Burlington, Ont.—Feb. 3, 2019

Statement from Vito Tolone, Director of Transportation Services

“This past weekend, several Burlington residents informed city officials through various social media platforms about a member of the City's Parking Services team abusing accessible parking spaces specifically reserved for persons displaying a valid accessible parking permit. City of Burlington staff and their contractors are well aware of the behaviours and code of conduct expected when performing their jobs. The actions of the individual in question are completely unacceptable and out of line with the values expected of Burlington city staff. All municipal parking bylaws are to be followed by everyone, with no exceptions.

As a result, the City of Burlington has followed up with disciplinary action and the individual involved will no longer be working for the City of Burlington. Transportation Services staff will be following up with the enforcement contractor to ensure this does not happen again. All parking tickets issued by subject enforcement officer will be reviewed to certify that they were issued in accordance with the City’s policies and procedures.

We'd like thank members of the public for bringing this matter forward and apologize for the inconvenience and distress this may have caused.”

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Communications contact:

Carla Marshall

Communications Advisor

Office: 905-335-7600, ext. 7879

carla.marshall@burlington.ca