Board Meeting Highlights - October 23, 2019
2020 York Regional Police Budget
The Police Services Board approved the 2020 net Operating Budget for York Regional Police of $348 million, which is a 4.17 percent increase over the 2019 Budget and includes the addition of 34 police officers and civilian members to address growth in the Region impacting front-line policing, workload pressures including call centre communications with the public and maintaining quality services in administrative functions. The 2020 Police Operating Budget continues to maintain the lowest policing cost per capita in Canada among comparable police services serving populations of over 1 million residents.
The Board also approved the 2020 York Regional Police Capital Budget of $42.4 million with a Capital Spend Authority of $57.4 million. The expenditures include $26.6 million for facilities primarily for the construction of a new police district serving Aurora, Newmarket and East Gwillimbury, $6.2 million for vehicles, $5.8 million for information technology, $3.3 million for specialized equipment and $0.4 million for communication equipment. Financing for the capital budget is a combination of contributions from reserves, debenture proceeds repaid from development charges, debt reduction reserve funding, development charge collections and external funding.
The 2020 Police Budget will be tabled at Regional Council in December. Please see here for a copy of the report.
Next Police Services Board Meeting
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. Location: Committee Room A, York Region Administrative Centre, 17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket.
Contact: Mafalda Avellino, Executive Director, psb@yrp.ca or 1-877-464-9675 ext. 77906.
The Regional Municipality of York Police Services Board is a seven-member civilian Board that oversees and governs the York Regional Police and is comprised of one member as Head of Municipal Council, three members are appointed by resolution of Regional Council and three by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
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