Corporate Staffing Changes at Tillsonburg Town Hall

Thursday, 4 February 2021 at 06:16

Nobody was let go, but the Town of Tillsonburg did make some new appointments to the senior management team and several people have taken on new roles.

TILLSONBURG - The Town of Tillsonburg announced changes to its corporate structure earlier this week.

CAO Kyle Pratt says the changes include new appointments to the senior management team.

“The purpose of this organizational realignment was to put a structure in place that will allow us to become a more efficient and effective team. An organizational structure is about creating formal paths of communication. I am confident that this realignment will assist in promoting positive communications, both internally and externally, and facilitate continuous improvement.”

Effective immediately, Michelle Smibert will become the Director of a newly formed Corporate Services Department. This will amalgamate the Clerk's Department, Human Resources Department and other corporate services including information technology, customer service and communications.

The Operations Department and Building/By-law Department have also merged and will be run by Carlos Reyes.

Other changes include the Manager of Public Works taking over the Water and Waste Water Division, Sheena Pawliwec will assume the role of director/treasurer of Finance and the Manager of Finance role has been eliminated. Chris Baird will have the interim tag removed from his title and is officially the Director of Recreation, Culture and Parks.

Mayor Stephen Molnar says these changes should help the Town function.

“Council’s mandate is to ensure that the municipality is functioning well and delivering value to the people of Tillsonburg. This is a proactive step to help our municipality move forward. These are challenging times and having a strong leadership structure and staff team in place, both now and into the future, is essential."

Molnar adds that while some titles have changed, nobody lost their job.

"While various job titles and reporting relationships may have changed, no corporate team member has lost their employment as a result of this restructuring. Meanwhile the financial impact is both very positive and sustainable.”

Unless otherwise noted, the changes take effect immediately.