Council approves minutes despite being told of accuracy concerns – October 2025

By Sean Hefferon

THE TOODYAY shire council has approved the minutes from its August meeting despite concerns raised about their accuracy.

At each council meeting, Toodyay shire councillors are required to confirm the minutes from the previous month’s meeting.

At the September 25 council meeting, the elected members voted 4-1 (for – Crs McKeown, Dival, Prater, McCormick; against – Cr Madasci) to accept the minutes of the August council meeting.

The approval came despite The Toodyay Herald bringing several errors in the minutes to the attention of the Shire President Mick McKeown and CEO Aaron Bowman by email on September 10.

This email was forwarded by the Herald to all councillors on September 11 – two weeks before the September council meeting when the minutes were to be confirmed.

A response was not received to either email.