Former CAO Jamie Burke goes back to his planning roots with Stantec, ‘nothing but positive things to say’ about time in Sackville
Since January, former Sackville CAO Jamie Burke has been working for Stantec as Atlantic Lead in Urban Planning based out of the company’s Moncton office. It’s a job that could one day land Burke back working for Tantramar, as a contracted consultant.
CHMA spoke to Burke in February, to find out about his new position, and what it was like leaving his old one behind. We asked Burke what kind of projects he might be working on as an urban planning consultant:
Stantec’s business in Atlantic Canada is driven by public sector clients, says Burke, including municipalities, and provincial and federal government departments and agencies. “A lot of municipalities, both big and small, have a variety of planning documents,” says Burke, “whether it’s new municipal plans, official plans, zoning bylaws, or other types of regulatory documents that dictate how land can and cannot be used. So that’s one area where Stantec is around to help.”
And Plan 360—the planning department of the Southeast Regional Service Commission which is responsible for everything from processing building permits and rezoning requests, to writing municipal and regional plans—may need that help. When Tantramar was formed, the former town of Sackville’s 2015 municipal plan was already overdue for a review. Now the expanded municipality is in need of a new plan that will encompass two former municipalities and previously unincorporated districts.… Continue