Post by Logan on Feb 10, 2016 4:28:47 GMT -6
Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday is expected to request an additional $195 million to bring back safe drinking water to Flint and treat its impacted residents after highly corrosive water drawn from the Flint River leached lead throughout the city's drinking water system, according to a person familiar with the budget.
The breakdown of the proposed Flint appropriation for fiscal year 2017 is:
$37 million for safe drinking water efforts;
$15 million for food and nutrition to combat lead exposure;
$63 million for improving the physical, social and education well-being of Flint children and other vulnerable residents;
$30 million for providing credits for future water bills based on water that was not used during the crisis;
and $50 million in a reserve fund for future, but undefined future needs in Flint.
The governor and his budget director John Roberts are expected to push for the new funding for Flint because "time is of the essence — we can't play catch-up," according to a document associated with the budget request.
Addressing the tainted drinking water supply in Flint has become the top priority — as well as the greatest political liability — for Snyder. The second-term governor has faced sharp criticism for his administration's laggard response to insistent but largely unheeded calls from residents in Flint that their tap water was harmful.
Read more: www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/02/09/gov-propose-195m-flint-water-crisis/80065974/
The breakdown of the proposed Flint appropriation for fiscal year 2017 is:
$37 million for safe drinking water efforts;
$15 million for food and nutrition to combat lead exposure;
$63 million for improving the physical, social and education well-being of Flint children and other vulnerable residents;
$30 million for providing credits for future water bills based on water that was not used during the crisis;
and $50 million in a reserve fund for future, but undefined future needs in Flint.
The governor and his budget director John Roberts are expected to push for the new funding for Flint because "time is of the essence — we can't play catch-up," according to a document associated with the budget request.
Addressing the tainted drinking water supply in Flint has become the top priority — as well as the greatest political liability — for Snyder. The second-term governor has faced sharp criticism for his administration's laggard response to insistent but largely unheeded calls from residents in Flint that their tap water was harmful.
Read more: www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/02/09/gov-propose-195m-flint-water-crisis/80065974/