The approximate costs of a proposal to install sanitary sewers north of the Saugeen River in Southampton are out.
Director of Engineering Dave Burnside says residential property owners could pay over 89 hundred dollars and non-residential property owners will pay over 14 thousand.
The entire project itself will cost over 20 million dollars, and Burnside says property owners will cover over 4.7 million of that.
The town has also received two-thirds funding from federal and provincial grants.
Burnside says the Environmental Assessment process is now finished, and they’re still waiting for further comments from the Ministry of the Environment.
Mayor Mike Smith is glad that some more definitive cost numbers are out.
He says there have been a lot of different numbers suggested and was concerned that misinformation was being spread around.
The Mayor says it’s now up to council to decide how to mitigate the impact for property owners — if council approves the project.
Councillor Luke Charbonneau says the town should consider some kind of financing to pay for its portion of the project.
He says if taxpayers were asked to pay the municipal portion over a two year period, there would be nothing else in the capital budget to cover the town’s infrastructure deficit.
Burnside says council’s final decision will be made outside of the budget during a Committee of the Whole session, and if they decide to go ahead, the next step will be putting the project to tender.
He says concerned residents will still have a couple of chances to voice their concerns.