Whereas, the Province of Ontario passed the Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 (Bill 68), which established the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (CSPA, 2019), on March 26, 2019; and,
Whereas, the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (CSPA, 2019), was proclaimed on April 1, 2024; and,
Whereas the Ministry of the Solicitor General has approved the creation of a joint, Oxford Rural Police Services Detachment Board, governing Blandford-Blenheim Township, East Zorra-Tavistock Township, Norwich Township, South-West Oxford Township, Zorra Township; and,
Whereas the Oxford Rural Detachment Joint Board must be established and formalized; and,
Whereas the Oxford Rural Detachment Joint Board will be composed of one elected official from each of the participating municipalities, one jointly appointed Community Member, and one Provincial Appointee;
Now Therefore, Council hereby appoints Councillor Matthew Gillespie to represent the Township of East Zorra-Tavistock on the Oxford Rural Detachment Joint Board; and,
That an ad-hoc selection committee, herein known as the Oxford Rural Detachment Joint Police Services Board Community Appointee Selection Committee, be formed to select and appoint the required community representative to the Joint Board for a two-year period to rotate through the area municipalities in alphabetical order; and,
That the same Member of Council appointed to the Oxford Rural Detachment Joint Board be appointed to the Oxford Rural Detachment Joint Board Community Appointee Selection Committee; and,
That Council supports Blandford-Blenheim advertising for one Community Appointee.