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Following another council meeting at City Hall Monday afternoon on organics and waste collection, it has finally been decided how the new organics program will be funded.
Last month City Council voted in favour to introduce a new curbside organics program for single-family homes and today (mon) City Council voted 7-4 in favour of having the new curbside organics program funded through property taxes.
Councillors Davies, Iwanchuk, Dubois and Donauer were against the idea of having the program funded through property taxes.
Iwanchuk made a deferral to move any decisions on the organics program until it would become clear on how the city would go forward in dealing with an organics program for the commercial and industrial sectors.
Councillor Iwanchuk’s deferral was defeated with a 7-4 vote.
Council also voted in favour of funding waste collection through new user fees.
Based on the three bin sizes, the new cost for waste collection will be between $72-$132 a year. The new changes are expected to roll out in 2020 and will only apply to single-family homes.
The city says moving to a split funding model will help extend the life of the landfill and that property taxes for single-family homes won’t change.