In Gore there's been a big backdown on a move to express no confidence in the mayor, Ben Bell.
The 24 year old mayor and the council's chief executive, Stephen Parry, haven't been speaking for months.
The fallout from the fractured relationship led to the deputy mayor, Keith Hovell, and other councillors to call for Mr Bell to resign.
Our Otago-Southland reporter, Timothy Brown, was at today's meeting and joins Lisa with the latest.
