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Resident tells Bolivar council 'it's still flooding out' as city awaits engineering study
Summary
Resident William 'Rusty' McClellan told the Bolivar City Council his backyard repeatedly floods and has driven water into his home. The mayor said the city has hired A2H for an engineering study to determine responsibility and cost; the city emphasized it cannot use funds on private property without clear legal authority.
William “Rusty” McClellan told the Bolivar City Council during the public-comment period that a drainage ditch behind his home “is still flooding out” and that past rains have forced water into his house.
The mayor and other council members said the city has engaged A2H to perform an engineering study to determine whether the road culverts and under-road drainage are properly sized and whether the problem is the city’s responsibility. “Once that study comes back,” the mayor said, “they’re gonna be able to say this is our…
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