By Mark Squibb \ May 18, 2023
Mount Pearl City council this week approved travel requests for four professional development trips.
Council approved two requests from councillor Chelsea Lane, one to attend the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Annual Conference in Toronto, ON, May 25-28, and a second to attend the Public Works Expo (PWX) being held in San Diego August 27-30, 2023.
Council also approved a request for Director of Public Works Glen Dollimount to attend the 2023 Waste and Recycling Expo in Mississauga, ON, from September 26-27.
Lastly, council approved a request for Director of Corporate Services Cassie Pittman to attend the Future of Work Series in Chicago on June 6-7.
A number of previously approved requests saw a number of councillors and staff set to travel this May month.
Dollimount was scheduled to be in Clarenville last week for the Newfoundland Labrador Chapter of the Canadian Public Works Association’s (CPWA) Annual Conference, while, Recreation and Community Safety Director Jason Collins was scheduled to attend the US Indoor Sports Association Annual Conference and Tradeshow in Henderson, Nevada from May 17-19. CAO Dana Spurrell was approved to attend the 49th Annual Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA) Conference in Huntsville, ON, from May 29 to the 31, and a number of councillors were set to attend the Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador Annual Conference in Gander last week as well.
