Councils in a sentence

The branches may have other advisement bodies like the military careers councils (the councils of class in the Navy, the councils of arm or service in the Army and the councils of specialty in the Air Force).

Church councils were traditional and the ecumenical councils were a continuation of earlier councils (also known as synods ) held in the Empire before Christianity was made legal.

Infallibility of ecumenical councils seeAlso The doctrine of the infallibility of ecumenical councils states that solemn definitions of ecumenical councils, which concern faith or morals, and to which the whole Church must adhere, are infallible.

Local councils of 25–50 people are completely autonomous on issues that affect only them, and these councils send delegates to higher level councils who are again autonomous regarding issues that affect only the population affected by that council.

The Local Government Reform Act 2014 provides for a system of thirty-one local authorities - twenty-six county councils, two city and county councils and three city councils.

There are now 26 county councils, three city councils and two city and county councils – a total of 31 local government entities.

There, local councils were elected from 20 neighbourhoods (Nahia) and these councils elected representatives from their members to serve on six district councils (Qada).

The two city councils ( Belize City and Belmopan ) and seven town councils cover the urban population of the country, while village and community councils cover the rural population. citation.

I have repeatedly called for a fair funding deal for councils so that councils do not have to choose between cutting services and increasing council tax.

Latrobe and Wangaratta city councils and the Surf Coast, East Gippsland and Hepburn shire councils are also on the hunt for staff.

Presidiums of local councils of deputies of the regional and base level, councils of primary territorial level have the right to nominate their representatives to the Belarusian People's Congress.

Provincial and metropolitan councils will also be included in this year’s harmonised elections, with Government set to enact legislation that enables the councils to function.

Shropshire is among a minority of councils that does not charge for green waste collection, with around 60 per cent of councils now doing so.

The combined authority said both Mayoral Development Corporations are working closely with the respective councils to finalise what type of applications the development corporations determine, and which will stay with the councils.

The control both of these councils but Labour will be targeting gains and maybe even taking control of one or both of these authorities, which have been swing councils over recent years.

We will go from having six District Councils and a County Council to having just two unitary councils – one serving the west and the other the east and south.

Currently district councils, or unitary councils in some areas, collect levies on behalf of the boards, which are small public bodies.

Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation of Councils - including Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama and Shoalhaven councils - has an illegal dumping program, through which it is working with the EPA to combat the problem.

With increasing numbers of families turning to councils for temporary accommodation, figures from the LGA show that councils spent nearly £1.8bn on emergency accommodation in 2022/23.

And councils overall spend on home care (both direct payments and other provision) has similarly varied – whilst 38 out of 85 councils responding to FOI requests provided figures showing they had increased spending, 46 of them had reduced it.