In two weeks time North Yorkshire will be waking up to a new local authority but in Whitby a number of councillors are concerned about a lack of information.
North Yorkshire Council will be replacing the current County Council and Scarborough Borough Council on April 1st.
But with 14 days to go some local councillors say there is a lack of information about how the new system will operate and the benefits it will bring.
Whitby Town Councillor - John Nock - says it's not clear what input the town councils will have in decision making and he's also concerned about the finances.
A number of Whitby's Town Councillors have expressed concerns about North Yorkshire's new local government arrangements which come into effect in two weeks time.
Councillor Sandra turner says it's still not clear what involvement town councils will have in the new local area committees or whether the financial savings promised as part of the reorganisation can be delivered.
Councillor Phil Trumper is one of the town's County Councillors, he is hopeful that the savings promised by the planned local government reorganisation will be delivered in the years to come.
Town Councillor John Nock says he is still concerned about how much involvement town council's will have in the new Local Area Committees which are being formed to make some local decisions and about the influence town councils will have in the planning process.
At the moment planning decisions in the Scarborough Borough are made by a sub-committee of the Borough Council. When the new North Yorkshire Council takes over from the existing county and borough council's in April it will have six "Area Constituency Planning Committees" across the county which will follow the Parliamentary constituency boundaries.
This means that while Scarborough and Whitby will be in the same planning area, Filey, Hunmanby and Sherburn will be in a separate area with Thirsk and Malton. These new planning committees will meet once a month.
In addition there will be a "Strategic Planning Committee", which will deal with high level planning applications such as housing developments of over 500 properties, mining and significant applications related to energy.
Each of the local area planning committees will have seven members drawn from the 15 councillors who represent divisions within the area.
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