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Coun. Brian Swanson and Coun. Heather Eby are seen
at the Jan. 19, 2015 budget committee meeting.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Councillors spent a lot of time discussing a line item for solid waste recycling initiatives on Monday.


Previously, at the Nov. 3 council meeting, council referred a report from the environment advisory committee regarding proposed recycling initiatives to city administration for consideration in budget preparation. Originally proposed from the committee at $52,500, city administration’s recommendation was at $33,300 in the operating budget.

At Monday’s budget meeting, councillors shuffled around some items included in that $33,300-line.
Coun. Candis Kirkpatrick first brought up the line with a question about what items would be approved under it.

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