A smelly subject came up at the City of Edmonton Utility Committee hearing Friday as councillors and city administrators discussed how to address the thousands of complaints of foul odours eminating from Edmonton's drainage system.

City officials held a public meeting in the neighbourhood of West Jasper Place Monday evening in which area residents were told immediate action is required to address a deteriorating sanitary trunk sewer system.

Irene Blain, civic director of the West Jasper Sherwood Community League, said the shaft was capped last summer but before then the odour and smells took a toll on residents.