Magog revives Deputy D-G position with Sylviane Lavigne

The City of Magog has reactivated the position of the Deputy Director General, seven years after abolishing the position then held by Charles Fournier.

Council announced this reorganization within the administration during the public meeting of July 3. Proposed by the Director General, Jean-françois D'amour, the decision is aimed at optimizing the Registry Service and the Directorate General.

Sylviane Lavigne has been appointed to the revived position and will continue in her current function as Clerk and Director of the Registry and Legal Affairs. She will oversee Public Works, Registry and Legal Affairs, Fire Safety, and Culture, Sports and Community Life. The other departments will be under the jurisdiction of D-G Jean-françois D'amour.

Marie-pierre Gauthier will become Assistant Director of the Registry and Legal Affairs, Deputy Registrar and General Counsel.

The Council is confident that sharing responsibilities will allow the Director General to devote more time to project planning and monitoring.

The appointments elicited some comments from taxpayers at the public meeting and one questioned the relevance of this decision just a few years after firing the previous Deputy Director General. "We're going around in circles," he said.

Magog Mayor Vicki May Hamm responded by saying that each appointment is thoroughly examined and recalled that the number of directors has increased from seven to nine in twelve years, not counting the director general..

Council also announced the hiring of Marie-laurence Gagnier as a communications consultant, replacing Céline Ruel, who will soon be retiring. Gagnier held a similar position at the Downtown Magog Revitalization Project in Magog.

In June, Claudia Fortin was promoted from Communications Coordinator to Director of Communications and Information Technology.