During a visit to Kiama yesterday, Independent Commission Against Corruption commissioner Jerrold Cripps, QC, was also keen to ensure the public was clear on his findings against former council general manager Rod Oxley.

Mr Oxley was found by Mr Cripps to have engaged in corrupt conduct but did not have criminal proceedings recommended against him.

Mr Oxley's tell-all book, Named and Shamed, with his account of the ICAC investigation, is due for release on December 1.

"I suppose his book is in large part about how badly he's been treated. I'm sure he's given me a spray," Mr Cripps said.

"What you must remember about Oxley ... there was a finding that his administration was so appalling it allowed corrupt conduct in others to flourish. So, he obviously didn't like that."

In the 12 months since Mr Cripps recommended that 11 people be prosecuted, only three - sacked Labor councillors Kiril Jonovski, Zeki Esen and Frank Gigliotti - have made it to court, and that was only last week.

Mr Cripps said it left the spectre of criminality hanging over the eight remaining individuals: former council employees Beth Morgan and Joe Scimone, former councillor Val Zanotto, developers Frank Vellar, Glen Tabak and Lou Tasich and conmen Ray Younan and Gerald Carroll.

"It's a long time ... it should not take that long," he said.

"It's a matter of fairness under the criminal justice system.

"People should not have to wait years to be prosecuted."

Mr Cripps blamed both ICAC and the Director of Public Prosecutions for the delays.

"In a good system, if ICAC has recommended that criminal proceedings be considered against some people, as it did in that case, that decision ought to be made literally within four or five months of the report coming out, and the prosecution should be launched at that time," he said.