General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

JR, 'the council' are the local government, it's directors are on the government payrole.
They are there for the government. They carry out government policies and orders.

What you refer to as 'the council' are, actually, the 'ward councillors'.

As long as people don't know how a local authority works, they will never understand why those 'voted in' councillors so seemingly turn against their electorate's wishes.