Former Glamorgan Spring Bay mayor Michael Kent will not abstain from the vote regarding the Cambria Green special area plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
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The calls for him to abstain come from the Tasmanian Conservatory Trust after it lodged a code of conduct complaint against Councillor Kent.
The code of conduct hearing is expected to happen on Wednesday.
“Given the council vote is expected this Tuesday night, before the Code of Conduct Panel hearing, the TCT calls on Councillor Kent to abstain from the vote on the Cambria Special Area Plan,” The trust’s director Peter McGlone said.
The Code of conduct complaint is that the former mayor made numerous public statements in support of the Cambria development and special area plan which contravened the code.
The code states councillors should keep an open and unprejudiced mind in regards to council decisions.
Cr Kent said he did not see why he would have to abstain from voting at the council meeting.
“No body has convinced me that [the proposal] shouldn’t continue at this stage,” he said.
Cr Kent said he was unsure if any other councillors had been asked to abstain.
“To my knowledge there are three councillors now that are part of the East Coast Alliance group. Are they abstaining?” he said.
The plan’s proposal to change the planning scheme received more than 620 representations.
The proponents responded to some of the concerns, with the responses included in the council’s meeting agenda.
Cr Kent was re-elected to the council during October’s local government elections, but not as mayor.
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