SIX councils across Tasmania are to lose councillors after a review by the Local Government Review Board.
The cuts mean 13 elected positions will be phased out over the next three years.
Councils to lose councillors are: Central Coast (losing 3), Devonport City (3), Glamorgan-Spring Bay (1), Glenorchy City (2), Kingborough (2) and Tasman Council (2).
Announcing the move yesterday, Local Government Minister Bryan Green said he had accepted the Review Board's recommendation to reduce numbers.
He said the reductions would be phased in over the next two council elections, scheduled for October 2013 and October 2015.
"I will also be recommending casual vacancies not be filled until the desired reduction is achieved," he said.
Mr Green said he accepted the board's view the reduction would not impact negatively on councils' abilities to fulfil their requirements.
Kingborough Mayor Graham Bury welcomed the reduction.
He said two fewer councillors would result in a cost saving of $50,000 a year, as each councillor received a $25,000 yearly allowance.
Mr Bury said the council narrowly had voted in favour of the reduction.
"We thought we could work just as well and just as efficiently with fewer councillors," he said.
Glenorchy Mayor Stuart Slade also supported the cuts. "In this day and age we all have to pull in our belts a little bit," he said.
Mr Slade said council had voted against the change, although he had voted for it.
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