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Brooksville council hears stormwater presentation as resident urges repairs and staffing
Summary
City public works staff summarized MS4/NPDES stormwater requirements and maintenance work; a resident described 30 years of flooding at a retention pond and urged the city to fund dredging and hire more maintenance staff.
Brooksville public works staff outlined the city’s stormwater obligations and maintenance work, and a resident urged the council to include major retention-pond dredging and additional staffing in the upcoming budget.
The presentation, led by Thomas Redding, Public Works Operations Manager, focused on MS4 reporting and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System requirements. "MS4 reporting is crucial for protecting water quality and ecosystems by ensuring municipalities effectively manage stormwater runoff," Redding said, describing the city’s stormwater compliance inspector role and enforcement authority.
Redding told the council the inspector works eight hours a day inspecting construction and residential sites, "has full authority to issue fines and supervise all work…
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