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http://www.thechronicle.com.au/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3785427

Chronicle article sparks inquiry
September 20, 2008
By Susan Searle
TOOWOOMBA Regional Council chief executive officer Philip Spencer yesterday launched an investigation after The Chronicle reported a split in the council ranks.

Sources within the council said Mr Spencer was angry about the story.

Mr Spencer summoned councillors to a meeting, initially asking them if his job was in jeopardy.

When told it wasn't, he asked councillors if they had discussed his sacking at a Greenmount workshop. Councillors told him the matter was not discussed and he then asked if they would sign statutory declarations to that effect.

Most councillors signed yesterday. The Chronicle could not confirm if all councillors had signed.

Mr Spencer and deputy mayor Paul Antonio have been at loggerheads over resignations in Cr Antonio's home service centre at Millmerran. Cr Antonio was formerly mayor at Millmerran.

There were claims councillors discussed Mr Spencer's dismissal after claims bureaucratic blocks were creating staff unrest, leading to resignations.

Eleven senior staffers have left since the new council came to power in April.

The latest are Millmerran service manager Greg Quinn and Peter McCashney, Millmerran's environmental health/building services manager.

Mr Spencer did not return The Chronicle's call yesterday.

In Millmerran, support for the former mayor was mounting.

Chamber of Commerce and Progress Association Millmerran president and Downs Chamber of Commerce president Geoff Hannaford said he had heard Cr Antonio was under siege for standing by his town.

Mr Hannaford, the former councillor and deputy mayor of the Inglewood Shire Council, said he knew local government and it shouldn't work like it was with the TRC.

"We're right at the butt end of the shire and we feel Paul is supporting us and we feel he's being kicked at the moment.

"So he has our support.

"There's a real feel of lost local knowledge and services."

Mayor Peter Taylor late yesterday issued a lengthy email to media and staff supporting Mr Spencer.