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Surrey mayor says police, like all city departments, need to get in line for budget asks

‘I cannot impose this budget on the city,” Mike Serr, Surrey Police Board administrator, concedes

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke questions why the Surrey Police Service bothered to stage a press event Thursday concerning the provisional budget for 2024 it submitted to the City of Surrey on Nov. 30. She says the police, like every other city department, need to get in line for their budget proposals to be considered by the finance committee.

“I have no idea why they called that meeting,” Locke told the Now-Leader on Friday.

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About the Author: Tom Zytaruk

I write unvarnished opinion columns and unbiased news reports for the Surrey Now-Leader.
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