questions on whether the city manager<\/a> was ultimately at fault for failures that led to the Bearspaw South Feeder Main debacle. <\/p>\nCouncillor Mike Jamieson told reporters after the presser that Calgarians voted for change in the last election, so it makes sense for this departure to happen now.<\/p>\n
\u201cCalgarians showed that, hey, we want something different, so we\u2019re going to vote on something different. And now it\u2019s on us, the new people that got elected, to deliver on that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Farkas says city services will continue without disruption as a clear interim leadership structure is in place to ensure continuity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Duckworth spoke on supporting a smooth transition in an advisory capacity and reflected on his service, saying he takes great pride in being a civil servant.<\/p>\n
\u201cPublic service has been central to my career, and it has been an honour to serve Calgarians and work alongside Calgary\u2019s dedicated public servants,\u201d the CAO said.<\/p>\n
Dalgleish, on the other hand, caps a career spanning nearly four decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy 37 years at the city have been more than a career \u2013 they\u2019ve reflected a personal calling and proud commitment to public service,\u201d said Dalgleish.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m confident our city team is well-positioned to work towards an always bright and better future for Calgary.\u201d<\/p>\n
Farkas says this transition comes at a time of significant progress across the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a great deal of important work underway across the city, from advancing the new feeder main and strengthening our water system, to managing complex challenges and continuing to deliver central services.\u201d<\/p>\n
Calgary is approaching a milestone of two million residents and is entering a new four-year council term.<\/p>\n
The city will undertake a comprehensive recruitment process for the next CAO, and further updates will be provided as the recruitment process progresses.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City of Calgary chief administrative officer (CAO) David Duckworth and chief operating officer (COO) Stuart Dalgleish are leaving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-636952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}