Date:
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: HEMDCC Meeting Space, Main Floor Alderney Landing, 60 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – September 24, 2025, October 1, 2025 and October 6, 2025
4. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
5. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
6. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
7. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE
8. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
8.1 Correspondence
8.2 Petitions
8.3 Presentations – None
9. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
10. REPORTS/DISCUSSION
10.1 STAFF
10.1.1 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Halifax Regional Detachment (RCMP HRD) 2026/2027 Resource Request [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality recommend that the HRM Budget Committee support the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Halifax Regional Detachment (RCMP HRD) resource request for additional nine (9) regular member positions as part of the budget deliberations for the 2026-2027 operating budget as set out in Attachment 1 of the staff report dated October 16, 2025.
10.1.2 Halifax Regional Police 2026/27 Operating Budget [PDF]
Motion:
That, having ensured that the proposed Halifax Regional Police Operating Budget for 2026/27 as
presented at the September 24 and October 29, 2025 meetings of the Board of Police
Commissioners is consistent with those matters referred to in subsection 55(3) of the Police Act, the
Board of Police Commissioners moves the following recommendation:
1. That Halifax Regional Council approve the proposed 2026/27 Halifax Regional Police Operating
Budget of $103,494,000, which includes a proposed increase in the composition as set out in the
Proposed Service Enhancements identified in the Halifax Regional Police Proposed Operating Budget 2026/27 Information Package (Attachment 1 of the staff report dated October 16, 2025), and as presented by Chief MacLean to the Board on October 29, 2025.
11. ADDED ITEMS
12. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE
13. NOTICES OF MOTION
14. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – November 12, 2025
15. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS – NONE
For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Andrea Lovasi-Wood, Legislative Assistant, at lovasia@halifax.ca or 902-240-7164.
To submit correspondence, email clerks@halifax.ca
More information: https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/boards-committees-commissions/a-c/board-police-commissioners/engagement-bopc, click on “Correspondence”