Councillor Mike Slipp reported at Tuesday night’s Flin Flon City Council meeting they are in the early stages of forming the Neighbors of the North Community and Public Safety Committee.  He explained as it develops it will include members of the local Councils, the RCMP, community members and local associations and stakeholders to plan what can be done to make the community safer.  Slipp says they will engage the public in how the committee can help with the problems of vagrancy and drug issues in the community.

Councillor Judy Eagle pointed out they want to provide outreach, education, leadership and facilitate the conversation because people have been having trouble on Main Street and have become negative so the positives are gone.  She adds the drug issues also involve people’s health and community safety.  She noted they want to talk to the public to see what the committee can do and what needs to be done.

The committee will meet every other week and will have a variety of stakeholders at various meetings depending on the topic up for discussion.