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Report To: Joint Committees
From: Mary-Anne Dempster
Date: February 27, 2023
Memo #: CAO-008-23
Re: Appointment of Fire Chief/Director of Emergency Services
After a successful recruitment process, David Speed has accepted the position of Director of
Emergency and Fire Services and Fire Chief, effective February 27, 2023. David comes to
Clarington with a vast amount of experience, including most recently from Whitby Fire and
Emergency Services, where he was Fire Chief and Head of Operations.
In order to complete the appointment, Staff are recommending that Council pass the
following resolution:
That Memo CAO-008-23 be received; and
That the By-law attached, as Attachment 1, appointing David Speed as the Director
of Emergency and Fire Services and Fire Chief, be approved.
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Name: Mary-Anne Dempster
Job Title: CAO
Attachment:
Attachment 1 – 2023-xxx By-law to Appoint Dave Speed as Fire Chief
Resolution #: JC-040-23
By-Law #: 2023-017
Attachment 1 to CAO-008-23
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The Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington
By-law 2023-xxx
Being a by-law to appoint a Director of Emergency and Fire Services/Fire Chief
for the Municipality of Clarington, and to repeal By-law 2021-068 which appointed
Mariano Perini.
Whereas Section 6(1) of the Ontario Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997, as
amended, requires the appointment of a fire chief if a fire department is established for
the municipality; and
Whereas the Municipality of Clarington has an established fire department; and
Whereas it is deemed expedient and necessary to appoint David Speed as the Fire
Chief;
Now therefore the Council of the Municipality of Clarington enacts as follows:
1. That David Speed be appointed as Director of Emergency and Fire Services/Fire
Chief for the Municipality of Clarington.
2. That By-law 2021-068 be repealed.
Passed in Open Council this _____ day of ______.
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Adrian Foster, Mayor
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June Gallagher, Municipal Clerk