Councillor wants Environment Department to foot County Council bill
Galway Bay fm newsroom - The responsibility for the County Council to cover the cost of redesigning the Council chamber at its building on Prospect Hill has been described as a 'farce'.
The Chamber will have to be extended to cater for 9 more councillors who will be elected along with 30 more at the election next May.Councillor Seán Canney says that the reconfiguration is a direct result of a decision by the Department of the Environment, and so the Department should pay for it.It's estimated that the work could cost the Council 100 thousand euro.Councillor Canney says that the money which will be spent on the redesign would be better spent on services.