Establishment of a joint board
17.1(1)Any municipality may, with the written consent of the Minister, be a party to an agreement for the policing of a region.
17.1(2)The agreement shall make provision for
(a)
the establishment of a board of police commissioners for the region;
(b)
administration and bookkeeping;
(c)
defining the boundaries of the region to be policed under the agreement, which may include areas outside the limits of any municipality that is a party to the agreement;
(d)
the composition of the joint board, which shall consist of
(i)
one or more members representing each municipality that is a party to the agreement, at least one of whom shall be a mayor or a councillor and all of whom shall ordinarily reside in the municipality,
(ii)
one or more persons ordinarily residing in the region appointed by the Minister,
(iii)
the chief of police,
ex officio, who shall be a non-voting member;
(e)
subject to subsection 17.2(5), the appointment of members of the joint board referred to in subparagraph (2)(
d)(i);
(f)
funding the joint board and the police force for the region, including
(i)
the determination of the contribution each party will pay,
(ii)
an interim budget, if required,
(iii)
a method of approving budgets proposed by the joint board,
(iv)
a method of dealing with surplus funds,
(v)
a method of dealing with a deficit,
(vi)
a method of sharing the debts and other liabilities of the joint board,
(vii)
a method of paying funds to the joint board by the parties to the agreement;
(g)
the acquisition and disposal of property;
(h)
selecting a chair of the joint board;
(i)
determining the time and location of meetings of the joint board;
(j)
establishing a quorum for meetings of the joint board;
(k)
fixing a date for the initial provision of police services under the agreement;
(l)
the protection of existing pension and other rights and benefits of persons employed to serve police forces of municipalities that are parties to the agreement who, by virtue of this Act, will become members or persons employed to serve a police force for the region; and in any case of conflict the provisions of any such agreement shall prevail over the provisions of any Act, regulation or agreement relating to such rights or benefits that is in existence at the time the agreement under this section is entered into;
(m)
any other matter the Minister requires.
17.1(3)The Minister shall be a party to the agreement if the region to be policed under the agreement includes an area not contained within the limits of any municipality that is a party to the agreement.
1981, c.59, s.14; 1997, c.60, s.9; 2000, c.38, s.15; 2005, c.21, s.8; 2021, c.25, s.1