General Manager Lynne Lacroix retires after four decades with the City

After nearly forty-two years of dedicated service to the City of Saskatoon, General Manager Lynne Lacroix is announcing she will retire this summer. Lacroix’s final day of service is yet to be finalized but is expected to occur before the end of July 2024. 

“I have loved working for the City throughout my entire career. It has provided me with so many different opportunities and every day, I get to see how the programs, services and infrastructure we provide have an impact on the community,” Lacroix says. 

Lynne progressed through increasing levels of leadership during her impressive career with the City. Starting in 1983 as a Lifeguard, she moved on to become an Aquatics Programmer, Facility Planning Coordinator and into management roles including Branch Manager, Community Development, and Director, Recreation & Community Development. Her current and final role at the City was General Manager of the Community Services Division, a position she took on in 2019. Her educational background includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from the University of Saskatchewan and Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Athabasca. 

As it strives to create a good quality of life in Saskatoon, the Community Services Division provides and delivers a spectrum of programs, services, facilities and amenities that are fundamental to creating the type of community in which people want to live, work, play and visit. The Division experienced many notable successes during her tenure as General Manager, including: 

• Formalizing a partnership agreement with the Meewasin Valley Authority. 
• Launching the e-permitting system for Building and Development applications 
• Creation of the Vehicles for Hire Bylaw regulating taxis and transportation network company services 
• The opening of many great community partnership facilities: Nutrien Wonderhub, Optimist Hill Winter Recreation Park, the 90,000 square-foot indoor Training Centre at Gordie Howe Sports Complex, Pawatetin Basketball Courts in Victoria Park in partnership with Jump Start. Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan and a new Festival Site headquarters building. 
• Three new Urban Reserves established 
• Approval of the Urban Forestry Management Plan and Implementation plan, including the establishment of a Tree Protection Bylaw 
• Approval of the Cemeteries Master Plan 
• The 100th Anniversary Celebration of Memorial Avenue at Woodlawn Cemetery 
• Approval of the updated and newly designed Official Community Plan 
• Regional planning partnership P4G approval of the District OCP and District Zoning Bylaw 
• Networking, and building and supporting relationships with the community organizations, agencies, builders and developers. 
• Securing more than $41 million dollars in federal funding for the Housing Accelerator Fund to facilitate the building of additional affordable housing. 

“There is no doubt that our community has greatly benefitted from Lynne’s leadership and ability to build consensus over nearly forty-two years at the City,” says City Manager, Jeff Jorgenson.  

“There are many programs and amenities that contribute to the quality of life we have in Saskatoon that are the direct result of Lynne’s teambuilding approach, her dedication to the community and a desire to make our city a great place to live, work, learn and play,” says Jorgenson. “We wish Lynne all the best in her much-deserved retirement.”  

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A competitive recruitment process for a new General Manager will begin this week.