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Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt was in the passenger s seat of the mayoral car, with his partner Asha Dutt driving, on Wednesday.
The Invercargill deputy mayor believes Sir Tim Shadbolt needs to respond to questions about his driving status. On Wednesday, Mayor Shadbolt was being driven around in the mayoral car by his partner, Asha Dutt after the car had been parked beside the council office in Esk St. Shadbolt did not return any phone calls, texts or emails from Stuff asking him to explain if someone else was driving him in the mayoral car and, specifically if he is legally able to drive or if his licence has been suspended.
Shadbolt says driving status a confidential matter
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Stuff requested a copy of the report, but a council spokesperson said it had only just received the report itself and staff were still in the process of reviewing it and considering it. It meant the full report was yet to go to council, and at this stage, it would not be made public. Another council report says the Bluff Pool Trust has indicated the $1.4m can be fundraised. Bluff Pool Trust representative Ian Sutherland was unable to be contacted on Friday. In October, before the assessment report was done, Sutherland told the Bluff Community Board at a meeting that the Bluff Pool Trust would need to seek funding to upgrade the pool heating and ventilation system, which was around $170,000.
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Invercargill City Council s independent appointee, and governance group chair, Jeff Grant speak to media about the council s new media protocols. Council s external appointee and governance group chair Jeff Grant, Cr Rebecca Amundsen, and chief executive Clare Hadley fronted media on Friday. They stressed the introduction of the media protocols was not a case of muzzling elected members. They did not agree that the protocols put further restrictions on elected members’ ability to speak openly in the public. Grant did acknowledge there were others who felt the wording of the protocols inhibited what elected members could say in the future.