MOOSE JAW — City hall’s administrative review officer received one complaint from a resident last year — only the second one in five years — and determined that the complaint was unfounded.
Saundra Arberry submitted her 2024 annual report to city council’s Jan. 27 regular meeting. In it, she explained that she received
Resident Jan Radwanski submitted a request to Arberry in mid-February 2024 asking that she review and allegedly failed to host public consultations before passing them, the report said.
Specifically, Radwanski believed council should have adhered to bylaw 5642, the planning public notice policy bylaw, and hosted public consultations and placed signs in the Westheath subdivision with the amended concept plan for the joint-use school location and all proposed residential and infrastructure upgrades.
The request “had merit,” and after a thorough review, Arberry concluded that the municipality, while not following the legislation with public consultation requirements “to the letter,” did take the policy requirement for public consultation and notice seriously and adequately notified residents of council’s activities with this matter, her report said.
Arberry sent a copy of her decision to Radwanski and council, with the resident replying and providing “what he considered to be additional facts” and requested further investigation.”
“I declined as I did not consider the additional facts to fall within the legal parameters for reconsideration of a decision,” she added.
Besides Radwanski’s complaint, the administrative review officer has handled only one other issue since 2020. In 2023, a citizen expressed concern about , 2023.
Those bylaws dealt with the joint-use school project, while . Council later
After reviewing the report, council voted unanimously to receive and file it.
The next regular council meeting is Monday, Feb. 10.
