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however opposed it: they favoured the retention of the
present system whereby they are ex-officio members of
urban District Boards.
52.
It
There is no question but that the Urban
Council works well under the present arrangements.
provides a high standard of municipal services and
plays a key role in the cultural and recreational life
of the community.
53.
The present arrangements do not, however,
provide for the District Boards to participate directly
in the work of the Council, for which there is firm
public support. This could be
be remedied if
if the
the link
between the
the Urban Council and the Boards were to be
provided by Board members sitting on the Council,
rather than by Council members sitting on the Boards.
Such a link would then obviate the need for members of
the Urban Council to sit on urban District Boards.
54.
structure of
Looking at the three-tier
representative government as a whole, such a
development would have the added merit of rationalizing
the links between the tiers by having each tier
represented at the next higher level, i.e. District
Board members sitting on the
the Urban Council (as
(as they do
already on the Regional Council) and both Municipal
Councils in turn being represented in the Legislative
Council.
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