The City is committed to reviewing and update fees and charges to ensure accessibility of city services while maintaining a focus on cost recovery and ensuring that inflationary pressures are addressed for delivery of city services. Staff undertook analysis of comparator municipal police services and RCMP detachments to ensure fees and charges are consistent with other similar cities. As well, staff reviewed in comparison with other City departments to ensure consistency for basic service fees (e.g., photocopying).
Police Services fees were included in an omnibus amendment to the Maple Ridge Fees & Charges Bylaw No 7575-2019 and received first, second and third reading at Council in May 2025. Adoption of the fees by Council was completed on June 10, 2025. A further amendment is being brought forward to set the effective date of the fee change for Police Services as September 1, 2025.