The township continues to run short-handed in the finance department, as the municipality works toward a March 7 target for approval of the 2017 budget.
At the Feb. 6 meeting the township appointed John Cummings as deputy treasurer.
CAO Brad McRoberts told the Wellington Advertiser in an email that Cummings would be filling in until a replacement could be hired for Teresa Armstrong, who left the position after 15 years with the municipality. Armstrong resigned effective Oct. 28, 2016.
Mayor Neil Driscoll explained Cummings is “a contract person that we’ve brought in to help, so we had to appoint him so that someone is there in the interim to keep things going.
“We went through an interview process, we made a job offer and the person backed out so we’re re-interviewing again for deputy treasurer,” said Driscoll.
Driscoll noted that with finance director Yufang Du off sick, other staff have been pitching in to help keep the department functioning.
“Everyone else is helping out,” Driscoll said.
