The “honeymoon” for a new Council apparently only lasts until they make their first decision with which the representatives of the local media disagree.
Council was fortunate to find a suitable, qualified individual among our staff to step into the position of Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). After all, this saves a whole lot of time to be spent on important issues facing a new Council. As well this opportunity saves a large sum of money that would otherwise be spent on filling the position from outside of the District.
From my perspective I supported the appointment of Mr Stamhuis as the new CAO for a number of reasons as follows:
I was on the selection committee of NORD when Mike was hired for the position of District Engineer. I was impressed with his qualifications then and my opinion remained after he served at NORD and later in Coldstream. He continued to earn my respect.
Mike is well respected by his fellow employees as well.
He is aware of the issues facing Coldstream and with issues facing the entire region. He could deal with issues right away.
He has been a Coldstream taxpayer for about ten years, thus his recommendations will directly affect him as well as the rest of the taxpayers. We did not have a resident chief for a long time.
As for the potential of finding a better qualified candidate by reading more resumes: there are lots of professional resume writer who can produce glowing resumes. A better measure of the quality of the candidate is knowing what he can do and how he/she does it.
Council will have to do their homework on selecting a new Chief Financial Officer as there is no qualified candidate among the present staff.
Council did what they considered to be in the best interest of the community!
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