Meet your City Staff! City goes one letter down the alphabet to replace Ireland

The city introduced its new corporate administrator on Monday, as Douglas Jay officially took over the job from the recently re-located Tom Ireland.

Jay is yet another new face at city staff, a floor of offices that have a number of new occupants taking up jobs over the past year.

The Daily News retraced the line up changes Thursday to your City Hall scorecard.

NEW MEMBER JOINS CITY’S TEAM
By Leanne Ritchie
The Daily News
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Page Three

The city welcomed a second senior staff member on Monday.

Douglas Jay is the city’s new corporate administrator, taking over the permanent position from long0time corporate administrator Tom Ireland and acting corporate administrator Tannalee Hesse, who has been filling the position for the past several months.

Prince Rupert Mayor Herb Pond said Jay comes to Prince Rupert via Kelowna and Nelson.

“It’s my great pleasure to welcome Mr. Doug Jay not only to the community but to the staff here at the city,” said Pond.

Jay has been involved in local government for the past 12 years.

His educational background includes graduating from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts degree. While at UBC, he studied public administration, local government administration in British Columbia and federalism in Canada. He has completed a number of training programs within the sphere of local government and management.

He was involved in the Local Government Management Certification program with the University of Victoria before transferring to the Capilano College program in Kelowna. He is also working toward the completion of his Certificate for Local Government Statutory Administration.

“He’s a good Rotarian, believing strongly in their motto, ‘service before self. He enjoys baseball and hockey along with being an avid cyclist and outdoor enthusiast,” said Pond.

Ireland left the city after almost 25 years to accept the position of Duncan’s administrator.
The city has been working to replace a host of senior management in the past year. In fact, the only remaining senior post not to see a recent change is that of director of engineering services, held by Bob Thompson. Public Works head Gordon Cox retired in 2005 and city administrator Victor Kumar moved to Grand Forks. The position has been filled by Gord Howie. In September 2004, Chief Financial Officer Corien Speaker left to pursue an opportunity in Elkford. The next year, Lucky Butterworth, manager of financial services, was hired by Parksville. Currently, the position is being filled on an interim basis by Jim Bruce.

Pond said they are still looking for a permanent Chief Financial Officer.