GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - Senior managers from the local municipalities in the Garden Route convened on Thursday 12 January to discuss resolutions taken at the Institute of Local Government Management (ILGM) annual conference in December last year.

Garden Route District Municipal Manager Monde Stratu, who chaired the meeting at the council chambers of the Garden Route District Municipality (GRDM), said the institution is currently establishing a national union for senior local government managers as they are excluded from the bargaining council, which regularly determines benefits of employees.

"The purpose of this meeting was to introduce senior managers from the respective municipalities to all in attendance, as well as to discuss the way forward to revive the operations of the district structure in relation to the ILGM," said Stratu.

Local municipalities had to submit representatives to serve on the union to GRDM by 16 January.

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