In a news release issued Thursday, March 9, the niagara region announced it had reached a settlement with former regional chair Alan Caslin, and his staff Jason Tamming and Robert D’Amboise, regarding the compromised hiring of the Region’s chief administrative officer in 2016.
The resolved lawsuit against Caslin, Tamming and D’Amboise claimed those individuals breached their duty of good faith and duty of confidentiality to the region in their involvement of hiring former CAO Carmen D’Angelo.
The region maintains its position that the actions of Caslin, D’Amboise and Tamming were egregious and occurred in precisely the manner that was described in the Ontario Ombudsman’s “Inside Job” investigation report.
The terms of the settlement are confidential and the region will not be making any comments on what is included in those terms.
In the news release, current chair Jm Bradley commented on the resolved lawsuit.
”On behalf of regional council, I want to unequivocally restate our position that the actions of the former regional chair, and his staff, were entirely inappropriate and truly inexcusable for any individual holding public office or serving in a position of influence. The facts as they were laid out by the ombudsman speak for themselves, and the actions of Caslin, D’Amboise and Tamming shook the public’s trust in regional government. In short, Niagara’s taxpayers deserved far better from their elected officials. We remain unwaveringly confident that should this matter have proceeded to be heard by a judge we would have proven our claims. With this issue behind us, regional council will continue to put our constituents first and make a positive impact on the residents of Niagara."
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