Residents upset with Mayor Rick Green over the findings in the Lidstone Report may want him to resign, but they cannot use a council meeting for that purpose.

On Monday afternoon, council voted 5-2 to prevent Sukhi Dhami from appearing as a delegation at the evening meeting.

In his written delegation request, Dhami questioned the mayor鈥檚 鈥渆thical and moral ability to fulfill the role of mayor.鈥�

Two other residents, Kitty Tomik and Dave Eddleston, sought permission to speak about Dhami鈥檚 presentation. They were denied.

Indicating their concern that Dhami鈥檚 presentation was linked to the election rather than the Township鈥檚 governance, Mayor Green and Councillors Steve Ferguson, Mel Kositsky, Bob Long and Grant Ward rejected his request. Only Councillors Charlie Fox and Bev Dornan supported it.

Councillor Kim Richter was not present as she is in Ottawa for the funeral of her mother.

When he appeared as a delegation before council in July, Dhami accused Green of being 鈥渁brasive and disrespectful.鈥�

Dhami, who claimed then that he had 鈥渟trongly supported鈥� Green鈥檚 bid for the mayor鈥檚 chair in the 2008 election, ran unsuccessfully for a seat as a councillor in the same election.

At that July meeting, he stood before Green and accused the mayor of 鈥渋nviting鈥� the police investigation into his conduct as a result of his 鈥済overnance methods and actions as mayor.鈥�

A special prosecutor assigned to examine an RCMP probe into Green鈥檚 conduct found that there would be little likelihood of a conviction if Green was charged.

Later in July, Dhami, who worked on Green鈥檚 2008 campaign, organized a rally calling for Green鈥檚 resignation. The event fizzled when only a handful of supporters showed up.

Last week, council released a report by lawyer Don Lidstone in which he said that Green misled council and three legal counsel.