Casey mayor Amanda Stapledon last week ruled out the council paying for chief executive Mike Tyler’s legal defence over alleged breaches of the Local Government Act. As exclusively broken by the Journal last week, Mr Tyler was charged for failing to notify the mayor and council of a conflict of interest in a matter for which he had authority. He has been summonsed to appear in the Dandenong Magistrates Court on April 18. The maximum penalty for each offence is about $16,900. The charges arise from an investigation by the Victorian Local Government Investigations and Compliance Inspectorate.
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