Council approves RFP for policing

LEAMINGTON — MPM Consulting has been approved by Leamington Council for the draft and direction of the Request for Proposal for policing in the municipality.

MPM Consulting’s Mike Mitchell recently completed the need for the RFP and public survey regarding the policing.

In May, council voted to terminate the current contract with the OPP and seek alternative policing. The OPP contract will end in May 2021.

Council has approved a total cost of approximately $32,000 for Phase 1 and Phase 2 of MPM Consulting’s report.

Phase 3 of this process would cost another $6,000.

Timeline for the preparation of the RFP is approximately 45 days.

The timeline to allow responses would be 6-8 weeks, bringing the whole process to late 2020 before the proposal would be awarded.

Councillors John Hammond and Paul Tiessen both asked if the process could be expedited to help get to a decision in good time.