Cr Pinson said she will not be giving up and will fulfill her promise to the community.

"As mayor and leader of the Port Macquarie-Hastings community I take my job very seriously," she said.

It comes after explosive allegations of bullying and harassment by her peers made public in a late mayoral minute at the June 3 council meeting.

The mayor said council as an elected body had become a "warring faction".

Deputy mayor Lisa Intemann said it was difficult to understand what had prompted the mayor's move without specific examples. She suggested the matters would be better dealt with out of public eye if specific details could be provided.

"These are very serious claims and should be formally examined for their validity," Cr Intemann said.

"I have asked the mayor several times to provide actual examples of what she's referring to but she has been unable to do so.

"I want to assure the community that ours is a very well functioning council organisation and that I, and I am sure the vast majority of councillors, will continue to work together for the benefit of the council and community."

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Cr Pinson alleges the issues run far deeper than disagreements around democratic decision-making.

"My interests are with the ratepayers of our community. I raised these issues because I am very concerned of the functionality of the elected body and their decision-making processes," Cr Pinson said following the news that general manager Craig Swift-McNair had tendered his resignation.

The GM will depart the organisation on July 1 to take up a new role at the Woollahra Municipal Council in Sydney.

"I consider, and it's very strongly in my opinion, we have an elected body who is bullying, harassing and intimidating me as the chosen elected leader of this region.

"I won't stand for it any longer. It's happened over a three year period. Enough is enough. And if we are to truly move forward and be the success we are destined to be, we really need to have a look at the people who are representing us."

Cr Pinson said her late mayoral minute at the June 3 council meeting, made public on the day she also accepted the general manager's resignation, was a "flare for help" to the Minister for Local Government to step in.

She said she expected that request would be defeated, adding the decision to seek professional remediation will "be of no help whatsoever".

Cr Pinson alleges there is a "block" of councillors who "haven't got over the fact (she) was elected to lead".

"It's been that way since day one. I would love to see a democratic council where good debate, healthy debate happens in the chamber," she said.

"This has been a really difficult time for me as an individual but it's been a very difficult time for this organisation who does some incredible work.

"But from an elected stand point, we are not pulling together. That's evident. It's been a real shame because Port Macquarie-Hastings region has so much opportunity and there has been so much confidence in our region from a business perspective.

"It put pressure on the general manager in his role, it's put pressure on staff."

Cr Geoff Hawkins said council is performing well.

"The vast majority of councillors remain focused on serving the community and protecting our people, businesses and organisations as much as possible from the ravages of COVID-19," Cr Hawkins said.

"Unfortunately, I fear the COVID impacts are likely to remain with us for some time so I personally am concentrating on staying calm and quietly focusing on making good, solid long term decisions."

At Wednesday night's meting, Cr Justin Levido said in the face of challenges presented by the COVID crisis, political leaders and people in all levels of government are being tested.

He said they must now look ahead to the broader needs of the community and personal aspirations must be let go.

"Everybody is suffering in this crisis. Everybody is seeing aspects of what they planned for and wanted affected. No-one knows where this is going to end.

"But it's fair to say I think that our community expects all of its leaders have a broad and mature and adult approach to the way these things are done.

"It's important that we don't focus inward, that we focus outward."

Member for Oxley Melinda Pavey weighed in on the issue saying she supports the mayor and her request to meet with the Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock to discuss the possibility of an early election for Port Macquarie-Hastings Council.

Council elections were to be held in September but have been postponed until 2021 due to the impacts of COVID-19.

The general manager, as per the resolution of councillors, will now seek professional remediation for councillors and the mayor before he leaves on July 1.

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