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(Message from the City of Saline)
Per Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy guidelines this message is to provide notice of a Sanitary Sewer Overflow event at the City of Saline Wastewater Treatment Plant. The event is estimated to have occurred around 2:30 a.m. on January 26, 2024 and is believed to be the result of extremely high flows from melting snow. An estimated 50,000 to 75,000 gallons flowed into a nearby storm drain..An additional 1,500 to 2,000 gallons were believed to have overflowed directly from a primary tank onto nearby surface areas. The event is currently contained.
Another infrastructure failure that Saline Government has down played and did their best to cover up (Girbach 🧐) City Council is very selective with communication to citizens/taxpayers.
Sunny, with a high of 79 and low of 53 degrees. Sunny in the morning, clear in the afternoon and evening,
If this mileage passes, has the City of Saline, for example, committed to reduce their millage by 2.0 that they no longer
need to send to the Fire Department?
It should be stated that this mileage is going to raise the taxes for many homes by $800 per year (based on a $250K SEV). There has been no commitment that the 2.0 mil that currently exists will be replaced even though it is alluded to. That is a huge increase.
The Fire Dept. likely does have unmet needs. We have been in meetings where the Fire Chief has spoken and our impression has been that he is not fully transparent, massaging information to present a case to achieve what he wants rather than solidly and transparently defining reality and options.