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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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