City of Lacombe turfs over 300 outdated policies

City council in Lacombe has rescinded historical policies identified as inoperative, obsolete, expired, spent, superseded, or otherwise ineffective.

Officials say the city’s data integrity project for governance documents has been ongoing for four years, with 1,024 Bylaws (2017-2018) and 300 Policies (2020) removed. The latest round of eliminations includes an additional 306 outdated policies.

“One month ago, Council approved several policies in the second phase of this project,” Mayor Grant Creasey said. “It is great to see that only one month later – we can see an additional 306 policies taken off our books. Every round of this project eliminates potential red tape and confusion. Council looks forward to continuing this process to make life easier for our citizens.”

The project was initially given the go-ahead in 2016 to organize and index City bylaws. Through the process, it was discovered that many governing documents were inoperative, obsolete, or expired. In many cases, prior bylaws or policies were not repealed or rescinded when a new or amended governing document was passed.