The idea of moving garbage and recycling collection from a weekly service to once every two weeks will be further explored by city staff.
City council last night accepted a recommendation from the City’s Finance Committee to review the service which would also look at the collection schedule on statutory holidays and the impacts with overtime in terms of finding savings.
A report is expected to be completed in time for council’s upcoming budget deliberations early next month.

City council formally approved a recommendation to rename the waterfront downtown library branch after former Mayor James McIntyre who served as our city’s mayor from 1960 to 64.
The Centennial Library is being renamed the James L. McIntyre Centennial Library.