kingston considers new entity to manage water and wastewater
creation of a new corporation would help kingston manage its growth, city cao says.
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kington chief administrative officer lanie hurdle.
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kingston — the city is considering its options for creating a new municipal service corporation to manage water and wastewater services.
in a post on the city’s website, lanie hurdle, the city’s chief administrative officer, said the new corporation would support the city’s growth.
“kingston’s growing population and aging infrastructure exceeds current financial and human resource capabilities,” hurdle said.
“the cost of the maintenance and development of new infrastructure places financial pressure on the municipality.”
water and wastewater services are currently provided by utilities kingston.
the new corporation would “enhance operational efficiency, improve service delivery and ensure sustainable infrastructure development” and offer financial flexibility, opportunities for revenue generation and dedicated governance focused on water and wastewater services, the city stated.
other municipalities are pursuing similar strategies to deal with rising costs.
a municipal service corporation is a municipally owned entity established to manage a particular service or asset. ownership, oversight and public accountability would remain with the city.
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kingston hydro operates as a municipal service corporation.
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