Speaking after a national one-day strike by local government workers on Wednesday, the leader of Pembrokeshire County Council, Clr. Maurice Hughes, said the authority had minimised the effects of the strike even though it had received substantial support.
The 24-hour protest over the annual national pay award, forced the cancellation of refuse collections for the day and also disrupted some school canteens.
Just over half of the county's 11 libraries closed their doors, as did customer service centres in Fishguard, Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock and North Wing in County Hall, Haverfordwest.
However, nearly all Pembrokeshire's Tourist Information Centres opened for business, as did Civic Amenity sites, apart from Winsell near Haverfordwest.
Talks with the unions meant that key council employees who carried out vital services, such as day care and home care for the elderly, were granted exemption from industrial action.
Clr. Hughes said that coverage of the national dispute in the newspapers and on television and radio had alerted many members of the public to possible disruption of services.
He went on: "There was a noticeable reduction in the number of telephone calls to County Hall, so it does seem that much of the general public was aware of the situation.
"Of the calls that were made, the biggest issue was about our refuse collection service and enquiring whether or not it was operating, which of course it wasn't.
"It was the same situation with the Pembrokeshire Service Line (0845 602 1386), our hotline for all municipal enquiries.
"Again most of the calls were about refuse collection and whether our Civic Amenity sites were open. In fact, they were all open except Winsell."
Clr. Hughes added that it appeared that the strike had been well supported in Pembrokeshire.