{"id":8182,"date":"2025-01-20T14:52:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T18:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=8182"},"modified":"2025-01-20T14:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T18:54:12","slug":"dan-mcdougall-returns-as-interim-cao-while-region-of-queens-looks-for-full-time-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2025\/01\/20\/dan-mcdougall-returns-as-interim-cao-while-region-of-queens-looks-for-full-time-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan McDougall returns as interim CAO while Region of Queens looks for full-time replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7228\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7228\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4575-1024x657.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4575-1024x657.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4575-768x492.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4575-1536x985.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4575-2048x1313.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Region of Queens has appointed Dan McDougall as interim CAO. (Rick Conrad)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Region of Queens has hired an interim chief administrative officer while it looks for a permanent replacement for Cody Joudry.<\/p>\n<p>Dan McDougall will take over CAO duties from acting CAO Pam Lovelace, who will return to her job as municipal clerk. Lovelace, a one-term Halifax councillor and unsuccessful mayoral candidate, was hired in December.<\/p>\n<p>McDougall has done the top job before at Queens. He was the interim CAO in 2023 after Chris McNeill resigned.<\/p>\n<p>McDougall will fill in as CAO until the region finds a replacement for Cody Joudry, whom the newly elected council fired on Dec. 16, saying he wasn&#8217;t the right &#8220;fit&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>McDougall is a former CAO of the Municipality of Chester and for the Municipality of Colchester County. <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He has also worked for the province, as CEO of Housing Nova Scotia, and deputy minister of the Department of Municipal Affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDan is a very accomplished executive manager with a proven track record supporting municipalities,&#8221; Mayor Scott Christian said in a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Council felt that it was very important to install an interim CAO who comes with a wealth of experience as a CAO, a strong reputation in the local government sector, and who does not want the permanent job, assuring that they can objectively support the organization through a robust recruitment process to identify the best candidate for the role.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Council had hired Joudry in September 2023. The region had been without a full-time CAO since that May, when McNeill resigned.<br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/>Email: <a href=\"mailto:rickconradqccr@gmail.com\">rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Region of Queens has hired an interim chief administrative officer while it looks for a permanent replacement for Cody Joudry. Dan McDougall will take over CAO duties from acting CAO Pam Lovelace, who will return to her job as municipal clerk. Lovelace, a one-term Halifax councillor and unsuccessful mayoral candidate, was hired in December. 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