The Municipality of Two Borders is in the midst of shrinking the size of its council and changing its ward boundaries.

The rural council gave first reading earlier this month to bylaws that would reduce the number of councillors from nine to five and increase the number of wards from three to five. A public hearing on the issue is set for next month.

“I believe it will save us money. I believe decision-making will be easier,” Reeve Sandra Clark said. “I think that’s appropriate.”

Currently, Two Borders operates with three wards that have three councillors each. The borders of the wards follow the former municipalities of Arthur, Albert and Edward.

The three municipalities combined in 2015 when the province forced all municipalities with a population of under 1,000 to join with a nearby

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