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Bylaw 13/2019 - Policing Committee (1st, 2nd & 3rd Reading)
Presented by: David Leflar, Director, Legal & Legislative Services Department
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
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1. That Bylaw 13/2019, the Policing Committee Bylaw, be read a first time.
2. That Bylaw 13/2019 be read a second time.
3. That unanimous consent be given to proceed immediately to third reading of Bylaw 13/2019.
4. That Bylaw 13/2019 be read a third time.
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PURPOSE OF REPORT
The purpose of this Report is to provide Administration’s recommendation that Council repeal the existing Policing Committee Bylaw and replace it with the attached new Policing Committee Bylaw, #13/2019.
ALIGNMENT TO PRIORITIES IN COUNCIL’S STRATEGIC PLAN
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ALIGNMENT TO LEVELS OF SERVICE DELIVERY
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ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION
On April 18, 2016 Council passed the following motion (C236-2014):
That Administration work with the RCMP and the Solicitor General on the establishment of a Policing Committee and bring back a Bylaw or Terms of Reference as appropriate for Council consideration
Bylaw 28/2017, the Policing Committee Bylaw, was then passed on July 7, 2017, and was amended later that same year.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Council has previously received confidential legal advice concerning the current Policing Committee Bylaw. Arising from that legal advice Administration is now recommending that the existing Bylaw be repealed and replaced with a new Bylaw.
STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS OR ENGAGEMENT
On March 4, 2019 a draft of a proposed new Policing Committee Bylaw 13/2019 was sent to the Chair of the Policing Committee and to the Officer in Charge (“OIC”) of the St. Albert RCMP detachment, with a request for comments. The Policing Committee met with the CAO and City Solicitor on March 7, 2019 to discuss the draft Bylaw. The OIC met with Council on March 18, 2019, with the CAO and City Solicitor in attendance, to discuss the draft Bylaw. Comments were also r...
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