Vancouver’s City Council is set to vote on Wednesday on whether to approve a financial lifeline to the city’s police and fire departments.

A staff report says the Vancouver Police Department went $17 million over budget for the year, citing cost pressures such as overtime, a higher number of protests and the Task Force Barrage initiative.

Meanwhile, Vancouver’s Fire Rescue Services spent $4.6 million over its budget, mainly due to fleet maintenance costs, according to the report.

It states that most of these cost overages would be paid for by a city reserve fund.

The Vancouver Police Board is also proposing a $497 million operating budget for the Vancouver Police Department next year, which would be $50 million higher than their current budget for this year.

Of that $50 million, $

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