The future of the vacant public works director position in Mapleton is being dealt with as part of an organizational review.
The township has been without a public works director since former director Larry Lynch was terminated on Dec. 11.
On Jan. 14, Mapleton council held an in-camera session to deal with a report from CAO Patty Sinnamon titled “Public Works and Administration Overview – Organizational Restructuring.” On Jan. 28, another in-camera session on the topic of “organizational review” was held by council.
Sinnamon told the Community News council is considering the nature of the position as currently structured and possible changes as part of an overall organizational review.
“We’re still working through that and haven’t’ really decided what that’s going to look like, so we haven’t advertised for that position at this point,” she explained.
In the meantime, Sinnamon said the four public works departmental managers are reporting to the CAO.
Rebuilding options
Council is also still considering its options when it comes to rebuilding the township’s main public works garage, which was destroyed by fire on Nov. 29.
Sinnamon told the Community News on Feb. 5 she was in the process of arranging a meeting between council members and the municipality’s insurers.
“Council hasn’t really had the opportunity to discuss what we want to do,” said Sinnamon. “Are we going to build the exact same thing? Are we going to move it …?
Fire Chief Rick Richardson said the Ontario Fire Marshall’s Office has not yet released a report on its investigation of the blaze.
