Jody,
I am attaching a copy of the invoice, along with copies of the supporting
documents. Please let me know if you need anything else.
Vickie
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TREASURER'S OFFICE
CITY OF FLINT, MICHIGAN
(810) 766-7015
BILLING DATE: 01/21/16
Dr. Karen Weaver, Mayor CUST #: 05-3887
INVOICE #: 1600027175
SERVICE DATE: 01/20/2016
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIVABLE BILL INVOICE DATE: 01/21/2016
MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY DUE DATE: 02/28/2016
430 W. ALLEGAN ST. 1ST FLOOR SERVICE ADDRESS:
LANSING MI 48922
Description Amount
WATER EMERGENCY EXPENSES $15246 61
REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF PERSONNEL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
FLINT FIRE DEPARTMENT $11,366.69
DPW - TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TRAFFIC CONTROL $565.48
DPW - WATER PLANT $620.84
FLINT POLICE DEPARTMENT- WATER EMERGENCY CALLS $2,693.60
TOTAL CHARGES INCLUDE PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT RELATED COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE WATER EMERGENCY FOR THE PERIOD 1/5/16-1/20/16: $15,246.61
TOTAL $15246.61
PLEASE REMIT BOTTOM PORTION WITH YOUR PAYMENT
REMIT PAYMENT TO: MISCELLANEOUS RECEIVABLE BILL
CITY OF FLINT, TREASURER CUST #: 05-3887
1101 S. Saginaw Street, Room 10 INVOICE #: 1600027175
Flint, MI 48502 SERVICE DATE: 01/20/2016
Phone: (810) 768-7015 INVOICE DATE: 04/21/2016
DUE DATE: 02/28/2016
TOTAL INVOICE $15246.61
MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
430 W. ALLEGAN ST. 1ST FLOOR
LANSING MI 48922
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January 22, 2016
Governor Rick Snyder
Office of Governor
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909
Dear Governor Snyder:
The Flint Water Advisory Task Force (FWATF) appreciates your recent efforts to secure federal
and mobilize state emergency response resources to address the immediate water supply
issues in Flint.
This letter is to encourage a similarly robust response to the challenges of re-establishing a
reliable, trusted potable water distribution system in Flint. This is required as soon as possible
to replace the unsustainable and expensive bottled water and filter distribution program that
has been necessitated, but which clearly must serve as an interim, emergency response.
Consistent with the priorities identified in the Safe Drinking Water Emergency Order issued by
the EPA on January 21, 2016, we recommend the following actions to address scientifically
grounded concerns that the water system in Flint remains unsafe because of lead
contamination and Legionella. Public trust in the safety of the water supply may only begin to
be re-established through the state’s forthright engagement of the scientific experts who
overcame state and federal agency intransigence to expose the lead poisoning.
Our recommendations are:
« Engage US EPA staff experts versed in Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) requirements —
specifically Miguel del Toral, Darren Lytle and Michael Shock. These individuals should
be empowered to guide implementation of a comprehensive LCR sampling program in
Flint that will monitor lead levels now and throughout the conversion to raw water
supply by the Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA) and full-time use of the Flint Water
Treatment Plant.
» Establish an inter-disciplinary work group comprising subject matter experts drawn from
respected public utility associations and institutions of higher learning in Michigan and
elsewhere (including Marc Edwards of Virginia Tech), to oversee the conversion to KWA-
supplied raw water.
® Commission and/or contract with an unbiased third-party organization or consortium
(hereafter: Flint water safety scientific assessment team [FWSSAT]) that will be
responsible for assessing the quality and safety of drinking water in residences, schools
and child care settings in Flint, and hospitals and other healthcare facilities served by the
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: Flint Water: : dvisory Task Force
Flint water system. The explicit focus of FWSSAT activities will be lead and Legionella;
however, the FWSSAT may include other considerations in its work.
The FWSSAT will be invested with the responsibility of declaring when the public water
supply in Flint is safe for routine consumption. The FWSSAT will employ the most
rigorous scientific standards, using a sampling strategy that is designed to optimize
detection of water contamination in home, school, and child-care settings, and
healthcare environments. All schools and healthcare facilities must be included in the
sampling approach. Rigorous sampling of residences and child-care settings (whether
centers or in-home) will also be implemented, using any and all available information
about lead water service lines. In addition, if a homeowner or renter whose dwelling
has not been included in sampling wishes to have the dwelling included, they will also
be sampled. The sampling efforts and reporting process of the FWSSAT will be fully
transparent to the public; results of testing should be published on local, state, and
federal (EPA) websites.
® To assure the re-building of community trust and assure sufficient expertise for future
water quality and safety, the FWSSAT should partner with local (Flint Water Treatment)
and state (MDEQ) personnel in its activities. The FWSSAT should have an inter-
disciplinary advisory committee that includes local community leaders, local and state
officials, national scientific authorities regarding water quality and safety and public
health, and the leader of the interagency state effort regarding the Flint water crisis.
When the FWSSAT advisory committee is satisfied that the FWSSAT scientific
procedures have thoroughly assessed water quality and safety in Flint residences,
schools and child care settings, and healthcare facilities and found the water to be
sufficiently free of contamination, then the committee will advise the public of the
findings. The FWSSAT will then organize the transfer of responsibility to local and state
authorities to sustain the sampling and reporting methods thereafter, including the
conversion to KWA raw water in the future.
We also believe that a forthright response to the Legionella outbreak must similarly engage
trusted, scientific experts drawn from independent institutions. Accordingly, we recommend:
e The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MHHS) should make a formal
request to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for assistance in
assessing the outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease in Flint, if they have not already done so.
MHHS, working with CDC, should develop a strategy for improving prevention, rapid
detection, and timely treatment of cases of Legionellosis in Michigan in 2016 and
beyond. While the MDHHS evaluation of the dozens of cases of Legionellosis in 2014
and 2015 has strongly suggested a link to the shift to drinking water from the Flint River
in 2014, further and more intensive evaluation of clinical isolates (i.¢., samples from
infected patients) is necessary to understand the route(s} of transmission from
contaminated water to humans. The unique set of outbreak circumstances in the
setting of a change in water source strongly indicates that support from federal public
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health authorities would be a welcome way to amplify the public’s collective
understanding of risk of contracting Legionella in residences served by the Flint water
system, and in Flint healthcare facilities.
® The state should specifically request federal support from the CDC — and, as
appropriate, additional federal experts and agencies — to advise and assess Flint
healthcare facilities and Flint-based healthcare providers regarding: (a) appropriate
application and timely re-application of biocides to air treatment systems and cooling
towers in all healthcare facilities in Flint, in order to prevent colonization with
Legionella; and (b) proper assessment and timely diagnosis of Legionella among patients
in Flint who present with characteristic signs and symptoms and have a history of
potential exposure to contaminated water. Of note, the risk of resurgent Legionellosis
in Spring 2016 is on the horizon; the first cases of Legionellosis in the 2014 and 2015
outbreaks were diagnosed in June and May, respectively, and Legionella is known to be
much more common in the spring, summer, and fall than in the winter months. Time 1s
of the essence.
® MDHHS should work with its federal partners ta assure that investigative efforts related
to Legionella regarding quality and safety of water are conducted in coordination with
the FWSSAT described above. Furthermore, MDHHS should regularly communicate its
findings to the Flint community regarding its efforts to prevent, detect, and treat cases
of Legionella until case levels return to pre-2014 levels.
We expect that these measures will provide members of the Flint community with assurance
that the quality of their tap water is being appropriately monitored and that forthcoming
announcements that Flint’s tap water is safe to drink are well-founded. Notwithstanding
earnest state agency actions, we believe that the engagement of independent subject matter
experts, whether to assess drinking water quality or public health concerns, is critical to
overcome, over time, the understandable skepticisms that prevail in the Flint community.
We hope that you will receive these recommendations in the same spirit with which they are
offered — to advance the recovery and reinvigoration of the Flint community.
Respectfully,
Matthew Davis, M.D.
Chris Kolb
Lawrence Reynolds, M.D.
Eric Rothstein, CPA
Ken Sikkema
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Weekly Conference Call Notes — Jan. 25, 2016
Allen Park —Jan. 25 —Mayor Matakas, M. Kibby, B. Cady, P. Dostine, A. Heimann, D. Hudson
Priorities
o Order 55-A. CBRE marketing the 11 acres where old city hall is located. Allen Park
wants permission to allow CBRE to market the property rather than issuing a RFP
as required by Order 55-A. Question: would using CBRE satisfy or be non-
compliant with Order 55-A? Treasury-LGFSD to take the city’s request to
management for a decision.
Order 29. This order mandates that city comply with the 80/20 cost-sharing model
as provided for pursuant to Public Act 152 of 2011. Cady said by offering the city
the option of a hard-cap, it would save families $2,500 per year or singles $1,200
per year. A real money saver for Allen Park employees and, Cady adds, would help
the city recruit employees, especially police.
The Mayor expressed concer over the delay in the RTAB Evaluation. Treasury
explained that there have been some extenuating circumstances and staff
unavailability and assured the Mayor that a delayed evaluation report would not
negatively affect the outcome.
Treasury discussed the possible cancellation of the Feb. 3 RTAB. The city was ok
with the cancellation. There was agreement that there were no pressing agenda
items that needed consideration in Feb. They just requested that they be informed
of the Chair’s decision by early next week.
Claims and Accounts (Dec. v Jan. numbers)
o The city explained that Dec was near normal ($1.8M from Nov. activity) and Jan.
was low ($346K) because December was a short month due to the holidays and
time off from many department heads, including Cady. Invoices simply weren’t
processed,
Two, F 250 Trucks. Not enough money in the Capital Outlay Fund ($47,968) to cover
$65,805 cost.
o Cady reminded Treasury that that was one of eight budget amendments the city
recently submitted for RTAB approval (in Jan.) and now is awaiting State Treasurer
approval. City was told the paperwork was submitted early last week (wk of Jan.
11).
Benton Harbor —Jan. 21 — D. Watson, D. Hudson, E. Cline
Public Notice — Personnel & Finance Committee Meeting 1/27/16
o Settlement of Public Safety — discussing end of negotiations of FOP
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o City Manager Contract Renewal — Mayor appears to be on board with renewing
contract for 2 years. Darwin believes all but possibly 2 commissioners will
support his renewal.
e Commissioner Replacement
o Special meeting being held on 1/25/16 for interviews
o Planning to announce replacement on 2/1/16
o 5 candidates being considered
e Personnel Issues
o Met with Joyce Parker on 1/20/16. Cemetery audit on schedule for 2/1/16.
Infrastructure valuafion report requesting additional time to submit. Thinking the
information will be available by 4/1/16.
© Community & Economic Director
0 Interviewed a candidate on 1/20/16. Darwin feels he is a great candidate. He
wants to offer him the position but is concerned regarding the salary expectations.
The position salary range is $60k - $70k. He is thinking of offering $68k with
room for re-evaluation once he is on the job (would like to observe his interaction
with staff/community).
e Lawsuits
o Lange — A closed session was scheduled but postponed. Looking to resolve this
case in March 2016.
o Unruh and O’Brien are slated to be complete November 2016 — strongly
suggesting mediation for these cases.
© The insurance company wants Benton Harbor to contribute $300k to the
settlement of the lawsuits. A representative from the insurance company is
scheduled to attend a commission meeting to discuss the city’s contribution.
© Meeting schedule
o Our meetings will continue to occur bi-weekly beginning 1/28.
Ecorse — Dec. 22 — W. O’Neal, R. Byrne, D. Van de Grift, P. Dostine, A, Heimann, R. Widigan
e Priorities:
o Council will receive and file the audit tonight ~ shows a decrease in fund balance,
had to “book liabilities for lawsuits and pensions”
= Ended with an overall debt of $34K
o Council will be approving a $1.9M payment on the E-Loan
= City would like a DEP schedule
o 47% cash fund balance — the restriction on the U.S. Steel payment has ended.
= However, this will drop after the $1.9M payment for debt service
o 5-year budget is being reviewed by treasury
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= Wayne said to fund police and fire it is coming from PA 33 assessment
= Wayne said if the arc payment goes up, the city has a judgment levy
(Order) against it, the city can then levy it.
e Drew said that the city attorney needs to review the Order before
the next RTAB meeting.
e Wayne said he will read it and talk to the attomey about it
o City will do training every two months with employees — will have an employee
book everyone will sign.
o Wayne will be meeting with city council on an individual basis to discuss where
he would like to head in regards to city attorney and DPW.
= Wayne thinks he can bring a full time attorney on board for current cost or
less.
e SEV. Assessments:
co Decrease of 10% on residential tax base
= Roughly $250K
e Miscellaneous: Wayne stated the City is headed in the right direction, needs to do
various capital improvement projects, etc...
Flint — Jan. 20 —Council President Nelson, N. Henderson, P. Dostine, E. Cline, A. Heimann,
W Lamphier, F. Headen
1. Water Update:
Water, Lead Test Kits, and Filter Distribution Update:
- Council President Nelson has been uplifted by the significant donations of water.
filters, and volunteers to help distribute water
- The City has a partnership with the MTA to distribute water to people who are
homebound, or who lack transportation to retrieve water on their own.
- The City has been strained financially and operationally in its response to the
emergency. Henderson also said, “It’s becoming a really big strain for staff.”
Henderson said that the city is using resources that:
o Accrue unbudgeted financial costs to the city, like its sanitation contractor
being dispatched to fire stations to clean-up from distribution efforts ; or
o Borrow limited resources that are needed in other areas. N. Henderson told
an anecdote about how the city wanted to place a police officer by all of the
fire stations to help manage traffic (where water distribution is happening) and
that they could not justify removing officers from their duties in the
neighborhoods where crime is a problem. .
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N. Henderson said Flint needs to be reimbursed for the additional expenses that the
city is accruing. Asked the Treasury participants on the call to help if there is
“anything that we can do about that”. Said that she has been keeping a record of how
much this has cost the city, and will be sending that document to E. Cline from
Treasury.
Deloitte has offered to help the city with crisis management. They are sending in (3)
consultants, and one of them has worked with cities to manage the aftermath of
hurricane Katrina.
Water Billing/Water Fund
N. Henderson stated that the City was attempting to combat false information about
water bills.
The city says that “the judge’s ruling” allows them to send out water shut off notices,
but they currently are not doing so.
People are still not paying their water bills, the city suggests that part of the reason is
that there is so much confusion about the bills, especially around whether or not the
state is going to pay for the past-due bills from when the water was tainted with lead,
which the city suggests is the common conception. The city expressed concern that
they did not find money to pay delinquent water bills in the Governor’s Supplemental
Budget.
The water usage rate has not decreased since the news broke about the lead.
Water Operations
The city is working to formalize a plan to connect the city to its neighboring
communities to back up each other’s water supply. This plan would cost $6.4
Million, but N. Henderson feels confident that the city would only be responsible for
paying a portion of the costs. This plan would serve two purposes:
o It would prevent the city from having to spend an estimated $3.1M to build a
temporary above ground water line for testing the connection to the KWA
© It would allow the city to use its neighbors for a water supply backup and not
have to rely on the Flint River as a back-up source
Efforts to control the corrosion from city water are going well. N. Henderson said
that they have been doing field testing of water, and that lead levels are decreasing.
Drinking Water Emergency Loan Fund
The city intends to apply for this fund, and hopes that a portion of this loan money is
forgivable.
The city’s proposal would likely be $25M annually (the maximum is $15M according
to the city) for (5) years, at a total of $125M
Would be working on public and private infrastructure by prioritizing areas in the
highest need of infrastructure improvement. The city knows, for example, where
water sits in the system. Areas like those would be targeted for these monies.
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- The city is aware that their initial estimates of over a billion dollars to replace all lead
infrastructure is an unrealistic request
- The city has already conducted a Reliability and Sanitary Sewer study, which they
say is a requirement of the application
- Their data suggests that the city has about 600 Miles of water infrastructure, but their
engineering consultant suggests that this number might be 100 Miles low
2. Other issues
Police and Fire Department updates
- There is not much to report in crimes, the city is about at where it would expect to be
at this point in the year
- Fire stations are being utilized as water and filter distribution centers
Shears v Flint
- The $15M transfer from the Sewer Fund has been resolved. The City Council voted
to approve that transfer, and now it is awaiting RTAB approval.
Hamtramck — Jan. 14—K. Powell, P. Dostine, A, Heimann
Miscellaneous
e The city started plowing its own streets for the first time since 2001. Using pick-up trucks
purchased through Act 84 monies, Katrina said the crew plowed every street during the
last snow event. The cost was $5K. Katrina said under the old contract with CPI, the cost
would have been $46K.
e Katrina reported that the city settled a lawsuit for $999.00. The plaintiff originally wanted
$175K.
e Katrina had a question about whether or not the FO applies to the court. The court wants
to make personnel changes and increase salaries. Does the FO prevent the courts from
doing that?
e Since the recent exchange of emails between Councilman Miah and K Powell, things
have settled down. Katrina said the last council meeting was actually cordial.
°15 Budget Audit
e Katrina expects the audit to be completed week of January 18.
Police Study
e Katrina reported that the new Chief is expecting up to 4 proposals from firms interested
in conducting a study.
Election fraud
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No update.
Highland Park— Oct. 14- C. Square, R. Byrne
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The cellection firm has approximately $7M in past due accounts to collect. However,
many of these accounts are no longer active.
Meadowbrook will be providing an updated report on OPEB costs which show a
substantial reduction of the annual costs. The new estimated annual costs will be
between $200K and $300K.
New water bills with the new water and sewer rates have been sent out to the customers.
Wade-Trim has opened its customer service center on Woodward Avenue.
BSA software installation has been completed.
The City will be submitting several FDCVT grant applications including master water
meters, LED streetlights, and building improvements.
Wade-Trim has received several shipments of residential water meters that will be
installed soon.
Inkster — Jan. 14 — M. Stuhldreher, R. Byrne, A. Heimann, D. Hudson, P. Dostine
Charter Change
Attempt to revise the role of the Mayor by using a charter amendment has not been fruitful
Will attempt to put a Charter revision on the ballot for March
If it is successful, there will be a charter commission established in May
Financials
2" Qtr Budget amendment will be voted on by the City Council on February Ist
The city will be maintaining a positive operating surplus or $600k even after this
amendment
Drop in residential property values
Residential property values are slated to decrease by 17% next year, which will be a
$700,000 decrease in revenues
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- Suggests that the City, who will have approximately a $2M fund balance, and alluded to
potentially using this as a financial buffer
Treasury Financial Assistance - City Manager Search/Economic Development
Has not heard anything about whether or not the city will be receiving some assistance to pay for
this search from the Treasury. Eric and Pat will be following up with Randy and finding out
what the status of this is, and getting back to him.
Relationship with new Mayor and City Council
Currently struggling to build a working relationship. Told a story about how one City Councilor
asked to sit in on a staff meeting, and was outraged to be denied.
Rouge Valley Lawsuit
$4.7M lawsuit that has been ongoing
- Had gotten approval from the previous City Council for this
- Wayne County has agreed to, and signed the lawsuit
- Awaiting a judge’s order to put payment of this lawsuit on 5 years of tax rolls
Regional Service Authority
- Has expressed interest in doing some kind of service consolidation, Eric will have Randy
follow-up with him to find out where MMSA is, and what they are currently working on
Lincoin Park — Jan. 25 -M. Coppler, A. Heimann, P Dostine, R Byrne
e Priorities
- Coppler said he is working to get financial policies of the city in-line with the Final Order
and Best Practices. Historically, Coppler said Lincoln Park has not amended its
ordinances. The city council has always changed or revised policy by way of resolution.
Going forward, Coppler will be eventually bring the ordinances up-to-date with
previously passed resolutions by the amendment process.
- Coppler said Lincoln Park residents have been requesting a lot of documents from the
city. In an effort to build back trust, Coppler generally has been giving residents what
they ask for without having them file a Freedom for Information Act request. (Soon,
many of these documents will be on the city’s website, Coppler added.) Coppler did note
that attorneys have been filing FOIAs to get information on addresses with delinquent
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water bills (and most likely taxes too). They are trying to get ahead on the process to
purchase homes that have been left vacant but not yet turned over to the county.
MERs
Coppler said he has not heard anything from MERs regarding the city’s under-payment
and whether or not MERs is going to sue the city or kick the city out of MERs. MERs
met either Jan. 14 or 15 about Lincoln Park.
Pontiac — Jan. 15 - Deputy Mayor Jane Bais-DiSessa, J. Sobota, N. Narzarko, R. Widigan,
Weekly priorities:
© Will be meeting with the mayor to go over proposed budget amendments of FY
16
o Departments will be turning in annual reports today
What is the taxable value 14-15: 1.6%
What is the assessed value 14-15: 4.9%
OPED Mediation: Actively working on counter proposal; meeting with plaintiffs on
Tuesday.
Phoenix Center: Nothing new, Nowak & Fraus Engineers did a presentation on the
center, regarding all engineering that had been done.
© Structure is not in danger of collapse, but identified required structural repairs.
Royal Oak Township — Dec. 14 — Supervisor Squall, R. Burgess, P. Dostine, D. Hudson
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Priorities
Burgess and Fedewa are working to complete reports that are owed to Treasury per the
Consent Agreement and F & O plan.
Burgess said with police service agreement still uncertain the township has only produced
a’16 budget. Can’t project without the police agreement in place. The 5-year is on hold.
Burgess put two Capital Improvement Projects into the 16 budget. He is not currently
working on the 6-year CIP.
* The two projects are 1) Widening of Wyoming Road, and 2) Updating of the
accounting system.
Burgess said for years the township has paid $20K annually for use of Grant School.
MERS
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o Burgess did not want to discuss this issue. He said he would like to bring it up during
the next call. (Note: Because the supervisor was on the line I think Burgess was
reluctant to talk about the MERS money.)
* Police Update
o The Supervisor said she had recently talked to the city of Southfield. The city told her it
was interested in providing police services, but currently was under-staffed. Southfield
said it was a year away from being at full capacity. Until then, it couldn’t talk agreements
with the township.
o Supervisor said Treasury told the township it could continue to collect the special
assessment while it looked for an agreement with a local unit.
o Supervisor pledged to continue to work hard at finding a solution to the issue of no police
service.
e Clerk
o Supervisor expressed great frustration at the Clerk’s unwillingness to perform her
statutory responsibilities.
o Supervisor said this happens every year around Christmas time.
o Supervisor will be sending a letter to Treasury requesting advice on handling the
situation.
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Cline, Richard (T: reasury)