Suspended Townsville City Council Mayor Troy Thompson will be reprimanded and ordered to pay all costs after he was found to have breached the council's code of conduct.

It comes amid an ongoing, separate, investigation by the Crime and Corruption Commission into his military, education and business credentials.

The breach was a result of an email circulated by Cr Thompson accusing the council's acting CEO of deliberately obstructing him from carrying out his mayoral duties.

It was one of four complaints made to the Office of the Independent Assessor (OIA) about a series of social media posts and emails that Cr Thompson wrote between September 30 and November 14, 2024.

The OIA referred the matters back to Townsville City Council, which commissioned an independent investigation, which

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