More civil enforcement officers (CEOs) should be put on the streets of St Albans District to deter illegal parking, a council committee has suggested.
The recruitment of the CEOs needs to be made a top priority for St Albans City and District Council’s parking services, according to its Community, Environment and Sport Scrutiny Committee.
The issue was discussed at a recent committee meeting. Recruiting and retaining staff were said to be the major challenges that needed to be overcome if sufficient CEOs were to be deployed.
Councillors considered how the council has performed since taking back control of 12 of its car parks and on-street parking enforcement.
These responsibilities had been contracted out to private firms for around 15 years.
The car parks involved have 2,000 spaces and 1.5 million users a year while there are over 7,000 street spaces.
Around 13,000 penalty charge notices were issued in the year to October 2019 when the council resumed control.
A report on progress since then is to be compiled by a Task and Finish Group and submitted to the council’s cabinet by Thursday, April 23.
Top priorities for the council will be recruiting more CEOs, signposting for all car parks, installation of charging points for electric cars and easier procedure for tenants to acquire a resident’s parking permit.
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