00:02Stepping up to the microphone for less than two minutes, a bombshell dropped by a breathless Perth Lord Mayor.
00:10Following the comprehensive independent investigation, Council has made a decision regarding the employment of the CEO, Michelle Reynolds.
00:19Council has resolved to terminate Ms Reynolds' employment effective immediately.
00:23The shock sacking voted on in a confidential late night meeting following a four month investigation into the chief executive
00:30by law firm Mills Oakley.
00:32The findings sufficiently serious according to Mr Reynolds.
00:36This now remains a confidential employment matter.
00:38But before journalists could probe further.
00:42You're under investigation yourself.
00:44A hasty exit, the sacked CEO in question outswinging holding her own media conference hours later.
00:51I absolutely believe this to be a witch hunt.
00:55I love the city of Perth and I have loved my job and that is the tragedy for me.
01:01So sorry.
01:03Ms Reynolds also alluding to her own experiences as CEO.
01:07The conduct towards me is in part reflective of some of the observations made in the elected members' psychosocial risk
01:17report.
01:17A lot has transpired in this room over the last year, both in front of the public and behind closed
01:25doors.
01:25A looming question about Ms Reynolds' employment has dogged the council for months and now she won't return to sit
01:34back in the CEO's chair.
01:35Unless a potential legal challenge is successful.
01:39Her sacking comes just a week after local government inspector Tony Brown ordered a three month inquiry into the council's
01:46dysfunction.
01:47I think it's outrageous that an incredibly competent CEO has been sacked by a council that is currently under investigation.
01:57Local government minister Hannah Beazley says the process that led to the sacking will be reviewed by the inspector.
02:06Is that effective?
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