Vernon City Council has solicited the services of CTQ Consulting Ltd., to facilitate a public Town Hall Meeting. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, from 6 pm to 9 pm at the Recreation Centre - Auditorium.
Vernon Council at its meeting of May 13, 2019, directed Administration to organize a Town Hall meeting to provide Vernon residents and Business owners the ability to express concerns or issues relating to crime, vagrancy, overdose prevention sites, and open drug use, whereby there is a negative impact on the downtown core and surrounding neighbourhoods’.
Council is asking Residents and Business Owners for solutions both short and long term that may improve their neighbourhood in regard to the issues noted above.
As directed by Council, speakers will be allocated a maximum of 2 minutes to bring forward their remarks and solutions.
The role of the Facilitator is to manage a respectful meeting, ensure speakers respect the time limit, record the comments of the public, and if required, ask clarifying questions of the presenters in order to capture accurate records.
Council’s role is to listen to members of the public, and, if necessary, seek clarification of comments made, through the Facilitator.