Mayor Spearman addresses decision to postpone needle resolution, needle crisis and parkade cost overruns
LETHBRIDGE – Mayor Chris Spearman met with the media Wednesday, July 11, to discuss some of the recent issues at city hall.
At Council on Monday, a resolution from Coun. Blaine Hyggen to stop needles from leaving the supervised consumption site was delayed for two weeks after a vote which left some councillors upset with the process.
The resolution called for council to direct Arches to stop the distribution of needles leaving the site, and that any needles distributed only be used on site.
Spearman says that Section 17 of the City of Lethbridge’s procedural by-law outlines the process for setting the council agenda, including subsection 7 which states ‘all material for inclusion in the Agenda shall be in the hands of the City Clerk not later than 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon of the Wednesday immediately proceeding the Monday on which the City Council meeting is held for which the Agenda is prepared.’