During the October 11 meeting in which council voted to part ways from its former town manager, it also voted to hire a new town planner— Stephen Jewczyk.
Jewczyk began his career in Ontario but moved to St. John’s in 1977 when he took on the mantle of town planner for the St. John’s Metropolitan Area Board. In 1989 he became Mount Pearl’s city planner and served as the City’s Director of Planning and Economic Development for some years.
The Town had issued a tender for a new town planner during a special meeting back in May following the expiration of former town planner Paul Boundridge’s contract with the town that same month.
A motion to hire a new town planner was on the August 9 meeting agenda, but council at the time deferred that motion pending, as per councillor Ralph Carey, further interviews.
The town planner is not an actual full time staff person, but a consultant serving the Town on contract.
