Leisure Services extends restroom season, readies rink and highlights police-social worker partnership

Helen Rubino Turco reported several near-term and seasonal leisure services updates. She said the town extended splash-pad use into mid-September and will keep park restrooms open daily through Indigenous Peoples Day in October. The nearly completed Veterans Memorial Skating Rink is expected to open in a few weeks, with a ribbon-cutting planned for late October or early November. Rubino Turco also noted playscape replacement work at Fernridge Park this fall.

On social services, Rubino Turco highlighted the police liaison social worker position (Samantha Innes), created five years earlier, which has increased referrals and case management and has given the town a presence in state and national forums. She also asked committee members to note the Morley Elementary red wagon food drive scheduled for Nov. 5. "She is now, speaks nationally about how... this program works," Rubino Turco said of the social-worker role while describing the position's reach.