Is This Coffee Maker Worth $40,000?

Looks like Common Councillor Patty Higgins wants to brew up some controversy--in open session, she argued the city shouldn't be raising fees for sports fields when there's a $40,000-per-year coffee machine in city hall. She described the machine as having lots of different flavours, as well as instant.

Higgins tells CHSJ councillor Bruce Court gave her the scoop about the extravagant machine. But Court tells CHSJ News there's no way City Hall would give itself those kinds of...perks. He says the claim is ridiculous, and you'd have to live in a tunnel to think a coffee maker could cost that much.

CHSJ News has found the coffee maker is a rented Keurig B3000 SE. Some online retailers have it listed at $1000.