Bill was $296K more than 2018 vote, $1.5M more than 2014. The City of Vancouver’s cost to run the 2022 civic election totalled $4.4 million. The tab was $296,000 more than the final bill for the 2018 election and a $1.5-million increase over the vote in 2014, according to a review report of the Oct. 15, 2022 election, which was scheduled to go before council Thursday. The largest increases in costs in 2022 over 2018 related to staffing, with new election positions created and others funded over a longer period of time to allow for proper planning and implementation of...