Hiring

Question: Did the Town really hire 40 people this year?

Answer: The Town’s Manager of Human Resources recently made a presentation to a Committee about her department’s work in 2023 and, in the process of explaining that her team is busy, advised that her team had completed 40 plus recruitments this year. This comment resulted in some questions from residents, who thought that meant we had hired 40 new positions in 2023. That is not the case. The majority of staff hired this year have been either temporary seasonal positions (such as summer students) or backfill hiring to fill vacancies. Here is a transparent breakdown of all the positions that have been filled this year, as well as the newly created positions.

Summer Students

Summer Camp, Public Works, Parks & Rec, etc. – 20

Hiring to fill Vacancies

Crossing Guards and Alternates - 5

Part time Parks & Rec – 4

Volunteer Fire Officers – 4

Fire Prevention - 1

Drainage – 1

Planning – 1

Programing and Special Events – 2

Building & Bylaw – 2

Office Support – 1

Public Works – 1

Temp Vacancies - 4

New Permanent Positions, as approved in Budget 2023

Unionized staff - (Water, Public Works, Customer Service) – 3

Non-Union staff - (Information Technology) – 1