Deputy Mayor Brennan provides the following update from County Council which was held on June 8, 2021:
Chris Bailey, Manager of ITS, was presented with the Regena Lerke Distinguished Service Award by Morgan Calvert, President MISA Ontario;
Dean Croker, Detachment Commander OPP, Middlesex County - West Region provided a presentation summarizing OPP activities. It was noted that offence numbers were lower in 2020, primarily due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Drug related offence charges are on the increase, and a number of problem intersections within the County were discussed. Details regarding a program whereby an OPP designated officer and designated mental health support party responded to 476 calls were noted. In these cases, 46 individuals did not require transportation from the OPP which reduced overall costs;
Chief Neal Roberts, MLPS, presented the Ontario Ombudsman's report on land ambulance investigations. The report contains 53 recommendations and the MLPS are working to implement these;
A uniform contract for the MLPS was tendered. Six bids were received and Talbot Uniforms were awarded the contract;
An RFP to enter into agreements with GSP Group and Monteith Brown Planning Consultants for the provision of General Land Use Planning Consultant Services was approved in the amount of $30,000;
Mobile vaccine clinics will be starting next week beginning with 1000 doses to administer;
A lengthy discussion on County intersections and LED-embedded traffic lights was held. It was determined that until Ontario Regulation 615 regarding Signs and the Highway Traffic Act is amended to permit stop signs to be modified to include light-emitting-diodes that LED-embedded traffic signs not be installed at intersections under the jurisdiction of Middlesex County.