MINUTES OF THE CITY OF GRANDE PRAIRIE

COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING

Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 10:15 A.m. - 11:15 A.m.

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

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

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

2.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

2.1

Police Service Model Report

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 by D. 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 by D. 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 by M. 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.