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It’s shaping up to be a showdown over soaring utility bills in Chestermere on Thursday night.

Residents in the small city east of Calgary are circulating a pair of petitions, one to dissolve the private utility corporation pitching what some taxpayers believe are skyrocketing bills, and another asking for a provincial review of a council many see as broken.

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Chestermere’s council gathered Tuesday night to vote on rate hikes proposed by Chestermere Utilities Inc., a 25 per cent hike to utility bills aimed at making up for $1.3 million in unaccounted for expenses discovered last year by its new CEO.

But a decision on the increases, which an independent review recommended reducing to 15 per cent, was postponed until Thursday night, after Coun. Stu Hutchison asked for more time to review the information.

Laurie Bold has been pounding the pavement in Chestermere for the past three weeks, trying to fill up both petitions and reverse council decisions she believes are hurting her community.