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Senior Management
The City’s chief administrative officer is Debbie Comis. The CAO works closely with Mayor and Council and is Council’s principal advisory on matters of policy. The CAO is responsible to Council for the efficient administration of all municipal activities and ensures Council’s goals and objectives are achieved by providing strategic leadership. The CAO oversees the preparation of annual budgets, programs and policy initiatives and establishes standards and priorities to ensure the consistent delivery of high quality City services. A critical responsibility for the Chief Administrative Officer is to ensure that all operations are conducted within the framework of the City’s values and goals. As well, the CAO liaises with other government agencies, provincial and municipal, to provide Council with the information they require to develop plans and policies.

Senior management works closely together as a team and met regularly to ensure the administration of the City of Parksville is effective and efficient.

• Debbie Comis, Chief Administrative Officer
  DComis@parksville.ca
  250 954-3068

The following senior management staff report to the chief administrative officer:

• Marc Norris, Fire Chief
  MNorris@parksville.ca
• Lucky Butterworth, Director of Finance
  LButterworth@parksville.ca
• Keeva Kehler, Director of Administrative Services
  KKehler@parksville.ca
• Vaughn Figueira, Director of Engineering
  and Director of Operations
  VFigueira@parksville.ca
• Mike Squire, Manager of Water Resources
  MSquire@parksville.ca
• Blaine Russell, Director of Community Planning
  BRussell@parksville.ca
• Deb Tardiff, Manager of Communications
  DTardiff@parksville.ca