Lloydminster council recently had its chance to review changes to the bylaw enforcement bylaw.
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Some notable changes include appointment procedures allowing the city manager to appoint as required. The introduction of City of Lloydminster policy enforcement and the removal of weed and pest control services.
Coun. Justin Vance asked for some clarification between the role of the community peace officer (CPO) one and two and the bylaw enforcement officer.
“Community peace officer one and two are both granted provincial authorities to enforce provincial legislation. Whereas a bylaw enforcement officer strictly does not have that authority,” said Andrew DeGruchy senior manager, public safety.
“A bylaw enforcement officer, if they are trying to perform any enforcement or investigation through a provincial act, would be carrying out the duties of a community peace officer.”
An inquiry was made as to how bylaws are enforced.
“On 36 St., when I drive down it, there are people that park their boats and their vehicles on the lawns of their properties. What role do our bylaw officers play with that,” said Coun. Michael Diachuk.
DeGruchy clarified since the item is contained within the traffic, bylaw is permitted to perform investigations and enforcement on that.
“Do they wait for a complaint or if they see it, they engage?” asked Diachuk.
“Those roles would be performing proactive patrols as well as responding to complaints throughout the community,” said DeGruchy
He further clarified the bylaw enforcement officer is not part of their normal structure.
“We have a bylaw enforcement officer position currently under a term position to support the municipal enforcement team to support the team through some staffing shortages,” said DeGruchy. “We don’t typically within our model have strictly bylaw enforcement officers because their scope is limited.”
When it comes to tracking the success of the program, Lloydminster Mayor Gerald Aalbers says the team reports what they do.
“They can report on what they’ve done and you get that report from them,” said Aalbers. “They have a reporting structure, they’re out there doing their job each and every day.”
The bylaw enforcement bylaw will come back to a future council meeting for decision.
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