As you can see - the intent of the above event on June 20th from 7-9pm at the TDC is to privately fundraise for an AED (or defibrillator) and other 'emergency equipment' for our police (presumedly they are referring to the local RCMP as the City doesn't have its' own municipal force)
Three thoughts that come to mind:
1) For a City service (RCMP) that receives over $3 million per year - surely we should be able to find the money in their budget for that item
2) Interesting that the public hasn't recently indentified the need for AED's or other emergency equipment that the police lack and they want funded through tax dollars (same argument I made recently with the public fundraising for a FLIR (Infrared Camera) for the local Search and Rescue service, again funded by local taxpayers in Cariboo RD Areas D, E, F, G and City of Williams Lake)
3) Should WL City Council consider a policy on this subject (fundraising privately for services and related equipment needs funded primarily by tax payers'? (In case of RCMP - local taxpayers pay 70% with Ottawa picking up the remainder of 30%)
-- SBF
No comments:
Post a Comment