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IF THE LINK BETWEEN 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.
40.
LOOKING AT THE THREE-TIER STRUCTURE OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AS A WHOLE, THERE IS A STRONG CASE FOR RATIONALIZING THE LINKS BETWEEN THE TIERS BY HAVING EACH TIER REPRESENTED AT THE NEXT HIGHER LEVEL, I.E.
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS SITTING ON THE URBAN
COUNCIL (AS THEY DO ALREADY ON THE REGIONAL COUNCIL) AND BOTH MUNICIPAL COUNCILS IN TURN REPRESENTED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
41.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS THEREFORE DECIDED THAT WHEN THE NEXT MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS TAKE PLACE IN MARCH 1989, EACH OF THE TEN DISTRICT BOARDS IN THE URBAN AREA SHOULD ELECT A REPRESENTATIVE TO SIT ON THE URBAN COUNCIL. URBAN COUNCILLORS WILL THEN CEASE TO BE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE URBAN DISTRICT BOARDS. THE GOVERN- MENT ALSO BELIEVES IT IS RIGHT TO AMEND THE LEGISLATION CONCERNING CROSS-MEMBERSHIP BETWEEN THE URBAN COUNCIL AND URBAN DISTRICT BOARDS, TO BRING IT INTO LINE WITH THAT PRESENTLY IN FORCE IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA. THUS, THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A MEMBER OF THE URBAN COUNCIL TO RESIGN FROM THE COUNCIL IF HE IS ELECTED TO AN URBAN DISTRICT BOARD, AND VICE VERSA, SOME OF THESE PROPOSALS WERE ANNOUNCED IN DECEMBER 1987, BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF THIS WHITE PAPER, IN ORDER TO ENABLE URBAN COUNCILLORS WISHING TO CONTINUE AS DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS BEYOND MARCH 1989 TO STAND FOR ELECTION IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ON 10 MARCH 1988.
ROLE AND COMPOSITION OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS
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42. THERE WAS LESS PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE OTHER ISSUES IN THE GREEN PAPER AFFECTING THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS SOME SUBMISSIONS COMMENTED IN FAVOUR OF RETAINING TWO SEPARATE COUNCILS. THERE WAS GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS REGARDING THE COMPOSITION AND WORK OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL. MOST COMMENTS ON THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL DID NOT FAVOUR CHANGE, AND THERE WAS LITTLE SUPPORT FOR THE IDEA OF SUB-REGIONAL COMMITTEES.
43. AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGES SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH 41 ABOVE THE SIZE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL WILL BE INCREASED FROM 30 TO 40 MEMBERS IN 1989, INCLUDING 15 APPOINTED AND 15 DIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS AS AT PRESENT AND TEN NEW MEMBERS FROM THE DISTRICT BOARDS. IT
WILL
BE FOR THE COUNCIL ITSELF TO CONSIDER WHETHER ANY CHANGES TO ITS COMMITTEE STRUCTURE WILL BE NECESSARY IN THE LIGHT OF THIS.
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