Dubbo City Council last night considered a $130,000, six-month, interim contract for the corporation, no longer trading as Grow Dubbo, to continue its work for the city.

In those six months the council would endeavour to keep a tight rein of the corporation, with definite goals put in place and monthly reports to the council.

Councillors voted 8-3 in favour of the recommendation, but before the ship could sail on, councillors Ben Shields, Tina Reynolds and Ann Barnard had dropped the anchor by submitting a motion of rescission to overturn the decision.

Councillors considered the matter on the same day as corporation chairman Bill Kelly informed them that the employment of its general manager Rorque Poisson had been terminated on October 31.

Mr Kelly told the mayor in an emailed letter that the board had resolved to engage Mr Poisson as a contractual consultant should the council provide temporary funding.

The letter also stated that the corporation had not initiated, and did not intend to use any future funding to support, legal action against the council or its councillors.

Cr Greg Matthews last night moved a motion that set out the terms of the council’s relationship with the corporation, and the contentious “50 jobs” key performance indicator (KPI) was absent.

Under the motion the council would take back responsibility for identifying and developing proposals for events, another KPI.

The corporation would have to pursue a Dubbo Chronic Care Centre of Health Excellence as the centre of excellence in the KPI section.

After each month the corporation would have to provide the council with data that showed relocation investment inquiries handled, companies brought to Dubbo to inspect the city as an investment location, submissions made to governments to support business expansion or relocation and other activities.