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Mount Clemens requests state aid to replace lead service lines amid limited local capacity
Summary
Representative Mar Menzer testified that Mount Clemens lacks the financial capacity to replace aging lead water service lines and seeks state funding to replace approximately 250 homes estimated under the current request; the exact total number of lead lines is unknown.
Representative Mar Menzer told the committee that lead contamination in drinking water remains a pressing public‑health threat in Mount Clemens and that the city lacks sufficient local revenue to replace aging lead service lines. She said a previous federal grant paid for replacement on roughly 20 homes and that a state grant at about $12,000 per home could fund replacements for about 250 homes under the current proposal.
When asked for a precise count of lead service lines in the city, the presenter said the number is currently unknown. Committee members asked whether prior funds were grants or loans and the witness said the prior assistance was a federal grant. Representative Mar Menzer also said roughly 48% of property in the city is nontaxable, the city has a poverty rate above 19%, and replacement would improve water safety for “hundreds of families.”
No formal appropriation or vote on the Mount Clemens request occurred during the hearing.
