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City manager highlights grants, lead-line removal and infrastructure investments in year-end report
Summary
City Manager presented a year-end report to Wayne City Council recounting grant awards, lead-service-line replacement progress, capital purchases and personnel improvements, and said collaboration with stakeholders improved local government relations.
City Manager delivered a year-end report to the Wayne City Council that outlined grant-funded projects, capital purchases and staffing gains, and said improved relationships with community stakeholders enabled the progress.
The report said the city rebid a water-reservoir remediation project for Goudy Park and reduced the cost from about $2,000,000 to $400,000, a savings the City Manager described as “$1,600,000.” The presentation also listed other savings — including about $43,000 on design and construction work after renegotiation and rebidding — and identified multiple funding sources for Goudy Park, including the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, HUD, Wayne County ARPA and a DDA grant.
The report said the city secured nearly $9.9 million in grants across departments. Among items listed: lead-service-line replacement work supported by a…
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