Wednesday April 27, 2022 | SOOKE, BC
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
On the job as the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) at the District of Sooke since 2019, Norm McInnis is taking a medical leave, it was announced today by the municipality.
McInnis will be undergoing cancer treatment. His medical leave begins May 2, 2022.
“Norm has made such a tremendous contribution to Sooke since joining our team in 2019, and we are standing with him as he undergoes treatment,” said Sooke Mayor Maja Tait in a news release this afternoon around 3 pm.
McInnis has been well-liked, and seemed to slide easily and amicably in the municipality’s top job in 2019.
Interim CAO:
Don Schaffer will be the interim CAO. McInnis is working with Schaffer — along with the district’s leadership team — to ensure a smooth transition for district staff and residents, it was outlined in today’s release.
Schaffer was the interim CAO before McInnis was hired to start on July 2, 2019. As a matter of record, in 2016 McInnis followed Schaeffer as CAO in Fernie, BC years ago.
Coming up three years:
McInnis has been on the job almost three years to date. He was originally selected from among 150 applicants.
