The cost of curbside garbage collection will rise $12 a year for homeowners, while their water bill will rise $38 under a draft budget approved Tuesday by the…
“Ottawa has one of the lowest per capita charges for our waste collection of any Canadian municipality,” committee chair Shawn Menard said after the meeting. “And we have world-class water facilities supply. We get good value for our money.”Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“The 2023 draft capital budget has been enhanced with the application of a climate change lens for the first time ever to provide information on relevant impacts from climate related capital investments,” David Wise, acting director of Economic Development and Long Range Planning, explained in his presentation.Article content
Some of that spending is dependant on other committee’s decisions, however, such as the $23.3 million OC Transpo plans to shell out for zero-emission electric buses. The draft budget earmarks $5 million to begin implementing the city’s Climate Change Master Plan. In 2019, the city joined other Canadian municipalities by declaring a climate emergency.Article content
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