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Thursday, July 7, 2011

MacFarlane Also Supports Reducing Council

Another former Mayor of Saint John thinks reducing the number of councillors around the horseshoe is the right thing to do.
Norm MacFarlane says he thinks it could result in more savings than the estimated $500,000 over 4 years.
He tells CHSJ News he thinks council could accomplish more with fewer ten people around the table.

He says often it the same thing coming from each councillor because they want to have their say and they should but he feels with fewer councillors they could get more done in a shorter period of time.   MacFarlane says it would result in shorter meetings and be helpful for city staff with fewer people to distribute information to.