City staff reports sludge land-application volume and small projected cost increase

During administrative responses, staff (Clerk, speaker 2) answered a commissioner’s question about sludge land application. The clerk reported that Mount Clemens contracts with Biotech to apply an average of 3,600,000 gallons of land-application sludge annually and estimated that an increase of 0.001 in the service rate would amount to approximately $3,600 annually.

Commissioners asked follow-up questions and the clerk confirmed the figures were averages and the return estimate was an approximate annual impact. No formal vote or budget amendment was proposed at the meeting; commissioners acknowledged the information as the response they sought.