At least 3 Vaughan staff part ways this week with city hall, including community services boss

 

Vaughan Citizen
January 29, 2014
By Adam Martin-Robbins

 

Two senior staff members left their posts at city hall this week.

Commissioner of Community Services Marlon Kallideen and Buildings Manager Angelo Cioffi have resigned, according to city representatives.

Another staff member, whose identity has yet to be confirmed, also departed yesterday, yorkregion.com has learned.

Mr. Kallideen, a longtime city employee, pulled in a salary of about $199,000 in 2012, while Mr. Cioffi was paid about $122,000.

As commissioner of community services, Mr. Kallideen oversaw construction of the new city hall, which ended up running  $15.6 million over budget.

The city also wound up settling a lawsuit last August with Maystar General Contractors Inc. and Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects for $17 million related to the city hall cost overruns.

This week’s staff departures are the latest in a string dating back to 2012.

That year, four senior staffers were let go, including Madeline Zito, director of corporate communications, Tony Thompson, director of enforcement services, legal and administrative services commissioner and city solicitor Janice Atwood-Petkovski and human resources director Janet Ashfield.

Then, in April 2013, City Manager Clayton Harris abruptly resigned.

His departure was followed, a few months later, by the dismissal of 15 staffers.