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Holiday heave-ho Claremont Rowing Academy athletes from left, Duncan MacLean (bow seat), Urszula Caputa (two seat), Danielle Warren (three seat) and Mackenzie Foxall (stroke) train on Elk Lake on Dec. 12. While the fall school season is over, the students train throughout the year and many will attend the national high school rowing championships in St. Catherine’s, Ont., in June 2015. Kevin Light Photography
Mayor, council clash over top bureaucrat’s $476,000 departure ‘There are costs to moving forward,’ Atwell says
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Saanich’s top bureaucrat is no longer an employee with the municipality in a move that will cost taxpayers nearly half a million dollars. Chief Administrative Officer Paul Murray’s total compensation package, revealed Tuesday, will cost $476,611, including nearly $56,000 in accrued vacation time. “The newly elected Mayor and Council of the District of Saanich together with the District’s Chief Administrative Officer have mutually agreed to end their relationship effective December 16, 2014,” the release states. “As this decision involves confidential information regarding personnel, no fur-
ther comment will be made.” It was also revealed that councillors unanimously passed a motion at a Dec. 8 in-camera meeting to make clear they “do not support actions taken by Mayor Richard Atwell whether as Mayor-elect or Mayor, with respect to the ongoing employment of Paul Murray.” Atwell said that motion refers to a conversation he had with the outgoing CAO as Mayor-elect. “It was a very short conversation done in my office,” Atwell said. “I invited him [Murray] in for a discussion about moving on and that started the process of him thinking about leaving.” PLEASE SEE: Interim CAO to be appointed, Page A5
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