Clutha district councillors will discuss the proposal at today's full council meeting in Balclutha.
A report from council planning and regulatory manager David Campbell said a group of enforcement officers was nominated internally last year, but new volunteers were sought from the Owaka area.
A bylaw introduced in 2012 prohibited freedom camping throughout the Clutha district but enforcing it had proved difficult,
he said. The council's enforcement of the bylaw was informal and sporadic, and had limited effect.
Meetings on how to manage the issue had subsequently been held in Owaka, resulting in the nomination of 12 residents from the Catlins area as potential freedom camper enforcement officers.
Nominated residents had already been subject to police screening to determine their eligibility for the role.
If the recommendation was passed, enforcement officers would be given the authority to ask for a person's identification if they were suspected of having committed an offence under the Freedom Camping Act 2011.
The officers would also be able to ask a person who they believed had committed an offence to leave the area.
The appointment of new enforcement officers would contribute to promoting a ''safe and supportive community'' and a ''clean, green image'', the report said.
The council will also discuss whether to revoke reserve status over three pieces of land in the Balclutha area so they can be sold.
The sites are in Malcolm Tce, Cherry Ln and a piece of forestry land beside the Kaitangata highway.
by Samuel White
