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WATERLOO CHRONICLE Sesving m comimmniny cince [A Land Deagr 519.747.1316 MACKIA ThE City of :15 Submission deadline is Aprit 30, 2005 Continued from page 3 without severance pay tor not discussing his role in Maple Ridge, BC betore he was hired Former CAO still suing for $2.3 million Robertson tiled the $8.3 million lamwsuit against Waterloo Tast October Robertson was CAO of Maple Ridge for six years before he left in 2002 to become Hamiltton‘s city manager. He was fired from his position in Hamilton in 2004, after Mayor Larry Di tanni saud he wanted to take the cmvain a new directuion Watcrloo topped $61,000 in hiring Robertson, melud ing more than $41,000 spent un buring a Toronto consultâ€" ing firm to hunt down a new CAO, $6,000 for newspapet and Internet advertising and $3,000 for video conter encing. Robertson‘s job as Water loo‘s CAO entitled him to a $153,000 annual salary.