Councillors back away from potential revenue source

Would residents rather pay less in property taxes and more on their utility bills or maintain the status quo?

We’ll never know the answer as city councillors voted Monday to simply keep things the way they are without studying the issue of franchise fees further. Sitting as the standing committee on finance, councillors also had the option of hiking the franchise fees charged for natural gas and electricity or discussing a new policy to do so.

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