Toronto homeowners could be paying more for garbage collection and water in 2016.
The city’s budget committee met Friday to review a staff report recommending an eight per cent hike to water rates and a three per cent hike to garbage collection rates.
If approved, the new prices for garbage pickup would increase to:
- Small: $244
- Medium: $297
- Large: $403
- Extra-large: $468
Coun. Gary Crawford suggested taxpayers should note the money will be well-spent.
“Any increase that will be happening on our tax rates will actually be going into the capital improvements that I think everyone wants,” Crawford said.
Members of the public will be able to depute on the proposed waste and water budgets on Nov. 13.
With files from CTV Toronto’s Natalie Johnson
