Red Deer city council to push government through AUMA for provincial needle debris strategy
Red Deer city council will be calling on their provincial counterparts to push the province to implement a strategy to combat needle debris.
Council passed a resolution on Monday that will be presented for debate at the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) Convention in September. The resolution states that the Government of Alberta is the source of needle distribution and as such needs to fund cleanup efforts.
“Red Deer city council, about three of four years ago, submitted our drug and alcohol strategy to the provincial government and asked for its full implementation,” Mayor Tara Veer explained.