Owen-sound-police Police-board Meeting Transcript — May 27, 2020

00:00:00 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: Approval of the agenda.

00:00:01 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: So we have a motion for the approval of the agenda.

00:00:12 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: Thank you.

00:00:14 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: And Ian, second.

00:00:16 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: Yes.

00:00:18 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: And Garth, in favour.

00:00:21 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: Yes, sir.

00:00:23 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: And Jill.

00:00:32 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: I think you're on on on mute.

00:00:35 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: Hello.

00:00:37 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: Still waiting for Jill to come off off mute.

00:00:54 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: Okay, there you go, Greg.

00:00:57 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: Greg, yes, thank you.

00:01:00 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: All right.

00:01:02 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: Okay.

00:01:03 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: All in favour, carry.

00:01:04 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: Mr. McLaughlin, to call any conflict of interest arising out of the matters listed on the agenda.

00:01:12 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: Hearing none.

00:01:13 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: Moving on.

00:01:15 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: Number four: presentations, deputations, and public question period.

00:01:18 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: Seeing none.

00:01:20 SPEAKER_UNKNOWN: And confirmation of the minutes of the public meeting held April twenty-ninth, twenty-twenty.

00:01:25 SPEAKER_004: I need a motion to accept the minutes of the public meeting, and that they appear on the board package previously distributed.

00:01:33 SPEAKER_004: I'll move the motion.

00:01:34 SPEAKER_004: Marion, second.

00:01:36 SPEAKER_004: Gareth.

00:01:38 SPEAKER_004: Great.

00:01:39 SPEAKER_004: Ian, all in favour?

00:01:41 SPEAKER_004: In favour.

00:01:41 SPEAKER_004: Yes.

00:01:43 SPEAKER_004: Yes, Joe.

00:01:44 SPEAKER_004: Yes.

00:01:46 SPEAKER_004: Great.

00:01:46 SPEAKER_004: Carried.

00:01:48 SPEAKER_004: Moving on to item number six, business arising out of the minutes of the April 29th public meeting.

00:01:53 SPEAKER_004: Are there any business items you'd like to bring up?

00:02:02 SPEAKER_004: Okay, hearing none, we'll move on to item number seven, just the chairman's report.

00:02:08 SPEAKER_004: And I exchanged emails with Dwayne Sprague, a representative from the ministry, and he said he didn't think there was anything that was startling that he needed to inform the boards about,

00:02:22 SPEAKER_004: Though we'll just include that as being my report, and move on to the next item.

00:02:28 SPEAKER_004: Number eight: reports from Inspector Bishop.

00:02:30 SPEAKER_004: Okay.

00:02:35 SPEAKER_004: Good morning, everybody.

00:02:36 SPEAKER_004: Nice to actually be able to see everyone for change for the first time in a few months.

00:02:42 SPEAKER_004: We're starting with the auxiliary report, which is really quick because we really don't have one.

00:02:46 SPEAKER_006: We shut the auxiliary operations down in March, as did pretty much every other service in province.

00:02:53 SPEAKER_006: We're monitoring this fairly closely, but as of yet, we have not brought them back in, which is again consistent with the rest of the province.

00:03:03 SPEAKER_006: We'll have to look at what that looks like as we move on and reopenings begin to happen.

00:03:09 SPEAKER_006: But for the time being, there really is no auxiliary report until we get restarted.

00:03:16 SPEAKER_006: Next, we'll move to probably the criminal investigations branch.

00:03:19 SPEAKER_006: Is the next one on your agenda?

00:03:22 SPEAKER_006: Yes, it is.

00:03:23 SPEAKER_006: So, obviously, we're still staying busy despite the shutdown with criminal operations.

00:03:31 SPEAKER_006: April 16th, the CIB members were working with the Rope Squad, the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Unit from the province, spent several days looking for somebody up here that they were trying to locate.

00:03:45 SPEAKER_006: We eventually found them without rope.

00:03:50 SPEAKER_006: Twenty-four-year-old male parolee who had failed to return to his custodial facility, so he was arrested.

00:03:57 SPEAKER_006: April 22nd, there was an arrest with respect to two historical fires: one from August 15th of last year, the other one February 29th, 29th of 2020.

00:04:11 SPEAKER_006: Female youth known sounds been charged with two counts of arson in relation to that.

00:04:15 SPEAKER_006: She'll be appearing in court in July.

00:04:16 SPEAKER_006: We noticed a spike in job sites and construction trailers.

00:04:24 SPEAKER_006: Whether that was COVID connected or not, we're not sure, but we definitely saw a spike as some of them were shut down for a time period.

00:04:32 SPEAKER_006: They conducted an investigation with relation to that, executed a couple of search warrants, and recovered quite a bit of stolen property, including a motor vehicle, some tools, and keys for some.

00:04:45 SPEAKER_006: He's for some heavy construction equipment.

00:04:49 SPEAKER_006: Drugs also seized.

00:04:50 SPEAKER_006: Thirty-eight-year-old man and thirty-year-old woman were charged with numerous property and drug offenses as a result of that one.

00:04:57 SPEAKER_006: April 30th, child abuse investigation.

00:05:00 SPEAKER_006: We had a young, three-month-old baby ended up with a broken arm.

00:05:07 SPEAKER_006: The accused ended up being a twenty-one-year-old man.

00:05:10 SPEAKER_006: He was the new boyfriend of the victim's mother.

00:05:18 SPEAKER_006: He's been arrested by our detectives, charged with aggravated assault, and the child in that case has been apprehended by Bruce Great Family and Child Services.

00:05:27 SPEAKER_006: That's the criminal investigations branch.

00:05:29 SPEAKER_006: Subject to any questions.

00:05:31 SPEAKER_006: Move to Drug Enforcement Intelligence.

00:05:34 SPEAKER_006: An arrest was made on April seventh by the drug unit.

00:05:41 SPEAKER_006: Female bound by house arrest conditions was under house arrest conditions.

00:05:43 SPEAKER_006: Was driving a vehicle on the east side.

00:05:45 SPEAKER_006: She was found in possession of crystal methamphetamine and fentanyl, charged with drug offenses and her breach of her house arrest.

00:05:54 SPEAKER_006: April 21st, as part of that investigation, talked about with CID, with respect to the break-ins, quantities of crystal methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine received, along with a bunch of drug paraphernalia,

00:06:08 SPEAKER_006: about close to three thousand dollars in cash.

00:06:13 SPEAKER_006: Thirty-year-old female charged with possession for purposes of trafficking and other drug offenses.

00:06:17 SPEAKER_006: Relation to that, the second male from that incident was found with 8.4 grams of crystal methamphetamine, also charged with the drug offenses as well as the property offenses mentioned earlier.

00:06:31 SPEAKER_006: And finally, for drugs, on April 28, the drug unit arrested a forty-two-year-old male who had recently moved to Owen Sound.

00:06:38 SPEAKER_006: There was some surveillance conducted on him as he traveled to Orangeville, met with a drug supplier in a parking lot, public parking lot there, obtained a supply of methamphetamine and fentanyl,

00:06:49 SPEAKER_006: and he was arrested as he returned to Owen Sound.

00:06:53 SPEAKER_006: He was in possession of more than $2,000 worth of crystal meth and fentanyl, as well as some edible cannabis products, conducted energy weapon, prohibited knife, expandable baton, about $3,500 in cash.

00:07:06 SPEAKER_006: That was a good arrest to charge with all the drug and weapons offenses in relation to that, and that concludes the drug report.

00:07:18 SPEAKER_006: Thank, Inspector Bishop.

00:07:19 SPEAKER_004: These reports require no action and will be placed on file with the minutes from this meeting.

00:07:25 SPEAKER_004: Moving on to number nine, reports from Inspector Fluni.

00:07:29 SPEAKER_004: Yes.

00:07:30 SPEAKER_004: Good morning.

00:07:31 SPEAKER_008: Starting off with collision statistics for the month of April, we were down significantly with only 22 collisions.

00:07:40 SPEAKER_008: So I look back in previous years' reports for the month of April just to see if this was specifically COVID-related.

00:07:48 SPEAKER_008: And we did have an April back three years ago, three to four years ago, where we went down into the approximately 25 to 27 collisions during that month.

00:08:01 SPEAKER_008: But we are down significantly.

00:08:06 SPEAKER_008: Moving on to the community services office, community service officer continued on with the "Here to Help" Grey Bruce campaign.

00:08:17 SPEAKER_008: Campaign has all five police services in Grey Bruce involved and 15 community partners, and it's aimed at getting the message out to children that are, of course, in their homes because of the pandemic.

00:08:35 SPEAKER_008: And also people in abusive situations, getting the message out to them that there's avenues to report any problems that they're having in the home or abuse.

00:08:49 SPEAKER_008: They also got media time with Rogers, Bayshore, the Doc, and the Sun Times to get the message out on that campaign.

00:09:00 SPEAKER_008: The officer also had a provincial teleconference on the kids programme and the reshaping of what's being taught in that for the future.

00:09:12 SPEAKER_008: Also, a teleconference with Parachute Canada, which is an organisation that's hopefully going to supply some signage that'll be able to be put in school areas in the fall to get drivers to slow down.

00:09:30 SPEAKER_008: We also continued on with COVID-19 community relations with our community partners and working, getting the message out to seniors and our most vulnerable populations.

00:09:44 SPEAKER_008: Also did a part on COVID-19 on Open Line with facial broadcasting.

00:09:51 SPEAKER_008: Created a video on COVID-19 for the YU Justice Programme.

00:09:58 SPEAKER_008: A piece for Rogers Cable on frauds and scams during the pandemic, and also he's working on a webinar with Georgia College staff on frauds and scams for the students when they return.

00:10:11 SPEAKER_008: We've also been participating in some birthday drive-bys for children who, of course, can't celebrate their birthdays with their friends, etc. So we're doing little drive-bys for them, and also participants.

00:10:28 SPEAKER_008: of the Reach Great Bruce.

00:10:33 SPEAKER_008: That concludes community services.

00:10:36 SPEAKER_008: Moving on to lost hours and training, we had 11 full-time members report sick in April for a total of 59 complete or partial shifts, representing 636 hours.

00:10:51 SPEAKER_008: This is high, but we have to consider that 327 of those hours.

00:10:55 SPEAKER_008: Twenty-seven of those hours were due to non-work-related injuries of only three members.

00:11:03 SPEAKER_008: We have one member that remains on WSIB.

00:11:05 SPEAKER_008: As far as training, a lot of the courses across the province are all cancelled, as well as conferences.

00:11:15 SPEAKER_008: We did have some internal training that occurred.

00:11:17 SPEAKER_008: We had one member that had previously been on modified duties receive retraining to return full duties.

00:11:25 SPEAKER_008: On the road, we had an experienced officer that was hired and received our in-house training, and has been assigned to a patrol platoon.

00:11:36 SPEAKER_008: We also had a member that has been off on maternity leave and has returned to full duties.

00:11:40 SPEAKER_008: They've received their retraining and is back on a patrol platoon, and our recruit constable returned from the police college and commenced patrol duties with a co-officer.

00:11:52 SPEAKER_008: Duties with a coach officer.

00:11:57 SPEAKER_008: Moving on to traffic enforcement, we had 58 Highway Traffic Act charges late during the month of April. 41 cautions, criminal code and drug charges were at 154,

00:12:12 SPEAKER_008: and we had 105 hours of foot patrol in the downtown.

00:12:18 SPEAKER_008: We had four on-duty right checks during April and four persons charged with impaired driving or overeating.

00:12:27 SPEAKER_008: Subject to any questions, that concludes my report.

00:12:33 SPEAKER_008: Thank you, Inspector Fluni.

00:12:34 SPEAKER_004: As these reports require no action, they'll be placed on the minutes of for the meeting.

00:12:39 SPEAKER_004: We want to do item number ten: reports from Director Fluni.

00:12:46 SPEAKER_004: Director Fluni can't be with us today.

00:12:48 SPEAKER_004: She's tied up with court operations again.

00:12:51 SPEAKER_004: So I'll quickly run through her reports.

00:12:53 SPEAKER_006: You'll notice Colby's had an impact on a number of those as well.

00:12:56 SPEAKER_006: So the first one was board bylaws.

00:12:58 SPEAKER_006: You can see there's not a lot on there.

00:13:01 SPEAKER_006: We've had one licence renewal for taxi, nothing at all for adult entertainment, obviously due to the closure of the adult entertainment business in town.

00:13:09 SPEAKER_006: So no licence issues there.

00:13:12 SPEAKER_006: So that is that is that report.

00:13:16 SPEAKER_006: Moving on to the courts, as we mentioned at our last board meeting.

00:13:19 SPEAKER_006: So COVID has really changed court operations.

00:13:23 SPEAKER_006: Prisoners are no longer being taken to the courts.

00:13:26 SPEAKER_006: So, for the most part, an arrest process now is we're seven days a week doing what we would normally have done on weekends and statutory holidays.

00:13:36 SPEAKER_006: So, anyone being arrested is having their court matters dealt with by video link, whether it be from our cells here at the station or from the correctional facility.

00:13:50 SPEAKER_006: So, 25 persons appeared by audio remand through the month of April.

00:13:57 SPEAKER_006: That is the arrests.

00:13:59 SPEAKER_006: Special constables are still being required to man the front doors at the courts because the courts do remain open for certain functions.

00:14:08 SPEAKER_006: Although we have fewer staff up there, but we do have staff back at the station now.

00:14:15 SPEAKER_006: For example, processing the morning court, similar to what they would do at the courthouse.

00:14:20 SPEAKER_006: So, absent of any questions, that is the court report.

00:14:25 SPEAKER_006: I do have a question.

00:14:27 SPEAKER_006: It's Marian.

00:14:28 SPEAKER_006: Yes.

00:14:30 SPEAKER_006: So, does this result in lower hours and lower costs to police services, or more with the way things are being conducted now?

00:14:47 SPEAKER_006: For the most part, for the first couple of months, we maintained the hours that, because nothing much has changed.

00:14:55 SPEAKER_006: I think now we're looking at some slight reductions in hours, but I'll let the chief answer that.

00:14:59 SPEAKER_006: So, thank you.

00:15:01 SPEAKER_006: The changes really haven't affected a lot of the staffing levels, especially during the implementation, because the courts remain open.

00:15:08 SPEAKER_009: So, we have to have a minimum staff at the court building in order to facilitate that.

00:15:13 SPEAKER_009: Two people doing screening at the front door and one to relieve them and cover the rest of the building.

00:15:17 SPEAKER_009: As well, we have to maintain the two officers here for transport for looking after prisoners and running the court process here in the building.

00:15:26 SPEAKER_009: So we're at that minimum.

00:15:28 SPEAKER_009: Earlier on, we had a few more, and now in the last couple of weeks, we've started to cut back the hours slightly in order to now that it's been a little bit more efficient.

00:15:39 SPEAKER_009: Now that we know the timing a little bit more, the first little while,

00:15:42 SPEAKER_009: there what's supposed to happen at ten o'clock wasn't starting until sometimes one or three o'clock in the afternoon because of the delays in working out the bugs from the court end of things.

00:15:52 SPEAKER_009: So it's getting better, but it's still not perfect.

00:15:56 SPEAKER_009: Okay, thank you.

00:15:59 SPEAKER_009: You're welcome.

00:16:02 SPEAKER_006: Okay, and the final report for Director Flouni is records.

00:16:09 SPEAKER_006: Local criminal record checks are being completed, sent back to individuals within a week of submitting them.

00:16:17 SPEAKER_006: As we've mentioned in previous meetings, we've moved to the online format for that.

00:16:21 SPEAKER_006: It seems to be working well.

00:16:22 SPEAKER_006: And in terms of our third-party records, our bulk searches, there were 2,590 conducted in April.

00:16:33 SPEAKER_006: If there's no questions, that concludes Director Ploune's reports.

00:16:39 SPEAKER_006: Thank you, Inspector.

00:16:40 SPEAKER_004: If the reports also require no action, we place them minutes from this meeting.

00:16:45 SPEAKER_004: Now, move on to Item Eleven.

00:16:46 SPEAKER_004: Reports from Director Bill Matheson.

00:16:50 SPEAKER_004: So, unfortunately, I don't have your standard business analysis tool reports this month.

00:16:59 SPEAKER_004: When I ran them this month, they said we had twenty-seven references, and that's a little low.

00:17:06 SPEAKER_004: So I didn't carry on with that.

00:17:09 SPEAKER_004: So ticket's been created.

00:17:10 SPEAKER_004: So hopefully I'll have both months for you next month.

00:17:13 SPEAKER_004: I can do.

00:17:14 SPEAKER_004: You want me to do the nine hundred and one?

00:17:16 SPEAKER_004: Yes.

00:17:16 SPEAKER_004: Okay.

00:17:16 SPEAKER_004: So I do have a little 911 information to pass on for you.

00:17:25 SPEAKER_004: So in 2019 we had sixty-two thousand four hundred sixty-eight 911 calls, and then that's up about ten thousand from 2018.

00:17:35 SPEAKER_004: In 2018, we kept 46% of those calls.

00:17:38 SPEAKER_004: So for keeping those calls, that's police and fire for Graham Bruce County and then Colborne, Port Hope and Strathcona as well. 18,000 of those was transferred to ambulance,

00:17:51 SPEAKER_004: and then another 14,000 was transferred to the OPGU or other police and municipal situations.

00:17:58 SPEAKER_004: And then 951 of those were transferred to fire, and those would be fire departments outside the ones that we currently dispatch for.

00:18:09 SPEAKER_004: The biggest increase that we've had in 911 is the no-voice abandoned or disconnected calls.

00:18:15 SPEAKER_004: Those have almost doubled in the last year, and that's due to pocket dials from cell phones, primarily and invalid cell phones that kids like to play with.

00:18:28 SPEAKER_004: All of those calls are treated as emergency until we can deem that they aren't or that they're from an invalid phone, where we don't receive any information on them.

00:18:37 SPEAKER_013: Dispatchers will conduct ringbacks on those calls.

00:18:41 SPEAKER_013: They will attempt to get voice contact with the person who initiated the call.

00:18:45 SPEAKER_013: If it's a child that answers the phone, then we attempt for probably five minutes at a minimum, trying to get an adult to come to the line.

00:18:53 SPEAKER_013: And then they'll ask questions that require yes and no answers, basically, to determine if there's an emergency at the address that they're at.

00:19:04 SPEAKER_013: A little bit more difficult with those calls is with the cell phones.

00:19:09 SPEAKER_013: There, you don't get an actual address that's delivered.

00:19:12 SPEAKER_013: You get the closest tower with a proximity.

00:19:17 SPEAKER_013: So it'll be like a 400-metre radius with 90% certainty.

00:19:24 SPEAKER_013: Those calls will dispatch to the officers, and the officers will go around the area to see if they can determine an emergency in that area.

00:19:34 SPEAKER_013: If we are unable to get an answer on ringback or there's an open line,

00:19:42 SPEAKER_013: the misdials and unintentional calls take up a little bit more time because the dispatchers are sitting on an open line with the caller, listening to the background information, trying to obtain an address,

00:19:56 SPEAKER_013: trying to get voice contact with those.

00:20:00 SPEAKER_013: Some of you may have experienced it yourself with the Apple phones.

00:20:04 SPEAKER_013: If you hit the side button five times, it automatically makes a call to 911, and the dispatchers get to listen to a conversation that you're having in the car as you're driving,

00:20:14 SPEAKER_013: or people's phones in people's purses, or as they're running down the street.

00:20:22 SPEAKER_013: It's hitting their carriers, so it calls 911, and you have to try and get their attention by yelling at them.

00:20:29 SPEAKER_013: Guilty.

00:20:32 SPEAKER_013: Guilty.

00:20:33 SPEAKER_013: Right.

00:20:34 SPEAKER_013: Is it guilty?

00:20:36 SPEAKER_013: Guilty.

00:20:36 SPEAKER_013: Yes.

00:20:38 SPEAKER_013: Yes.

00:20:38 SPEAKER_013: I have one or two.

00:20:41 SPEAKER_013: Um.

00:20:42 SPEAKER_013: Yeah.

00:20:42 SPEAKER_013: So those calls are taking up a little more time and draining them for the communication staff and for the dispatchers.

00:20:50 SPEAKER_013: And then the last slide there, we've had.

00:20:53 SPEAKER_013: So it just shows you approximately when the majority of the high-volume 911 calls are coming in, and it's between nine o'clock in the morning and midnight.

00:21:04 SPEAKER_013: Any questions?

00:21:06 SPEAKER_009: So this was a result of Councillor Kepes' inquiry about the missed calls, and there was a larger package that was set up for the board meeting that was scheduled for April, but we didn't have.

00:21:16 SPEAKER_009: So this is just this quick summary of the missed calls, and it is an increase.

00:21:22 SPEAKER_009: It is a huge increase, and it's a big problem.

00:21:24 SPEAKER_009: for us.

00:21:25 SPEAKER_009: Thank you.

00:21:26 SPEAKER_009: I appreciate the information.

00:21:32 SPEAKER_009: Thank you, Director.

00:21:33 SPEAKER_004: Moving on to item number twelve, report from Director Hill.

00:21:40 SPEAKER_004: Good morning, everyone.

00:21:42 SPEAKER_004: For the month of April, we resumed our time and employee management project.

00:21:47 SPEAKER_004: This had been delayed by a few months.

00:21:49 SPEAKER_014: The company had furloughed some staff, and we had other priorities, getting remote working and things like that.

00:21:57 SPEAKER_014: That's been scheduled for the 18th of June for the rollout.

00:22:02 SPEAKER_014: This will allow us, at some point, to tie in directly to City Hall's payroll system to reduce some of the duplication of data entry between the systems with the Great Plains systems.

00:22:16 SPEAKER_014: The new punch clock is already being installed in the building.

00:22:20 SPEAKER_014: The old ones were about ten years old, so that's moving forward.

00:22:25 SPEAKER_014: We're just finishing our certification tests on our new phone system, which is tied with our next-gen 911 system.

00:22:32 SPEAKER_014: We're currently ranked among the top in the country.

00:22:35 SPEAKER_014: We're just completing actually; tomorrow is our transfer test.

00:22:40 SPEAKER_014: We can take calls, and we're just completing transferring calls to other facilities.

00:22:43 SPEAKER_014: So we have a couple maps through our mapping GIS department.

00:22:50 SPEAKER_014: We're doing some updates of our own mapping, which is quite large.

00:22:53 SPEAKER_014: It's most of the province boundaries, subdivisions, all those things.

00:22:58 SPEAKER_014: They come from the county GIS to ensure that our dispatchers have the latest information for all the locations and stores.

00:23:07 SPEAKER_014: And we had quite a bit of work for the communication centres.

00:23:10 SPEAKER_014: We're now running out of three rooms: two at the headquarters and one at our backup site, just for COVID-19 precautions.

00:23:16 SPEAKER_014: COVID-19 precautions so that we can disinfect rooms and have redundant locations of work.

00:23:24 SPEAKER_014: And that's my report for the month of April.

00:23:29 SPEAKER_014: Thank you, Director.

00:23:31 SPEAKER_014: Hey, moving on.

00:23:31 SPEAKER_014: Any questions for Director Hill on any of the items?

00:23:36 SPEAKER_004: Okay, moving on to item number thirteen: financial report.

00:23:40 SPEAKER_004: And first item up is to approve outstanding accounts for payment.

00:23:43 SPEAKER_004: I'll need a motion for those approvals.

00:23:47 SPEAKER_004: Happy to move, Mr. Chairman.

00:23:49 SPEAKER_004: Thanks, Gareth.

00:23:50 SPEAKER_004: Second there, Jill's on you.

00:23:58 SPEAKER_004: Thank you, Ian.

00:24:01 SPEAKER_004: In favour.

00:24:02 SPEAKER_004: In favour.

00:24:04 SPEAKER_004: Marion, in favour.

00:24:05 SPEAKER_004: Yes, in favour.

00:24:07 SPEAKER_004: Thank you.

00:24:09 SPEAKER_004: Moving on to item number fourteen: reports from Chief of Police.

00:24:14 SPEAKER_015: If you want, I'll just go over quickly the financial report from April before we move on.

00:24:20 SPEAKER_015: Yep.

00:24:21 SPEAKER_015: So, looking at the overall numbers, as I explained last time,

00:24:25 SPEAKER_015: some of the budgeted periods and the actuals are out of whack just because there are three pay periods in the first month of the year in January, so that takes a while to balance out.

00:24:34 SPEAKER_015: But overall, the numbers seem to be in line, and speaking with our financial advisor, our financial person, there is nothing that seems to be concerning at all.

00:24:46 SPEAKER_015: The police civilians.

00:24:48 SPEAKER_015: If you look at the overtime for dispatch and records, there's some extra overtime there in order to meet some of the needs during COVID and also training some new individuals.

00:25:02 SPEAKER_015: Some of the wages are increased because of the fact that we have to have somebody there training and pay the person who is being trained.

00:25:07 SPEAKER_015: So that was an increase that we was unexpected, but we'll look after.

00:25:12 SPEAKER_015: And as well, in the court security, there's been no receiving of the government grant yet.

00:25:17 SPEAKER_015: So those numbers, if you look at them on their own, look out of whack.

00:25:21 SPEAKER_015: But other than that, everything else seems to be all right.

00:25:25 SPEAKER_015: We're trending in the right direction.

00:25:29 SPEAKER_015: Anybody has any questions?

00:25:34 SPEAKER_015: I think it's good report.

00:25:38 SPEAKER_015: Thank you.

00:25:42 SPEAKER_015: So moving on to my reports, I didn't do an activity month for this month because I've spent the whole.

00:25:47 SPEAKER_015: Obviously, there's no. There's been lots of meetings and lots of Zoom conferences, but they're all within the building, so I'm not out and about.

00:25:53 SPEAKER_015: So I didn't update that.

00:25:55 SPEAKER_015: The second-hand shops update.

00:25:57 SPEAKER_015: It wasn't brought back to your attention this month.

00:26:00 SPEAKER_015: We'll be looking at getting some input from the city.

00:26:03 SPEAKER_015: We've provided them with a copy of the proposed changes, and we just want to make sure it's in line and compliant with the bylaws, current bylaws on the city.

00:26:15 SPEAKER_015: So we're waiting here back from those, and then we're going to bring it all at one time.

00:26:21 SPEAKER_015: The current OSPS vehicle contracts, an update, the oil changes and the vehicle services and repair and maintenance.

00:26:31 SPEAKER_015: They weren't; they haven't gone out yet from the city.

00:26:35 SPEAKER_015: We're working with city purchasing and getting those out.

00:26:37 SPEAKER_015: And there's been an extension sent out to the end of July in order to accommodate the delay in getting those sent due to COVID-19.

00:26:49 SPEAKER_015: So we'll have coverage with our current providers until the new one can be arranged.

00:26:56 SPEAKER_015: The 2020 to 2022 Strategic Priorities Plan.

00:26:59 SPEAKER_015: I'm really happy to present to you a great document that says a lot; it does a lot of work.

00:27:06 SPEAKER_015: And credit goes out to all the members who were involved in creation of it, and the community input was also really welcomed.

00:27:16 SPEAKER_015: We've added the community policing pillar to it from the previous draft that was looked at and reviewed.

00:27:22 SPEAKER_015: And I believe, subject to any questions you may have, I think it's good to go.

00:27:29 SPEAKER_015: Craig, do you know how many inputs we got from outside of the police force?

00:27:34 SPEAKER_015: Like from the public, on that?

00:27:37 SPEAKER_015: Yeah.

00:27:41 SPEAKER_015: Survey.

00:27:42 SPEAKER_006: Something like around 260 responses, which is that was to the survey that was done, which is obviously more than we've ever had done.

00:27:51 SPEAKER_006: But we also had all of our community stakeholders at that meeting.

00:27:56 SPEAKER_006: That's the Bayshore.

00:27:58 SPEAKER_006: At the Bayshore.

00:27:59 SPEAKER_006: And as well as all of our members and members.

00:28:01 SPEAKER_006: So are the stakeholders in addition to the 260?

00:28:10 SPEAKER_006: Yes, some of them may have.

00:28:11 SPEAKER_006: We don't know.

00:28:12 SPEAKER_009: Some of them may have individually completed the survey online or on paper, but they would have been in addition to the survey numbers.

00:28:23 SPEAKER_009: Okay, and those 260 don't include people that work there, or do we know that?

00:28:27 SPEAKER_009: I'm not sure.

00:28:30 SPEAKER_009: We can say a hundred percent.

00:28:30 SPEAKER_009: We can say 100%, but most of them were community members.

00:28:33 SPEAKER_009: I would suggest.

00:28:34 SPEAKER_009: Perfect.

00:28:35 SPEAKER_009: I just kind of want to know what kind of response we got.

00:28:38 SPEAKER_009: Good.

00:28:38 SPEAKER_009: Thank you.

00:28:39 SPEAKER_009: I think it was a good exercise, and I would suggest the next time we go around to do it, we do it in the same fashion.

00:28:46 SPEAKER_009: Because in the past, there's been town halls open to the community, and there was never any attendance.

00:28:52 SPEAKER_009: So the 260 is a huge increase over the past public input that's been obtained.

00:29:00 SPEAKER_009: Great improvement.

00:29:01 SPEAKER_009: Yeah.

00:29:06 SPEAKER_009: All right.

00:29:07 SPEAKER_009: So I guess if there are no questions, leave it to the chair for a motion then to adopt the document.

00:29:14 SPEAKER_009: Right.

00:29:15 SPEAKER_004: Need a motion to approve the 2020-2022 Strategic Priorities Plan.

00:29:20 SPEAKER_004: It's Marian.

00:29:21 SPEAKER_004: I'll make that motion.

00:29:23 SPEAKER_004: Thank you.

00:29:25 SPEAKER_004: Seconded.

00:29:26 SPEAKER_004: I can second it.

00:29:28 SPEAKER_004: Thank you, Garth.

00:29:30 SPEAKER_004: In favour.

00:29:31 SPEAKER_004: Yes.

00:29:33 SPEAKER_004: Jill, in favour.

00:29:34 SPEAKER_004: Yes.

00:29:35 SPEAKER_004: Thank you, Carrie.

00:29:37 SPEAKER_004: Okay, moving on to item number four: Little Candles, the Taxi Bylaw.

00:29:44 SPEAKER_015: So there have been a couple of changes: six one and six eleven, six one and six eleven, and there was a removal of an appendix in the previous from previous documents.

00:29:56 SPEAKER_015: In the previous document, Appendix H, and that is to fall in line with and through discussions with city staff, so that the bylaws are in line with and follow the City bylaws.

00:30:08 SPEAKER_015: So that those changes have been made, and I propose that that bylaw be implemented.

00:30:17 SPEAKER_015: Okay, great.

00:30:17 SPEAKER_004: So according to our procedural bylaw, I need a resolution by someone that leaves be granted to introduce Bylaw number 2020-01, the bylaw to govern taxis within the City of Owen Sound,

00:30:30 SPEAKER_004: and it's to be deemed to have been read a third and final time.

00:30:35 SPEAKER_004: May I have a mover for that resolution?

00:30:39 SPEAKER_004: I'll move that.

00:30:42 SPEAKER_004: Hello, it's Marian.

00:30:49 SPEAKER_004: I'll second it.

00:30:53 SPEAKER_004: Okay.

00:30:54 SPEAKER_004: I'm sorry.

00:30:55 SPEAKER_004: I didn't catch that.

00:30:55 SPEAKER_004: My sound just sort of died on me here.

00:30:58 SPEAKER_004: Sounded like Garth moved it and Marion seconded.

00:31:03 SPEAKER_004: Yeah, that's correct.

00:31:04 SPEAKER_004: Right.

00:31:07 SPEAKER_004: Let's try and...

00:31:25 SPEAKER_004: Okay.

00:31:27 SPEAKER_004: So moving on.

00:31:29 SPEAKER_004: That.

00:31:29 SPEAKER_004: Excuse me, John.

00:31:34 SPEAKER_004: Bill number 2022-01, by all the government taxes within the City of Los Angeles, be hereby deemed to have been read the third and final time, and finally passed, signed, and sealed.

00:31:43 SPEAKER_004: Okay.

00:31:43 SPEAKER_004: So now moving on to other business items.

00:31:46 SPEAKER_004: We need to vote on that, John.

00:31:50 SPEAKER_004: We haven't voted yet, Mr. Chairman.

00:31:55 SPEAKER_004: I've lost all my audio for some reason.

00:31:58 SPEAKER_004: Can you hear me?

00:31:59 SPEAKER_004: Yes.

00:32:00 SPEAKER_004: Yeah.

00:32:02 SPEAKER_004: Hmm.

00:32:02 SPEAKER_004: Does that make any difference?

00:32:13 SPEAKER_004: Can you hear us?

00:32:16 SPEAKER_004: Vaguely.

00:32:18 SPEAKER_004: Hang on.

00:32:18 SPEAKER_004: I'm just trying...

00:32:19 SPEAKER_004: Hang on, I'm just turning.

00:33:09 SPEAKER_004: There, you can still hear me.

00:33:11 SPEAKER_004: Yes.

00:33:12 SPEAKER_004: Yeah.

00:33:13 SPEAKER_004: Okay.

00:33:14 SPEAKER_004: Somehow I've lost it through my headset.

00:33:15 SPEAKER_004: So, anyway.

00:33:16 SPEAKER_004: Lost it through my headset.

00:33:16 SPEAKER_004: So, anyways, have to work through that.

00:33:19 SPEAKER_004: Sorry, there were some questions there.

00:33:21 SPEAKER_004: You had not all questions.

00:33:24 SPEAKER_004: We need to vote on that pilot.

00:33:30 SPEAKER_004: Okay, so there was a resolution.

00:33:34 SPEAKER_004: Was it to introduce it?

00:33:37 SPEAKER_004: And that was by Garth and Marion.

00:33:40 SPEAKER_004: Seconded by Marion, really.

00:33:42 SPEAKER_004: Ian and Jill are in favour.

00:33:43 SPEAKER_004: Yeah.

00:33:44 SPEAKER_004: Yes.

00:33:47 SPEAKER_004: Okay.

00:33:47 SPEAKER_004: So then, after that, under the, I think under the procedural bylaw, the statement that I did, I read does not need to have a mover and a seconder.

00:34:00 SPEAKER_004: No, I just don't think we heard.

00:34:05 SPEAKER_009: We didn't hear that the Mayor and Joe were supporting that, and that it was carried.

00:34:17 SPEAKER_009: We lost the sound.

00:34:19 SPEAKER_009: I think you lost the sound then.

00:34:37 SPEAKER_009: That sounds like an assault.

00:34:43 SPEAKER_009: You could say, Mr. Chairman.

00:34:46 SPEAKER_009: There's a motion?

00:34:52 SPEAKER_009: I'm going to wind this up.

00:35:12 SPEAKER_009: Try that.

00:35:13 SPEAKER_009: Is that any better?

00:35:14 SPEAKER_009: Yep.

00:35:15 SPEAKER_009: Yep.

00:35:16 SPEAKER_009: Yeah, you can hear me, and I can't hear you for some reason.

00:35:18 SPEAKER_009: I don't know what the issue is.

00:35:21 SPEAKER_009: Does that work any better now?

00:35:36 SPEAKER_009: Yeah.

00:35:36 SPEAKER_009: We can hear you.

00:35:37 SPEAKER_009: Can you hear us?

00:35:40 SPEAKER_009: We can hear you.

00:35:41 SPEAKER_009: All right, my mic's coming through.

00:35:44 SPEAKER_009: Can you hear us, John?

00:35:45 SPEAKER_009: My mic's coming through my monitor, but it's very low.

00:35:48 SPEAKER_009: Say again.

00:35:50 SPEAKER_009: Can you hear us?

00:35:53 SPEAKER_009: Very faintly.

00:35:55 SPEAKER_009: I can hear you better now.

00:35:55 SPEAKER_009: If you let me know what the issue was.

00:35:58 SPEAKER_009: Well, we need to vote on that last motion.

00:36:01 SPEAKER_009: I don't think it was recorded yet.

00:36:06 SPEAKER_009: Okay.

00:36:08 SPEAKER_009: So, could I have someone to make the motion?

00:36:11 SPEAKER_009: I made.

00:36:12 SPEAKER_009: I made the motion.

00:36:15 SPEAKER_009: Marian seconded the motion.

00:36:16 SPEAKER_009: You just need to call it.

00:36:18 SPEAKER_009: Okay.

00:36:19 SPEAKER_009: Question.

00:36:21 SPEAKER_009: Ian, all in favour?

00:36:22 SPEAKER_009: In favour, yes.

00:36:24 SPEAKER_009: And Joe?

00:36:26 SPEAKER_009: Yes.

00:36:29 SPEAKER_009: Correct.

00:36:31 SPEAKER_009: Okay.

00:36:32 SPEAKER_009: Moving on to item number fifteen.

00:36:33 SPEAKER_009: Are there any other items of new business not previously listed?

00:36:34 SPEAKER_009: Items in your business not previously listed.

00:36:37 SPEAKER_009: So, John, can I just clarify, and maybe Kelly, Joe, can you let us know if you've got everything you need on the Taxi Bylaw approved?

00:36:47 SPEAKER_009: I have everything, Marion.

00:36:49 SPEAKER_009: Thank you.

00:36:52 SPEAKER_009: We now have a fair motion.

00:36:57 SPEAKER_009: Fair, and my attempt at humour.

00:37:05 SPEAKER_009: Yes, they are.

00:37:12 SPEAKER_009: All right.

00:37:14 SPEAKER_009: So now can we move on to item fifteen?

00:37:19 SPEAKER_009: Yes.

00:37:20 SPEAKER_009: Yeah.

00:37:20 SPEAKER_009: Thank you.

00:37:22 SPEAKER_009: Are there any other items or any new business?

00:37:32 SPEAKER_009: No. None.

00:37:33 SPEAKER_009: Nope.

00:37:35 SPEAKER_009: Okay.

00:37:36 SPEAKER_009: Good.

00:37:36 SPEAKER_009: So then, as the board has dealt with all of the items on the agenda and there being no additional business to conduct, if there's a meeting, we terminate, and our next meeting will be Wednesday,

00:37:44 SPEAKER_009: June the twenty-fourth, at ten a.m.

00:37:49 SPEAKER_009: Thank you.

00:37:51 SPEAKER_009: Thank you, everyone.

00:37:52 SPEAKER_009: Appreciate the time.

00:37:52 SPEAKER_009: And sorry about the audio.

00:37:53 SPEAKER_009: We'll try and get that fixed on my side the next time.

00:37:57 SPEAKER_009: Thanks, everybody.

00:37:59 SPEAKER_009: Thank you.

00:37:59 SPEAKER_009: Thank you.

00:38:00 SPEAKER_009: Thanks, everyone.