Workload concerns could prompt call for more bylaw officers in Ottawa

The Ottawa Bylaw and Regulatory Services annual report for 2023 showed 100,060 calls for service last year, which is up 7.6 per cent compared to 2022. It also showed that Ottawa's bylaw officers respond to significantly more calls than bylaw officers in other cities do.

Parking enforcement makes up a plurality of service requests. There were 41,034 calls for service related to parking in 2023, up nearly 15 per cent from 2022. The report notes, however, that parking complaints dropped significantly in 2020 following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2023 figure is still slightly below the pre-pandemic number of 42,485 calls for service reported in 2019.

"That is something that a number of my colleagues on the committee said, as we head into the 2025 budget, we might want to consider adding more FTEs to the bylaw portfolio, but you've got to be careful about that workload as well," he said. "Even the chief of bylaw, Roger Chapman, said that he would like to see that reduced."

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