Revert "adding affirmation of initial repo state"

This reverts commit 54eea15540647650d43a8f0387188d6acb5e9bf8.
Revert "Restoring line to discard stale council apps"

This reverts commit 512f4291f491bea1adc64139fec7dc572d245f51.
Revert "Cleaning up"

This reverts commit dfff576b9ee943e21924c28d3acbfdf47051adea.