00:01The City of Perth back in headlines for all the wrong reasons.
00:06The local government inspector has advised me that last night he met with the City of Perth.
00:10Based on the information and evidence that he has received, the inspector took direct action.
00:15The council officially put on notice to make urgent improvements
00:19as the inspector assesses a range of unknown complaints about the city.
00:23The conduct at the City of Perth is simply unbelievable and unacceptable.
00:28I'm over it. The pettiness, the infighting, the immaturity by the council is galling.
00:38The city has been marred by allegations of a toxic work culture
00:42and a lack of communication between councillors and staff.
00:45Despite having a local government monitor installed in January and extended to June 19,
00:50the situation has deteriorated. The inspector a warning of further action.
00:54We could go to a local government inspector inquiry.
00:58Now the City of Perth only had an inquiry three or four years ago
01:02so we don't want to put the rate payers and residents of the City of Perth through that
01:07but if the council don't improve then that's what we'll need to do.
01:10The government fed up suggesting amalgamation.
01:14I'm at the stage and the belief, given the dysfunction at the City of Perth,
01:18that they should merge with the nearby City of Vincent council.
01:22The City of Vincent has got a position of being supportive of moving to an amalgamation with the City of
01:29Perth
01:29but it's not something that my rate payers have been raising with me in recent times.
01:33In the middle of this, the ABC Learning Council has voted to suspend the City's CEO, Michelle Reynolds, on Tuesday
01:40night.
01:40It's understood Ms Reynolds was notified of her suspension in a short email.
01:44In a statement she said she hasn't been advised of any specifics or any timeframe
01:49and said the Lord Mayor hasn't spoken directly to her.
01:52The CEO is on leave. Any matters related to the CEO are workforce matters for the City.
01:57The City of Perth seemingly hanging by a thread, unravelling by the minute.
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