LIGHT Regional Council will undertake its own consultation with the residents of Hewett, Gawler Belt and Reid, as neighbour Gawler Council progresses a proposed realignment of local government boundaries.

Elected members discussed the matter at a general council meeting last week, moving to design a consultation process that would best realise the opinions of its ratepayers.

It comes as Light Regional Council plans to meet with the Local Boundaries Commission after its own proposal, effectively resulting in the dissolution of Gawler Council, was rejected by its committee.

The meeting aims to gather a greater understanding of the boundary reform process and would discuss council’s own ‘comparative analysis’ of the Commission’s response to Light Regional’s proposal and that of Gawler’s.

A council report, with options going forward, will then be brought back to Light Regional Council’s August meeting.

As previously reported in The Bunyip, Light Regional Council was informed last month that its proposal – that would see the existing suburbs of Gawler be taken under the guidance of itself, as well as neighbours Barossa and Playford – would not be referred further for the Boundaries Commission’s consideration.

It was determined the proposal did not address the broader concept of a ‘community of interest’, nor specifically identify common interests between the affected communities.

Barossa and Playford Councils are also both subject to Gawler Council’s own boundary realignment submission, with the council looking to take Kalbeeba and the Concordia Growth Area from Barossa Council, and portions of Evanston Park and Hillier from Playford Council.

Under the plan sections of Bibaringa and Uleybury would be ceded to Playford Council.

Light Regional Council engaged a legal service in January, to provide advice relating to boundary reform, as needed.