1.   After much imperial dithering, Franz Joseph vetoed Lueger, dissolved the council and replaced it with an imperial commission.

2.   A government notification dissolving the councils was issued Monday night, said Amarasiri Dodangoda, the minister for provincial councils.

3.   AT LEAST five civil service unions involved in municipal services want the municipal councils to be dissolved.

4.   Authorities have the power to dissolve municipal councils.

5.   Jim Chang Hok-yan, chairman of the Government Librarian Grade Staff Association, said his members would enjoy greater job security if the two councils were dissolved.

6.   Most major parties still threaten to boycott upcoming makeup and runoff elections if the council is not dissolved and the elections are not partially or totally annulled.

7.   The government is consulting the public on proposals to dissolve the councils and transfer their work to government departments and relevant statutory bodies.

8.   The government prepared for its first local elections in six years, announcing Tuesday it had taken the procedural step of dissolving local councils in advance of balloting.

9.   The interim council will be dissolved in April, and the Director of Audit will issue no more reports before then.

10.   Interest will focus on Zagreb which was won by the opposition last time, but where Tudjman four times vetoed their choice of mayor before dissolving the council.