General Issues Committee splits 6-2 on Ensuring Pedestrian Access to Jackson Street West and MacNab Street South

General Issues Committee voted 6 to 2, with 7 absent on Ensuring Pedestrian Access to Jackson Street West and MacNab Street South at its Monday, September 28, 2026 meeting. The motion carried.

The motion, as recorded in the minutes:

Ensuring Pedestrian Access to Jackson Street West and MacNab Street South (Ward 2) (Kroetsch/Nann) That Report PED26018(c), dated September 28, 2026, respecting Ensuring Pedestrian Access to Jackson Street West and MacNab Street South (Ward 2), be received and the following recommendations be approved: (a) That the General Manager of Planning and Economic Development be authorized to enter into negotiations through a single-source procurement, pursuant to Procurement Policy #11 – Non-competitive Procurements, for the provision of security and enforcement services for the proposed Jackson Street West and MacNab Street South Pilot with Canadian Protection Services Inc. and report back to the General Issues General Issues Committee September 28, 2026 Minutes – GIC 26-013 Page 32 of 32 Please refer to the October 7, 2026 Council Minutes for the disposition of these matters. Committee with the terms and cost of a proposed seven-month pilot agreement, prior to entering into a contract; and, (b) That Confidential Appendix “A” to Report PED26018(c) be received and remain confidential.

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