MOTION ON NOTICE

At the Council meeting of September 18, 2001, Councillor Louis submitted the following Notice of Motion which was recognized by the Chair:

1. Resolution of E-Comm Labour Dispute (File: 3603)

MOVED by Councillor Louis
SECONDED by Councillor

WHEREAS, when the Emergency Operations and Communications Centre (E-Comm) was established in June 1999, the centre was supposed to provide state-of-the-art emergency communications services for the entire Lower Mainland;

AND WHEREAS, since E-Comm's opening, only two emergency dispatch units - the Vancouver Police Department and the Vancouver RCMP's Lower Mainland District dispatch units - have moved into the centre's facilities;

AND WHEREAS, other municipalities are not willing to move their dispatch agencies into E-Comm while the dispute over the dispatcher contract is underway;

AND WHEREAS, Vancouver is paying the majority of E-Comm's operating costs, while other municipalities stay out of the centre;

AND WHEREAS, both the union representing dispatchers and the company have been unable to reach a contract settlement since negotiations began in February 2000;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, Vancouver City Council ask the BC Minister of Labour to establish an Industrial Inquiry Commission and resolve the dispute.

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