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AFTERMATH: City crews were out early Wednesday morning clearing snow after the major storm that swept through the B.C. south coast on Tuesday. Snow began to fall in New Westminster on Tuesday afternoon and quickly built, with wind gusts adding to hazardous driving conditions. Roads and bridges were backed up for hours, with traffic on the Pattullo, Queensborough and Alex Fraser bridges grinding to a halt. The city had a warming centre open at Queen’s Park Arena until after 2 a.m. to give stranded travellers a place to get warm, charge their phones and take a break. More snow is expected tomorrow, but, as of press time, the forecast was only calling for scattered flurries. Warming and refreezing, however, may make roads slippery. Go to www.newwestrecord.ca for the latest. PHOTO JULIE MACLELLAN
Police seek 12% budget increase from city Julie MacLellan
jmaclellan@newwestrecord.ca
The New Westminster Police Department has come to the city with a big ask for 2023: an 11.9 per cent increase to its budget.
New Westminster city council and police board met last Wednesday (Nov. 23) in a joint open meeting in council chambers to hold their first discussions on the department’s 2023 budget. Chief Const. Dave
Jansen and Deputy Chief Const. Paul Hyland laid out the NWPD’s budget ask, which totals $29.26 million — up $3.1 million from last year’s $26.1 million. Jansen acknowledged
the size of the request. “I understand that frustration; I understand that feeling of council feeling like an ATM machine where we come, we put in the card, and we just expect [money],” Jansen
said. But he said much of the increase would simply allow the department to continue to do what it’s already doing. The requested increase includes $1.25 mil-
lion more for base budget costs, stemming largely from an anticipated three per cent salary increase for both police officers and civilian staff. Another $900,000 Continued on page 10
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