Cops at the Coquitlam RCMP detachment may soon have new chairs to sit on.
This week, the budget committee for Port Coquitlam — which shares policing services with Coquitlam — voted to spent up to $25,000 from the 2017-'18 financial plan to pay for new workstations and chairs.
Mounties plan to apply this spring for Coquitlam's share, totalling up to $50,000, through that city's casino-funded asset pool program.
Created in 2009, the program covers emerging priority capital costs — up to $50,000 — such as as public WiFi in city parks, parks and facility signage and smaller fire equipment. Currently, it has about $300,000 available for this year, said Coquitlam's budgets manager Gorana Cabral.
According to a PoCo staff report, much of the furniture at the police station is original to the Guildford Way building, which is now more than 20 years old, and is in disrepair.
PoCo council is expected to formally adopt its committee recommendation this month.
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