Integrity commissioner signed through 2027

By CityNews Ottawa

Posted Jul 11, 2022 09:30:00 PM.

The City of Ottawa has signed its integrity commissioner to stay on for another five years. 

In a memo to Ottawa city councillors on Monday, July 11, Rick O'Connor, city clerk, noted that Karen Shepherd's term will now come to an end on August 31, 2027. 

Shepherd was hired last fall for an initial one-year term. She replaced retiring integrity commissioner Robert Marleau. 

 

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