The City of Humboldt is officially moving forward with their curbside pick-up program for both waste and recycling.

Ten concerned citizens spoke during the public hearing Monday night at City Council. Some were questioning the $15 per month price, while others were outright against the program.

After hearing concerns, council has passed the bylaw.

City Manager Roy Hardy says however, that they are still going to explore options for concerns like back yard accessibility or health issues.

"City and REACT staff are going to be working through some of those issues in terms of communicating to residents and ensuring that both garbage and recycling can be picked up at each one of those sites."

Hardy also touched on Bill 64 being passed by the provincial government, meaning the end to the grants-in-lieu program.

He says the province wasn't willing to have an open discussion.

"This is a situation where we've been asking for and prepared for discussion, but the province has by itself gone ahead and closed the door on having any meaningful discussion with respect to the agreements."

Hardy added that it was a historical agreement, with Humboldt having been one of the first on board.

"We were one of the first communities to do that and obviously we're saddened by the fact that we aren't going to be getting any type of compensation for agreeing to get out of the electricity business."

The loss of close to $500,000 in revenue meant an increase in taxes in the 2017 budget, which worked out to 6.5% for residents.

You can hear more from Hardy below as he spoke to Bolt FM's Clark Stork.