Several items on council agenda tonight

There are several items on the list for tonight’s city council meeting.

North Battleford’s city council will sign the new collective agreement for the Firefighters Association during the meeting tonight, Nov. 28.

The agreement includes an 8.5 per cent budget increase over the next three years. According to Fire Chief Albert Headrick, negotiations went smoothly and signing is usual protocol.

Also at council tonight the class action settlement over the 2001 cryptosporidium incident will be acknowledged. In the spring of 2001 the cryptosporidium parasite contaminated the tap water of North Battleford, causing thousands of people to fall ill. There were no deaths caused by the incident, but the city was under a boiling water advisory for an extended period of time.