File #: RFD 17-073    Version: 1 Name: Appointment of Weed Inspectors - 2017
Type: Request For Decision Status: Carried
File created: 3/15/2017 In control: Community Services Division
On agenda: 4/25/2017 Final action: 4/25/2017
Title: Appointment of 2017 Weed Inspectors Proposed Motion That the appointment of Lisa Chomyn, Sarah Johnson, Sarah Loosley, Jo-Anne Maw, Alana Regier, and Alexandra Rondeau as Inspectors under the Weed Control Act as per Part 2, 7(1) and the Agricultural Pests Act as per Section 10 (1), of Alberta for 2017 be approved.

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Appointment of 2017 Weed Inspectors

 

Proposed Motion

That the appointment of Lisa Chomyn, Sarah Johnson, Sarah Loosley, Jo-Anne Maw, Alana Regier, and Alexandra Rondeau as Inspectors under the Weed Control Act as per Part 2, 7(1) and the Agricultural Pests Act as per Section 10 (1), of Alberta for 2017 be approved.

 

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Administration Recommendation

Administration supports the recommendation.

 

Purpose

These appointments allow the inspectors to enter private property, in the discharge of their duties, without the landowners consent

 

Summary

These appointments are required on a yearly basis and will expire at the end of the employment contract.  Precautions will be taken by all staff when entering private property to ensure that all equipment, etc. will be clean before entering or leaving a field.  Lisa Chomyn, Sarah Johnson, Jo-Anne Maw, Alana Regier and Alexandra Rondeau are returning employees.  Sarah Loosley is new this year.

 

Strategic Plan/Policy/Legal/Staff Implications

Provincial Legal Requirement.

 

Financial Impact:

Cost:   N/A

Source of Funding:  N/A