Bouvier resigns as La Broquerie CAO

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The chief administrative officer is out at the RM of La Broquerie, and this time the person was not let go.

Council accepted the resignation of Roger Bouvier as CAO on Wednesday, a position marred by controversy before he took the interim title in 2011.

The La Broquerie council of 2006-2010, led by Marielle Wiebe, showed the door to three CAOs, and then reeve Claude Lussier gave the boot to another in 2011, eliminating another vestige of a former council found by the auditor general to be tarnished by conflicts of interest, poor expense accounting and inadequate policies.

With Bouvier and Lussier at the helm, the RM turned its reputation around. La Broquerie was identified last year as the most cost-effective municipality in the province by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

Bouvier became the full-time CAO in 2012 with 43 years of experience in provincial and municipal government administration. He assisted the troubled RM in years previous as a consultant.

“I’ve been with the municipality here for the last four to eight years, depending on how you count it,” he told council Wednesday. “I’ve really enjoyed it.”

Assistant CAO Rachel Fournier now has the top administrative gig in the RM. Ginette Tetrault has been appointed as the new assistant CAO.

Bouvier will continue to assist council and staff on a temporary basis.