| Vehicle | $718.08* |
| Computer Lease | $1,080.00 |
| Cell Phone | $500.00 |
| Air Card | $500.00 |
| Two Way Radio | $1,000.00 |
| Uniform | $2,500.00 |
| Total Yearly Cost Pre-Salary and Fringe Benefits : | $6,298.08 |
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*Daily fee of $59.84 x 1 day a month for 12 months
In addition, it takes up to 3 months to fully uniform an employee. This part time employee would require up to 4 weeks Full Time training before they could be deployed to work as a fully trained officer. Once training is completed, a daily rate of $281.81 (including benefits) would be paid to the employee (at Step 1 of the CUPE Local 543 Salary Schedule).
When considering the financial matters associated with the hiring of a part time By-Law Officer, it should be noted that the additional part-time staff is expected to have little to no impact on the overall call volume. However, this theory would first have to be tested through a pilot project as discussed. The Officer would have to actively patrol, looking for proactive work and cross reference a given address to make sure there was not a call in the database already. If the Officer writes an order, they are then required to take photos, notes and enter those to the database for future follow up. If the Officer is not working again for another month, those calls would sit stagnant for follow up until the Officer returned to work as each Officer is responsible for the calls they are assigned. Every call is started and finished by the same By-law Enforcement Officer for efficiency reasons along with ensuring continuity of evidence as any of these cases could end up before the courts.
Option 4 – Hiring a Full-time Officer
Due to the above, the potential for proactive enforcement may be better suited to adding an additional full-time staff member. In the 2019 Operating budget, administration had asked for either two new Officers or an increase in in each Officer’s weekly hours. The addition of an Officer would allow the unit to provide quicker response times to existing complaints while also allowing time for proactive enforcement activities without compromising productive time. This option was brought to Council during budget deliberations, but was ultimately not approved by Council due to competing demands and financial constraints at the time of budget deliberation.