More than $80,000 has been spent on Code of Conduct complaints between September 1, 2019 and August 31, 2020.
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There was 12 code of conduct in the same period, with 11 of those finalised.
There were also nine complaints referred to a conduct reviewer, two that were investigated by a conduct reviewer, one complaint that was investigated found that it breached the code of conduct.
Three complaints were referred by the general manager or mayor to another agency such as ICAC, ombudsman, police or Office of Local Government.
There are still two complaints that are under investigation that haven't been finalised.
In the final council meeting for 2020 on December 9, Mayor Gair said it was a shame that the amount had become so high.
"It is a shame that the money had to spent," he said.
Councillor Ian Scandrett said it was sad that money had been wasted on code of conduct complaints.
"What a waste of money this has been," he said.
"What has been the result of this other than internal biff ups and fights amongst councillors instead of getting on with the job."
Councillor Garry Turland clarified that the complaints against the general manager were not directed to the acting general manager as they weren't in the chair.
"No criticism should be labelled on the acting general manager in any form," he said.
In the 2018/19 period, Wingecarribee Shire Council received six code of conduct complaints and spent $31,912 on the complaints. Out of those six complaints received, only one was found to be a breach. 14 other councils had spent more money on Code of Conduct complaints and had a higher number of code of conduct complaints received.
In the 2013/14 period, Wingecarribee Shire Council spent more than $170,000 on code of conduct complaints and recorded 33 complaints in that year. It was the second-highest number of complaints in the 2013/14 period.
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