MUNICIPAL PROBLEMS.
From the administrative standpoint the replacement of the whole council every two years has several disadvantages, and to overcome these it has been suggested that only a portion of the council should retire in each election year. This would certainly make for a continuation of policy, though the electors may feel that the opportunities for dealing with a recalcitrant public body would be unduly restricted if this process were adopted. The proposal has in it much that should make it attractive to the public, and certainly in this way the elector’s difficulties in voting would be lessened. There is also the more important matter of the date of the elections. It is common knowledge that the appearance of a new council at the late end of April with the consequent delay in the adoption of the estimates for the year puts a heavy strain on the municipal staffs, added to which there is the extraordinary fact that the new council find as its first duty the preparation of estimates for the year.’s working before it has had time to become acquainted with administrative details.— Southland Times.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19867, 15 June 1927, Page 7
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188MUNICIPAL PROBLEMS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19867, 15 June 1927, Page 7
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