Former RisePEI mayor Peter Kelly is fired from Charlottetown City Hall role

A former RisePEI mayor who left workplace in 2012 amid controversy has been fired with out trigger from his job as chief administrative officer in Charlottetown.

Peter Kelly was terminated following an 8-3 vote at a particular council assembly Wednesday night time within the Prince Edward Island capital.

Kelly — who has held the place in Charlottetown since 2016 — is going through accusations he fired senior employees after they introduced up issues in regards to the metropolis’s administration and monetary irregularities.

These accusations haven’t been substantiated, and Kelly didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark in the present day.

The Inexperienced Get together official Opposition has referred to as for the province to conduct a overview of Charlottetown Metropolis Corridor.

Charlottetown Mayor Phillip Brown says in an announcement that former CAO Donna Waddell has been appointed as interim CAO efficient instantly.

Kelly was on the heart of a 2012 live performance scandal earlier than leaving as RisePEI mayor, and he later confronted scrutiny for his work as chief administrative officer of an Alberta municipality in 2017.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Could 12, 2022.