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SERVICE PARTNER BUDGET PRESENTATION - BARRIE POLICE SERVICE
Greg Ferguson, Chair of the Barrie Police Services Board and Police Chief, Rich Johnson of Barrie Police Service provided a presentation concerning the 2025 Barrie Police Service (BPS) Budget request.
Mr. Ferguson commented that the BPS 2025 Budget request includes the operational impacts of the Budget, is fiscally responsible while maintaining and enhancing operations, addresses the evolution of policing, and provides effective police services to the City’s growing population.
Mr. Ferguson and Police Chief Johnson discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• The context of the of the 2025 Budget including staffing and service levels, legislative requirements and technology and innovation;.
• The risks and opportunities for the BPS;
• The 2024 budget impacts carried-forward.
• An overview of the Staffing and Service to the community including the following:
o Deployable resources;
o Staffing levels and service;
o Calls for service between 2017 to 2023; and
o 2025 non-discretionary items such as salaries, benefits, staffing, inflation and growth.
• An overview of the legislative requirements including the following:
o WSIB mental stress injury claim costs between 2016 to 2022;
o The impacts of legislative requirements to BPS;
o Additional ways for the community to connect with BPS; and
o The BPS 2025 discretionary items such as new staff hires, revenue and efficiencies, and technology and innovation.
• An overview of the technology and innovation including the following:
o Enhancing and leveraging technology for future growth.
• The 2025 Budget estimates for 2024 carry-forward items, non-discretionary, discretionary, and budget requests.
Members of Council asked a number of questions of Mr. Ferguson and Chief Johnson and received responses.