Could we get by with one less Highland Councillor in Nairn?

At last night’s cuts consultation former Cllr David Fraser suggested a big cutback in the number of councillors in the Highlands, he told the meeting:

I heard Cllr Foxley on the radio recently saying there were no sacred cows. I just wonder why they haven’t considered a reduction in the number of councillors because I feel the Council should petition the Scottish Government to reduce the councillors by 25% and save half a million a year.’

Sandy replied that that had come up at several consultations and he’d mentioned it recently to John Swinney. ‘I think a reduction in councillors maybe the way to go,’ he said.