By Pepper Parr
September 19th.2024
BURLINGTON, ON
With Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Hassaan Basit nearing the six months point of his appointment and now that his organizations’ structure is in place it is time to look at the structure he has chosen and who has been appointed to what.
There are now four Commissioners; they are:
Commissioner, Legal and Legislative Services/City Solicitor – Blake Hurley
Commissioner, Community Services – Jacqueline Johnson
Commissioner, Development and Growth Management – Curtis Benson
Commissioner, Public Works – Scott Hamilton
Curtis Benson and Jacqueline Johnson are new to the city – Benson came to the city from the Region. The appointment of Scott Hamilton is much deserved.
Basit chose to not use the title of Executive Director and is calling significant appointments Chief
There are four of them. Chad MacDonald has changed the way the city is managing information
Chief Human Resources Officer – Sue Evfremidis
Chief Information Officer – Chad MacDonald
Chief Financial Officer – Craig Millar
Chief Transformation Officer – Mark Vytvytskyy.
Blake Hurley is a great choice for Commissioner of Legal and Legislative Services. At this point in the City’s history, having someone with his experience in planning and development law is a major plus.
Clay Connor
How many Directors, Managers, Supervisors under all these Commissioners?
We don’t have the hole story yet.
Jacqueline Johnson is not new to the city.
She was the Executive Director of Community Relations and Engagement.
As such she is the person responsible for the Procedure By-law Review being a year late and the Clerk not getting the P2P committee into the By-law in a timely manner. the Clerks Office was under her.
I’m sure Mayor My Way given the opportunity would say “Heck of a job, Jackie!