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Originally Posted by g jones
Q. Do you want your district to have a Town or Parish Council administered by Accrington and Districts Council?
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That's an incredibly leading question. It's really a two parter so to say yes to one part implies agreement to the other. Some people may agree to wanting a Town Council but not to the overall name change - how are you supposed to vote?
My gut feeling is that I don't like the idea of Town Councils but until we've heard all arguments I will not make a final judgement.
However, I have a lot of questions:-
Will there be elected members of a Town Council? Will they be the same Councillors as sit on the Borough Council and will they then sit on both Town Council and Borough Council? Will members be co-opted from different sectors of the community? Will elected members be Party (i.e. Labour/Conservative/Lib Dem) representatives or will they have to remain independent? What will the costs of setting the Council's up be? Will there be additional costs to the tax payer each year for the priviledge?