STRUCTURE CHANGES City councillors voted to dissolve the council select committee on substance abuse and reform it as a community committee. Councillor Myrna Leishman explained there were stringent rules for a select committee, as defined by the Community Charter. As a community committee, the group will not have to follow the city's procedural rules, but it will continue to focus on a drug strategy for the community. Mayor Stewart Alsgard pointed out the city maintains a vital interest in the committee. "We set this thing in motion and we intend to see it through to completion," he said. The city is providing a grant writer to the committee, Leishman pointed out. City clerk Marie Claxton said the city is also providing clerical support to the committee.
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