NORTH BATTLEFORD - City council in North Battleford passed a number of bylaws at Monday night’s meeting in connection to the recently approved budget.
Council voted in three readings for the amendments to the waterworks system bylaw, incorporating the 4.3 per cent increase in the water utility rate approved in the 2023 budget. Council also voted in three readings for the amendments to the sewerage systems bylaw incorporating the 5.5 per cent increase approved in the budget, and for the bylaw amending the waste collection and recycle rates. The amendments were brought forward to accommodate billing in February of 2023.
One more bylaw that was up at the meeting Monday was the UPAR bylaw incorporating a 16.7 per cent increase, but it instead it was tabled for now as administration looks further into the wording of the bylaw.
