Ponoka town council approves 2025 Utility Rates Bylaw

Ponoka town council recently approved the 2025 Utility Rate Bylaw, which includes an increase from 2024.

Overall, if a family uses 20 cubic metres of water per month, they will see an estimated monthly utility rate increase of 3.8 per cent, or $5.78, for water, sewer, curbside waste collection and storm sewer fees in 2025.

Town officials attribute the increase to inflationary costs based on an annual estimated Alberta Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the next year. It it also a response to direction from the provincial government discouraging municipalities from using property taxes or grant funding to help pay for utilities.

The 2025 utility rates will include the following: