The Mayor of Glenelg Shire has been ordered to apologise for comments made on social media, after an arbiter found it constituted misconduct.
A complaint lodged by Cr Gilbert Wilson last year, when Cr Scott Martin was deputy mayor, claimed he had been treated without “dignity, fairness or objectivity”.
Arbiter Louise Hill said a statement about a councillor attending council meetings in a bathrobe was highly personal, and found there had been a breach of the prescribed standards of conduct.
She has ordered Cr Martin to make a written apology on the Facebook page where the original post occurred, and to provide a personal written apology to Cr Wilson.
Cr Martin told the ABC that he stood by his comments, but would comply with the arbiter’s directions.
The arbiter’s determination and statement of reasons is set to be received by the council at its meeting tonight, 24th January.