Peanut Gallery Vancouver City Council
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Amendment — Clause 13(a)(b)(c)(e)(g)(h) VPD Technology and Overtime

Motion 10 · Special Council (2023 Draft Operating Budget), February 28, 2023

Carried Moved by Sarah Kirby-Yung

Summary

  • Approved the remaining VPD technology and operational items: $747,500 for a Digital Evidence Management System, $415,500 for cell phones, $200,000 for a body-worn camera pilot, $969,468 for one-time sworn overtime related to an unprecedented volume of protests, $100,000 for contract awards, and $39,598 for operating impacts of capital adjustments.
  • Councillors Boyle, Carr, and Fry opposed, citing concerns about the overall scale of police budget increases.

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