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Commission approves AKT Peerless contract for methane monitoring after questions about fees

Mount Clemens City Commission · May 17, 2024
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Summary

The city retained AKT Peerless as an environmental consultant to support Dickinson Wright on a long-running methane issue; commissioners and residents pressed for clarity on fee schedules, reporting frequency and the contract’s not-to-exceed amount.

The Mount Clemens City Commission voted to retain AKT Peerless as a subcontractor to Dickinson Wright PLLC to provide environmental consulting services tied to an ongoing methane monitoring project.

During public participation, resident Rick Block asked why a fee schedule in the contract document bore a January 2014 date and questioned a $220 hourly rate listed for a "principal environmental and energy service" and a $45 administrative support rate. City staff and the city attorney said the listing is a standard fee menu…

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