sources. These are services that are not funded on an agency or commercial basis. 

• Swimming Pool