Battleford is bidding farewell to its current chief administrative officer.
Town council accepted the resignation of John Enns-Wind as CAO at their meeting Monday night. Enns-Wind is moving cross-country to Grand Bay-Westfield in New Brunswick.
Council has moved swiftly to fill the role, appointing the town’s director of finance/deputy CAO David Gillan as interim CAO.
Enns-Wind is staying on to the end of July, after which Gillan takes over his interim role Aug. 1.
Enns-Wind had been CAO for the last four and a half years, after previously serving as mayor of the town of Kindersley. He resigned as mayor to make the switch over to civic administration.
At council Monday, council paid tribute to Enns-Wind for his work during what was described by Councillor Gordon Yarde as a “difficult time”, in reference to his managing the town during the pandemic.
“We pass on our thanks for the years — five years, it would have been,” said Mayor Ames Leslie at the meeting.
