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Ferndale council tables request to hire two DPW workers for lead service line program
Summary
After a lengthy presentation on the city’s lead service line replacement program, council moved to table a request to hire two DPW laborers pending a revised proposal and financial analysis at the Nov. 10 meeting.
DPW Director James Jamieson recommended adding two full‑time DPW laborers to perform in‑house verifications for Ferndale’s lead service line replacement program, but the city council voted to table that staffing request until the Nov. 10 meeting to allow staff to revise the plan and provide more analysis.
Jamieson said there is “no safe level of lead in drinking water” and reminded the council that state and federal rules require verification of all public and private service lines by Dec. 31, 2037. He described recent program work — about 141 replacements this year and roughly 2,000 total replacements to date — and said the city has roughly 6,000 service lines of…
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