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Gladwin resident says city negligent after letter about possible lead in water supply line
Summary
Resident Ben Franz told the City Council he received a letter indicating his water supply line may contain lead and said he was not informed earlier, calling the situation city negligence. The council record contains no response in the transcript.
During public comment at the Feb. 17 Gladwin City Council meeting, resident Ben Franz of 420 E. Beech said he received a letter indicating his water supply line might contain lead and asked why he had not been informed sooner.
Franz told the council he did not know why he was not told earlier and said, "this is the negligence of the city." The transcript records his concern but does not include a recorded reply from city staff or council members during the meeting.
The comment was made as part of the hearing of delegations/public comment portion of the meeting; the transcript does not document any immediate follow-up steps or staff commitments on the record regarding testing, notification or remediation.
