Another Town of Peace River council meeting is in the books!
Some of the highlights:
➡️ Reserve Policy approved. Changes to the Town’s accounting and budgeting process include creating dedicated Water, Wastewater, Storm Sewer, and Solid Waste Reserves; creating separate reserves for Buildings & Engineered Structures and Vehicles, Machinery, and Equipment within Tax-Supported Capital; creating a Disaster Recovery Program Reserve; and eliminating the Mill Rate Stabilization Reserve.
➡️ Council appointed two new Development Officers, on the eve of long-time Development Officer Susan Martineau retiring: Alisha Mody and Adebimpe Adeniyi.
➡️ Samuel Mugford, Director of Corporate Services, presented a briefing note on several IT changes at the Town. Among others, those include upgrading our firewalls; enhancing security and encryption; mitigating security risks by eliminating open ports and addressing vulnerabilities; round-the-clock security monitoring; and transitioning to cloud-based phone services.
➡️ Council approved the appointments of Pradeep Neupane and Pam Schipholt to the Peace Regional Healthcare Attraction and Retention Committee for three-year terms.
➡️ Coun. Orren Ford brought a notice of motion for administration to bring an Apex Security business proposal to the next council meeting for discussion. This is a potential avenue Council is considering to address security-related issues in town.
As always, there was more.
You can read the full agenda here: https://peaceriver.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/…
And re-live it on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ts_ENprOjk