The increase in property taxes put added pressure on her whole family.
He said the increase had put the city "on a firm fiscal footing."
The increase would put the agency's food-safety budget at $20 million.
The increase is the fourth this year and puts the prime at its highest level since May 1985.
After this phase, an increase in the lake level put the entire island under water during the first half of the 3rd millennium.
The increase has put a strain on agencies that deal with those issues, city officials said.
A similar increase this year could put them in the playoffs as the wild-card team.
So a 20p increase would only put the cost back up to where it was a few days ago.
"The huge increase in usage has put some strains on our system," he said.
But this increase will not put even a small dent in the problem.