Pete Edwards is seen at the Tupper Lake Village Board meeting on Monday, where he presented his final monthly update as the village’s code enforcement officer. (Enterprise photo — Chris Gaige)

TUPPER LAKE — It was a bittersweet moment at the Tupper Lake Village Board meeting on Monday as longtime village Code Enforcement Officer Pete Edwards gave his final formal report to the local government officials.

Edwards officially retired from his village position on Saturday, June 28, and was before the board on Monday to provide a report for his last month of work. At the village board’s June 16 regular meeting, Edwards said in a moment of levity that his last day, on paper, just so happens to coincide with his daughter’s wedding.

“Her anniversary is going to be my retirement,” he said while cracking a smile.

Despite his position with the village ending, Edwards will still very much be in the picture. That’s because he’s also the Town of Tupper Lake Code Enforcement Officer, a position he said he intends to hold for a few more years.

Edwards’ position with the village is not being replaced, an effort to save the village money. Edwards, through his role with the town, will absorb code enforcement within the village, meaning that in effect, not much is changing with the scope of his oversight — aside from no longer producing monthly update reports for the village board. Even with that, he said, he’s on speed dial.

“It’s been a pleasure,” he said. “I’ll gladly come in if you guys need me for anything.”

The village board agreed to let Edwards hold on to his space in the village offices as he works to transfer existing village permits over to the town, and maintain a presence there for the time being. Edwards said that people can reach out to tupperlakecodes@gmail.com for code enforcement and zoning questions that pertain to both the town and the village.

Village Mayor Mary Fontana thanked Edwards for his 25 years of service to the village at the June 16 meeting, his last as an active village employee, and again on Monday when he gave his final formal monthly report.