Salisbury Council to write to Local Government Association urging president Lorraine Rosenberg to stand aside during anti-rate-capping campaign
ADELAIDE’S second largest council is calling for the LGA’s president — the mayor of Onkaparinga Council — to take a leave of absence to prevent further embarrassment while it conducts a campaign against rate-capping.
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SALISBURY Council will write to the Local Government Association recommending its president and Onkaparinga Mayor Lorraine Rosenberg take a leave of absence for the rest of the state election campaign.
Councillor David Bryant’s proposal was endorsed at a council meeting last week.
He said it was necessary to prevent further embarrassment to the LGA while it conducted its campaign against rate capping, of which Ms Rosenberg has been the spokeswoman.
The call from Salisbury comes in the wake of public scrutiny about the southern council’s staff credit card spending and a ratepayer-funded golf membership for its chief executive Mark Dowd.
Cr Bryant said Salisbury needed to “take a stance and take some leadership” because Onkaparinga’s conduct was “not good enough”.
Cr Chad Buchanan told the meeting they needed to send a message as other local governments had been embarrassed by Onkaparinga.
“What is happening at Onkaparinga is nothing short of a disgrace,” he said.
“The (LGA) president needs to step down and resign.”
Cr Graham Reynolds warned his fellow elected members of involving themselves in the business of another council.