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however opposed it: they favoured the retention of the

present system whereby they are

urban District Boards.

ex-officio members of

52.

There is no question but that the Urban

Council works well under the present arrangements. It

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,

public support.

for which

remedied This could be

there is firm

if

the link

between

the Urban Council and

the

Boards

were

to

be

provided by Board

on members sitting

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.

Looking

at

the

three-tier

structure

of

representative

government

as a whole, such a

development would have the added merit of rationalizing

the links

tier

District

between the tiers by having each

represented at

the

next higher level,

i.e.

Board members sitting on the Urban Council (as they do

already on the Regional Council) and both Municipal

Councils in turn being represented in the Legislative

Council.

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