A town councillor who couldn’t vote on a controversial $66.5-million police budget last month has led to a heated Riverview council meeting, calls for an apology and a review of the regional police board.
Town seeks apology after councillor unable to cast vote on 2026 plan to hire 15 more officers
Shane Magee · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 17, 2025 12:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
Codiac Regional Policing Authority board members Nagesh Jammula, Corinne Godbout and Matt Carter shown voting against the 2026 budget on Sept. 11. A Riverview councillor was unable to cast a vote at the meeting. (Shane Magee/CBC)
A town councillor who couldn’t vote on a controversial $66.5-million police budget last month has led to a heated Riverview council meeting, calls for an apology and a review of the regional police board.
At issue is a Sept. 11 Codiac Regional Policing Authority meeting where the civilian board overseeing Codiac RCMP narrowly approved a 2026 budget by a 5-4 vote.
That budget calls for Riverview, Dieppe and Moncton to spend $9.5 million more and add 15 more Mounties. Riverview’s share of the increase is about $1 million. The budget is at odds with council motions saying no additional officers will be approved without crime data that has yet to be gathered.
There’s been enough cloak and dagger shenanigans here.- Riverview Deputy Mayor Jeremy Thorne
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