Tom Szalay was hired in 1990 – 24 years ago, 8 general elections ago and seven mayors ago.

The Town of Oliver has placed the following notice on its website:

Recruitment of Municipal Manager
31/01/2014
The Town of Oliver is seeking proposals from qualified executive search professionals or corporations to assist in the recruitment of a Municipal Manager.

Tom Szalay – born and raised in Oliver

• ·         Graduated SOSS class of 1976
• ·         UBC 1976 to 1981 – Bachelor of Applied Science
• ·         Professional Engineer
• ·         City of Vancouver Engineering Department 1981 to 1990
• ·         Left City of Vancouver to take current position in Oliver in May 1990
• .         Married to Louise with 4 grown up children.

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Mayor Ron Hovanes: Note that Tom is retiring from his position with the town of his own accord. and has very much been a valued employee of the town for over twenty years. It is a testament to his talents and work ethic that he has spent most of his municipal career right here. Oliver has much to be proud of in its development and Tom has had a hand in most of it. We are recognized as having some of the best practices anywhere for running a small community. Our twinned water system is envied by many and we reclaim 100% of our waste water while many communities return their waste water back into local water sources. All of our development, park improvement and our infrastructure has been built with support of our municipal manager.

Tom has been respected by successive council’s, his peers, contractors, developers and by all professionals that he needs to do business with on a daily basis. Oliver truly has benefitted from having Tom’s skills to rely on year after year.

I have enjoyed working with Tom with four separate councils. He is not leaving for a few months but when he does he will be thanked for his years of great service to the community and we will wish him all the best as he retires from Oliver’s local government.