Niagara Regional council moving last night to appoint an acting CAO after current Chief Administrative Officer Carmen D'Angelo announced he was taking a medical leave.
The Region's Commissioner of Public Works, Ron Tripp will assume the position until D'Angelo returns.
While Ron Tripp is in the position of Acting CAO, Catherine Habermebl will assume the position of Acting Commissioner of Public Works.
The St Catharines Standard also reporting the policy director for former regional chair Alan Caslin, Robert D'Amboise is also on a medical leave.
Both men are at the centre of the region's tainted CAO hiring process which is under investigation by the Ontario Ombudsman.