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Residents urge Mount Clemens to act on long‑vacant house and complain about refuse collection
Summary
Public commenters pressed the commission to address a long‑vacant, dilapidated city property at Court and Park Street and raised repeated complaints about refuse-collection crews and improperly handled yard waste; city administration said it is following up with the owner and contractor Rizzo Environmental.
Residents used public participation to press the Mount Clemens commission on two recurring neighborhood issues: a long‑vacant, deteriorated city‑owned house and continuing problems with refuse collection.
Joe E. Harrington, who identified himself as a lifelong Mount Clemens resident at 152 Court Street, described a city‑owned property at Court and Park that he said has been vacant, condemned and neglected for “about 30 years,” and urged the commission to prioritize remediation. “It's been boarded up,…
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