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A truck could be coming to pick up food and yard waste from single-family homes in about a year, but how it will be paid for still remains unclear.

Saskatoon city council voted 7-4 Monday in favour of establishing a mandatory city-wide curb-side collection program for organics, similar to those for trash and recycling.

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While the green cart program was approved in principle, decisions on whether it will be covered by property taxes or through new utility fees have been postponed until next month.

The decision followed hours of debate Monday on a topic that was deferred from last month’s council meeting.

“I think we were kidding ourselves if we thought we could come up with a magic solution today,” Coun. Zach Jeffries said.

Jeffries and others expressed displeasure with incomplete or confusing information and a sense that residents do not understand the proposals being considered.

The proposed changes included both the introduction of a mandatory organics program and switching to a utility model where user fees would cover the cost of trash collection.