Councillor Mike Del Grande has been hospitalized.

An aide would not provide details, but said he will be out of the office for the rest of the week. Del Grande (Ward 39, Scarborough-Agincourt), known for his uncompromising fiscal conservatism and his prickly personality, was Mayor Rob Ford’s budget chief until his resignation a month ago. He spoke frequently of the stress he felt while he held the demanding post.

“I’m consumed by this job,” he told The Grid in November. “I come in here at 6 a.m., I don’t get home till 9:30. I’m doing Saturdays. I’m doing Sundays. I’ve given up going to the bathroom and eating. I’m just a workaholic trying to make things right.”

Del Grande complained on Saturday that plow crews had not cleared the snow from the bottom of his constituents’ driveways. He told the Globe and Mail that he used his own snow blower to clear the way for some of his neighbours.

Del Grande survived a benign brain tumour in the 1990s. There is no indication that his hospitalization is related to any previous health issue.

Del Grande is noticeably trimmer than he was at the beginning of the council term in 2010. He told the Toronto Sun in April that he had lost 34 pounds during a doctor-supervised diet and exercise regimen.

Ford’s executive committee last week appointed Councillor Frank Di Giorgio (Ward 12, York South-Weston) as the new budget chief. The striking committee on Wednesday nominated Councillor Frances Nunziata (Ward 11, York South-Weston), the council speaker, to take Del Grande’s spot on the budget committee.

The committee also nominated Councillor Vincent Crisanti (Ward 1, Etobicoke North) to take Del Grande’s spot on the executive.