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He declined to elaborate on why he felt Invercargill needed more from its deputy mayor. Clark replaced Toni Biddle as deputy mayor after Biddle resigned from the council, citing a belief she was doing Shadbolt’s job for him, but without the mandate of a mayor. Shadbolt disagreed with that and reaffirmed his belief that he needed more staffing support to help him with his day-to-day duties. Clark said he would continue to join Shadbolt at key meetings with external parties. It would provide another council voice in those discussions and help boost the level of reporting back to councillors, Clark said.
The proposed protocols will ask councillors to agree to focus on council issues and activities when speaking to the media, rather than actions or decisions of other elected members or staff. “The media has the ability to shape and influence community views of the organisation and therefore elected members agree the need to take care when sharing views,” the report on the media protocols says. It says the protocols do recognise the right of all elected members to share their views with the media and have differing opinions. The report was authorised by chief executive Clare Hadley and prepared by council staffers Pete Thomson and Jane Parfitt.
Marcus Lush elected to Invercargill City Council
17 Feb, 2021 01:36 AM
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Newstalk ZB host Marcus Lush. Photo / Jason Oxenham
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Newstalk ZB s Marcus Lush has been elected to the Invercargill City Council.
Voting for the by-election closed at midday on Wednesday and results released at 1.30pm show Lush won with 7003 total votes out of the 13,991 which had been counted.
Lush said the public s spirits are low. A lot of people in Bluff and Invercargill have spoken to me and they seem pretty disillusioned with the council. It did concern me with what they had to say.
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Prominent national broadcaster Marcus Lush wants to try to help people get back on board with the Invercargill City Council in his new role as a councillor.