Enrico Scalera Announced as City of Burlington Director of Roads, Parks and Forestry Department
*Please see below a media release issued by the City of Burlington.
Burlington, Ont. — Nov. 30, 2020 — The City of Burlington is pleased to announce the hiring of Enrico Scalera as the new Director of Roads, Parks and Forestry Department.Scalera brings 30 years of private and public-sector experience in engineering and operations to the City of Burlington. For the past 10 years, he has served as Director of Roads and Works Operations with the Town of Oakville and was responsible for road infrastructure maintenance, fleet and operations facilities. During this period, he oversaw the department implementation of many program improvements and enhancements including Asset Management and Work Order and AVL systems and implementation of customer service and response tracking systems.Scalera is a graduate of the Bachelor of Applied Science Program in civil engineering from the University of Toronto and is a licensed Professional Engineer. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for Ontario One Call, the Provincial agency advocating for best practices and communicating locate requests for underground infrastructure.Scalera will replace the current Director, Mary Battaglia, who is retiring in December.
"We’re looking forward to bringing Enrico onto our City of Burlington team. His experience and leadership will be a great asset to our Roads, Parks and Forestry services that contribute to the quality of life for residents. On behalf of the City, I would also like to thank Mary Battaglia for her outstanding service and wish her a happy and well-deserved retirement." -- Allan Magi, Executive Director of Environment, Infrastructure & Community Services
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--*Posted by John Bkila, Mayor's Media and Digital Communications Specialist