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Residents press Detroit committee to oppose water-rate hike and investigate contaminated soil
Summary
Public commenters at the Feb. 23 Public Health and Safety committee meeting urged the council to oppose a proposed water-rate increase, demanded a stronger DWSD contribution to affordability programs, and pressed the committee to use subpoena power to investigate widespread 'dirty dirt' contamination across neighborhoods.
Public commenters at the Detroit City Council Public Health and Safety standing committee meeting on Feb. 23 urged elected officials to block another water-rate increase and to investigate widespread contaminated soil they said is damaging neighborhoods.
Cecily McClellan, of We The People Of Detroit, told the committee that a water-rate increase proposed for the coming week (identified in the transcript as a proposal from 'GLEWIS') would add more than 6% this year after a 5% increase last year and that more than 60,000 residents are eligible for the city's water-affordability program. "We are opposed to another water rate increase," McClellan said, adding that current contributions to assistance programs are insufficient and urging a…
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