There’s talk of a potential hike in the city’s water and waste water operating budget.

Councillor Chris Mayne says the current ask is for, what he calls, a reasonable 3.7% increase to the current budget.

He says there’s pressure from other members of council to reduce that number further.

Mayne says it’s looking like a 2% increase is much more favoured at this point.

“2% is a nice number but is it in the best long-term interests of the community? If you save 2% this year, my concern is you’ll have to raise it another 2% before discussions and then there’s another 2%.”

Nothing was decided on during the committee meeting and it will come back at a later date.