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City staff reports utility-billing stabilization and hurricane recovery progress; requests end to monthly recovery briefings
Summary
Administration reported the utility-billing schedule has stabilized, debris sites cleared to city satisfaction, FEMA/SEMD extension granted through Sept. 29 for overtime reimbursement, and several recovery tasks remain; staff requested the council discontinue monthly hurricane-lien updates.
City administration provided a detailed update on utility billing and hurricane recovery work during the Aug. 18 meeting, saying utility bills returned to schedule and multiple recovery projects are in final reconciliation.
"We were pretty close on the July 25 bills, but the Aug. 10 bills are the first that actually went out as they were scheduled," said Jim Clifford, city staff, reporting that the Aug. 25 billing cycle is expected to go out on time and that call volume about billing errors has decreased as cycles returned to normal.
On storm recovery, Clifford told council that all city debris sites have been cleared to staff satisfaction, most state-managed debris remains have been removed by SCDOT, and the city obtained a FEMA and State…
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