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Search is on for new city manager, fire chief in Port Moody

It's time to update that resume. The city of Port Moody will be looking to fill two top job postings this summer: city manager and fire chief.

It's time to update that resume. The city of Port Moody will be looking to fill two top job postings this summer: city manager and fire chief.

Former fire chief Jeff Lambert resigned from his post May 2 and city manager Gaetan Royer will leave before the end of August to take a new job at Metro Vancouver.

"Anyone that feels they will qualify [for the city manager job] can apply," said Port Moody Mayor Joe Trasolini, declining to comment on what those specific qualifications are but adding, "I anticipate it will be open to any candidates inside and outside [of city hall]."

City manager is the only job at city hall on which council votes to hire an applicant.

Mayor Trasolini said that once city council tables and approves a motion in the coming weeks to seek a replacement city manager, councillors will begin meeting with applicants and narrow the field until they agree on one candidate.

In the meantime, Trasolini said, Royer, in his role as city manager, is expected to "find a solution to the fire chief problem" by either beginning the application process for the job or cementing a tacit agreement between deputy fire chiefs Remo Faedo and Gord Parker, who have been sharing the role of acting Port Moody chief since Lambert's departure.

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