MINUTES OF THE CITY OF GRANDE PRAIRIE

COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING

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Council Chambers, City Hall
PRESENT
  • J. Clayton, Mayor
  • G. Berg, Councillor
  • G. Blackmore, Councillor
  • D. Bressey, Councillor
  • W. Bosch, Councillor
  • M. O'Connor, Councillor
  • C. Thiessen, Councillor
ABSENT
  • K. O’Toole, Councillor
ALSO PRESENT
  • A. Miller, Deputy City Manager
  • D. Lemieux, Chief Public & Protective Services Officer
  • D. Whiteway, Chief Financial Officer
  • B. Glavin, Chief Operating Officer
  • A. Van Beekveld, Council Committee Coordinator
  • C. Manuel, Executive Director, Emergency & Enforcement Services
  • L. Newton, Strategic Projects Manager

1.
CALL TO ORDER

 

The meeting was called to order at 12:35 p.m.

2.
DISCUSSION ITEMS

 

2.1
Police Service Model Report

This item has attachments. 
1.Staff Report - Police Service Model Review.pdf
2.City of Grande Prairie - Police Service Model Review 2022.09.23 Final.pdf

C. Manuel, Emergency & Enforcement Services Executive Director, and L. Newton, Strategic Projects Manager, presented Committee with information regarding the police service model in the City. A detailed Transition and Community Engagement Plan is necessary to ensure adequate consideration is paid to the complex matter of transition from the RCMP to a Grande Prairie Police Service.

  • MOVED byD. Bressey

    Committee move In Camera.

    For: (7)D. Bressey, Mayor J. Clayton, C. Thiessen, G. Berg, G. Blackmore, W. Bosch, and M. O'Connor
    Absent (1)K. O’Toole
    CARRIED. (7 to 0)
  • MOVED byD. Bressey

    Committee meeting resume.

    For: (7)D. Bressey, Mayor J. Clayton, C. Thiessen, G. Berg, G. Blackmore, W. Bosch, and M. O'Connor
    Absent (1)K. O’Toole
    CARRIED. (7 to 0)
  • MOVED byM. O'Connor

    Committee recommend Council authorize up to $250,000 from Council's Strategic Initiatives Fund for the development of a detailed Transition and Community Engagement Plan to further assess the opportunity to establish a municipal police service for the City of Grande Prairie.

    For: (7)D. Bressey, Mayor J. Clayton, C. Thiessen, G. Berg, G. Blackmore, W. Bosch, and M. O'Connor
    Absent (1)K. O’Toole
    CARRIED. (7 to 0)

3.
ADJOURN MEETING

 

The meeting adjourned at 2:30 p.m.

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