The WA Government plans to target embattled Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi with new laws allowing it to sack individual councillors.
Premier Mark McGowan went to the election promising to sack the entire council, but his new solution is more targeted.
"We will be bringing forward laws in the future, in the very near future, to allow for councillors who've acted improperly to be dismissed," Mr McGowan said.
Currently, the Government only has the power to sack an entire council.
Ms Scaffidi has stood aside as Perth Lord Mayor as she waits for the result of an appeal against an 18-month disqualification over an expenses scandal.
Even if the appeal is successful, Mr McGowan still wants to use the legislation to have her sacked retrospectively.
"That's my expectation," he said.
"There's been some complications around that, but that's my expectation."
Mr McGowan said the problem would be resolved if Ms Scaffidi stood down, and again called for her resignation.
"This situation could resolve itself tomorrow if the Lord Mayor just resigned," he said.
"I think it's a recipe for dysfunction. I think she perhaps needs to realise that and give it away.
"She should just tap the mat and move on."
Opposition local government spokesman Tony Krsticevic said the Government's priorities were wrong.
"Last week in Parliament we were debating the lack of time available for the parliamentary drafters to introduce legislation around the statute of limitations around the victims of sex offenders," he said.
"I think it's very disappointing that he's not giving the appropriate priority for things that are important to the people of Western Australia rather than things that may be serving his political needs."
Mr Krsticevic said the Liberal Party would support the measure to sack individual councillors, but thought any retrospective decision in Ms Scaffidi's case would be "dangerous".
The Government is expected to introduce the legislation this year.
Ms Scaffidi later took to Twitter to attack the Government for politically interfering in the proper process.
