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Kincardine approves process for hiring new CAO By Liz Dadson |
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Kincardine council has approved the process for hiring a new chief administrative officer (CAO) for the municipality. At a special meeting Friday night, council welcomed consultant Nigel Bellchamber of N.G. Bellchamber and Associates of London, to outline the next steps in the process.
Consultant Nigel Bellchamber Bellchamber said he conducted individual interviews with every member of Kincardine's senior municipal staff and the mayor and council, and from that he determined what skills, experience, etc., are required for the CAO's position. What he heard was that the CAO should have the following skills, abilities and experience:
Bellchamber said the next step in the process is extensive advertising for the job posting. This includes repeating the ad in the AMCTO (Association of Municipal Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario) Express and add Municipal World Extra, OMAA (CAOs organization), OPWA (public works managers organization) and MFOA (municipal financial officers organization, as well as the local papers. He said the ads should go in after Labour Day. And some direct contacts have already been made with CAOs and senior managers in other municipal organizations. Bellchamber will take the original ad and "beef it up" to include the job requirements, as well as the kind of leadership being sought, qualities of the post, and the community and its diversity. "I'm comfortable with you wording the job listing," said deputy mayor Anne Eadie.
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Bellchamber said he will still have the clerk and council review the listing before it is posted. Three weeks after the posting, a short-list would be created and an update to council. The first interviews would be done by mid-October and second interviews by late October, followed by reference checks and possible testing, and the preferred candidate to meet with council. An offer would be negotiated in early November, and acceptance before mid-November, with the new CAO to begin on or before Jan.1, 2012, said Bellchamber. He said council should strike a committee to work with him on the interviewing, preferably the mayor and three council members. Council authorized Bellchamber to take the job posting back to the market, as recommended. "How do we determine who will sit on this committee?" asked councillor Jacqueline Faubert. Mayor Larry Kraemer said if there are more volunteers than three, then the names could go in a hat. Bellchamber suggested, because this is specialized work, that there should be a balance of experience on the committee, including rural and urban, new and experienced councillors, and some with outside expertise. Those interested should so indicate to the mayor and he will decide who sits on the committee with him. Council agreed with that. The committee does not need to be formed before the September meeting of council. Faubert asked how having a new CAO in January will affect the budget process. Councillor Maureen Couture said there are five Wednesdays in February. Council could have the preliminary department budgets drawn up and discussed at committee-of-the-whole the first three weeks, with further discussion the final two weeks. That would give the new CAO some time to get used to the job before the budget process begins, she said. Faubert also asked about the status of the internal organization review and was told it is to be completed this fall. "It's going to be a challenging time for our new CAO," said councillor Mike Leggett. In council session, the process for hiring the new CAO was endorsed, along with the four-person committee, and sending Bellchamber back to the market with extensive advertising for the job. Scrolling stops when you move your mouse inside the scroll area. You can click on the ads for more
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