City of Winnipeg's acting CAO Deepak Joshi resigns

DeepakJoshi, who was suspended last month as Winnipeg's actingCAO, has resigned.

Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowmanreleased the following statement on Wednesday:

"Executive Policy Committee has accepted the resignation ofDeepakJoshifrom the City of Winnipeg, effective today. Additional details cannot be provided as this is a personnel matter.

• Winnipeg CAO Deepak Joshi's suspension stretched out 30 more days
• Deepak Joshi suspended as City of Winnipeg's acting CAO

Joshiwas suspended by Bowman in January but his authority under the City of Winnipeg Charter limited the suspension to three working days.

The Executive Policy Committee thenextended the suspension by 30 daysat the urging ofBowman, who said at the time he has "lost confidence" in Joshi's capacity to serve as acting CAO.

However, Bowmanhas neverelaborated on why he feels that way, citing human resources matters..

The 30-day suspensionwas set to expire on Feb. 21.

Bowman has already said he hopesto have a newCAOappointed andin place by March.