A potential change that would have had major implications on the composition of city council fizzled this week with councillors deciding to not move forward with a recommendation to look into changing the size of council.

If passed, the motion, which was discussed during the financial and labour relations committee meeting during Monday night’s council meeting, could have seen the number of councillors reduced from 10 to eight, plus the mayor.

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Coun. Jo-Dee Burbach, who originally suggested examining the number of councillors elected, said there are a number of reasons she would like to see the change.

This includes the number of councillors in municipalities of comparable sizes and the potential elimination of sub-committees in the new procedural bylaw, meaning counc

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