{"id":53922,"date":"2025-04-27T16:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T19:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=53922"},"modified":"2025-04-27T16:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T19:42:07","slug":"deagle-gammon-speaks-about-hrm-budget-other-topics-to-fraba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=53922","title":{"rendered":"Deagle Gammon speaks about HRM budget, other topics to FRABA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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FALL RIVER:<\/strong> The local councillor brought a lot of information to a discussion with members of the Fall River business community recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cathy Deagle Gammon, who represents Waverley-Fall River-Musquodoboit Valley, spoke to members of the Fall River and Area Business Association (FRABA) at Good Day Caf\u00e9 in Fall River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She spoke to the group about the HRM budget that was recently passed; about the committees she is on with HRM as part of her council duties; development issues; and answered questions as she could from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appeared to have been an informative session for all involved with much discussion over the almost one-hour presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deagle Gammon told the crowd about the RCMP community policing office coming to the community to be co-located at the Gordon R. Snow Community Centre in Fall River. That is where the discussion is currently pointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt doesn’t mean a detachment but a community office with six officers,\u201d she said. \u201cBut six officers really don\u2019t mean you’re going to see six police cars because it’s a 24\/7 model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt means probably one or two, but there will be a more significant police presence in the community. It would be an office that somebody can go to and if you need to get fingerprinting done or if you need to get a vulnerable records check or criminal records check, something like that. That those are the kinds of things that we think they’ll be able to provide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said she will be holding a community town hall with the RCMP to hear from the community on what they would like to see and because the RCMP work in work shifts the community will need to say when the officers would need to be here such as Monday to Friday during the day, do they need to be here on the weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhere is it that you think that the RCMP presence is needed the most and when,\u201d she asked. \u201cThe RCMP will then design the shifts according to what the community need is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The community office will cover Waverley, up to Wellington and maybe just a little bit into Grand Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat will be one of the things that we’ll be talking about,\u201d said Deagle Gammon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She spoke about the committees she is on, on top of her council duties for the communities she represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides regional council, she is the current chairperson for North West Community Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also sits on the following committees with HRM:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee Vice Chair <\/p>\n\n\n\n