Ony one of Invercargill city's elected representatives surveyed thinks Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt is on top of the council"s issues.
And that one member is "most likely" to be Sir Tim, a new report"s findings say.
Governance research was carried out with the mayor and 11 of the 12 councillors in March to assess the Invercargill City Council"s progress and help highlight ongoing governance challenges, after the Department of Internal Affairs raised concerns in 2020.
The findings of the survey will be presented at the council's project governance group meeting today.
Among the key observations was that elected members felt there had been less notable progress from July last year to March this year than in the previous six months.