January 11, 2002
Staff members resign
The municipality has some
crucial positions to fill after its finance officer resigned last month and
its public works director announced that he will leave later this month.
Don Piche, the municipalitys
director of finance and administration, put in his last day on the job on Dec.
29. He left his position with the city administration to become the treasurer
for the newly created municipality of Jasper, Alberta.
Piches departure
comes at time when the city council is deep into its budget plans. The city
is also struggling to find money to pay for basic infrastructure projects, such
as getting the sewage treatment plant in operation and building an incinerator.
Rick Butler, chief administrative
officer, said its key the city fill that position as soon as possible.
Butler said he expects
the search may be difficult because the Nunavut government is also in the midst
of recruiting finance officers.
Because of the competition,
the city is embarking on a major recruitment drive to attract a new finance
director.
The council voted this
week to spend $20,000 to find a director. Cathy Simpson and Associates, a Calgary-based
firm that helps corporations search for executives, has been awarded the contract.
Paul Fraser will also be
leaving a void at the city when he resigns on Jan. 18 . Fraser, the director
of public works and services, is leaving his position to become a community
training officer with the GNs Community Government department.
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