Standards Panel 2019-046 PUBLIC APOLOGY COUNCILLOR BENJAMIN BELL

Published on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 at 11:29:04 AM

A complaint was made to the Local Government Standards Panel, in which it was alleged that I contravened the Local Government (Rules of Conduct) Regulations 2007 (WA) when  I  made a Facebook Post that  was intended to cause detriment to Mr Stan Scott.

The Panel found that I breached Regulation 7 (1)(b) of the said  Regulations as my conduct was in breach of the Shire’s Code of Conduct and deserving of a penalty

I  accept that I should not have made the misleading and derogatory comments.

I now apologise to Mr Stan Scott, my fellow Councillors and the public.

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