LGOIMA Request Details: LG1951
Date received: 12/10/2020
Requested information: Formal complaints on Elected Members
Status: Complete
Date responded: 14/10/2020
Response:
Elected Member: Mayor
Date: May 2020
Nature of the Complaint: Email exchange between three elected members
Complainants: Withheld under LGOIMA section 7.2(f)
Investigator: Fitzherbert Rowe, Palmerston North Law Firm, Name of the investigator withheld under LGOIMA section 7.2(a) and 7.2(g)
Cost: $6834.88 excl GST - being the full external costs of the investigation and reporting.
Outcome of the investigation: On the basis that there may have been a misunderstanding and that no genuine conflict or perception of bias crystallised, my view is that the complaint is minor and otherwise nonmaterial. I do not consider any further action is required.