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The town of Dudley had been a seigneurial borough from the thirteenth century, under the control of the lord of the manor. [2] More modern forms of local government for the town began in 1791 when a body of improvement commissioners was established to pave, light and clean the streets, and supply water. [ 3 ]
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley was created in 1974 from the existing boroughs of Dudley, the Municipal Borough of Stourbridge and the Municipal Borough of Halesowen.. This followed an earlier reorganisation in 1966, as per the provisions of the Local Government Act 1958, which saw an expansion of the three boroughs from the abolition of the surrounding urban districts of Amblecote ...
The Conservation Security Program that was authorized in the 2002 Farm Bill (P.L. 107-171, Sec. 2001- 2006) was generally viewed as the first green payments program in the United States by paying producers to provide conservation benefits on land from which food and fiber were being produced.
The two-bin system consists of a recycling bin (usually 240 litre) for co-mingled recyclables, and a general waste bin which is often smaller (e.g. 140 litre, 120 litre or 80 litre). The three-bin system consists of the above two bins plus a green waste bin (usually 240 litre). Not all councils have a green waste bin collection service.
Dudley Town Hall (an events venue) opened on St James's Road in 1928; it stands next to council offices which were converted from the old Police Station in 1939, after the construction of a new building on nearby New Street. [39] Dudley is the administrative centre of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, governed by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council.
The Mayor's Parlour is situated in the Council House, Priory Road, Dudley. The Mayor of Dudley is an office held by a councillor of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley.The post is partly ceremonial although the mayor does also preside over full meetings of the council and has the duty of holding decision makers to account.
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Dudley in the West Midlands , England .
The assembly hall was renamed Dudley Concert Hall in 2004 but, after it was found that the new name had never really caught on, councillors decided to revert to the name Dudley Town Hall in 2012. [14] An extensive programme of refurbishment works to the council house costing £4 million was approved by the council in February 2020. [15]