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Okay, good morning everyone. Um, welcome
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whole meeting.

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It is 9:00 a.m. and I would like to call
this meeting to order and that there's a

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lot of chatter happening in the gallery
today, which is always a good thing

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because it means our committee is here
ready to present in their delegations

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and are in good moods and so I hope that
we are all in good moods. Um, again, I

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have regrets from Mayor Bronco for
today's meeting as well as councelor Hy

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who's been unable to make it. So, I
would like to begin with open mic. And

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it's my understanding there's nobody in
the room for open mic.

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Nobody's saying Karen, you're wrong this
morning. So, great. We will move on to

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adoption of the the agenda. So, can I
please have somebody um move that,

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please? Councelor Nielson.

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» Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd actually
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agenda, please.
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» In under close session

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20, section 20 of ATIa.
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my printed agenda, at least we didn't
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this on this printed agenda. So we'll
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and then yours under section 20 is 10.2.
Is there anything else

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from anybody in the gallery?
Seeing none, um I will call the question

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for
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motion forward.
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Brushing this morning. All those in
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forward and then with the addition
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with the addition of 10.2 to as amended
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I will catch up to my brain.
Uh so we will move on now to delegations

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and the first one I have is the brain
conference. So if you'd like um

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if you would like to come up is will it
be both Lori and Colleen?

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Your microphone is on. Okay.
Whenever you're ready.

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» I have to have my glasses.
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having any vision is you just wear them
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» Well, good morning everybody. Uh Lori
and I are here to um represent the uh

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the brain conference that is happening.
Uh we in Hellkerk uh just south of

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Camero's ways. And um last year we had
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Witasquin and uh it was at the Reynolds
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well presented. There were people that
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Canada and some from the States and and
and this time we're even having a person

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come from uh from Australia uh to to
make their presentation uh or that I

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shouldn't say not their presentation but
they have a story in the in the book um

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of the uh the brain book. So anyway um
we'll just sort of carry on and uh

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I'll read you Lori prepared most of the
the the stuff here. So I will just uh um

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read it and um and both Lori and I were
also on the uh on the uh committee for

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for getting the uh conference running in
WTAN last year.

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the range of uh brain brain injuries is
larger than most people tend to know.

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stroke, brain, hemorrhage, injury,
accident, migraine, and more are of

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concern. you would likely know someone
who has suffered a brain injury and uh

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you can read some of their experiences
uh uh in the brain book and that's what

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that's what it looks like and there will
be a new edition of the brain book being

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um worked is being worked on at the
present time

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and uh brain with all its capital
letters stands for battle river arts

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innovation and neuroscience So all those
letters together make uh brain which is

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what it's all about in the in the grand
scheme of things. This is the first or

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the third conference the first being
held in Camros and then withas one last

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year. Uh we are part of a placebased
community of economic development, a

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practical education association
partnered with eight Canadian

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communities across Canada.
And more information can be found on the

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website and and you will have um
availability of of information regarding

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regarding that too. all the information
with the addresses that you can get a

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hold of people if you wish to do so.
The uh Battle River extends from the

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headwaters at Battle Lake to the
endaters of the river rivers at uh

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Battleford. It's a huge area of central
Alberta and Saskatchewan. And the

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conference 2026 will be held at the
Circle Square Ranch at Halkerk in the

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Battle River Badlands of Payer County.
A working group of volunteers

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representing several municipalities from
across the Battle River region is led by

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a competent board um the Brain
Foundation.

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And the conference this year is in
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25th with Friday evening and Saturday
morning extra events and one is even a a

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tour of the of the area.
The main conference is on Saturday

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and the uh brain foundation website has
more information on uh on that and again

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those addresses are all on this uh
enclosed.

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» Oh, okay. All right. That's that's the
one that's what the brain conference is

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and the request for funds. That's that's
what that is.

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And uh brain health differs from mental
health. Brain health is fundamental for

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mental health. While there is lots of
information about mental health, there

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is much less attention to brain health.
Rural Albertans or any Canadian for that

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matter uh should not have to travel for
treatment to faraway destinations like

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Florida, Denmark, Australia, even
Vancouver or Ottawa and not even

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Edmonton or Calgary.
We are working to bring brain

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rehabilitation and treatments to uh
central Alberta

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all throughout the uh throughout the um
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and sponsorships. the the way that we
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sponsorships um the conference to
advertise what we're doing and and uh

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and inform people more of uh of of the
different ways to heal brain injuries

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and the brain book uh gifts all will
help uh you can attend the brain

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conference and hear speakers from across
Canada and the US even from from other

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countries. Leading scientists and
doctors offer insights into brain

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injuries. Artists understand the power
of all forms of art in recovery.

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So you can you can sponsor people to
attend the conference or you can

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contribute stories from your own lived
experience or from others you have known

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because we all have very likely some
connection to someone who has had a had

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a brain injury of of some kind. And you
can help us spread the word about our

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cause, our conferences and other
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The ultimate goal of this conference is
to attract resources and uh raise

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awareness about the need for a brain
education and rehabilitation center in

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Battle River region, enabling those
impacted to recover in familiar

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surroundings with ongoing support,
providing hope for their loved ones. The

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conference will examine and report on
recent breakthroughs and innovations in

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understanding the brain, neuroscience,
and the rehabilitation processes,

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especially neuroplasticity and therapies
through the arts.

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If you can add your efforts to bring a
world-class brain center to rural

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Alberta, your donations and your input
will be much appreciated.

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And um Lori has a copy there of the of
the brain the brain book and it is yeah

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it is made up of um of uh stories. There
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and they are all written by by people
who have had some some

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connection to uh to brain injury and um
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education
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something with the new copy that is
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to be space available made available for
people to advertise their own

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businesses, you know, for supporting um
for supporting the the conference and

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and and the book. But it's but it is an
an actual advertisement for whatever

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business or whatever um organization you
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$1,000.
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and that gives you there'll be pages
added to the book that have your

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information on your on your company or
your business or your organization. Does

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that sound right so far?
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Right. I should tell you how much it
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at the conference. The fees are $125 for
general admission only or $300 which

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include accommodation on the ranch uh if
needed and then caster and also have

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hotels and you can register online again
at the battle rivers.ca CA. And um

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we're looking for donations to help with
conference expenses such as uh paying

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for the speakers, many coming from far
away. Um, and I know there's people from

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Chicago um that that that came to last
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literally from all over the the world
that that people have come to to um talk

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about what they do and how to help
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and um a charitable donation. If you
want uh a receipt, uh you make your your

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check payable to the friends of freedom
society. Um if you wish to just donate

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to the founding organization, the check
is to be made payable to association for

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lifewide living. So everything is all
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» Yeah. Bottom line, we want

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we need to cover expenses and whatot

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of the information.

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So, any questions?
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» So, I'll ask just a couple questions.
Um, my first question is your book. I I

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know that there's the I'm going to I
might get the name right the wrong the

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Battle River Writers
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Neuroscience
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connected to the writing group. So if
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example or read the book, am I looking
at stories local to the Battle River

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area to your or is it stories from all
over the world as well? They they they

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literally are stories from all over the
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» there's uh I have
there's one by me in the at the very end

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of the book that is that associates the
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and things like that.
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And again, the people that we were
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there's a couple of articles in there by
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» So, it it does cover
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other, you know, like I say, or like
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from from Alberta.
>> Beautiful. Um I believe councelor

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Billingsley has a question.
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all, thank you. I appreciate um your
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issue. Um my question actually is to
administration. Um would something like

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this um be something that this
organization could then apply through

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the community grants um program

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or at least something that could be
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» Uh through the chair to councelor
Billingsley. I think it depends on the

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ask. Okay. um how much it is. Uh if it
falls within the parameters of the

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program, we could direct them that way.
Otherwise, um we would need a motion of

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counsel to consider further support.
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administration and to see if if um
this would fall into um something that

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we could sponsor through the grants
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» Okay. Thank you.
And then following up on that is, am I

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correct when I saw your presentation
that this isn't just an ask of council?

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Um, part of the
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know that now that we go um live that we
live stream and then tape that

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afterwards that many community groups
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meeting. So, I just want to give you a
chance right now for those interested to

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repeat um how to get in more
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Would it be off your website? Would it?
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the battle riverarts.ca.
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So, that's b a tt t i v a rts.ca.
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website that will that will let you know
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and what else?
And I'm reading something here. The

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» Excellent. And then my last question for
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hard, is if I wanted to purchase the
brain book because I'm I am very

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interested in reading these stories,
where would I be able to do that?

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let you know when they are available.

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» And Lori, I know that sometimes you're
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egg grounds. Do you sell this book as
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» I I did last year. Okay.
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everything, I'd like to thank you very
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with the conference. Maybe I'll see you
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If if somebody on council decides to
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and administration would contact you.
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Who will I leave this book with today?
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leave that, I I'll take a folder and
then if you wanted to leave an extra

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couple, I think the legisl desk behind
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pick it up there.
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» Thank you. Thank you, Colleen.

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All right. So I will move on to 5.2
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policing report with Inspector Humpkey.
Welcome.

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» We give you the best.
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Uh, first I guess uh I'd like to
I guess thank everyone and and I

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officially have been named your
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excited to be here and to work with
everybody and and see what we can do

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together. So
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» Um secondly, I think maybe you've seen
around town, but we have police officers

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now wearing blue shirts. So, the RCMP
has now rolled out uh new shirts to

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update the gray ones and their blue
shirts. So, they're pretty much rolled

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out now. So, that uh was an ad or a
campaign that we ran here, I guess,

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starting in the end of July. And they've
got everybody outfitted. So, when you

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see guys in in blue shirts, guys and
girls, that is the new year.

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» Excellent.
>> Um we also have a new vest that'll be

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coming out here shortly. Um just
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uh the police on the front and the back
and and putting a little bit more onto

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them.
>> Um we're currently into our pistol

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conversion. So the firearms that we
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1995
and this has been in the works for quite

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some time and we're started with that.
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and converting over to the new pistol. I
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organization right now and I'll move to
the uh the community report. So this

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community report encompasses April
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» um of 2026. That's quarter one of the
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So introduction uh 2025 annual
performance plan. Uh there were three

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items that were uh on there. community
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trying to remember the other, but I
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Sorry. We'll get there. Um, crime
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index, which is a win, and then we'll
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First slide there, community engagement.
Uh, community police officers have

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focused on several initiatives during
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the end of June, so school was still in.
Uh the Breakfast Club of Canada, we were

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active with uh CB McMmero. We did some
internet safety presentations. Uh bike

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rodeo here in Macasin with the city of
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Uh participated in the Rawhide Rodeo,
National Indigenous People's Day, coffee

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with a cop every uh first Thursday of
every month here at McDonald's that it's

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hosted. Uh they may start to change up
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Uh engagements with seniors uh the cadet
aircadet inspection annual inspection

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attended the youth conference mappy day
and partnership with our UVA and Grant

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Mchuan where we have students from the
criminal justice program uh coming into

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the detachment working with us. Uh we
actually have had two now that have gone

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on to our CMP depo. uh one graduated,
one's coming up graduating and we have

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one gal that decided she wanted to work
as the uh public service and friends and

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she started in August and we currently
have another student right now. So just

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a quick uh photo there uh Macappy day
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uh crime reduction. So our crime
reduction unit is focused on prolific

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offenders here during this quarter. So,
property crime, drugs, social disorder

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issues, crime hotspots. Uh, first
quarter saw several significant

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occurrences. Um, so we had total arrests
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property charges, 13, drug charges, 13,
breach order charges, 19, and other

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criminal code charges of eight. Um, out
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investigations are some of the photos um
with it there that they seized. So, some

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firearms, little uh clear bags of the
white powder, that's uh methamphetamine

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weapons there as well. Good getting
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Community safety uh to enhance community
safety visibility. Uh task implemented

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directive patrols hotspots which are
geographical areas of higher calls for

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service. Uh downtown foot patrols were
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have been very well received uh by the
business and community members. So some

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human resources
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established police officer positions.
There's 23 officers during that uh April

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through June that were currently
working. Three of the officers

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temporarily absent. We had two graduated
return to work, so they're working on

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coming back and one leave without pay.
And there was one vacancy during that

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time uh which is our staff sergeant ops
NCO position which is open now and it's

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closes here the end of the month for
promotion

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uh provincial detachment has 18
established police officers 14 currently

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working there are four that are
temporary absent three again graduated

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return to work and one leave without pay
there are no hard vacancies on our

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provincial side and then the detachment
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Crime trends overall crime trends have
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January to March. I forgot to change
that. Uh the increase of B&Es are

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associated working with commercial. This
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I'm just going to skip right to the next
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Um on the next page you can see our
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again uh looking at it there breaking
enters were actually down 17% April to

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June. Uh theft of motor vehicle we had
an increase of 16% and theft under was

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down 22%.
Um so our break and enters began to

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increase in June and then I'll jump
ahead into July. Unfortunately, we had a

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pretty good uh increase in break and
enters in the month of July. I know it's

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not part of these stats here. Um we did
have one series where we actually have

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been able to identify an individual from
British Columbia uh who was responsible

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for smashing out a bunch of windows and
going into restaurants. So we had three

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here in Watasco and one in Millet and
then we linked it up with other

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communities throughout Leuk, Edmonton
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a big a big one there and then we've had
a couple others since

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looking at numbers there are uh
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had it on the other screen if I would
have saved it right

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uh down 29% and our other criminal code

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showed a slight increase I think up
about 38% for this quarter.

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Uh prisoner counts um again used to
gauge the effectiveness of the hope

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mission while not fully reliable the
count can be compared to previous years

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and judged against previous year
strategies. So um year to date the end

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of June that's January to June 934 which
is a decrease of 226 from 2025. So 226

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less prisoners this year over last year.
Our April to June 246 prisoners which

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again was a decrease of 77 from last
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Calls for service.
Um, our top 10 calls for service are

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disturbing the peace. So, 362 during
April to June. Well-being checks again

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are are high on there. 188 suspicious
persons vehicles 154, liquor act 14. Uh,

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breach piece 103 and moving down. So our
total calls for service were 255

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and that's in the city of Watasquin,
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Uh the graph on the right there, the
chart uh shows kind of the uh top times

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of the days and uh and hours of the day
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So between one and five are typically
our our highest calls.

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And the crime severity index uh 2025
uh crime severity index came out here in

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July. Let's added this in. So within CSI
dropped by.9%

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again not a a huge decrease but it's the
right trend. Um the overall Alberta RCMP

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jurisdiction is 100.6
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down uh throughout the province.

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again with our crime severity index. Um,
break and enters accounted for 17.4% of

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our CSI value. Assaults 13.9,
uh, drug enforcement 8% and theft under

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5,000%.

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7.8% sorry. Uh, disturbing the peace
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fraud. defensive weapons and sexual
assaults to uh top 10 there.

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Uh the largest driver for the decrease
in our CSI from 2024 was a decrease in

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breaking enters even though we still
have a fairly high number there. There

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were 53 less in 2025 than 2024.

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» So any questions?
>> Uh thank you. Go ahead councelor

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Nielson.
>> Thank you.

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First off, congratulations on your new
position. Welld deserved.

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» And uh I would echo the community's
response to foot patrols. I see them

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often and uh I believe what they say to
the community is that we are here in the

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community and we're looking after your
best interest. So, thank you for that. I

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do have a number of questions though. Um
in in terms of calls for service, um

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I've got three here that I' I'd like
some clarification on. Um what is

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disturbing the peace?
>> Disturbing the peace uh that's enjoying

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the peace um of the community whether
it's by yelling, fighting, swearing,

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being intoxicated. Um so it has to be
out in an area where

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people are and they're disturbing their
activity.

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» That make sense?
>> Yeah. Thank you. uh in a residence or in

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a uh commercial site. Um it's mischief.
So that's an enjoying their or

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disrupting their enjoyment to property
or um

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their
shopping like that type of thing.

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» Okay. Um what is a well-being check?
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of well-being checks. Uh lots of calls
for people to check on their health. um

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haven't seen them in a long time.
Whether it's check on mental health,

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check on physical health, check on um
anything to do with them. They haven't

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been seen. They were driving from
Cameros to a task one and they're late.

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» So, so would some of that be individuals
that that are on your radar in terms

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like you said, you haven't seen them in
a while or is this just uh people

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saying, "Hey, I can't I can't find my
kid. I can't I don't know where grandma

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is or whatever.
>> Yeah. Um with kids and with elderly or

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vulnerable persons, that would be a
straight missing person's report, but um

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a well-being check would be just
checking on their well-being.

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» I would say
>> I I can't put a a total number to it,

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but the number of individuals that get
reported to us for a well-being check

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that we know them, it's probably a 50-50
split,

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» okay? of people that we know and people
we have no idea who they are and aren't

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um you know regular individuals that we
encounter.

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» Okay. Thank you. Um and there was 74
calls for service having to do with the

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mental health act.
>> Yes.

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» So what would that consist of?
>> That would be mental health crisises.

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Um, with that, people who are either
suicidal, wanting to hurt themselves,

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others,
um, potentially

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having a crisis where they're just
having a really bad day somewhere, uh,

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at home or in a business or in the
street. Um, we do have our ARPAC team

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here now and they're fully functioning,
so that's that's helping, but uh, we

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still have to respond to the call for
service on that. Uh we have had a fairly

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high call volume in regards to mental
health and um people wanting to hurt

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themselves or others here over the last
while. Okay. Thank you.

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» Um
and I'm curious about how your

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statistics get captured. So, does each
number that you've talked about here,

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number of offenses and so forth, is that
does that represent a charge being made,

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a file being opened, or simply a
complaint received?

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» Uh, every time a complaint is received,
a file is open. So, those are one and

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one. Uh, but this would be every time we
have a file or a complaint is what these

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are. Our stats for what our charges are
um isn't on this list. I can request

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that. Okay. what our clearance rates
are.

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» Yeah. No, I was just curious about
differentiating where they come from.

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And my last question, uh, Brandon, is in
relation to, um,

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they're called crime trends here. Um,
one's crime trends and one's crime

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stats. Mhm.
>> Uh, one speaks to family violence.

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» Mhm.
>> An increase of 13 cases.

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» Um, and the other speaks to spousal
abuse, a decrease of 18, uh,

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representing 14 and 17%. What's the
differentiation between a family

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violence and spousal abuse?
>> Uh, sorry, where did you see the spousal

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abuse at?
>> I don't know where I saw it now.

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» Okay. Um, so I apologize. the the crime
trends are actually January to March's

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crime trends. Those aren't the last
ones. So when I saved I saved it wrong.

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» Okay.
>> So those are incorrect. I and I don't

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have it off my head here what our family
violence rate is.

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» Okay. I'm I'm okay with not knowing the
trends. Can you differentiate for me

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difference between family violence and
spousal abuse?

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» So spousal abuse abuse is just that it's
spouse partner. Yeah.

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» Um
>> intimate partner. Actually they've

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changed the name of it now. Intimate
partner violence. Family violence would

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be amongst a family um member. So
grandparent.

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» Oh, okay.
>> Kid, stuff like that.

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» All right, great. Thank you very much.
I'm good.

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» Uh, councelor White.
>> Thank you. And congratulations. Also, I

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have just a couple questions and some
have already been answered. So, thank

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you, Councelor Nielsen, for your
questions. Um I I'd like to echo the

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positive feedback on the foot patrols.
I've seen as well as heard positive

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feedback on that and I wondered um that
I realize this report is looking in the

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past. Can you tell me a little bit about
plans for the future? Will there be

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continuing foot patrols this fall and
winter?

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» Yes, the foot patrols are going to
continue. I mean winter at times with

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weather and such like that. We did
actually put some bike patrols. We did

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have pilot on bike patrols here uh in
July and August. Um that actually was

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wellreceived as well and planning for
you know next year's nice season I

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guess. Um so we actually have specific
training. It's law enforcement uh bike

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training that you have to take. It's a
week long course to ride a bike and

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learn how to execute your duties while
riding a bicycle. So right now I don't

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have a lot of members that are trained
in that. Um, I think I only have four or

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five. So, looking at doing some more
training for next year and uh

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potentially getting some more bikes and
and increasing that. So, that went

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really well. I'm happy with that and
we'll continue with that and as well as

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the foot patrols um and foot patrols in
uniform. So, our crew team quite often

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works in plane clothes and they do do
foot patrols, but you wouldn't know who

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they were walking down the street,
right? Um, so we're actually going to

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get them to do some more increased high
visibility patrols, too, in uniform as

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00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:48,079
well. And we're going to branch that out
into other areas of town as well.

423
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:56,240
» Thank you.
>> Okay. Look forward to that. And my last

424
00:39:52,079 --> 00:39:59,440
uh question is around the um page that
said prisoner counts. I I just want to

425
00:39:57,839 --> 00:40:04,720
read a sentence and have you tell me
more. The first sentence says prisoner

426
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:09,599
counts are one metric used to gauge the
effectiveness of enforcement efforts and

427
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:15,280
utilization of hope mission. Can you
tell me a little bit more about that?

428
00:40:13,119 --> 00:40:21,680
» I'll try. Um that was from my
predecessor. That was his uh his gauge

429
00:40:18,079 --> 00:40:28,560
on it. Um, so I think the the use of the
hope mission and bringing our prisoner

430
00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:34,800
counts down strictly in relation to our
um nuisance

431
00:40:31,839 --> 00:40:40,160
intoxicated persons, nobody to care for
them is what that's referring to. So

432
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:46,320
trying to bring that number down with
the use of the mission. So I wasn't here

433
00:40:44,079 --> 00:40:52,560
prior to and I don't know what it was
like specifically before that. Um,

434
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:58,000
and then how many people we had to
lodge. So,

435
00:40:54,640 --> 00:41:01,520
does that kind of make sense?
>> So, bringing our numbers down because

436
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:07,200
more people are utilizing the mission,
is that easier to make more sense? Um,

437
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:12,160
» is is that what's happening? Do you
think that's what's happening or or are

438
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:14,560
you confident that that's
>> I

439
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:19,359
» an outcome or
>> don't know if that's 100%. So I think

440
00:41:17,119 --> 00:41:28,319
our
enforcement in regards to putting people

441
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:34,800
in cells has gone down. Um
certainly the there is a percentage that

442
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:39,280
the hope mission is um helping and
keeping out of that cycle of coming to

443
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:45,920
cells
but not everyone. I I can't say for sure

444
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:50,000
that it's 100% success and I can't say
that it's not a success either. I don't

445
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:54,240
know what the
rate was before. I I see that our

446
00:41:51,839 --> 00:41:56,000
numbers go down. Um our numbers went way
up in July.

447
00:41:55,599 --> 00:42:01,920
» Okay.
>> So, um I think my my question wasn't I'm

448
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:07,119
going to steer it a slightly different
way. Instead of a comparative question,

449
00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:12,079
history to present to future.
>> Um can you tell me a little bit more

450
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:17,200
about the interaction of the two
services of the RCMP enforcement

451
00:42:14,319 --> 00:42:20,319
services and the hope mission services.
How are they interacting?

452
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:26,000
» How do we interact?
>> How do you interact? How do your people

453
00:42:23,119 --> 00:42:28,960
interact with Hope Mission in a way that
might be reducing the number of

454
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:32,079
prisoners?
>> Is is that a correlation I can bring

455
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,400
from that sentence?
>> Yep.

456
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:40,240
» Okay. Um, we have a pretty good
relationship with the hope mission and

457
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:44,640
we have individuals who if we do pick
them up, we can take there. We talked to

458
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:49,040
them and they will take them. Um,
they're pretty open to that with

459
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:53,200
majority. Of course, there were a few
individuals that they

460
00:42:51,680 --> 00:43:00,000
wouldn't that were banned from the
shelter or whatever have you. Um, but I

461
00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:03,599
would say for the most part, uh, they're
pretty receptive to who we bring over

462
00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:09,760
there.
>> And individuals that are not accept that

463
00:43:07,119 --> 00:43:14,079
are picked up by RCMP but are not
accepted at home mission, do they maybe

464
00:43:12,079 --> 00:43:18,440
turn into this prisoner count?
>> Yes, they would.

465
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:18,440
» For sure.

466
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:25,040
» I have a lot of questions, but I can't
think how else to ask right now. Thank

467
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:30,720
you.
time.

468
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:34,480
» Uh, thank you, Councelor White. Uh,
anybody else?

469
00:43:33,119 --> 00:43:39,520
» Councelor Nelson,
>> following up a little bit

470
00:43:36,079 --> 00:43:46,079
» on that. So, if your staff were called
to service um with regard to uh a person

471
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:53,760
under the influence creating a problem
in the neighborhood or whatever, um

472
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:58,640
do your staff, do your officers
actually transport

473
00:43:55,680 --> 00:44:04,480
um these individuals say to hospital or
is is an ambulance dispersed?

474
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:08,160
» Uh both um at times. So if we need to
take somebody for medical treatment or

475
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:15,119
believe they need to meet medical
treatment if it's of a severity passed

476
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:22,640
out unresponsive or not responding you
know whether it's breathing or not uh

477
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:28,079
100% that's ambulance. If the person can
communicate

478
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:32,480
kind of um and function but they do need
medical assistance and we'll transport

479
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:38,240
there if we're able to. But if we're not
able to transport, so we do utilize uh

480
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:43,599
EMS and an ambulance,
you know, I can't say every day, but uh

481
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:48,160
certain days like five, six times a day,
uh maybe more. And they actually call us

482
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:52,400
a lot, too. So, a lot of those calls for
service actually come from the ambulance

483
00:44:49,839 --> 00:44:56,160
side of it. Uh where they'll get a call
of somebody who's unresponsive. There

484
00:44:54,240 --> 00:45:00,640
hasn't been a call to us. There's been a
call through 911, DMS. They get the

485
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:03,920
call. Um they won't go to the call
without us. and then they call us to

486
00:45:02,079 --> 00:45:10,720
come.
>> And if your officers um were to take an

487
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:15,119
individual to the hospital, um are they
required to stay

488
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:21,440
at the hospital until they're actually
seen by medical personnel?

489
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:26,319
» Only on mental health uh not on straight
medical reasons.

490
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:29,319
» Okay. Thank you.
And

491
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:33,760
» once they're released, do you have any
responsibility at that point to

492
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:37,400
transport?
>> No.

493
00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:37,400
» Thank you.

494
00:45:39,119 --> 00:45:48,480
I have two um questions that are more if
you can just explain a little bit better

495
00:45:45,359 --> 00:45:52,000
for others
because it took my first question is

496
00:45:50,319 --> 00:45:57,760
about talking about your when you talk
about human resources and the two

497
00:45:55,280 --> 00:46:01,680
different detachments. Can you just
>> give me a quick rundown on what that

498
00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:06,880
means? because it wasn't really until I
was reading these more in depth that I

499
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:11,200
understood totally the municipal and the
provincial.

500
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:16,079
» Yes. Uh so ratascoin camel's detachment
is a postmod attachments that means that

501
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:21,760
we have resources that are municipally
funded, city of watascoin funded and

502
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:25,520
proincially funded. Um so provinially
funded is our rural uh some of our

503
00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:30,160
positions are actually provinially
funded but in the city of Wataswin and

504
00:46:27,599 --> 00:46:35,119
that means members respond to calls for
service in any of the area. So Watasquin

505
00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:39,760
County or city of Watasquin uh
regardless of what their position

506
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:44,480
funding is. So it could be a proincially
funded member going to a call in town,

507
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:48,720
could be a municipal member going to a
call in the county. Um that's how that

508
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:55,040
works. We have cameros on there as well,
but cameros again is its own uh kind of

509
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:58,720
side of it there. So that's a
proincially funded side as well. And we

510
00:46:56,880 --> 00:47:03,040
have members that are uh strictly
dedicated to camera rolls.

511
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:08,640
» Perfect. And then you talked about
having the ARPAC um team back.

512
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:16,319
» So can you again, we all know what that
means, but just clarify what ARPAC is.

513
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:18,880
» Uh it's our mental health team. So, um,
the acronym always slips me there.

514
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:24,720
» Yeah,
>> I apologize. Um,

515
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:30,319
» so we have a police officer and a mental
health nurse that respond to calls and

516
00:47:28,079 --> 00:47:35,119
assess. So, the great thing about that
is having the the health side with the

517
00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:39,440
police officer side. So the police
officer allows us to go to the call and

518
00:47:37,119 --> 00:47:46,560
and be there and then the mental health
side can engage uh the individual and

519
00:47:43,119 --> 00:47:51,839
have access to Alberta health records um
can fasttrack them into

520
00:47:49,599 --> 00:47:56,720
um designated facilities to get them
help faster if needed where uh one of

521
00:47:55,119 --> 00:48:01,119
the questions asked about us having to
be at the hospital. So on a mental

522
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:05,440
health if we don't have our pack here
and we take somebody who's in mental

523
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:08,240
health crisis to a designated facility
which our closest is Centennial in

524
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:14,880
Pinoa.
>> Um I think there's work on here.

525
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:21,520
» Uh we go there
we have to wait until they admit the

526
00:48:18,240 --> 00:48:29,040
person have their security whatever um
CPO is there to take carriage of it. So

527
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:34,640
wait times can be high. um
with Centennial right now we can't have

528
00:48:32,319 --> 00:48:39,920
anybody who and a lot of times this goes
hand in hand is addictions uh substance

529
00:48:37,839 --> 00:48:45,280
abuse and mental health if anybody's
under the influence of drugs or alcohol

530
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:50,640
we can't take to Centennial uh so then
we have to take to Red Deer or Edmonton

531
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:55,359
but typically it's Red Deer um and
that's deemed through the health side

532
00:48:53,599 --> 00:48:59,440
they tell us what designated facility we
can take the individual

533
00:48:57,119 --> 00:49:02,400
and we are required to transport them.
There will be times that we'll spend

534
00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:08,160
eight, nine hours or a police officer
will spend an entire shift waiting for

535
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:13,760
the individual uh to be admitted
>> and and thank you. And I just I was

536
00:49:11,359 --> 00:49:19,920
excited. I guess it's the wrong word,
but very happy when I heard the team was

537
00:49:16,559 --> 00:49:25,040
back. And it's my belief that if we
could do more of this and have more our

538
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:31,920
pack help um we could
>> so our team here is a regional team. So

539
00:49:27,839 --> 00:49:36,319
it's regional police crisis team. Um, so
they do cover an area and I'm sorry I

540
00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:42,720
don't know exactly where the border
ends, but it's uh all the way down to

541
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:49,520
Stetler and all the way as far west as
we can go and then south to I think

542
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:55,680
Masquis and just north to the Leuk
County line. So pretty big area but

543
00:49:52,400 --> 00:50:00,480
majority of their calls are around
around here. Um, and then talking about,

544
00:49:58,400 --> 00:50:03,920
sorry I mentioned the wait times of nine
hours. With our packact, if they're

545
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:07,359
there to deal with,
>> they can take the individual, but with

546
00:50:05,839 --> 00:50:10,960
the nurse,
>> um, she can actually get them admitted

547
00:50:09,119 --> 00:50:12,240
faster and then there isn't those wait
times.

548
00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:15,640
» Excellent.
>> Get all that done.

549
00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:23,760
» So, all I wanted to do is again
congratulate you. Um, we're very

550
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:29,520
excited. it does not necessarily matter
where you come from, but it's nice to

551
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:34,559
have um somebody local and committed to
this community with his family. And I I

552
00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:39,200
will tell the joke of somebody us being
out at the barbecue and somebody you've

553
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:44,960
known for a really long time not
recognizing who you were in uniform um

554
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:49,680
cuz it was out of context. And that's
the brilliance of um having you here.

555
00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:54,000
We're really excited and for you and
your team. Thank you always for

556
00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:58,520
everything you do and putting our safety
first.

557
00:50:55,359 --> 00:50:58,520
» Thank you.

558
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:23,119
» Excellent. So, I would like to move on
to um the next delegation 5.3, which is

559
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:29,319
Watasin's community safety and
well-being strategy update. Welcome

560
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:29,319
Carly and Emily.

561
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:51,319
Perfect. Can you hear me? Okay.

562
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:58,960
Good. Okay. So, good morning council.
For uh those who might not know, my name

563
00:51:57,200 --> 00:52:02,559
is Emily Thompson and I'm the managing
director for Watasquin Family and

564
00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:07,760
Community Support Services. And with me,
I have Kari Dolan, Wataswin's community

565
00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:10,640
safety and well-being coordinator. And
just for the purpose of this brief

566
00:52:09,119 --> 00:52:16,000
presentation, we will refer to the
strategy as its acronym of CSWB.

567
00:52:14,079 --> 00:52:19,520
And we're here today just to provide a
brief update on the progress that we've

568
00:52:17,839 --> 00:52:23,599
made with the strategy since the
coordinator position commenced in May.

569
00:52:22,079 --> 00:52:28,480
Um, and we're really looking forward to
all the amazing work that she's not only

570
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:32,960
done, um, but has, uh, coming up really
quickly here. And I also do just want to

571
00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:37,119
mention quickly that the position is uh
continuing to be supported by the CSWB

572
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:43,200
governing structure which is FCSS city
of the RCMP. And with that I will hand

573
00:52:40,640 --> 00:52:48,640
it over.
>> Thank you. You can hear me? Okay.

574
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:53,920
Lovely. All right. Uh my name is Karly.
I've had the pleasure of meeting all of

575
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:57,520
you formally. I just wanted to take a
moment to thank you for allowing me to

576
00:52:55,920 --> 00:53:03,119
come back and do this work that I am
extremely passionate about. I am excited

577
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:08,240
for the opportunities for Watasquin and
all of the partners involved. Uh as

578
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:14,720
Emily mentioned, our main three partners
are city of Watasquin, Watasquin FCSS,

579
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:19,359
and Watasquin RCMP. So I have had the
opportunity to work with all three

580
00:53:16,720 --> 00:53:24,000
partnering agencies in differing amounts
on a number of different initiatives

581
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:28,559
that we are working towards. There's a
lot of work in the strategy. So we are

582
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:34,319
at the very beginning stages of it but
have seen some really exciting progress.

583
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:38,000
We are four months in. So again getting
things rolling. Have taken a little bit

584
00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:43,440
of time to get things moving but we are
seeing some exciting outcomes already.

585
00:53:41,119 --> 00:53:47,839
And as Emily alluded to, we have some
great work coming up. I think I was say

586
00:53:46,079 --> 00:53:50,839
I think we have some slides. There we
go.

587
00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:58,480
Lovely. If you want to just advance to
number three, the next one. Awesome.

588
00:53:56,559 --> 00:54:04,240
Okay. So, I just wanted to take a couple
of minutes and just go over a very brief

589
00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:08,000
overview of CSWB.
I could literally talk for hours about

590
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:12,319
this and I'm going to spare you that but
I just wanted to ensure that everyone

591
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:17,839
had a basic understanding of what this
work is and how it works. So we are

592
00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:23,680
looking at crime reduction and improving
community safety from a number of

593
00:54:21,599 --> 00:54:27,520
different avenues particularly focus on
some of the social aspects and how we're

594
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:32,800
able to come alongside our law
enforcement partners improve community

595
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:36,800
safety. Community safety is not just
reliant on enforcement and we are really

596
00:54:35,119 --> 00:54:40,880
trying to dive into that and ensure that
they have the proper support and our

597
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:45,520
community is equipped to be able to
address some of the pertinent issues. Uh

598
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:50,480
so this visual just goes through the
fact that there are there's a huge

599
00:54:47,599 --> 00:54:54,640
continuent on a number of
components that are involved all the way

600
00:54:52,480 --> 00:55:00,240
from social development including
community education and awareness the

601
00:54:57,200 --> 00:55:04,559
prevention aspect risk intervention all
the way through to our incident response

602
00:55:02,319 --> 00:55:08,480
or or enforcement approaches. So there
is a lot of different avenues that this

603
00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:13,520
work can be done and I'm happy to say
that we've been able to tap into all of

604
00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:20,880
them already and can plan to continue to
do so as we do this work. Uh next slide

605
00:55:16,720 --> 00:55:24,559
please. Okay. So our progress to date um
we hit the ground running. I was super

606
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:29,040
grateful to be able to have some
background knowledge of the strategy

607
00:55:27,119 --> 00:55:33,920
coming in which I think has been
extremely beneficial. Uh we have

608
00:55:31,599 --> 00:55:38,720
attended a number of community events
particularly with our three key partners

609
00:55:36,240 --> 00:55:43,599
which I think has been really really
helpful in getting the word back out in

610
00:55:40,559 --> 00:55:49,040
the community of what CSWB is. We did do
the consultative work back in 2023 so

611
00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:53,760
there's been a bit of a lull and we're
doing some re-education but people seem

612
00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:56,640
really excited and open to seeing what
the strategy is going to do and

613
00:55:55,280 --> 00:56:01,920
supporting the work done in the
community. So we have been like I say

614
00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:07,920
attended other community events to
support and to make awareness of CSWB.

615
00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:12,960
We have hosted a few community events as
well prioritizing again awareness of the

616
00:56:10,559 --> 00:56:17,760
strategy talking about this work and
answering questions which people often

617
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:22,000
have and rightly so will continue to do
so. I've had the pleasure of doing a

618
00:56:20,319 --> 00:56:26,640
couple of community presentations and
actually have another one this week and

619
00:56:24,079 --> 00:56:30,640
another one lined up next month. If
anyone is interested in learning more,

620
00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:34,400
by all means, please contact me. I would
love to talk about this work, answer any

621
00:56:33,119 --> 00:56:39,440
questions, and see if there are
collaboration opportunities because we

622
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:44,079
definitely are looking for community
involvement in this. It is for the

623
00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:48,480
community by the community. This is not
intended for myself or even myself and

624
00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:53,280
the three governing partners to take on
all of this work ourselves.

625
00:56:50,799 --> 00:56:57,599
My major role is bringing in the right
players and ensuring that we are able to

626
00:56:55,440 --> 00:57:03,280
work collaboratively and efficiently in
addressing these community issues.

627
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:07,040
So, we're currently actioning seven
initiatives. I feel like that's likely I

628
00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:11,440
did these slides a few weeks ago, so I
think we've started on a couple of more,

629
00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:15,520
which is really exciting. Um the
recommendations in the strategy are

630
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:20,720
quite robust and there is a lot of work
that will take some time before we see

631
00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:26,559
tangible outcomes but we do have some
that we have been able to see already

632
00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:30,480
that we have had movement forward. We're
doing some data collection uh if you

633
00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:34,559
were upright of programs we did some
there. So we have an ongoing data

634
00:57:32,559 --> 00:57:39,440
collection campaign just gathering
community input on what they see as the

635
00:57:37,599 --> 00:57:43,280
most valuable approaches to this work.
So, we're still working on compiling

636
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:46,880
that data. We have one more collection
piece to do, but I'll be excited to

637
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:50,559
share those results of what the
community has told us they value in

638
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:59,359
terms of the approaches to this work
coming up. We have a website and a

639
00:57:54,480 --> 00:58:05,200
Facebook page that is live and updated
as often as I'm able to. I am running by

640
00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:11,680
myself, so sometimes it is behind, but
it does detail uh the CSWB approach. It

641
00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:15,920
has a link to the strategic document
which is absolutely lengthy but does

642
00:58:14,319 --> 00:58:21,359
have a lot of information in what it is
that we're trying to achieve, upcoming

643
00:58:18,720 --> 00:58:25,359
events, um upcoming initiatives, and
then ways to get in contact with me. So,

644
00:58:23,280 --> 00:58:29,680
if anyone does have questions or would
like to be involved, they can absolutely

645
00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:34,240
hit the website or the Facebook page to
get some more information.

646
00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:38,079
So education and awareness has been a
big piece whether that's through social

647
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:43,440
media, community engagement, formal
presentations, and that work is

648
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:48,319
continuing to go on. Uh met with at
least 20 local organizations formally

649
00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:53,520
and informally, some with one-on- ones,
some in group consultations.

650
00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:57,680
Really excited to reestablish the
relationships that I've had previously

651
00:58:55,200 --> 00:59:01,520
and create some new ones in this work. I
say we definitely do need the support of

652
00:58:59,520 --> 00:59:05,920
our local organizations and so far have
had really wonderful uptake and support

653
00:59:04,319 --> 00:59:11,200
from our community partners which is
really encouraging.

654
00:59:08,160 --> 00:59:17,440
One of the major focuses that we have
really been diving into is creating

655
00:59:14,640 --> 00:59:22,960
robust evaluation and data collection.
So this work is sometimes hard to

656
00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:28,400
communicate its value and its outcomes.
So we are prioritizing having as robust

657
00:59:26,400 --> 00:59:32,960
evaluation and data collection as
possible. We have been connecting with

658
00:59:31,119 --> 00:59:36,880
other communities doing this work to
ensure that we're able to learn from

659
00:59:34,559 --> 00:59:41,680
what they've done so far. What's been
successful in their data collection and

660
00:59:39,359 --> 00:59:46,000
in their storytelling of what has worked
well maybe what hasn't and then taking

661
00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:50,799
those learnings and applying them here
which we are really excited to do. And

662
00:59:49,040 --> 00:59:54,880
we've also been doing some research and
environmental scans. So again, the

663
00:59:52,960 --> 00:59:59,599
strategy is a couple of years old. There
has been some changes in trends um and

664
00:59:57,599 --> 01:00:03,920
in priorities of what we're seeing needs
to be addressed. That being said, we are

665
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:11,200
ensuring that we are looking at what is
currently available in the community if

666
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:17,760
we can help foster better utilization or
a change in methodology to improve

667
01:00:14,400 --> 01:00:21,359
outcomes and or fill gaps that exist.
And we know that there are lots of

668
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:25,440
wonderful organizations doing really
great work, but there are still a lot of

669
01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:30,960
gaps existing. So if we're able to help
assist in filling those, that's been one

670
01:00:27,520 --> 01:00:35,119
of our priorities as well.
Okay, if we want to go to the next head.

671
01:00:32,720 --> 01:00:40,160
Thank you. So connection with other
communities, that has also been a major

672
01:00:37,839 --> 01:00:45,200
priority in the early stages of this
work. It is happening in a number of

673
01:00:42,640 --> 01:00:49,599
communities across Canada and across the
world as well.

674
01:00:46,799 --> 01:00:53,520
We have been very lucky that Canadian
Center for Safer Communities, which is

675
01:00:51,599 --> 01:00:57,520
the organization that assisted us with
creating our strategy, we are still

676
01:00:55,520 --> 01:01:01,520
connected with them and with some of the
communities that are working alongside

677
01:00:59,040 --> 01:01:06,160
them in doing this work. So being able
to learn from them, connect with them,

678
01:01:04,559 --> 01:01:10,799
utilize initiatives that have worked
well in those communities is extremely

679
01:01:08,079 --> 01:01:14,079
beneficial. So I am very grateful that
we have been able to connect with a

680
01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:18,400
number of communities and have
discussions on the broader approach of

681
01:01:16,319 --> 01:01:22,720
this work but then also some of the
specific pieces that we have been

682
01:01:20,079 --> 01:01:27,200
looking into for Watasquin to address
our unique needs. There is wonderful

683
01:01:25,040 --> 01:01:30,880
work happening elsewhere and a lot of
the challenges we're seeing are not

684
01:01:28,880 --> 01:01:34,480
unique just to Watasquin. So we have
been able to have some really great

685
01:01:32,720 --> 01:01:39,359
learning from the other communities of
what they're doing and how their work

686
01:01:36,799 --> 01:01:43,040
has evolved since implementation. So
like I said, we've consulted with at

687
01:01:41,119 --> 01:01:47,040
least 11 communities at this point and
we've been able to actually go and visit

688
01:01:44,799 --> 01:01:52,000
seven of them to actually see firsthand
what that work looks like and meet the

689
01:01:49,440 --> 01:01:55,599
people that are doing it. Okay, next
slide, please. Uh so this one obviously

690
01:01:54,240 --> 01:02:01,040
doesn't have a lot of words on it. It's
just some pictures of what we've been

691
01:01:57,839 --> 01:02:05,040
involved in to date, attending other
events in the community, hosting some

692
01:02:03,760 --> 01:02:10,240
events that we felt were really
important. We had a blanket exercise as

693
01:02:08,240 --> 01:02:13,359
part of welcoming week and were pleased
to see that we had a number a larger

694
01:02:12,160 --> 01:02:17,760
number of people than what was
registered show up. Um it was a packed

695
01:02:15,520 --> 01:02:21,359
house which was really lovely to see and
had some really great feedback from

696
01:02:19,680 --> 01:02:27,599
that. So we were super grateful for that
opportunity. Uh we had our overdose

697
01:02:24,319 --> 01:02:31,359
awareness vigil in August. Um also
wanted to thank I see a a few of these

698
01:02:29,599 --> 01:02:35,839
faces we also saw there and I'm again
grateful for your guys' attendance and

699
01:02:33,520 --> 01:02:40,720
support. Um really great feedback from
that as well. And we did host a service

700
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:44,720
provider lunch and learn at Reynolds
which was better attended than they were

701
01:02:43,040 --> 01:02:48,079
expecting. Again we were really pleased
with the community's involvement and

702
01:02:46,480 --> 01:02:53,119
engagement in what we've been working
on. um and

703
01:02:51,359 --> 01:02:56,000
basically a boat of support from them to
continue this type of work and that

704
01:02:54,559 --> 01:03:01,599
they're asking to have more done in the
future. So that was a really positive

705
01:02:58,720 --> 01:03:07,440
piece of feedback to get on that work.
Uh next slide please. Okay, so on the

706
01:03:04,640 --> 01:03:11,280
horizon there is a lot of work coming
up. I think our big one that we would

707
01:03:10,079 --> 01:03:15,760
like to highlight is the pop-up
navigation center which is coming up on

708
01:03:13,119 --> 01:03:20,079
November 5th. It is a follow-up to the
one that happened in June 2025 that

709
01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:24,799
garnered a lot of really positive
feedback and attention from across the

710
01:03:22,319 --> 01:03:30,240
province. So, we are making it bigger
and better. We have had over 30 partners

711
01:03:27,920 --> 01:03:35,200
already confirm their attendance and we
are looking forward to it being a more

712
01:03:32,559 --> 01:03:38,960
robust offering of services to the
community. So, we're really excited

713
01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:42,480
about that one. Uh, we have a
partnership coming up with Norquest for

714
01:03:41,359 --> 01:03:47,359
National Day for Truth and
Reconciliation, which is happening on

715
01:03:44,319 --> 01:03:52,160
the evening of November 29th. So, if any
of you or anyone else watching would

716
01:03:49,680 --> 01:03:56,799
like to attend, it's from 4 to 6:00 p.m.
at Norquest and it is free. Sorry,

717
01:03:55,119 --> 01:04:00,559
September.
Apparently, my coffee hasn't kicked in.

718
01:03:58,720 --> 01:04:04,400
Uh, we are do also doing some really
great work with the youth justice

719
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:10,160
committee. I was just in Calgary with
our local RCMP representation at a

720
01:04:07,520 --> 01:04:15,280
provincial symposium. We are in the
process of reinstating a youth justice

721
01:04:12,640 --> 01:04:20,400
committee in Wataswin. We have had some
wonderful people come forward being

722
01:04:17,200 --> 01:04:23,440
willing to sit on it. So we are
optimistic that by the end of this

723
01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:27,599
calendar year it will be fully
operational and accepting files which is

724
01:04:25,599 --> 01:04:31,039
really exciting. Again, wonderful
support from our community, which is

725
01:04:29,039 --> 01:04:35,280
much needed for this to be successful,
but really exciting to see it moving

726
01:04:32,720 --> 01:04:39,599
forward and a fairly quick timeline,
which is amazing. Uh, we will have a

727
01:04:37,920 --> 01:04:43,920
youth leadership council coming out
later in the school year. We are

728
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:48,960
expanding our community education,
awareness, and engagement on CSWB and

729
01:04:46,559 --> 01:04:52,160
any specific initiatives. New
partnerships and collaborations are

730
01:04:50,480 --> 01:04:56,160
happening all the time, which is really
exciting. Whether it's us seeking out

731
01:04:54,079 --> 01:05:00,400
potential partners or people coming to
us and saying, "Hey, I read about this.

732
01:04:57,920 --> 01:05:04,319
I'd like to learn more. Can we help?"
Which is amazing and I'm super grateful

733
01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:08,559
for that as well. Um, our outcome
reporting, as I said, we are working on

734
01:05:06,640 --> 01:05:12,559
evaluations and data collection and
being able to communicate our the work

735
01:05:10,799 --> 01:05:16,079
that we're doing as well as the work
being done in the community that

736
01:05:14,079 --> 01:05:21,280
supports the strategy in the most
effective way possible and ongoing

737
01:05:18,799 --> 01:05:27,599
research and initiative development. So
I am pleased to say that we are also

738
01:05:23,839 --> 01:05:32,000
working on three specific initiatives.
You will see us coming back at PCET

739
01:05:29,359 --> 01:05:36,079
time. Um but we are also working on two
grant applications for provincial

740
01:05:33,599 --> 01:05:40,559
funding for specific initiatives that
will support Wataswin which we are

741
01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:43,440
really excited about as well. So hopeful
that we're going to see some really

742
01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:50,640
great work rolling out here in the next
few months. And I think

743
01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:56,079
that is it. Um, excellent. Thank you
very much. You bet. I will open it up to

744
01:05:53,359 --> 01:06:00,640
council.
>> Councelor Billingsley.

745
01:05:57,440 --> 01:06:06,480
» Thank you. Um, thank you for the report.
Um, it's good to see the the um

746
01:06:04,720 --> 01:06:10,319
organization out in the community.
Obviously, I've um been lucky enough to

747
01:06:09,039 --> 01:06:15,200
attend some of the things that you've
been doing and um the awareness in the

748
01:06:13,359 --> 01:06:19,680
community is starting to grow. So, thank
you very much.

749
01:06:16,720 --> 01:06:24,799
My question will is to do with going
forward um and reporting back to us.

750
01:06:22,960 --> 01:06:29,720
Have you thought about a timeline of how
often we're going to be receiving

751
01:06:26,319 --> 01:06:29,720
reports back?

752
01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:38,480
» Hello. So ideally when this came about
because the governing structure we do

753
01:06:35,599 --> 01:06:42,880
meet monthly so we don't want to kind of
strap it to

754
01:06:41,280 --> 01:06:47,039
quarterly or whenever it might be too
lengthy of a time that has gone since.

755
01:06:44,559 --> 01:06:49,920
So when there's like a bulk of momentum
that we made within the strategy, then

756
01:06:48,559 --> 01:06:53,920
we would just like to bring that forth
to council if there is a vacancy in the

757
01:06:52,000 --> 01:06:57,359
agenda to make it uh the information
available to you rather than it being

758
01:06:55,680 --> 01:07:00,640
every four months, which we feel like is
too long while also being conscientious

759
01:06:59,280 --> 01:07:04,720
of the fact that we don't want to take
up all of your agendas. So whenever we

760
01:07:03,119 --> 01:07:09,480
get some momentum, we would just like to
be able to bring that forth to you.

761
01:07:06,240 --> 01:07:09,480
» Thank you,

762
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:13,400
» Councelor Nielsen.

763
01:07:14,720 --> 01:07:22,799
My question goes to administration Sue.
So

764
01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:27,119
these folks come back to us um for
budget deliberations is we've we've said

765
01:07:24,880 --> 01:07:30,559
it's time for their presentation.
>> Correct.

766
01:07:28,559 --> 01:07:37,039
» And so
to you two um thank you for the report.

767
01:07:34,799 --> 01:07:43,760
So you'll be coming back and sort of
peeling back the layers a little bit

768
01:07:38,640 --> 01:07:51,760
more and talking about uh CSWB as it
relates to budget as well. Is that

769
01:07:47,359 --> 01:07:56,319
correct? Is that how you foresee this?
>> Yes. So the presentation that we have

770
01:07:53,839 --> 01:08:02,079
planned next month is for a specific
initiative addressing specific issues.

771
01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:07,039
If you guys would like a more indepth
like overall presentation on CSWB, I can

772
01:08:05,280 --> 01:08:12,640
absolutely do that as well. My
understanding is that's not what is

773
01:08:08,720 --> 01:08:17,679
planned for our next opportunity to come
and speak to you. It will be for like I

774
01:08:14,880 --> 01:08:22,239
say a specific ask addressing specific
pieces of this work. Um absolutely it'll

775
01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:25,600
be more in depth. Like I say today we
wanted to just do a quick overview

776
01:08:24,239 --> 01:08:29,600
because we knew we were strapped on
time. Um, but when we come back, like I

777
01:08:27,759 --> 01:08:35,120
say, there will be more in-depth
information pertaining to the specific

778
01:08:32,080 --> 01:08:42,279
piece that we have an ask related to. If
that answers your question,

779
01:08:36,799 --> 01:08:42,279
» Carly, it does. Okay. You know, I I uh

780
01:08:42,400 --> 01:08:50,640
» I wanted to make sure that we as a
council understand that we'll have I'm

781
01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:57,199
assuming a presentation by FCSS for for
budget, but a CSWB

782
01:08:53,440 --> 01:08:57,199
budget request as well.

783
01:08:57,520 --> 01:09:05,279
Yes, I can say that for um I also
wanting to make sure that FCSS's

784
01:09:02,239 --> 01:09:10,159
presentation is separate from CSWB um as
we are still just only a third of the um

785
01:09:07,759 --> 01:09:14,080
governing structure. But the CSWB
specific presentation is coming forth

786
01:09:12,000 --> 01:09:18,480
for a proposal that will action
something that will hit the majority of

787
01:09:15,920 --> 01:09:23,759
all of the um priority areas identified
within the strategy. And then given that

788
01:09:20,719 --> 01:09:28,159
this position was um approved graciously
for two years then that is something

789
01:09:25,759 --> 01:09:33,040
that in the next budget sector we would
be looking to uh gauge interest as to

790
01:09:31,120 --> 01:09:36,159
whether or not um there's been
satisfaction from council on the

791
01:09:34,880 --> 01:09:38,640
progress that the work has made to be
able to extend the position to a

792
01:09:37,520 --> 01:09:41,880
permanent basis.
>> Thank you.

793
01:09:42,159 --> 01:09:48,279
» And I have one other question Carly.
um

794
01:09:50,960 --> 01:09:57,920
in in in your presentation you talked
about a lot of work being done on

795
01:09:54,880 --> 01:10:02,560
evaluation data collection. So, I'd like
you to sort of tie together for me

796
01:09:59,760 --> 01:10:11,880
because I'm an impatient person
um this business of collecting data,

797
01:10:07,840 --> 01:10:11,880
evaluation, documentation

798
01:10:13,199 --> 01:10:21,040
versus outcomes.
How do those tie together? Because I

799
01:10:18,560 --> 01:10:24,040
want to talk about outcomes.
Um,

800
01:10:24,159 --> 01:10:31,719
and I don't want to I'm only speaking
for one of a number of people around the

801
01:10:28,719 --> 01:10:31,719
table.

802
01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:39,520
I'm hoping that we don't get way more
reports than we get outcomes and and and

803
01:10:37,199 --> 01:10:43,520
I don't mean to be flip with that
response. So can you tie together this

804
01:10:41,760 --> 01:10:48,480
work you're doing on evaluations and
data collection

805
01:10:46,000 --> 01:10:54,080
and relate it to
ensuring outcomes?

806
01:10:50,640 --> 01:10:59,040
» AB: Absolutely. Um so there are a number
of piece of pieces in terms of outcomes

807
01:10:56,400 --> 01:11:03,360
and I'm I'm making an assumption and you
can correct me if I'm wrong. In outcomes

808
01:11:00,800 --> 01:11:08,400
you're looking for like tangible changes
in the community when you're saying

809
01:11:05,040 --> 01:11:12,800
outcomes. Okay. So we are hopeful that
obviously we're going to see outcomes in

810
01:11:10,880 --> 01:11:17,040
the community. I think where there's
sometimes a challenge especially when

811
01:11:15,120 --> 01:11:23,679
we're looking at prevention focused work
is it's hard to quantify what that might

812
01:11:20,320 --> 01:11:27,920
look like or be able tori to describe it
as opposed to yes we've seen a change

813
01:11:26,000 --> 01:11:33,199
but what does that look like or what
does that mean? We are looking to be

814
01:11:30,400 --> 01:11:39,920
able to the best of our ability be able
to also put some numbers or some some

815
01:11:36,719 --> 01:11:45,199
stats behind those changes so that we
are able to quantify them to at least

816
01:11:42,880 --> 01:11:50,640
some degree or to the best degree that
we're able to in terms of the changes

817
01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:56,080
that we're seeing as opposed to are we
happy with what we're seeing? Yes or no?

818
01:11:53,840 --> 01:12:01,840
Why are we happy with what we're seeing?
So, if we're seeing an increase in

819
01:11:59,920 --> 01:12:05,679
feelings of safety in our community, are
we able to capture that in an

820
01:12:03,679 --> 01:12:11,199
appropriate way and able to communicate
it to the community? Um, I know I shared

821
01:12:08,880 --> 01:12:15,440
a report with councelor Nielsen in one
of our conversations that came out of

822
01:12:13,280 --> 01:12:19,199
Edmonton in regards to their 247
diversion program. Um, if you haven't

823
01:12:17,840 --> 01:12:22,719
had a chance to read it, I'm going to do
a quick little plug because Reach

824
01:12:20,320 --> 01:12:26,880
Edmonton put out a wonderful report
describing the work that's being done in

825
01:12:24,320 --> 01:12:31,360
Edmonton and it was able to put some
numbers to outcomes that are sometimes

826
01:12:29,040 --> 01:12:35,840
really tough to describe. So, their 247
diversion is essentially outreach that

827
01:12:33,679 --> 01:12:42,480
goes out into the community primarily
dealing with social diversion. um the

828
01:12:38,880 --> 01:12:47,040
call or the types of calls that uh
Brendan spoke to in terms of disturbing

829
01:12:45,120 --> 01:12:51,120
the peace and mischief. That would be a
lot of the calls that they would be

830
01:12:48,400 --> 01:12:54,640
responding to and they were able to
quantify. So, I believe, and don't quote

831
01:12:53,280 --> 01:12:58,320
me because I don't know off the top of
my head, but they had a social return on

832
01:12:56,560 --> 01:13:02,320
investment figure that caught my eye
right away because they were able to

833
01:13:00,400 --> 01:13:07,280
state that for every dollar invested in
that initiative, the social return on

834
01:13:04,560 --> 01:13:11,040
investment was over $6, which is
extremely impressive. And it's nice to

835
01:13:09,040 --> 01:13:15,440
be able to quantify that you're
investing in this program, but here's

836
01:13:13,600 --> 01:13:19,199
what you're actually seeing back in
terms of dollars of return. And

837
01:13:17,520 --> 01:13:24,080
especially for a small community, that's
not something that's easy to do. And it

838
01:13:21,920 --> 01:13:28,880
does take someone who is able to
dedicate some time and some expertise in

839
01:13:26,239 --> 01:13:34,000
being able to do that. And that's one of
the roles that I foresee CSWB being able

840
01:13:31,840 --> 01:13:38,320
to assist with is we are going to have
people doing really great work in this

841
01:13:35,760 --> 01:13:41,840
community. When we hopefully get funding
for all of the initiatives that we're

842
01:13:40,159 --> 01:13:46,400
looking to implement here and we feel
will provide immense benefit, we will be

843
01:13:44,480 --> 01:13:52,640
able to assist on the back end of being
able to gather data to be able to

844
01:13:49,679 --> 01:13:56,640
quantify and describe in terms of
besides yes, we've seen this program

845
01:13:55,120 --> 01:14:01,600
functioning.
Is it helping to what degree? What could

846
01:13:59,679 --> 01:14:06,400
we change? So maybe what isn't working
as well so that we're able to ensure

847
01:14:03,520 --> 01:14:10,719
that as that program evolves, we are
it's evolving in a direction that is

848
01:14:08,080 --> 01:14:16,080
providing increased benefit as opposed
to just what someone thinks might be

849
01:14:13,440 --> 01:14:18,159
best. That's a really long-winded
answer. I hope that answered your

850
01:14:17,600 --> 01:14:21,679
question.
>> For now, it does.

851
01:14:19,120 --> 01:14:26,320
» Okay, I'm about to make it more winded.
Um, I do just want to add as well that

852
01:14:23,920 --> 01:14:30,640
being able to have this quantifiable
data that is then concretely documented

853
01:14:29,360 --> 01:14:34,560
is something that we haven't been able
to have, especially in addressing the

854
01:14:32,560 --> 01:14:38,000
CSSWB specific measures. So, not only
will it be incredibly useful for being

855
01:14:36,480 --> 01:14:42,320
able to relay to council and the
community that, hey, these initiatives

856
01:14:39,520 --> 01:14:45,600
are actually worth your time. they are
um whether they're showing that social

857
01:14:44,159 --> 01:14:48,800
return on investment, they are
contributing positively to the

858
01:14:46,960 --> 01:14:53,199
community, even if it's through changes
in RCMP stats, things like that that can

859
01:14:50,960 --> 01:14:57,199
happen. Um and being able to have that
proof essentially will be incredibly

860
01:14:55,440 --> 01:15:02,560
helpful, especially when it even comes
down to um tracking down potential

861
01:14:59,600 --> 01:15:07,040
funding opportunities as well.
>> Thank you.

862
01:15:05,440 --> 01:15:11,280
» I'm looking around the table and I see
nothing else. Um

863
01:15:09,360 --> 01:15:15,400
four months
It's incredible. And

864
01:15:15,440 --> 01:15:22,320
this is the
anytime you start a project, it's almost

865
01:15:20,480 --> 01:15:27,120
the scariest time, right? Because
there's so much that you can do. So, I

866
01:15:24,159 --> 01:15:32,080
just I want to thank Carly, and this
isn't not thanking Emily because Emily

867
01:15:30,400 --> 01:15:37,120
knows how I feel about her and the work
she does with FCSS, but I just want to

868
01:15:34,480 --> 01:15:42,080
thank Carly for coming in with your your
normal enthusiasm, but it's not just

869
01:15:39,679 --> 01:15:45,760
doing I don't think you're throwing
everything at the fan or everything at

870
01:15:43,920 --> 01:15:50,239
the wall or everything at to see really
what will stick. It looks like that. But

871
01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:55,520
I I think that you are taking your
knowledge and your background both of

872
01:15:52,080 --> 01:16:01,040
our community and of the projects and
and trying to compare those two, but by

873
01:15:58,080 --> 01:16:05,199
where do we start? And I had the
opportunity to hang out with you guys a

874
01:16:02,480 --> 01:16:09,679
little bit more on Sunday morning at the
barbecue. And

875
01:16:07,600 --> 01:16:16,400
you are working with businesses as well.
and you are working with um people

876
01:16:14,320 --> 01:16:20,880
not just when we say communities it's
not just community members it is that

877
01:16:18,320 --> 01:16:26,400
larger community and so I am encouraging
everybody to reach out and at least talk

878
01:16:23,600 --> 01:16:30,800
to Carly if they have the if they have
issues or problems to just so she better

879
01:16:29,120 --> 01:16:35,840
understands
what the environment looks like and when

880
01:16:34,239 --> 01:16:39,920
is the next time people are going to be
able to spend their $100 on the four

881
01:16:38,800 --> 01:16:45,440
initiatives
um because they made me do this $100

882
01:16:42,800 --> 01:16:49,760
spend my money thing and it was good.
>> Thank you Karen. Yeah, so one of the

883
01:16:48,159 --> 01:16:55,600
data collection that we're doing right
now um I kind of spoke to it briefly is

884
01:16:52,719 --> 01:16:59,679
gathering community input on how they
would like us to approach this work

885
01:16:57,120 --> 01:17:04,880
because as you said there is a lot to
it. Um I'm one human so obviously I

886
01:17:02,800 --> 01:17:08,640
can't do everything right away but we do
want to also be mindful of the fact that

887
01:17:06,880 --> 01:17:13,440
we want to approach this in a way that
the community would like to see this

888
01:17:10,480 --> 01:17:17,679
work done. So we have been doing uh the
same exercise at a few different

889
01:17:14,960 --> 01:17:22,159
community events and so we will be
posting kind of the outcomes of that

890
01:17:19,920 --> 01:17:27,920
data collection but it is available on
Facebook right now through uh a Google

891
01:17:24,719 --> 01:17:33,520
form. So essentially we are providing
you the opportunity to have $100 to

892
01:17:31,120 --> 01:17:39,120
invest in community safety well-being.
It has some information on the four

893
01:17:35,840 --> 01:17:42,080
different approaches of this work and it
obviously simplifies it but we are

894
01:17:40,800 --> 01:17:46,159
trying like I say to just better
understand the community's desires and

895
01:17:43,760 --> 01:17:51,440
needs. So it gives you the option of
education, prevention, intervention or

896
01:17:49,440 --> 01:17:56,080
enforcement. And it's asking you to
think about if you had to invest in

897
01:17:53,440 --> 01:18:00,960
CSWB, where would you like to see that
investment put? And it could be across

898
01:17:58,560 --> 01:18:05,440
all four, it could be all-in-one. There
is no wrong answer to this because this

899
01:18:03,040 --> 01:18:09,920
work does work across all four of those
realms, but it does give you the

900
01:18:07,199 --> 01:18:13,760
opportunity to have your input. And the
online one also gives you the

901
01:18:11,440 --> 01:18:18,480
opportunity to explain why you invested
the way that you did. It is anonymous,

902
01:18:15,920 --> 01:18:22,960
so we don't know who wrote what, but we
are compiling all of that information

903
01:18:20,480 --> 01:18:27,920
and it will be utilized both for what
we're going to prioritize, but also as

904
01:18:25,440 --> 01:18:32,239
we engage our partners so that they're
also able to be aware of what work the

905
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:36,719
community would like to see done. Um, so
the in-person ones, I believe we've kind

906
01:18:34,480 --> 01:18:41,199
of wrapped up that unless we decide to
push it further, but if you go on the

907
01:18:39,760 --> 01:18:45,360
Facebook page, there is a link to the
Google form that's open right now. So,

908
01:18:42,880 --> 01:18:50,159
if anyone would like to invest $100,
imaginary of course in CSWB, um please

909
01:18:48,800 --> 01:18:53,840
go to Facebook and click that link
because we would love to have as much

910
01:18:52,000 --> 01:18:57,679
community input as possible.
>> Thank you. And the reason I brought that

911
01:18:55,199 --> 01:19:03,440
up and it's the quote the thing that you
said that I've written down um for the

912
01:19:00,080 --> 01:19:08,239
community by the community and they
really are focused on this. if I can say

913
01:19:05,040 --> 01:19:17,040
that out loud, but not but. And we have
to do these forms and really show what

914
01:19:12,080 --> 01:19:22,159
our priorities are to help both this I
always get the acronym wrong, the CSWB

915
01:19:19,760 --> 01:19:27,760
and council because we're going to spend
the real $100 quote unquote. Um, so we

916
01:19:25,679 --> 01:19:31,280
know where those priorities are. Thank
you so much for coming in and we'll see

917
01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:36,120
you soon.
>> Thank you for having us. Excellent.

918
01:19:46,320 --> 01:19:55,159
Uh I think we have time to move on to
item six, which is the agenda review.

919
01:19:55,440 --> 01:20:04,719
» Uh thank you, Deputy Mayor. The um
next four meetings I believe are

920
01:20:01,360 --> 01:20:09,800
included in the um agenda review RFD and
we'd be happy to answer any questions

921
01:20:06,400 --> 01:20:09,800
you might have.

922
01:20:12,880 --> 01:20:20,640
I was about to say this is a um great
Monday because we're moving along, but

923
01:20:17,360 --> 01:20:26,320
it's Tuesday. So, seeing no comments
from council, I would like to move into

924
01:20:23,360 --> 01:20:31,960
the council action task summary as of
September 22nd, 2026, please.

925
01:20:34,159 --> 01:20:42,880
» Thank you, Deputy Mayor. Um, the
existing or most current cats um are

926
01:20:40,640 --> 01:20:48,320
captured in the attached document.
You'll notice that the highlighted ones

927
01:20:44,880 --> 01:20:55,840
are deemed complete and will um fall off
before the next reporting period. I did

928
01:20:51,120 --> 01:21:00,560
also note that there were a few items um
that did have deadlines that had passed.

929
01:20:57,920 --> 01:21:05,199
Um some of those, for example, like the
chamber upgrade, we were waiting for an

930
01:21:02,640 --> 01:21:09,920
FIR that just went out to council today.
Um and then we'll make sure that that

931
01:21:06,719 --> 01:21:12,719
gets um updated and brought back. Uh,
and then there's another one in there

932
01:21:11,440 --> 01:21:17,120
that we're actually asking for an
extension. Today was the due date. Uh,

933
01:21:15,520 --> 01:21:20,960
and in regular council meeting, we'll be
asking for an extension on that. Um, and

934
01:21:19,760 --> 01:21:24,840
I'd be happy to answer any other
questions council might have.

935
01:21:26,159 --> 01:21:33,920
I literally see no hands and I don't
know where I am. So,

936
01:21:32,000 --> 01:21:36,320
Oh, no. Councelor White, go ahead,
please.

937
01:21:34,239 --> 01:21:40,000
» I will just say uh through the chair,
thank you, Deputy Mayor Everly. to

938
01:21:38,400 --> 01:21:47,520
administration. Thank you for asking for
extensions because that was on my list.

939
01:21:43,600 --> 01:21:53,760
» Beautiful. We can move on to item number
eight, which is the monthly city manager

940
01:21:50,239 --> 01:21:59,840
report to council and the community.
>> Thank you very much. Um, this month,

941
01:21:58,400 --> 01:22:02,960
um, I do have to apologize for the
formatting in the document. If yours is

942
01:22:01,760 --> 01:22:06,960
the same as mine, there's a bunch of
ones on there. Um, don't know what went

943
01:22:05,920 --> 01:22:12,800
wrong with that, but sometimes
technology gets the better of me. Um,

944
01:22:10,639 --> 01:22:18,239
the update is really just um, looking
back over the last little while. Um,

945
01:22:15,520 --> 01:22:21,920
most of this work is going to be um,
moved from this report into the next

946
01:22:20,320 --> 01:22:27,120
section which is reporting on our
projects. Um there are some community

947
01:22:25,600 --> 01:22:32,320
connections
um current vacancies uh that are noted

948
01:22:29,840 --> 01:22:37,840
on there as well as some customer
service um complaints and then our

949
01:22:34,880 --> 01:22:42,480
communications um with the public. We
still have opportunity for public

950
01:22:39,520 --> 01:22:47,679
engagement um and any of our public
engagement can be found on the what if

951
01:22:44,639 --> 01:22:52,800
with taskwin website and then we've got
a couple of um organizational wins that

952
01:22:50,239 --> 01:22:56,480
are in there. Um we're starting to see
the completion of some of our clean

953
01:22:54,159 --> 01:23:02,080
energy improvement programs. So, uh
grant program. So, that's exciting. Um

954
01:22:58,880 --> 01:23:08,000
and we currently have a wait list uh for
residents to get onto that program. So,

955
01:23:04,159 --> 01:23:13,920
it is um it is fully subscribed,
excuse me, we have finished the um

956
01:23:10,400 --> 01:23:17,840
entrance signs to the city. And um the
one thing that's not on here, but I'm

957
01:23:15,440 --> 01:23:24,159
super excited about the recycling roll
out um that's that's coming out. um next

958
01:23:22,159 --> 01:23:29,679
month, early next month. And I did want
to mention that I know that there's been

959
01:23:26,880 --> 01:23:33,520
um some questions or comments around
what's happening. Is is there not enough

960
01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:39,600
um communication going out to people,
but I wanted to note that um we have um

961
01:23:36,719 --> 01:23:44,080
advertised this a lot, but because it's
a third party delivering this service,

962
01:23:41,760 --> 01:23:50,239
we're really at their whim. Um we put
out what they give us and um and they're

963
01:23:47,760 --> 01:23:59,360
in control of that whole thing. So, some
of the um questions we've had to refer

964
01:23:54,159 --> 01:24:03,360
back um and we haven't been as um
I guess able to present it in a way that

965
01:24:01,760 --> 01:24:06,639
that would have provided a little bit
more information because we're at their

966
01:24:04,560 --> 01:24:10,800
whim. I think a really good example is
the first advertisement that went out by

967
01:24:08,480 --> 01:24:14,080
the company said October 1st start and
then they changed it to October 5th. So,

968
01:24:12,880 --> 01:24:18,800
there's some information that we're
trying to get caught up on. Um but we're

969
01:24:16,159 --> 01:24:25,360
really it it's their program. So we're
just following suit on that. And then um

970
01:24:22,400 --> 01:24:29,760
we do have um all of our capital and
operating projects that are also

971
01:24:27,040 --> 01:24:34,560
attached here. And if I don't go into
another coughing fit, I'd be happy to

972
01:24:31,440 --> 01:24:41,040
answer those questions for you.
>> Uh thank you, Councelor White. And then

973
01:24:38,639 --> 01:24:44,880
councelor Nielsen.
>> Um thank you through the chair to

974
01:24:42,560 --> 01:24:50,960
administration. Sue, thank you for this
report that is for as of August.

975
01:24:48,159 --> 01:24:55,280
Can you please speak a little further to
the last sentence in your in the section

976
01:24:53,600 --> 01:24:58,960
called challenges that says four summer
operators have been extended to the end

977
01:24:56,880 --> 01:25:02,760
of September to assist with cutting,
trimming, and tree pruning.

978
01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:12,080
» Yeah, madam deputy mayor through you to
councelor White. Uh we had seasonal

979
01:25:08,880 --> 01:25:16,960
staff with uh because of other vacancies
we were unable to hire all of our

980
01:25:14,400 --> 01:25:21,360
compliment that we anticipated, but we
using that funding can keep them on.

981
01:25:19,199 --> 01:25:24,960
We've had a long season as you'll notice
we're still mowing our lawns, which is

982
01:25:22,800 --> 01:25:31,840
abnormal for the end of September. So,
we're looking to uh leverage that uh

983
01:25:28,639 --> 01:25:35,199
manpower to or people power to to
continue to work throughout the

984
01:25:33,199 --> 01:25:41,000
community and and maintain the the
cleanliness and and appearance as best

985
01:25:37,600 --> 01:25:41,000
as we can.

986
01:25:42,400 --> 01:25:49,760
» Okay. Thank you. Second question is,
it's not really a question. Can you

987
01:25:48,239 --> 01:25:55,040
someone from administration please
expand on and Sue you started to touch

988
01:25:52,960 --> 01:25:59,360
it a little bit more. The playground
improvements public consultation is

989
01:25:57,040 --> 01:26:05,360
ongoing. Complete the survey and find
updates at what if with taskwin. Um can

990
01:26:02,880 --> 01:26:10,239
someone enlighten me but also for our
public to understand a little bit more

991
01:26:07,600 --> 01:26:14,400
about this playground
consultation thing? From my

992
01:26:12,880 --> 01:26:18,080
understanding, it looks like this is the
beginning of a couple years worth of a

993
01:26:16,239 --> 01:26:21,960
project.
How can the public participate?

994
01:26:24,400 --> 01:26:32,400
» Yeah, chair council. Um the playground
consultation has been gone going ongoing

995
01:26:29,520 --> 01:26:36,960
this year. I believe council awarded um
the recck group about $750,000. So,

996
01:26:35,920 --> 01:26:40,560
we've been looking at all the
playgrounds, the usage of the

997
01:26:38,080 --> 01:26:43,920
playgrounds, um the demographics of the
neighborhoods that the playgrounds are

998
01:26:41,760 --> 01:26:48,239
in, and also looking at diversifying
what types of playgrounds in what area.

999
01:26:46,159 --> 01:26:54,360
Um, so that consultation is ongoing as
we replace different pieces and parts of

1000
01:26:50,880 --> 01:26:54,360
playground equipment.

1001
01:26:55,520 --> 01:27:02,560
» Can I get a an idea of of what is
ongoing

1002
01:27:00,639 --> 01:27:07,280
consultation or community input
opportunities? Are these is this

1003
01:27:05,040 --> 01:27:12,400
open-ended for the next two years or
when are decisions and going to be made

1004
01:27:09,440 --> 01:27:16,480
and plans start being enacted or is this
like by the end of you know you've got

1005
01:27:14,719 --> 01:27:19,480
three days left to finish the survey and
then

1006
01:27:19,600 --> 01:27:26,239
uh through the chair to councelor white
um one of the um we we actually had a

1007
01:27:24,639 --> 01:27:31,040
big meeting on this yesterday when we
were talking about budget and one of the

1008
01:27:29,120 --> 01:27:35,120
um directions that I'm giving to the
team is um a a little bit of a different

1009
01:27:33,679 --> 01:27:38,800
type of consultation, too. So, we've
done a lot of online surveys. We've done

1010
01:27:36,800 --> 01:27:43,199
a lot of uh meet you where you are
surveys and and chatting with people in

1011
01:27:40,560 --> 01:27:50,239
the neighborhoods and stuff. Um I'd like
to do direct mailouts and engage a

1012
01:27:46,800 --> 01:27:54,800
little bit closer to um the specific
neighborhoods where we're considering um

1013
01:27:52,719 --> 01:27:59,280
certain things. Uh we're also tapping
into our planning and development

1014
01:27:56,239 --> 01:28:04,639
department because um planners also do
park planning and and future um

1015
01:28:02,560 --> 01:28:08,320
neighborhood planning. And so we're
going to take a little bit of a

1016
01:28:05,840 --> 01:28:12,960
different spin on this and try to get
deeper consultation closer to the parks

1017
01:28:11,120 --> 01:28:15,920
um and then refine our list before we
bring it back to council and give you an

1018
01:28:14,400 --> 01:28:20,040
update on that.
>> Thank you. I appreciate that update.

1019
01:28:20,880 --> 01:28:26,400
That's it for now.
>> Okay. We'll we'll go to councelor

1020
01:28:24,320 --> 01:28:31,520
Nielsen and then I'll look at you again.
Oh, perfect.

1021
01:28:29,040 --> 01:28:37,679
» Thank you. Uh through the chair to
administration. Um I'm looking at

1022
01:28:34,239 --> 01:28:42,440
capital projects and
every year we have a conversation about

1023
01:28:42,719 --> 01:28:50,560
are we going to get projects completed
or and carry a bunch of dollars forward

1024
01:28:47,440 --> 01:28:55,120
that we worry
should be spent. Um, so my first

1025
01:28:53,600 --> 01:28:58,480
question I guess is sort of a general
question.

1026
01:28:56,800 --> 01:29:04,800
Should we as a council be concerned
regarding the number of capital projects

1027
01:29:01,280 --> 01:29:10,639
only marginally completed thus far? Um,
typically most of these projects tend to

1028
01:29:07,600 --> 01:29:16,760
be warmer weather projects with cooler
weather coming. Are we going to be

1029
01:29:12,800 --> 01:29:16,760
getting these projects done

1030
01:29:17,120 --> 01:29:23,920
» uh through the chair to council um at
this point? So when that report was

1031
01:29:21,679 --> 01:29:27,840
written uh we were at that those
percentages of completion uh but we've

1032
01:29:26,320 --> 01:29:31,920
had some really good weather over the
last uh number of weeks and so we are

1033
01:29:30,000 --> 01:29:36,960
confident that we will be able to get
these capital projects completed um by

1034
01:29:34,719 --> 01:29:42,239
the end of the summer season.
>> Thank you. And specifically Kathy then

1035
01:29:39,920 --> 01:29:47,920
um one of the ones that that stuck out
to me was the mechanical access

1036
01:29:45,440 --> 01:29:53,199
uh and egress and it being a safety
issue for staff and it was at 33%

1037
01:29:51,440 --> 01:29:57,440
completion at the time of this report.
So where are we at with that particular

1038
01:29:55,600 --> 01:29:59,840
safety concern?
>> Uh through the chair to councelor

1039
01:29:58,560 --> 01:30:04,400
Nielsson that project has been
completed.

1040
01:30:00,560 --> 01:30:10,560
» Thank you very much. Um and on the
operational projects

1041
01:30:06,880 --> 01:30:17,880
um a report to council on geothermal um
when will we see that is or will that be

1042
01:30:12,560 --> 01:30:17,880
part of part of a budget presentation?

1043
01:30:24,560 --> 01:30:30,960
Sorry, I'm ill and my brain isn't
working as fast as it should normally.

1044
01:30:29,360 --> 01:30:36,719
We did have a discussion about this
project recently and I believe Chris has

1045
01:30:33,679 --> 01:30:42,560
some options for us to consider.
>> Yeah, Madame Deputy Mayor through the

1046
01:30:39,600 --> 01:30:46,960
project has been assessed now and we're
looking at uh making those improvements.

1047
01:30:44,400 --> 01:30:54,320
we can likely bring that forward through
the the budget process. Yes.

1048
01:30:50,159 --> 01:30:59,920
» Thank you. And in terms of
city hall ground maintenance, what's

1049
01:30:56,800 --> 01:31:05,920
left to be done to finalize that
project?

1050
01:31:02,800 --> 01:31:10,239
» Um we are waiting for the province. I
believe they gave us approval on the

1051
01:31:07,360 --> 01:31:14,639
sidewalk. Um and they're just looking at
the um the tree plan. I have had a

1052
01:31:12,719 --> 01:31:18,800
discussion uh while Ryan was gone. I had
a discussion with Sean that if we didn't

1053
01:31:16,719 --> 01:31:21,679
hear back uh right away because we're
going to lose the opportunity to

1054
01:31:20,080 --> 01:31:26,080
complete the project if we don't finish
it right away. Um that we would be

1055
01:31:24,159 --> 01:31:33,280
having a discussion higher up in the
minister's office because there

1056
01:31:28,880 --> 01:31:37,679
there are um I have some concerns that
the department may be overstepping when

1057
01:31:35,120 --> 01:31:40,719
it comes to safety. Um, and I realize
that the building is a heritage

1058
01:31:39,120 --> 01:31:46,639
building, but that doesn't necessarily
extend to the site, although they may

1059
01:31:42,639 --> 01:31:50,880
think it does. Um, so we're having a
discussion right now over who has

1060
01:31:48,480 --> 01:31:56,000
authority over respect to safety issues.
>> I wonder if it's a federal issue. No,

1061
01:31:52,800 --> 01:32:00,920
sorry. Um,
>> inappropriate. I apologize. Um

1062
01:32:05,040 --> 01:32:10,440
so so you indicated that we have

1063
01:32:10,639 --> 01:32:16,679
approval for sidewalks. When would we
see that project?

1064
01:32:20,480 --> 01:32:27,760
» Due to the rain that we had in June, our
schedule was delayed for concrete. So,

1065
01:32:25,920 --> 01:32:33,120
we're hoping that we can get it
completed by the end of October. If for

1066
01:32:31,280 --> 01:32:36,960
some reason the weather turns on us,
then it will be done in the spring of

1067
01:32:34,800 --> 01:32:44,239
2027.
>> Thank you. And my last question is,

1068
01:32:41,440 --> 01:32:49,719
um, it may already have been done, I
don't know, winterizing the spray park

1069
01:32:46,719 --> 01:32:49,719
lines.

1070
01:32:57,360 --> 01:33:04,480
Yeah, madame uh deputy chair, there we
will be working on we've gone through it

1071
01:33:02,239 --> 01:33:09,199
with the consultant on the process. So
we'll it will be done. I don't know the

1072
01:33:06,560 --> 01:33:14,320
date, but it should be soon. I don't
think many people are going to be using

1073
01:33:10,719 --> 01:33:18,360
it after yesterday was nice, but uh the
weather is definitely turning off.

1074
01:33:22,719 --> 01:33:30,000
I'd appreciate
getting a more definitive answer in the

1075
01:33:26,880 --> 01:33:35,719
short term here. Um,
we have some history with regard to

1076
01:33:31,280 --> 01:33:35,719
clearing lines in uh

1077
01:33:35,920 --> 01:33:46,560
the aquatic center and I certainly don't
want to repeat on that one. And

1078
01:33:44,080 --> 01:33:54,520
as was suggested, weather can turn
quickly. I don't know what the impact is

1079
01:33:51,520 --> 01:33:54,520
for

1080
01:33:56,880 --> 01:34:04,000
lines being frozen. And I also have
concerns about the actual water

1081
01:34:02,080 --> 01:34:08,960
container that holds the bulk of the
water as it's recirculated and ensuring

1082
01:34:07,120 --> 01:34:12,239
that that's
managed the way it's supposed to be

1083
01:34:10,239 --> 01:34:16,880
managed and that that doesn't freeze.
So, I would appreciate some, and it

1084
01:34:15,199 --> 01:34:20,800
doesn't have to be today, but I would
appreciate knowing

1085
01:34:19,360 --> 01:34:25,760
that we're on top of our game with
regard to our newest million-doll

1086
01:34:23,040 --> 01:34:29,280
investment or the community's
investment. Thank you,

1087
01:34:27,679 --> 01:34:31,679
» Madame Deputy Mayor. So, I did just get
an update. October 1st is the scheduled

1088
01:34:31,199 --> 01:34:36,320
date.
>> Thank you very much.

1089
01:34:34,000 --> 01:34:40,800
» Uh, thank you. I just wanted to clarify,
too, because I thought I heard Councelor

1090
01:34:37,760 --> 01:34:44,800
Nielson say recirculating.
We we don't have a recirculating system.

1091
01:34:43,120 --> 01:34:46,719
» There is no
>> underground. No, I understand the

1092
01:34:46,320 --> 01:34:49,679
recirculation.
>> It's built for a future one, but okay. I

1093
01:34:49,199 --> 01:34:52,320
just wanted
>> There is There is no container bladder

1094
01:34:51,360 --> 01:34:55,360
underground then.
>> Correct.

1095
01:34:52,960 --> 01:34:59,000
» Thank you. So, it's lines only.
>> Correct.

1096
01:34:55,840 --> 01:34:59,000
» Thank you.

1097
01:34:59,600 --> 01:35:05,040
» Councelor White.
>> Madame Deputy Mayor, I move that we go

1098
01:35:03,920 --> 01:35:11,920
into close session.
>> Absolutely. Um, all those in favor?

1099
01:35:09,199 --> 01:35:11,920
Carried.

1100
02:09:04,320 --> 02:09:10,239
Okay. Uh, thank you everybody uh for
your patience. While we were in close

1101
02:09:08,639 --> 02:09:15,360
session, may I please have a motion to
come out of close session? Councelor Ho

1102
02:09:12,800 --> 02:09:20,560
or excuse me, I apologize. Councelor
White. All those in favor?

1103
02:09:19,040 --> 02:09:24,800
carried.
Is there anything else on the city

1104
02:09:23,199 --> 02:09:29,119
manager
report?

1105
02:09:26,880 --> 02:09:34,000
Seeing none, we can move on to the
council committee reports and

1106
02:09:31,360 --> 02:09:40,800
attendance. Again, we'll go through this
in the order that they are

1107
02:09:37,440 --> 02:09:46,719
listed. Councilors Billingsley, Neielen,
White, and then myself.

1108
02:09:44,560 --> 02:09:53,520
Anything you'd like to highlight?
>> I do. Um even though it's not on this

1109
02:09:50,239 --> 02:09:55,599
specific report, I do want to speak um
to welcoming week.

1110
02:09:54,880 --> 02:10:01,440
» Excellent.
>> Um I don't want to get it lost 30 days

1111
02:09:58,400 --> 02:10:05,280
from now. Um first of all, I would like
to thank all the organizations who

1112
02:10:03,760 --> 02:10:11,199
showcased
um in the community in our community and

1113
02:10:08,239 --> 02:10:17,440
who they are and what they do. I'd like
to give a thank you to all the residents

1114
02:10:13,199 --> 02:10:22,480
that participated. Um many of the events
um were extremely well attended and um

1115
02:10:20,320 --> 02:10:27,760
it was very enlightening.
My third thank you will be to former

1116
02:10:24,639 --> 02:10:34,719
mayor and counselor Bill Elliot who had
the idea of such a wonderful thing.

1117
02:10:31,840 --> 02:10:41,199
And last I really would like to thank
our staff um not only for the

1118
02:10:38,159 --> 02:10:47,119
organization but their participation.
Um, it certainly did go noticed and for

1119
02:10:45,040 --> 02:10:50,360
that I give a big thank you.
>> Thank you.

1120
02:10:51,040 --> 02:10:55,199
» Me.
>> Yes, please.

1121
02:10:52,320 --> 02:10:59,520
» Um,
thank you for that, Councelor

1122
02:10:56,560 --> 02:11:06,400
Billingsley, because it I think uh
reflects certainly my perception and

1123
02:11:03,679 --> 02:11:11,920
appreciation for what has taken place.
Um,

1124
02:11:08,960 --> 02:11:15,679
and when former mayor and councelor Bill
Elliot put this idea forward, I

1125
02:11:13,679 --> 02:11:20,719
supported it, but in the back of my
head, I thought, "Oh, I don't know if

1126
02:11:17,760 --> 02:11:26,560
this will get any traction at all." And
I am

1127
02:11:22,560 --> 02:11:32,719
overjoyed by how the community has
responded to the work of our of of the

1128
02:11:30,159 --> 02:11:36,560
city staff to make this happen. and like
you attended a number of these things

1129
02:11:34,000 --> 02:11:41,599
where their turnouts were really really
stellar. So thank you and

1130
02:11:39,280 --> 02:11:47,679
congratulations. So to everybody the
only thing I would I would say um

1131
02:11:45,040 --> 02:11:54,239
regarding my council attendance and it
goes back a month now. I attended I was

1132
02:11:49,760 --> 02:12:01,040
city rep to Samson Pow and it was
a positive experience

1133
02:11:56,719 --> 02:12:06,239
um to reconnect with new chief Isaiah
and uh

1134
02:12:03,920 --> 02:12:09,920
and he has expressed
sincere interest in working more closely

1135
02:12:08,159 --> 02:12:13,360
with our community and I know we're
working to try and make that happen. So

1136
02:12:12,239 --> 02:12:19,320
that would be the only thing I would
report at this point in time. Thank you.

1137
02:12:15,360 --> 02:12:19,320
» Thank you councelor White.

1138
02:12:19,440 --> 02:12:27,599
Uh nothing specific on August for me.
>> Okay. Thank you. And then for myself, I

1139
02:12:25,119 --> 02:12:32,400
don't believe I have anything specific
either. Uh two weeks ago, I encouraged

1140
02:12:30,400 --> 02:12:38,400
everybody to go to welcoming week for
all of the reasons that our counselors

1141
02:12:34,480 --> 02:12:44,320
just said. I it is my favorite week in
Wasaskin. And unfortunately, I was gone

1142
02:12:41,920 --> 02:12:49,440
um to the MCMC conference for a portion
of it, but I'm just repeat everybody's

1143
02:12:47,440 --> 02:12:56,320
thank yous and all of our community
groups that made this a great summer

1144
02:12:52,000 --> 02:13:00,719
with a lot of challenging weather.
>> So, yes, sir.

1145
02:12:58,239 --> 02:13:06,000
» Um,
two things. Number one, I'm I'm I'm glad

1146
02:13:03,599 --> 02:13:09,920
to see we've got more attends reports
submitted, but I really wonder if we

1147
02:13:08,320 --> 02:13:14,320
don't need as a council to have a
conversation about this in terms of

1148
02:13:11,599 --> 02:13:19,199
understanding for ourselves what the
intention of this particular report is.

1149
02:13:17,280 --> 02:13:24,800
I know in my conversations with some of
my colleagues from my

1150
02:13:22,719 --> 02:13:32,560
past commentary
um a a a very different perception about

1151
02:13:28,320 --> 02:13:37,520
what these reports are intended to do.
Um I've heard everything where it's

1152
02:13:34,960 --> 02:13:43,520
meant to inform us as to what's going on
and how we are interacting with the

1153
02:13:40,239 --> 02:13:49,199
community that elected us. Um, it's an
opportunity for us to share what we're

1154
02:13:45,440 --> 02:13:53,520
learning at at uh committee work, but
I've also heard comments that if I'm not

1155
02:13:51,679 --> 02:13:57,199
claiming pdiums, then I don't need to do
the report. And and I that's why I

1156
02:13:55,679 --> 02:14:04,320
really wonder if we don't need some
clarity um in this process.

1157
02:14:01,360 --> 02:14:11,599
um because I I don't happen to re see
this as singly a uh um

1158
02:14:09,440 --> 02:14:17,360
a report for financial remuneration.
It's it's it's more than more than that.

1159
02:14:14,480 --> 02:14:21,199
And the conversation led me to believe
that maybe we all as a as a council

1160
02:14:19,280 --> 02:14:26,719
don't
have common agreement about what this is

1161
02:14:23,679 --> 02:14:34,480
intended to do. And perhaps if we had a
common agreement, we would have u seven

1162
02:14:31,360 --> 02:14:39,599
seven reports every month submitted as
if we all knew what what the intent of

1163
02:14:37,199 --> 02:14:46,960
the activity was. So I would encourage
us um to have that conversation. I don't

1164
02:14:43,199 --> 02:14:50,880
know if that's done um here now. I don't
know if it is done in close session. I

1165
02:14:49,599 --> 02:14:57,719
don't know. So I would ask
administration for some suggestions or

1166
02:14:53,679 --> 02:14:57,719
ideas on that note please.

1167
02:14:58,000 --> 02:15:05,040
» Um through the chair to council Nielson.
I was thinking that it might be a really

1168
02:15:01,280 --> 02:15:09,440
good um conversation to go with prediums
or governance training that are both

1169
02:15:07,199 --> 02:15:14,239
planned I think in future meetings in
committee of the whole.

1170
02:15:10,480 --> 02:15:18,719
» Okay. That that would suit me fine.
>> Is that a general consensus around the

1171
02:15:16,159 --> 02:15:23,040
table?
>> Excellent.

1172
02:15:20,560 --> 02:15:30,320
Is there anything else?
Okay, I would like to um

1173
02:15:27,760 --> 02:15:35,360
Councelor White,
fun fact.

1174
02:15:32,480 --> 02:15:39,199
Um I said I wouldn't speak much to to my
report. It was pretty sparse. I went

1175
02:15:36,960 --> 02:15:44,719
away in August, so I wasn't um super
active. But just for the fun of it, I

1176
02:15:41,840 --> 02:15:50,400
will share publicly that
nerd Laura went to the Northwest

1177
02:15:47,599 --> 02:15:55,760
Territories and Yukon for vacation.
And when my family went fishing, I chose

1178
02:15:52,960 --> 02:16:01,920
to go to the Yellow Knife City Council
meeting and observe. And I will say that

1179
02:15:59,679 --> 02:16:07,520
I spent an hour and a half watching a
presentation on land use bylaw update

1180
02:16:04,880 --> 02:16:11,400
and probably 30 minutes of debate on
shall and should.

1181
02:16:13,520 --> 02:16:20,480
You should have gone fishing.
>> Um, so we are in good company. I think

1182
02:16:18,639 --> 02:16:24,400
» we are in good company. Thank you,
Councelor White. That's hilarious. What

1183
02:16:22,800 --> 02:16:30,320
I'm going to do is I'm going to call a
15minute um break and then we will come

1184
02:16:27,920 --> 02:16:33,480
back at 11:30.
Thank you.

1185
02:30:11,520 --> 02:30:17,200
Welcome back.
Welcome back. I'm going to surprise the

1186
02:30:15,120 --> 02:30:22,880
entire world and be a minute early for
something. It is 11:29

1187
02:30:19,920 --> 02:30:28,640
and I would just like for the record we
are moving again into close session. So

1188
02:30:25,200 --> 02:30:34,040
can somebody please make a motion?
Laura. All those in favor carried

1189
03:45:57,199 --> 03:46:02,800
Uh, thank you everyone. Uh, may I please
have a motion to come out of close

1190
03:46:01,520 --> 03:46:07,439
session?
>> Uh, councelor Nielsen, all those in

1191
03:46:04,960 --> 03:46:13,680
favor
carried. We have no new business or

1192
03:46:10,800 --> 03:46:20,479
correspondence. So, it is my pleasure to
adjourn today's committee of the whole

1193
03:46:15,680 --> 03:46:26,199
meeting at 12:45 p.m. and I will see
everybody for regular counsel at 4

1194
03:46:22,319 --> 03:46:26,199
o'clock. Thank you.