Council boss Mark Dowd has repaid a $6,818 Kooyonga joining fee out of his own pocked after it emerged last year the council had secretly paid the fee for him.
“The constant attention has had a detrimental impact on council and its entire staff,” Mark Dowd said.
“This is an unnecessary consequence and therefore the establishment fee has been repaid in full.”
Mr Dowd also told The Advertiser the council will look at changing staff spending rules.
“We continually review and improve our guidelines…” he said. “Certain types of purchases will be eliminated and others will have new guidelines to provide greater clarity on appropriate spending.
“We’ll also change our purchase codes so we have a better definition of each purchase. The same set of guidelines will be applicable across the organisation.
“We’re already putting controls in place to reduce the number of credit cards from 152 to 72. All of these changes will be outlined in the report to Council.”
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— The Advertiser (@theTiser) February 19, 2018
