Williams Lake city council recently received a municipal contract policing resource request 2014/2015 report for information, and agreed to provide a letter of approval in principle for the 2014/2015 fiscal year. The net decrease in proposed RCMP contract costs to the city for the 2014 budget would be approximately $26,700 compared to the 2013 budget, based on the existing complement of 24 police officers.
This decrease is contributed to federal initiatives that address cost containment for the city’s police service.
Accommodation costs are also estimated to decrease $23,452 in 2014-2015 due to a rate decrease for contracted services, and decrease in natural gas rates, as well as a change in the municipal percentage of total building establishment.
