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community council

British  

noun

  1. (in Scotland and Wales) an independent voluntary local body set up to attend to local interests and organize community activities

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Frustration with Hagerty boiled over at an April 10 meeting of the Palisades community council, where Hagerty representative Harrison Newton touted recovery as “a chance to become more resilient to the next disaster.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2025

"The outside has had a lick of paint but the inside has not," says Donald Campbell, chairman of the Fife village's community council.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024

There was a moment in 2018 when Seattle leaders almost agreed to site a Portland Loo in the U District, said Crocker, from the community council.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2023

The trust's application was not supported by the local community council or highways authority.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023

A community council consists of one representative from each general organization which affiliates with it and of a variable number of members-at-large elected by the annual community meeting.

From The Farmer and His Community by Sanderson, Dwight

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