Chase residents continue to protest water and sewer rates in the village, with a local senior香蕉视频直播檚 residence the latest group to protest the flat rate being charged.
Guy Ramsay, president of the Sun Valley Housing Society attended the April 23 council meeting to ask that the base rate of 60 cubic metres be lowered to accommodate those who don香蕉视频直播檛 use that much. He pointed out that at 60 m3 per unit, of which there are 48, it would be 2,880 m3 per billing cycle. However, in the last cycle from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 they only used 975 m3.
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He said they do expect rate increases over time, if they香蕉视频直播檙e fair and affordable, but that this is taking advantage of seniors, adding that most residents at the complex rely solely on CPP and Old Age Security pensions.
At the April 9 meeting, Coun. Fred Torbohm put forward a motion to lower the flat rate to 30 m3, but it was defeated in 2-2 split vote. After this meeting, however, chief financial officer Joni Heinrich said 香蕉视频直播渟taff is working behind the scenes of the issue香蕉视频直播� and will bring a report to council later in May.
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