THERE is no foundation to corruption claims against Mount Isa City Council’s chief executive, an internal investigation reveals.
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Other claims against Emilio Cianetti and other council employees were also dismissed in an investigation believed to have cost ratepayers more than $40,000.
The investigation also targeted council employees Russell Reinke, Ashley Cook and Mr Cianetti’s wife Danielle, as well as contractors Steve Woods and Gary Abel, but claims of corruption lacked substance.
Findings of the report were released in Wednesday’s full council meeting, and the Mount
Isa City councillors agreed they would take no further action.
Mayor Tony McGrady said that as a Queensland government minister at the time of the
Fitzgerald Enquiry that he understood the importance of guarding against corruption.
“However to know that allegations can be made against individuals without foundation, without any redress by the victims is a cause for concern,’’ he said.
“These continual allegations have caused untold hurt, grief and sorrow, not only to the persons named but also to their family and friends.”
Cr George Fortune said it was great to see the council had been cleared “without a doubt” of all wrong doing, which he believed was achieved by the audit.
Cr Jean Ferris was pleased the forensic audit had revealed the truth and that the investigated employees were cleared.
“That should be the end of it all,” Cr Ferris said.
Cr Anne Seymour apologized to the people investigated, who were in the public gallery.
“I’m so embarrassed to be part of this,” she said, and as soon as the meeting closed she went to the public gallery to hug Mrs Cianetti.
