1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Now Noobby Clark has refused to resign as Imbercago mayor. 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: At a special council meeting today, the mayor had been 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: accused of calling firefighters at an event second class citizens, 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: and then insulting the MC at a dinner that he 5 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: recently attended by wrongly implying she was having an affair. 6 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: Councilor Rear Bond says, this is unacceptable. 7 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 2: She is a businesswoman, a businesswoman that deserved a hell 8 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 2: of a lot more respect than she was given. To 9 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: imply that she was having an affair with the president 10 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 2: as one of the most horrific things that a female 11 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 2: professional can be accused of. 12 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: Here's what the mayor had to say. 13 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 3: I have already apologized in writing to the complainant. I 14 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 3: do not accept that the public complaint that is outside 15 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 3: the scope of this code of conduct should be dealt 16 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 3: with in this way. 17 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: The council narrowly voted against asking the mayor to resign. 18 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: Ian Pottinger is an Inbicagol City councilor and with us 19 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: hey Ian, how did he manage to win that vote? 20 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 4: Well, it was six or five councilors overseas. Nobby was 21 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 4: unable to vote, so left, I think I went around 22 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 4: the table, got the five ball, and then the acting chair, 23 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 4: the Deputy Mayor, was voted in favor not to ask 24 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 4: for his resignation. 25 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 1: So you guys instead asked him to do fewer public 26 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 1: appearances for the remainder of the. 27 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 4: Current Well, they wrote down some pretty weird resolutions and 28 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 4: in some ways, I don't know. Did you listen to 29 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 4: it today? 30 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 3: No? 31 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: No, no, I didn't listen to it. 32 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 4: Okay. So what they resolved and I made sure that 33 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 4: they got their writing rights. They've acknowledged that he's on 34 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 4: the minister duties doing due to health condition, and so 35 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 4: what that plays into. I don't know how long I've got, 36 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 4: but there's a section of the Local Governments Act which 37 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 4: I'll be that that is going to be played out, 38 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 4: and I read it to you. 39 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: Just summarize it. You know what does it say? So basically, 40 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: if they've got a health condition, that on you. 41 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 4: Okay, So basically basically you can go to the district 42 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 4: court file on after David saying that the member is 43 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 4: not capable of doing this job, the judge looks for 44 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 4: that and then goes, oh okay, and then he asked 45 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 4: the member to prove that he's Okay, are you going 46 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 4: to do that? They've just open the avenue and I 47 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 4: warned them about this particular clause during the meeting. 48 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, do you reckon? He's going to listen to 49 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: you though if you say please don't do as many appearances, 50 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: will he actually follow the Well. 51 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 4: No, that's I don't know if he's going to listen 52 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 4: to the ruling a council, but he may have to 53 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 4: listen to the District Court judge. 54 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: Okay, well, Ian, listen, best of luck and keep us posted. 55 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:43,959 Speaker 1: Sorry for asking you not to read the Local Government Act. 56 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know how to say it nicely, 57 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: but there's there's dry there's some dry stuff there got 58 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: on you, Ian Pottinger in the Kago City councilor Lo 59 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 1: love a details guy. 60 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 4: They way for more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive Listen 61 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 4: to news Talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or 62 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 4: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.