Chatham-Kent council is backtracking on a move to increase development charges on agricultural bunkhouses.
Wallaceburg rep. Carmen McGregor successfully brought a motion forward to reduce the proposed $1800 combined water/wastewater fee to $450.
That’s still an increase over last year’s charge of $280.
Development charges are used to fund future projects.
That difference will have to be made up in rates, but the hope is that increased water usage would help to offset some of that.