Department Plan Development and Protective Services Department

Building Official. The CBO position was posted again in early 2023, however the position remains vacant. Our By-law Enforcement Officer (non-contract) remains on leave and efforts to fill temporary contract position were unsuccessful.

As discussed in the 2022 Overview and 2023 Outlook, if approved as part of the 2023 budget, the full-time position of the Training Officer will assist in alleviating capacity challenges currently experienced by the Manager of Development and Protective Services/Fire Chief that resulted from the municipal reorganization in the spring of 2022. The full-time staffing complement of the fire department has remained unchanged since 2013, despite community growth, an increased volunteer complement, and legislation requiring fire safety inspections in vulnerable occupancies, mandatory certification of firefighters, and the development of a Community Risk Assessment.

The 2023 Service Delivery Plan does not include a capacity breakdown for the North Perth Fire Department volunteer firefighter complement due to variable nature of emergency response and the uncertain availability of the volunteer firefighters.

The following chart is a summary of the work plan for the Development and Protective Services Department:

Manager of Development and Protective Services (1 FTE). On-call hours are not included in the capacity breakdown.