Page 2966 - Week 07 - Thursday, 7 June 2012
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(6) How many infringement notices have City Rangers issued in the last financial year and for what infringements were these issued.
(7) How many prosecutions were pursued by City Rangers in the last financial year and for what infractions were these prosecuted.
(8) What was the total income generated by City Rangers infringement notices in the last financial year.
(9) How do City Rangers schedule their time with regard to the monitoring of various legislative responsibilities and how is particular legislative monitoring prioritised within rangers’ daily schedules.
(10) Are there sufficient TAMS rangers to adequately enforce the full spectrum of their responsibilities.
Ms Gallagher: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) There are seven full time public servants employed as city rangers.
(2) There is one senior ranger at the ASO 6 level and six rangers employed at the ASO 4 level.
(3) The average annual cost ranges from $99,103 to $112,916 depending on increments. This includes costs associated with superannuation, overtime, penalties, allowances, fleet and all corporate costs.
(4) Four: Roads and Public Places Act 1937; Trespass on Territory Lands Act 1932; Litter Act 2004, incorporating the Litter (Shopping Trolley) Amendment Act 2011; and Uncollected Goods Act 1996.
(5) In the last financial year, four formal warnings were issued by city rangers in total. There were two written warnings issued for dumping litter outside charity bin sites, one written warning for depositing litter from a vehicle and one formal direction was given to return a shopping trolley to a shopping precinct.
(6) In the last financial year, 71 infringement notices were issued by city rangers in total with 42 of those being for depositing litter in a public place, 21 for depositing litter in a public place and eight for depositing commercial waste in a public place.
(7) No prosecutions were referred to the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions.
(8) The total income generated by city ranger infringement notices in the last financial year was $14,704.
(9) City rangers respond to complaints from members of the public on a daily basis. In addition to dealing with those issues, the rangers proactively target emerging issues of concern, most recently a spate of illegal dumping around charity bins in Gungahlin which involved the issuing of 15 infringement notices and one warning between 31 March 2012 and 5 May 2012. Issues are prioritised on a daily basis with matters of potential or actual public safety issues the highest priority.
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