Melbourne City Council has given former lord mayor Robert Doyle a final chance to respond to sexual harassment allegations against him, before a report into the accusations is finalised and possibly released.

The council’s chief executive, Ben Rimmer, on Tuesday told a committee meeting of councillors that lawyers for the council had given Mr Doyle a final chance to respond to the draft findings.

Former lord mayor Robert Doyle resigned in February, facing sexual harassment allegations from multiple women. Credit:Angela Wylie

Mr Rimmer said he was aiming to release the “outcomes” of an investigation into allegations made against Mr Doyle by former councillor Tessa Sullivan, current councillor Cathy Oke, and other women.

Mr Doyle resigned from the lord mayoralty in February, and was hospitalised suffering from stress. He has denied the allegations against him.