Residents press Mount Clemens commission on repeated basement flooding and service problems

Residents described recurring and severe basement flooding and other service problems during the meeting’s public-participation segments, pressing the city for timelines and budget priorities.

At the second public-comment opportunity, Christine Wolf of 62 Kendrick said flooding on June 18 sent geysers of sewage into her basement up to 3 feet and destroyed appliances, and that the neighborhood has experienced similar events in past years (she cited a previous event on June 20, 2024). “It took out everything. Our boiler’s gone, our washer, our dryer,” she said, asking the commission to prioritize solutions and clarifying where flood mitigation sits in the budget. The commission responded that flooding is a top priority, that an engineering study and a recent presentation…