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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Increasing Water Rates Here to Stay

2009-04-21

15:25:34

Common council has hit a dead end when it comes to exempting seniors, those on fixed incomes and the poor from flat water rate increases. City solicitor John Nugent says the city has no authority to make the exemptions. Councilor Carl Killen put forward a motion in January asking city staff to develop a means test for such an exemption.

Nugent says staff have come up with a few other options council can consider instead. They include deferring payments of the increases, creating classes based on the number of people living in a home, providing water meters or amending the Municipalities Act. Council has filed the information away.


 

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