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Residents urge action on water affordability, health services and blight during committee public comment
Summary
Multiple callers pressed the Public Health & Safety Committee for action on water affordability, a functional Detroit Lifeline program, more transparent drainage and grant reporting, and better oversight of blight and demolition policies.
Several Detroit residents used the committee’s public comment period to press elected officials on gaps in city services and protections.
Cecily McClellan, representing a local water-rights group, said the Detroit Lifeline program is “non-functional” after previously serving as many as about 30,000 residents and urged the committee to consider state ‘water affordability’ bills and adopt a local ordinance that would use a sliding fee scale, arrearage forgiveness and…
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