Whangārei District Councillor Jayne Golightly has publicly apologised for breaching council confidentiality.
Golightly sad sorry to her 13 fellow councillors, and the wider public, after being found in breach of WDC’s elected members’ code of conduct at a confidential March 30 council hearing, which also decided on the public apology as a suitable consequence for the breach.
Golightly, in her third council term, admitted revealing information from an earlier confidential council meeting to radio host Sean Plunket on his internet radio show The Platform. This regarded litigation between the council and Whangārei contractor Jimmy Daisley.
“As councillors we are required to uphold the highest levels of confidentiality and ethical standards and I take full responsibility for not meeting those standards,” Golightly told Thursday’s WDC council meeting.
“My lapse in judgement was completely unintentional and I assure you that such a mistake will not happen again,” she said in her mea culpa, at times fighting back tears.