A councillor has taken a swipe at a longstanding culture of elitism and entitlement at the City of Melbourne as it reels from sexual misconduct allegations.

Claims by three women against former lord mayor Robert Doyle led to his resignation as investigations into harassment and indecent assault continue.

The council's governing legislation and attitudes at Town Hall has contributed to the problem, Councillor Jackie Watts said on Wednesday.

"The City of Melbourne itself, the Act itself, is a causal factor," she told ABC Radio.

"It spawns a particular council culture of entitlement, elitism, impunity, shaped by those playing a political game and those with economic influence, leaving local constituents concerns at the margins."

Cr Watts said she was "very upset" when the latest round of allegations against Mr Doyle emerged, given she had made some of her own against him about six years ago, relating to his approach to her work.

She said the findings of a panel investigating those allegations were "inconclusive" and the matter was effectively dismissed.

"The common causal factors remain in the organisation," she said.

Fellow councillor Nicholas Reece said there are many people keen to hear the result of an internal investigation by Ian Freckelton QC.

"There is still a man's reputation on the line here," he told ABC Radio.

"You've also got the complainants who have put forward some very serious allegations, and I'm sure they want to see a finding as well."

The comments come after councillor Cathy Oke became emotional while speaking about her and former colleague Tessa Sullivan's claims against Mr Doyle at a council meeting on Tuesday night.

"Whilst noting my deep frustration that without a conclusion I continue to feel disempowered to speak, nor have the ability to speak up for a colleague who was very brave ... I do remain very supportive of the investigation," Cr Oke said.

Investigations have been slowed by Mr Doyle's recent resignation and hospitalisation for stress-related illness.

He strenuously denies the allegations.

The City of Melbourne hasn't decided whether to make public a draft report handed to the former mayor.

Mr Doyle earlier told investigators he put his hand on Cr Oke's thigh under a table at a 2014 work dinner but his motivations were not sexual, The Australian reported.

Lawyer for Mr Doyle, Nick Ruskin, said his client felt "he has lacked any semblance of natural justice".

Mr Doyle's wife Emma Page Campbell said her husband was a "good and decent man" who was hospitalised "on the brink of being broken".

The former mayor is facing another independent probe following allegations by a third woman he touched her leg and made inappropriate comments at a 2016 Melbourne Health awards ceremony.