Totten Says His Marching Orders Came From Council

A waste of time—that's what former city manager Terry Totten calls John Ferguson's aspersions on the integrity of city staff back in 2005. Totten maintaining--on the contrary--he constantly asked council to take urgent action on the pension plan's unfunded liability.

Ferguson's allegations included that financial reports were riddled with errors, that disagreements between Totten and then-councillor Glen Tait were creating delays with Vision 2015, and that Totten's recommendations contradicted the Chartwell report.

The former city manager testifying he never would have contradicted a report that cost upwards of $300,000 to complete.

Totten says he was proud to get his marching orders from council and the accusations were false, saying, “I would have had nothing to gain from that.”