District of Coldstream Announces New Chief Administrative Officer

The District of Coldstream Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Michael Stamhuis to the position of Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), effective February 12, 2009.

The Chief Administrative Officer is the administrative head of the municipality. This position is responsible to Council for the overall administration, financial management and human resource management of the municipality. Mr. Stamhuis has been a resident of Coldstream, British Columbia, since 1998. He has been employed by the District as its Director of Engineering Services since September, 2007. He has been a Professional Engineer since 1978 with 22 years of local government management experience, 11 years of consulting experience and holds an Intermediate Certificate in Local Government Administration. He has agreed to assume a dual role as Chief Administrative Officer and the Director of Engineering Services until a suitable replacement for the Director of Engineering Services’ duties and responsibilities is hired sometime in the coming year.