South Stormont CAO hired

(Newswatch Group/File)

LONG SAULT – South Stormont has hired a new chief administrative officer.

The municipality announced Friday that Deborah LucasSwitzer has been selected for the top administrative job.

LucasSwitzer has over 20 years of municipal leadership experience in Lethbridge, Alta. and Waterloo, Ont.

She was selected through a recruiting agency.

LucasSwitzer will take over Jan. 3, 2018 after the retirement of CAO Betty de Haan.