Cramahe Council took a bold step and terminated its CAO, Craig Brooks. Council appointed Treasurer Arryn McNichol as interim CAO.
There are few details as to why and the media release was very short and to the point. The media release can be found here
Arryn McNichol appointed interim CAO
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In Part 1, we said, “In order to thrive, Cobourg Council must prioritize effectively”. Nowhere is this more important than when setting the Town’s operating and capital budgets. In fact, it will be one of our Council’s first duties.
June 14, 2016 UPDATE: Council used common sense and rejected this expenditure.
On the June 13th Committee of the Whole agenda, there is a proposal to approve the hire of a Business Attraction Consultant. This proposal to spend $61,500 for four months ($184,000 annualized) has numerous issues in how taxpayers’ money is spent.
On September 1st, Lydia Smith wrote a letter to Cobourg asking for an explanation of why the Town’s staffing in the Parks and Recreation departments had grown much faster than the Town had grown. Mayor Gil Brocanier immediately declared it to be factually wrong and then on October 19, CAO Stephen Peacock wrote an official response.
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