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Council approves large CSO payment; members press for clarity on engineering contract costs
Summary
Council authorized a $3.7 million payment to Wayne County for a combined-sewer-retention basin and approved several DPW contracts. Several council members pressed the city engineer about $1.3 million in engineering/soft costs billed by a consultant and asked for itemized names, grades and hourly rates.
The Dearborn Heights City Council approved a $3,707,786.62 payment to Wayne County for operation and maintenance of a combined-sewer overflow (CSO) retention basin and discussed several related sewer, stormwater and engineering-contract items.
City staff said the payment stems from a multi-decade agreement the city entered into with Wayne County for construction and operation of a retention/treatment basin that helps prevent sewage discharges to the Rouge River. City officials said the county built and has operated the facility under a contract dating to 1994 and that the basin’s operating license is jointly held; administration said the city had stopped…
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