Mountain View County's departing planning director has accepted a position to head the City of Regina's planning and sustainability department.Diana Hawryluk said she had three job offers within a week, including a position with another county and a director's job with the province, but decided on the Regina position ìbecause I'll have a staff of 70 and some great projects to work onî in the Queen City.ìI chose that one because it's a pretty good job Ö It's a great job,î Hawryluk said.ìI'm very sad I'm leaving the community (but) this is a great opportunity for me.îHawryluk, 37, was born and raised in Saskatoon and has family in that city and many friends in Regina, she said.ìI'm heading back to my roots and (Saskatchewan) is definitely moving ahead.îThursday was Hawryluk's last day in the position she held for almost five years and which ended in a ìmutual professional parting of the ways.îHer announced departure ñ explained as being the result of a ìgapî with some councillors when it came to working with the director ñ was followed by two resignations within the department.The director's position has been temporarily filled by John Rusling, who was county planner prior to 2003, CAO Tony Martens said last week.Rusling was expected to start this Monday as interim director.
