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'93.} .1 . _ - w l ° isdue to already-negotiated salary and bene- j/ ‘ ”This: id N " .‘ '1’ ' _ -‘ 1‘ .2" fitincreases - 3/ l g; “ ' " ’r ‘_'/ it’s a total 1.07 per cent tax increase this ' , if: A ' y V ,_l a. ‘ year, or $15.80 for the average homeowner. u. ‘ ’ . _ \ - ~_-â€" ’ ~ 1‘“ ‘ . ‘ >e,--’~ . ‘Withthisplan.weactuallygetcaught up . , , ' , ... \m 7 4;- .’,fl' , I ' '* ' ' againbytheendof2012,'Torig;iansaid. ' ..~ '11 ~ fig. $1.; J ‘We no longer have to come forward and {is .- , g “44.17;??‘1 :1 r: - ask for this large number anymore and put -. ' a " 3% ~. ‘ fl”: “g ' V.‘:""i"}g} 11' - re the pressure on the community for dollars." m» V ‘ 331i “ ,, _- #41:; 1?. Fe" iii-'17 Torigian said. ' - so: .3. as The plan calls forallfiOofficers tobehired ' V g~ ' a " 1 within the next 14 months â€" 25 officers in 4. c‘ ”'1‘; ~.\ . August and 10 more in December. with the ' ' M' " i finalZScomingon boardinApril 2012. . . 1 By the time they complete their training at ' ~Nfllim~ l the Ontario Police College. the full impact . ‘1‘ ~- $712437; 1 would not be felt on the front line until 2013, N l Torigian said. g. g _ , , 7 ' ' 1 Police services board chair and regional ~' pt- ; ' ' ‘5 ”1+5. 4 councillor Tom Galloway asked him to come ’ 1’5, ‘39-‘- 4 w "1%" l back next month with budget figures for " ' ' " _ islfifi;flk-ifi'i‘gg. g l staging the hires with 15 ofiicers in each of """"“" ' ' I the next four years A request for 60 new officers and 18 civilian staffers is included in this year‘s police budget. Police chief Matt Torigian says he needs them right I He also asked for a more complete picture away, while board chair Tom Galloway is suggesting the hires, and the tax impact, could be rolled out over the next four years. 1 ofthetaximpact up t02014. rumoro l “The community continues to grow and about 730 sworn officers. the Waterloo system will be ready before the end of the to stage this (over four years.) lt’sjust that the 1 the calls for service keep going up so the Regional Police Service has one ofthe lowest year. creating some efficiencies in the way pro-active time won’t ramp up quite, as ' need for new resources if fairly obvious." he ratios of police by population, or “cop by thosecalls for service arehandled. quickly." ' said. pop” of the larger services in the province. But Bruce Tucker. president of the police The police board votes on the budget after l “However. the needs of the service need to By that measure, hiring 100 oflioers would association that represents almost 1,000 uni- the additional sets of numbers. including the 1 be meshed with the needs of the taxpayer. put Waterloo Region in about the middle of formed and civilian workers, said 60 oflicers financial impact of a four-year stalling plan, 1 And 1 think. personally. this has to be thepack,Torigian said. aren'tenougli arelaidoutatitsnextmeetingonMarchQ. 3 smoothed out over a longer period of time to But this year’s request is based on a more “Unfortunately, we can no longer provide Regional council has final approval during - make it afiordable." sophisticated data analysis of what patrol the service we do with the stalling we have its budget process March 23. . Torigian said the 60 new hires are required officers do and when they do it. We either make a drastic cut â€" and we're not But staging the hires would only be ‘ in addition to the 50 officers that were pulled That analysis shows officers are falling talking about Priority «is â€"â€" we make a drastic repeating mistakes that have been made in ‘ from special investigative teams and rede- below the goal of spending 30 per cent of cut or we get the staffing levels we need,” the past, Torigian said ‘ played to the from lineslast month. their time pro~actively. on such things as "flicker said. if the service could get caught up on ; Most of the 18 civilian jobs are 11' related. crime prevention, RIDE programs. traffic “When you look at the numbers, we‘re front-line hires now, then future requests 1 and 11 are repeat requests that were turned enforcement and community engagement. responding to all calls It's not as if we're just would be specifically targeted. based on need 1 down in 2010. Torigian also asked for 25 new Galloway asked if some non.urgent Priori- passing on calls â€" response times are rea- and demand for service. 4 ofiicers last year, and got 10. ty 4 calls, such as lost cats. could be handled sonable,” Galloway said. “At the end of this year. when we present ‘ The police budget accounts for about a differently. - '1 don't foresee that. according to the our budget for 2012. we will not ask for any l third of the entire regional tax levy. With Torigian said a new centralized reporting numbers. we won't be responding ifwe were more." he said. i l W’ t “‘fifiéfix l ‘ 1 ‘ i“ ‘ ” ' '3 $2335.11: 39;» - I 3% style green , as HEERS : . ~ ‘ ~ .. ' . “are r 5. ~ :_ ' . 3%. .‘ DECORATXNG '2 : ' .' ' â€"a DESIGN (issuesâ€"â€" ‘ E , y , ‘ 533 Kl StrutN. Waterloo “[3 ' c» I'.?.'r19)772-11'27 ”9- - t. . ~ g mammary” merger Him11‘1”?“er 7! 5' g ‘ (5‘9)57&5330 (519) 57mm ‘ , $52. . ‘ mhoondoooretlngeom â€"#