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Council weighs replacing decorative streetlight fixtures after multiple unplanned failures; LED payback questioned
Summary
Councilmembers reviewed a $175,000 placeholder to replace decorative streetlight fixtures after roughly a dozen unexplained failures and debated whether converting fixtures to LED offers a compelling ROI; staff said the LED calculation will be revisited to account for fixtures that must be replaced for safety regardless of lamp type.
Clawson councilmembers debated whether to fund replacement of aging decorative streetlight fixtures and a broader LED conversion at an April 22 budget workshop after staff reported repeated fixture failures and mixed return‑on‑investment estimates.
Councilmember Slawinski said the fixture failures are a public-safety concern: “We’ve had 10 or 12 that have fallen just without explanation,” she said, adding that…
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