General News
20 July, 2024
Regional councillor quits
A NEW Cassowary Coast regional councillor has quit just four months into the job.
Division 1 Cr Peter Reed resigned earlier this week and told councillors he was no longer able to continue his role due to personal circumstances.
He said he had apologised to Mayor Teresa Millwood, explaining how illness in the family, alongside emerging professional commitments, had rendered his capability to fully represent the community untenable.
“As a councillor it’s important to be able to fully represent the community, and I regret that my personal situation has not allowed for me to dedicate the time needed to continue,” Cr Reed said.
Under the Local Government Act 2009, if a councillor’s office becomes vacant the council must decide, by resolution, whether the vacancy is to be filled by a by-election (section 166) or by vacancy notice to the runner-up from the 2024 Local Government Election (section 166A).
Options will be presented to the council at the next ordinary meeting on July 25 to endorse a preferred way forward in filling the vacancy.
The second place and the only other Division 1 candidate at the March 16 election was Chris Littlemore. He was chief executive officer of a large rural council in West Australia, the Boddington Shire Council, for six years until 2020.
For further details call 1300 763 903 or email enquiries@cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au
