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Council committee approves moral claim payment after resident describes sewage flooding
Summary
The finance committee voted to advance a moral claim from resident Jessica Stewart for damage after a Sept. 24 water main break; committee authorized payment of $13,422.84, subject to legal releases, and scheduled full council consideration next week.
The Elyria finance committee voted on Nov. 24 to advance a moral claim filed by Jessica Stewart of 514 Stafford Drive for structural damage after a Sept. 24 water main break that flooded her finished basement with sewage‑tainted water.
Stewart told the committee she and her husband awoke to water entering their basement and saw more than a foot of brown, unsanitary water. She said she and neighbors called before 6 a.m. and that city crews did not fully shut off the source until about 8 a.m. "I…
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