AGENDA
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 4:00 P.m. - 6:00 P.m.

Boardroom, Service and Resource Centre

411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC

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1.

CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER:

[Note:  This meeting will be live streamed and video recorded for the public.]

2.

INTRODUCTION OF LATE ITEMS:

3.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA:

4.

ADOPTION OF MINUTES:

a.

Minutes

Minutes of the Public Safety Committee Meeting held in the Boardroom, Service and Resource Centre, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Wednesday, 2024-OCT-09, at 4:00 p.m.

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PRESENTATIONS:

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REPORTS:

a.

Verbal Update re: Drop-In Hub Service

To be introduced by Christy Wood, Manager, Social Planning. 

b.

Nanaimo Restorative Justice Program Overview 

[Note:  On 2024-OCT-21 Council adopted a recommendation arising from the 2024-OCT-16 Finance and Audit Committee Meeting to increase the annual operating grant for the Nanaimo Restorative Justice Program from $50,000 to $150,000, and referred the report to the Public Safety Committee.]

To be introduced by Art Groot, Director, Police Services, and Kathy Gonzales, Acting Manager, Police Support Services.

Presentation:

1. Kluane Buser-Rivet, Program Manager, and Lex Vaugeois, Administrative Program Manager, Nanaimo Restorative Justice Program. 

c.

City of Nanaimo Liquor Control Strategy

[Note:  On 2024-NOV-04 Council adopted a recommendation to refer the City of Nanaimo Liquor Control Strategy to the December 18, 2024 Public Safety Committee Meeting for input. A copy of the Strategy is enclosed in the agenda package.]

To be introduced by Dave LaBerge, Director, Public Safety. 

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OTHER BUSINESS:

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QUESTION PERIOD:

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ADJOURNMENT: