A council committee has approved a couple of user fee changes.
One involves garbage tags for extra containers of trash.
If full council agrees, the price will be increasing on January 1, 2022, from $1 to $2 per tag.
Council has already approved a reduction in the number of containers residents are allowed to put to the curb, from three to two.
Councillor Tanya Vrebosch, Deputy Mayor, says the goal is to reduce waste and increase recycling.
“By going to the two receptacles, by increasing it to two dollars a tag we’re trying to get people to recycle more and think about it. Before you put it in the garbage, if you only have a certain limit and you have to pay for a tag, should you be recycling more?” she says.
The other fee increase involves quarterly rates for city parking lots.
Depending on the lot, the increase is between $4 and $15 per quarter.
Vrebosch also says one change involves Municipal Lot 10 and the creation of 20 hourly parking spots, near the new multi-use recreational courts.
“If people want to use the multi-use courts it’s fairly accessible, with parking close-by, and you do still have two-hour free parking not too far down the road,” she says.
Municipal Lot 2, on the other side of the North Bay Museum, offers two hours of free parking.
