One of the four remaining Town of Port Hedland councillors has launched a petition, calling on the Minister for Local Government to allow the council to hold a special meeting with a reduced quorum to pass its annual budget.
Cr Adrian McRae, a councillor since March last year, quoted a relevant section of the Local Government Act that would allow the Minister to take such an action.
He has also requested that the council be allowed to enter caretaker mode until elections in October.
Minister Hannah Beazley is reportedly preparing to dismiss the Council and replace with one or more commissioners.
The Council’s August 27 meeting has been postponed, with no date provided. It announced this afternoon that the government had declined a request for the Council to operate with a reduction of quorum.
At the time of writing, Cr McRae’s petition had 738 verified signatures.