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St. Albert Fire Services is currently dealing with two long-term vacancies for deputy chief roles, an issue that the city says is worth managing in order to find the right people for the jobs.
“At this point, given current priorities and resourcing, there is insufficient capacity to take on a project of this scope and scale," St. Albert Fire Services chief Everett Cooke wrote in a report to council.
With the estimated savings to be had by outsourcing the system dwindled down from $340,000 to just $20,000, St. Albert city councillor Sheena Hughes put forward a motion that, if passed, will have council reverse course and the fire dispatch system will remain locally operated.
Community members and police services from across the country gathered on Monday to mourn two Edmonton Police Service officers killed in the line of duty earlier this month.