In reply Mr Boehm tabled a letter and talked about a plan that might include "evolutionary change".

"The board will stand firm against any veiled threat to liquidate the board because (of) the administrator."

At a meeting the board voted to endorse its legal advice and seek constitutional change.

It sought to remove the right of veto over appointments to the board from the council administrator.

The trigger issue was the attempt by Mr Boehm to appoint Ray Goldie as council's representative on the Community Board.

The resolutions widened to include a move for the administrator's position to be replaced with a professional municipal manager reporting to a board, much like other councils in the State.

During the meeting, various members of the board spoke about the need to seek a middle way through the conflict.

"I found it ironic that the administrator now wants to seek out legal advice on this matter given that he's had four months to do so,” board chair Les Rochester said.

“Back in February Mr Boehm claimed he had legal advice that he could appoint Ray Goldie to the board.”

“The board has legal advice to the contrary."

The meeting also held discussion about the tightening of governance regulations around the Local Government Act, with the board deciding to reject the nomination of Ray Goldie.

The reason for the rejection was that the board did not consider Mr Goldie to be an employee of council, Mr Rochester said.

The board passed a resolution asking council to submit another nomination from its own paid staff.

The board resolved to seek further legal advice in order to reform its own constitution to bring it into line with new standards in local government.

One thing both the administrator and the Community Board agreed on was that one function of the board was to "manage" the forums and to be their auspicing body to provide proper oversight.

"Forums represent the community," Mr Rochester said.