In a statement to the Herald, the Mayor's office said that on July 1 last year Miss Chuang supplied the Mayor's name as one of several referee contacts as part of her application for the role of sponsorship co-ordinator at the gallery.
"The Mayor's office was contacted by email by the Auckland Art Gallery on July 4, 2011 and asked to provide a reference in relation to the application.
"On July 5, at the Mayor's request, the mayor's diary manager responded by email to say that the Mayor highly recommended Bevan.
"The diary manager also asked in the email that the person call her to discuss. As the staff member left some time ago we're not sure whether the call was returned and whether she discussed the reference further,'' the statement said.
The mayor's office is still considering questions from the Herald about how Mr Brown dealt with the issue in terms of the council's code of conduct and conflict of interest policy.作者: NewLynnHse 时间: 2013-10-17 12:07:20