News Items tag as: Activate Safety Task Force

Vernon to consider hiring private security to patrol downtown
June 25, 2019 - 6:30 PM

VERNON - The City of Vernon is toying with all sorts of ideas to improve safety on city streets.
Vernon council taking another look at recommendations from task force on downtown safety
June 11, 2019 - 3:33 PM

VERNON - Hoping for better luck a second time around, Vernon city council is set to explore the recommendations proposed by the Activate Safety Task Force in 2018.
Action not talk needed to deal with safety in downtown Vernon
February 06, 2019 - 2:45 PM

VERNON - Ongoing concerns regarding safety in downtown Vernon dominated today's meeting between local business owners and the City, but while some praised the communication some said the City needed concrete solutions not more talk.
Downtown Vernon business owners scared, fed up and losing money
April 06, 2018 - 10:21 AM

VERNON - Safe injection sites, public washrooms and hired security are some of the ideas local business owners pitched at a packed town hall meeting last night, April 5, in Vernon.
Vernon to hold town hall meeting on impacts of street-entrenched population
March 29, 2018 - 1:30 PM

VERNON - A public town hall meeting is being held in Vernon to discuss business concerns related to the city’s street-entrenched population.
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Vernon homeowners to see whopping 10% tax increase
Homeowners in Vernon are set for the highest property tax increase in years with an almost 10% jump when compared to last year. With little debate, Vernon council approved the 9.91% increase – a rate four times that of inflation.

Vernon to consider hiring private security to patrol downtown