Flint City Council OKs $2 million for reconnection to Detroit water

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Flint City Council OKs $2 million for reconnection to Detroit water

Flint City Council OKs $2 million for reconnection to Detroit water

October 13, 2015 | MLive

FLINT, MI — The City Council has approved spending $2 million to pay part of the bill for buying Lake Huron water from the Detroit water system for the next nine months.

Council voted unanimously Monday, Oct. 12, to make the move, clearing the way for Flint’s Receivership Transition Advisory Board to consider the same move when it meets Wednesday, Oct. 14. [...]

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