Debate on plans for a unitary authority
Members of Shrewsbury's borough council are being asked to officially state their opposition today to plans for a unitary authority for Shropshire.
Members of Shrewsbury's borough council are being asked to officially state their opposition today to plans for a unitary authority for Shropshire.
The move would "put the public at risk" by imposing extra costs and the borough is already served by two excellent councils, senior councillors have claimed.
Shropshire County Council, South Shropshire District Council and Oswestry Borough Council have all backed plans for a unitary authority
Bridgnorth District Council is the only one so far to reject it.
But Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council has yet to reveal its view.
Now councillors Charles Armstrong and Judith Williams are asking members to support their amendment to a motion to go before a full council meeting tonight.
The motion states: "The council does not wish to put the public at risk of having to pay large transitional costs, or any increase in revenue costs that may be generated by abolishing the two councils and then creating new ones to replace them."