Hoist with his own petard

When Shire CEO Tim Clynch CEO prepared the agenda for a Council meeting in December 2010 he included a proposal for disposing of historic Zinnecker's House.

 In background for councillors, contained in the minutes he stated:

 “The future of Zinnecker’s House has been debated at length over the last ten years or so. Whatever decision Council arrives at this time should be considered final and implementation of that decision should proceed as soon as possible.”

But the CEO's proposal was rejected by Council, which voted instead to "retain" the building.

 Despite his commitment to honour "whatever" decision was made that night, in April this year (with two of the councillors who voted to save the house now off the Council) Mr Clynch brought the matter back, recommending again that the house be demolished. This time, he succeeded.