ESTEVAN -- Jacie Vandermuelen has joined the Estevan board of police commissioners as a member at large. She was sworn in during the latest board meeting on Jan. 23.
Vandermuelen took the oath of office at the start of the meeting. She is replacing Bernadette Wright, who decided not to seek another term after several years on the board.
Roberta Derosier is the other member at large. She is starting her second two-year term on the board. Coun. Rebecca Foord and Coun. Anthony Sernick are the two city council members for the police board; their two-year term started in January 2023.
Mayor Roy Ludwig is automatically part of the police board.
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During the latest meeting, the board of police commissioners also discussed the December 2023 as well as the year-end Estevan crime statistics. More on that can be found on our provincial news hub Â鶹´«Ã½AV.ca.
Looking at the year-end budget, Estevan Police Chief Rich Lowen noted that the department came in below the expected figures. And even with a few outstanding bills to pay, the final numbers will be under budget, Lowen said.
The board also looked at the monthly report for Special Const. Anna Volmer, who is the city's bylaw enforcement officer. It shows she had 68 occurrences last month, led by 20 unkempt property inspections, 16 parking violations, nine animal calls and nine listed as other bylaw.
She had 1,283 calls last year, led by 256 animal calls, 253 unkempt property inspections, 210 parking violations, 78 snow removal notices and 265 other bylaw calls.
A year earlier, she dealt with 1,676 occurrences.
