We have experience with all aspects of local government…
As a municipal manager and a director of both planning and building departments, Tom gained experience in dealing with all aspects of municipal government. A key strength is his ability to deliver land use and development plans and policies and effective business planning and organizational change initiatives that can be implemented with staff understanding and support.
To highlight a few key areas, he has applied experience in large cities and small municipalities with:
- professional and management roles in city planning, parks, recreation, and building departments
- administrative management of parks, recreation, engineering, finance, permits, bylaw enforcement, human resources, corporate services, fire, and police functions
- organizational development and organizational change
- business plans, city wide priority setting, municipal operating and capital budgets
- official plan preparation, neighbourhood plans, development control
- one stop / single window service delivery
- business process review
- intergovernmental negotiations and agreements, including airport acquisition, landfill agreements, major port facility developments, major transit projects, ferry facilities
- administration of building and land use related permits and enforcement
- creative planning and public participation processes
- labour relations and human resources, staff training and diversity issues
- international projects in Palestine and China
