Embattled Casey councillors are planning to meet on New Year's Eve to vote on a motion forfeiting their right to vote on planning applications.
Embattled Casey councillors are planning to meet on New Year's Eve to vote on a motion forfeiting their right to vote on planning applications.at the centre of an Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission investigation, with a decision likely early in the new year.
But as pressure mounts for action against sitting councillors who have received donations from developer John Woodman, staff proposed at the December 17 meeting that councillors relinquish responsibility for planning decisions because community confidence had been shattered.A meeting has been called for December 31 to establish a special planning committee, which will be made up of only one councillor and independent members with planning and governance experience.
An IBAC surveillance photo of Casey councillor Sam Aziz and developer John Woodman at a Subway restaurant in April 2018.about the possibility of dismissal and the IBAC investigation but they have both refused to comment.
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