Coldstream residents will be going to the polls just before Christmas.
Administrator Wendy Kay says district council has set December 15-th for a referendum dealing with using farm land for sports fields.
Kay tells KISS FM, "The time of the polls will be 8 am to 8pm. We we're able to get the Lavington school on that day, for a polling station."
Kay says the poll station in Lavington was not available on the date she recommended to council, December 8-th.
She expects the result will be announced 30 to 45 minutes after the polls close.
Residents will be deciding if farm land on Aberdeen Road should be used for sports facilities, and forwarded to the Agricultural Land Commission.
The referendum is an opinion vote so council will not be bound by the outcome.
Editor's note: That last paragraph is a clincher. Why spend $10-30 thousand for an opinion poll less than a year before the next election?
Editor's note: That last paragraph is a clincher. Why spend $10-30 thousand for an opinion poll less than a year before the next election?
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