{"id":335173,"date":"2023-07-31T14:06:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T04:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=335173"},"modified":"2023-08-12T13:42:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T03:42:47","slug":"mayor-takes-extended-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/07\/31\/mayor-takes-extended-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Takes ‘Extended Leave’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Burnett Mayor Brett Otto … taking extended leave due to a health issue (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 31, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

South Burnett Mayor Brett Otto is taking extended leave from Council.<\/p>\n

A statement was issued by Council CEO Mark Pitt on Monday afternoon advising that Mayor Otto would be undertaking the leave “due to a health issue”.<\/p>\n

“During this time, Deputy Mayor Cr Gavin Jones will be acting as Mayor of the South Burnett Regional Council,” the statement continued.<\/p>\n

“All correspondence is to continue to be directed to the Mayor\u2019s office at mayor@sbrc.qld.gov.au<\/a><\/strong> and will be responded to accordingly.<\/p>\n

“Council will not be providing any further comments on the matter and respectfully requests the family\u2019s privacy at this time.”<\/p>\n

Mayor Otto has been an apology at the past four Council meetings and several events in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

The Mayor was being treated in a Brisbane hospital last week but the media was asked to keep this confidential “until proper medical assessments” were done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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