Niagara Regional Council have selected their four councillors for the CAO Recruitment committee.
A motion by St. Catharines Mayor Walter Sendzik allowed hopefuls two minutes to state why they should be on the committee.
Councillors Darte, Fertich, Foster, Huson, Redekop, Rigby, Witteveen, Whalen, and Zalepa ran.
In the end, Pelham Regional Councillor Diana Huson, Fort Erie Mayor Wayne Redekop, Lincoln Regional Councillor Rob Foster, and West Lincoln Regional Councillor Albert Witteveen were chosen for the committee.
Council also voted to allow Regional Chair Jim Bradley to be Committee Chair for the CAO Recruitment Committee
Ron Tripp will serve as Acting CAO until a permanent CAO is hired.
Tripp has been Acting CAO since the controversial exit of Niagara's former CAO Carmen D'Angelo.
D'Angelo was the subject of an Ontario Ombudsman's report called "Inside Job".