Whether a seasoned Tauranga City councillor breached the organisation's code of conduct when he suggested a colleague deleted text messages to avoid scrutiny will be determined today.
And what penalty councillor Larry Baldock could face will also be decided.
Councillor Andrew Hollis made a code of conduct complaint on August 5 about a Facebook post Baldock made about Hollis' texts, and a media story that followed.
The Facebook post did not name Hollis but Baldock confirmed in the Bay of Plenty Times story he was talking about Hollis.
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