Gem, summary for the developers:
The following idea is the result of discussions between members of the forum, and it passed a vote with a result of 179 votes to 28. Should you wish to, you can see the discussion here:
http://forum.the-west.net/showthread.php?t=7170
Current View
Some people do not like the fact that as town founders, they have no control over how the funds donated to the town treasury are spent.
Current Solution
The current way of dealing with this is to
1) Tell the members via the town forum that they are not the build without permission. This does not work, as I am sure you know. Or
2) Monitor who has built what and when and then kick violaters out of the town. The problem with this is that it is retrospective and the damage has already been done.
The Proposed Idea
That the town founder (and maybe councillors too) be able to control the town treasury and nominate who is allowed to have access to the funds.
How It Could Work
It would work much in the same way as Tribal Wars, in that you can change a players settings to give them the ability to do different things. A town founder could then go through the list and tick a check box next to who they wish to allow access to the town treasury. Then, only those people would be allowed to construct buildings using the town treasury. Anyone would still be able to build out of their own personal cash, they just would not be able to use the town treasury.
Comment
This would greatly add to the game, because it would give town founders/councillors the power to control how the towns funds are used. As it stands, even though a town founder is the leader of the town, they have no way of preventing people from spending the town treasury funds on whatever building they want. Town founders don't really have many abilities at the moment, except promote/demote, invite/dismiss and create/delete forums. it would be better if they had other abilites, such as this control action.
It would still be fair to members of the town who wish to build, as town members could still build out of their own personal funds. It would only be town treasury funds that are restricted. Also, this system would still be flexible enough that those people who prefer it the way it is could set thier town up so that every member can spend the funds, so it would keep everyone happy.
A lot of towns have disagreements over how the funds have been spent, but this would help to eliminate that and allow for better community spirit in the town forums.