The Mayor of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council has put forward a motion for next week’s council meeting that would effectively remove Cr Rachel Sheppard from the deputy mayor position.
Mayor Peta Pinson will move to expire the deputy mayor’s term on the 17th August, and keep the position vacant for the remainder of the council term.
The Port Macquarie News speculates that Mayor Pinson has made the move now because a recent councillor resignation has given her the balance of power, and if needed, she can use a casting vote.