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Commission tables proposal to hire private firm to manage Mount Clemens utilities after cost and oversight concerns
Summary
City administration recommended a one‑year management contract with F & B Operations and Resource Management to run water and wastewater operations. Commissioners raised cost concerns and asked staff to re‑examine alternatives including a shared employee with Clinton Township and consulting with former utilities director Chuck Bellmore; the commission voted to table the item for further study.
Mount Clemens — The commission on May 4 chose to table a proposed one‑year professional services agreement that would have contracted day‑to‑day management of the city’s utilities department to F and B Operations and Resource Management (FVOP).
The proposal: City Manager Steve Brown recommended an initial level of service equivalent to a 40‑hour‑per‑week engagement from FVOP (to be billed as an hourly equivalent under a not‑to‑exceed contract) to oversee the wastewater treatment plant, water treatment plant and collection/distribution. The manager said work from FVOP…
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