Trash pickup user fees expected to reduce property taxes by 3.5 per cent

Changes to trash collection could cost each Saskatoon household at least $200 a year in user fees, but result in an overall 3.5 per cent reduction in property taxes.
Under the direction of city council, city administration has drafted several options to move forward with the introduction of user fees for trash pickup, replacing funding of waste management through property taxes.
The various reports, that also include implementing a citywide program for collecting food and yard waste, will be con