C.B. mayor seeks diversity on task force

SYDNEY Mayor Cecil Clarke has gathered an eclectic mix of people to study the organization and operation of Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

Just because something has been done a certain way operationally for 20 years doesnt mean we should continue to do it that way or that its best that way, Clarke said in a news release issued earlier this week.

The eight-member task force is headed by Keith Brown, a vice-president at Cape Breton University.

Members include Bea LeBlanc, chairwoman of the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women; businessman Parker Rudderham, president and CEO of Pharmacy Wholesale and Services Inc., and Alice Almond, a human resources expert.

Also included are former labour leader Cliff Murphy, former teacher LeRoy Peach, Mary Beth Doucette, director of quality assurance and ISO compliance with Membertou band council, and Owen Fitzgerald, executive director of the Unamaki Economic Benefits Office in Membertou First Nation.

The group will report back to council with suggestions on how to work more efficiently with less while at the same time strengthening the municipality.

(mmacintyre@herald.ca)

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C.B. mayor seeks diversity on task force