They did something similar here nationwide to my knowledge. Amalgamated local government councils to reduce administrative costs & wasted federal & state government subsidies (such as on roadworks.) So 2-3 local govs were combined into one. Local governments are high wasters of money to my knowledge. By that I mean they will spend it on personal use under the guise of being work related. Parties, etc. lol 'Some' so-called beautification projects are also a total waste, not gone though a decent preliminary investigation (especially with the public) & whether it really is worthy (as though it were someone's whim of the moment.) At least this is how it was when I worked within local gov., not sure about nowadays.

Brought the topic back into the right country of topic at least lol