North Battleford City Manager Jim Toye indicated Monday the City is looking into bylaws to address public safety issues in the community.
In his presentation at a public meeting held at the Don Ross Centre, Toye noted the interest expressed about an anti-bullying bylaw. That issue was brought up at the last council meeting by Councillor Trent Houk who brought up the bylaw enacted in Hanna, Alta.
Toye told the audience he was getting more information about what other communities have been doing.
"I am getting bylaws from other communities - Hanna, Alberta, Airdrie, Alberta - who have implemented those in the last month or so. So those will be before city council in the next month or so, so we'll be having a look at that."
Toye also acknowledged the situation that made the news about young North Battleford Comprehensive High School student Todd Loik, who committed suicide in what is being described as an online bullying case.
"Obviously we had a terrible situation in our city recently," said Toye.
"City council heard loud and clear, and they hear the community. So city council will be addressing that."
He told the audience he expects a draft bylaw to be before city council before the end of October. "What they'll do is take two or three different bylaws, review them, and try to pick pieces of them to make them fit the North Battleford situation."
