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The town council had their first meeting in the new building on 12 November 1956. [7] In 1975, the town house became the headquarters of Kirkcaldy District Council . [ 8 ] Nowadays, the role of the town house is the headquarters of the local area committee of Fife Council .
The building was the headquarters of the royal burgh of Dunfermline until it was replaced by Dunfermline District under the wider Fife Regional Council in May 1975. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The building ceased to be a seat of government after the district council was abolished in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 . [ 9 ]
Fife was one of Scotland's historic counties, with a Fife County Council existing from 1890 to 1975. In 1975 Fife became a region with three lower-tier district councils: Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, and North-East Fife. [6] Fife Regional Council and the three district councils were merged in 1996 to form a single council area, governed by Fife ...
Waste management is handled by the local authority, Fife Council. There is a kerbside recycling scheme in operation in the town. A four-bin collection is in place for the majority of residents living within Fife. [158] Dunfermline has one recycling centre and several recycling points, all operated by the local authority, Fife Council.
As its name suggests, the district was centred on Dunfermline, an important royal burgh in the historic county of Fife.The district was created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across mainland Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts.
0–9. 1949 Fife County Council election; 1974 Fife Regional Council election; 1978 Fife Regional Council election; 1982 Fife Regional Council election
Auchtertool (/ ɒ x t ər ˈ t ʊ l / ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Uachdar Tuil) is a small village in Fife, Scotland.It is 4 miles west of Kirkcaldy.The name is from the Gaelic uachdar, meaning upland or heights above the Tiel burn (from Gaelic tuil meaning torrent).
In the early 19th century, the provost, John Ferguson, proposed that the old tolbooth and an adjacent property, Balgarvie House, be demolished as part of an initiative to create a new street: the south side of the new street would contain various civic buildings including, at the west end, the new burgh chambers and, further to the east, the county buildings and the sheriff court. [1]