City of Canning's four remaining councillors have been sacked by the state government and replaced by a panel of commissioners.
Local Government Minister Tony Simpson officially dismissed the last four councillors, who still had months of their appointment to be completed before the next state election in October next year.
The panel also replaces Linton Reynolds, who was appointed commissioner of the city when Canning council was suspended by the government in 2012.
Steven Cole, David Gray and Stephanie Smith will take over from Mr Reynolds, whose tenure finishes at midnight Tuesday.
Mr Simpson said he was confident Canning could operate in a much smoother capacity in the future
"Our consultation with the community has found they want more than just one commissioner to represent them, especially in this period of structural change, so we have taken the step of appointing three people to act as the council," Mr Simpson said.
Mr Cole is a Perth-based lawyer and management consultant with more than 40 years of professional, corporate and business experience.
Mr Gray, a life member of the Local Government Planners Association, is a planning consultant with experience on Development Assessment Panels throughout WA and on land use projects.
Ms Smith served as a commissioner at Joondalup and South Perth. Based in Mandurah, she is a trainer of elected members and officers and has written several training manuals for local government.
In May this year, the Minister tabled a report in State Parliament by barrister Dr Christopher Kendall, whose inquiry recommended the council be dismissed because it "failed to provide for the good government" of people in its district.
The report found the failure was a result of several issues, including a lack of transparency in many of the council's decisions, a lack of effective community engagement on some issues, and failings by both the council and the administration.
"After carefully considering the inquiry report and submissions from the city and former councillors, I decided it was appropriate to accept Dr Kendall's recommendation to dismiss the council," Mr Simpson said.
The report contained 91 findings relating to the conduct of the council, individual councillors and the mayor, as well as the former chief executive officer and council administration in general.
At the time of its suspension in November 2012, the council had 11 councillors, including the mayor. There are currently four councillors still within their term of office.
The Minister thanked Mr Reynolds for leading the city through the suspension period and said it was now appropriate for the panel of commissioners to prepare the city for change.
"I will soon be announcing the new boundaries for metropolitan local governments and it will be up to the panel of commissioners to lead the city through this exciting time," Mr Simpson said.
