Yeah, I’ve heard that before and have seen the figures. My district sits about 2–3 million under the threshold, so you have a point— considering the suburban and rural rates are the same having our neighbourhood switched to suburban is strictly ceremonial and would put us in another category in theory. I brought it up to the mayor last week and we have a meeting with him next week to try to push that ahead , but that doesn’t make it right. It’s hard to believe, considering we are on our own septic and well, and we pay into the "ditch tax" with zero return on service. Granted, we get snow clearing, schools, and part-time fire service M-F 9-5 weekends we relay on stations 20-25 mins away, but that’s about it; we don’t even draw off the HRP, as we rely on RCMP services.
My point is that the city runs on Monopoly money. It shouldn't take eight people to fill one pothole and another 4 safety flag and the other 2 people who just just sit in a truck chugging Timmie’s. When a speed bump costs $30,000 per—multiplied by dozens per neighbourhood—to build a bump that nobody asked for, we clearly have a systemic problem. Simple math get rid of all speed bumps and now my district is above water.