September 24th, 2019
BURLINGTON, ON
In a media release the city informed the public that: “
“With the change to an Executive Director structure, the City has transitioned away from the Deputy City Manager model; as a result of the redesign, Mary Lou Tanner is no longer with the City.
“The City of Burlington thanks Mary Lou for her leadership and service to Burlington and wishes her all the best in the future.
“There is a group in Burlington that has spent a significant amount of time and quite a bit of their own money (more that $700) to learn just how Tanner got hired.
“She came to Burlington from Hamilton.
“There will be a hefty severance package involved. This one plus the one that was paid out to former city manager James Ridge will probably set a record for severance payments in Burlington.
I say keep worrying.
The infection of these two is still alive and well, and growing under cover, in the Planning Dept. culture dish at City Hall.
It killed professionalism, and with recent events I have seen no recovery.
The second behemoth is not yet approved by LPAT, but here you, and others too, are just waiting for the official announcement.
Such “confidence”? in staff, but one so rightly deserved.
Many others in the planning and zoning office came from Hamilton. They are doing a fine job.
It’s a shame that these two won’t be here to fully enjoy the daylight triangles at Brant & James, punctuated by two 23-storey behemoths (and the turmoil to get there) that they helped push through our previous, inept & complicit council. Good riddance!