The cost  to have your garbage picked up  is going to climb as of January 1st.

• Small container – a $4 annual increase

• Medium container – an $8 annual increase

• Large container – a $12 annual increase

• Residential accounts not on the automated garbage system and loose commercial accounts not on the automated garbage system – 5% increase to reflect increased operating costs.

The City Staff say the hikes are necessary because there are more people, meaning more tonnes off garbage.

There is an expected $542,267 deficit  in the  the garbage collection  budget for 2007.  

In 2008, operating expenditure increases include additional tipping fee charges reflective of greater residential occupancy and growth $55,300, tipping fee rate increases from the Regional District of $46,984, interdepartmental overhead $78,983, fleet rental costs of $94,190 and overall inflation costs of 2%.

Growth revenue of $238,500 is not sufficient to off-set the increase in expenditures or to move the service towards self liquidity. Rate increases over the next 4 years are projected to result in an operating surplus by 2011

An analysis of the tones of residential refuse hauled from 2001 to 2007 indicates that the volume was fairly stable from 2001 to 2003 (12,200 T) and has been increasing from 2004 to 2006 (12,500to 14,712 T respectively). 2007 projections are 15,300 T of residential refuse, an increase of 4 % over 2006.

The number of homes collected per year decreased from 2001 to 2003 (811,000 to 783,000) and has been increasing from 2004 to 2006 (795,000 to 900,000). 2007 projections are to collect over 930,000 homes, an increase of 3% over 2006.