Retired public servant Tamara O'Shea has been named administrator for Logan City Council after the council was sacked by Local Government Minister Stirling Hinchliffe.
As a result oflaws passed 2018,the seven charged councillors were automatically suspended with pay.
That left four councillors remaining on the council - Darren Power,Lisa Bradley,Laurie Koranski and Jon Raven - not enough to form a quorum of seven councillors and hold a meeting.
Moving a motion that sacked the Logan council,Mr Hinchliffe said Ms O'Shea's appointment as interim administrator until the March 2020 council elections would take effect on Thursday.
"Ms O'Shea is highly respected for her distinguished career as a senior public servant,"he said.
Minister for Local Government Stirling Hinchliffe said he was left with no option but to sack the council.Credit:AAP Image/Darren England
Ms O'Shea was most recently the director-general of the Department of Local Government,Racing and Multicultural Affairs.
Mr Hinchliffe said he had no option but to suspend the Logan council as it did not have enough councillors left to pass a budget,appoint an acting mayor or pass a resolution to delegate matters to a standing committee or the CEO.