Cranbrook residents will see a small increase to both their water and sewer frontage tax.
The water tax will increase from $11 to $13 per meter of taxable frontage.
Sewer will also see a $2 increase from $10 to $12.
Mayor Wayne Price says they need to bolster the city’s reserves.
“We need to get out in front of this. A two dollar a year increase moving forward I think is realistic,” he said.
“We got caught and had estimates out there on what desludging was going to cost and we weren’t even close. All of a sudden we’re about $4.5 million short and we certainly don’t want to see that happen again.”
The city expects to raise an additional $362,363 from the water frontage and $358,322 from sewer.
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