Committee approves water bill increases, but challenged on green-energy program

Proposed increases to water and sewer bills received the environment committee’s endorsement on Tuesday, but councillors spent several hours considering the funding of new green schemes as part of the city’s draft 2018 budget.
Public delegates zeroed in on the city’s Energy Evolution program and asked councillors to increase funding for the first phase.
As part of the program, a $500,000 “community energy innovation fund” would be launched in 2018 as part of the cit