The Municipality of Lambton Shores

April 19, , 2011
TH HE CORPO ORATION OF O THE CIITY
OF SAARNIA
Ci ity Solicitor r/Clerk’s Of ffice
25 55 Christina Street N. PO P Box 3018
Sa arnia ON Canada C N7 7T 7N2
51 19 332-0330 519 332-3 3995 (fax)
51 19 332-2664 (TTY)
ww ww.sarnia.ca a clerks@ @sarnia.ca
To The County C of La ambton and All A Lambton n County Muunicipalities:
Re: Plan nned Closing g of Sarnia Jail - 2013
At the April A 18, 2011
meeting of o Sarnia City
Council, the followinng
resolutionn
was adoptted
in
response to a Notice of Motion from fr Mayor Bradley: B
WHEREAS W the Ontario o Governme ent Provinciial
Budget aannounced
on March 29th,
2011
the Sarnia
Jail was w announc ced for clossure
by 20113
with thee
employeess
and
pr risoners to be b now locat ted in Winds sor, Ontarioo,
and
WHEREAS,
W as there was w no comm munity conssultation
orr
debate or taxpayer immpact
st tudies done as it relates to the local l level,
THAT T Sarni ia City Cou uncil officia ally opposess
the closuure
of the SSarnia
Jaill
and
re equests a meeting m with h Premier Dalton D McGGuinty
and tthe
Sarnia JJail
Stakeholder
Committee C to o outline the e ramificatio ons, the humman,
econoomic
and social
impactss
and
th he significan nt decrease of o service to o the residennts
of Sarniaa
Lambton, aand
THAT T the Pr rovince comp plete a revie ew of the deccision
to cloose
the Sarnnia
jail compprised
of f a multi- di isciplinary team t made up u of represeentatives
froom
the Provvincial
Minis istries
of f Communi ity Safety and a Correcti ional Servicces,
Ministrry
of the Atttorney
Genneral,
Aboriginal A Af ffairs, Comm munity and Social Servvices
and reppresentationn
from the Saarnia
co ommunity, and a
THAT T the Pr rovince rele eases to the communityy
a copy of ccost/benefit
analysis ussed
to
make m the cur rrent decisio on, and
THAT T the Province P eng gage in open
dialogue and work wwith
the commmunity
onn
any
ch hanges that will take pla ace to the Sa arnia jail annd
local justtice
services, , and
THAT T this no otice of mot tion be circu ulated to all ccommunitiees
in Lambtoon
County aand
to
th he County of f Lambton Council C for their considderation
andd
support.
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