Ride-sharing, waste decisions looming at City Council

Saskatoon City Council is convening Monday for its final meeting of 2018 with some major items on the agenda.

Less than two weeks after the provincial government greenlit ride-sharing regulations, council will vote on allowing ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft in the bridge city.

There’s also the prospect of pulling the previously agreed upon vote on a new waste utility.

Last month, council voted six to five in favour of moving waste management off of property taxes and onto a monthly utility bill for homeowners, charging a fee based on how large a property’s garbage bin is.

After council deliberated on its 2019 budget, Ward 1 Councillor Darren Hill issued a notice of motion, indicating he would like to return garbage collection to a property tax funding model. That motion will be debated and taken to a vote Monday.

The highly-anticipated meeting begins at 1 p.m.

— With files from 650 CKOM’s Chris Vandenbreekel