tos) The Mayor and Aldermen

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mn ollerk, y Acasinistrator : “ adh February léth, 1572

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1, RCMP. Contract:

I have been contacted by Sub-YInspector Young of the R.C.M.P. who will be in charge of the combined Coquitian-
Port Coquitlam Police Detackwant fn connection with a change in charges for police manpower. .
Councd] may recal) that for sone years we have been charged for 1/3 of a man as our ghare of a membir of
the Tdentification Division and we vere asked in Septcmber of 1971 to approve an additional 1/3 portion of thts
mand for the 1973-1974 contrzet your. The gevernsene have been reviewing the marter of charges for tdenriffea: fen
personel and rave recomended o revised form of b4])J.2 basud on case load. The Province will provide Jdenta lice
tion Service without any churge up te 75 casus per year - above 75 cases and up tu 275 eases, a charge will Le nade
for 1 wan - in excess of 275 - Zen, ele. Last year Port Coquitlam had 184 cases investigated by the Division
and we would, therefore ke required to pay for one man, The District of Coquitlam are presently paying for one
wan and they will be asked to add one additional man to this service. The Identification Division is at present
operating out of rented premises in the District of Coquitlam and serves the Coquitlam area ae well as Surrey
and White Rock. This operation will be abandoned and the Coquitlam Identification men will move into our new
Justice Building. ,

In considersng this request, we should exaniine our present contract arrangement. We have requcsted 2 men

for 2972-2973 and 3-1/3 mon fer 1973-1974. We would, therefore, not be adding te our share of an Identification

man until 1973, and then anly by an addition 1/3. I agree with climinating partial charges for nen so that cur
basic charge for manpewer includes ni1 hack up sources, i.e. drug squed, Identification, ete. 1 think it is nat
to our advantage to acknovledge acceptance of the proposed change in charging in that it glves che &.C.M.P. power

to add a man automatically whenever Identification case load rises into the next higher category, It think Ceunci.

would want to retain the right co approve additional manpower on an annual basis.

Our standing request for 1972 for 3 men will bring our detachment up to 18-1/3 men as of April lst. The
R.C.M.P. proposal would give us 19 men. Council may wish to consider the advantage of adding a man at this time,
however, I would suggest that we object to the preposed change in contract arrangements.

I would recomend that we leave our contract request as is for 1972-1973 and that we notify the R.C.N.P.
that we do not agree with the praposed method of charges for Identification personnel but favour che inclusion

of this service Jn our regular contract which provides for a review of manpower annually.

2. City Hell Renovations:

I have received word Erom Canada Manpower that our revised application for City Hall renovations have been
epproved. This project ia under the Local Initiative Programme which provides a direct grant towards the labour
cost of a project. Tre total amount approved, as a grant, is $21,350.00 ‘This is not as much as originally hoped

for, however, i¢ is a fair contribution. We have the sum of $70,000.00 set aside in a reserve for future ex-

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penditures which we can call upon for the City's share of this work. This will give us a total of approximately

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$90,000.00, We are at present completing the plang and estimates for this construction work and will forward

thig to Council as soon as it ia available in a few weeks.