Sunny skies High: 71 | Low: 47 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Wednesday, July 16, 2014 75 cents Hurley winter damages estimated at $156,741 By RALPH ANSAMI reimbursement of watermain and ser- Jeff Seamandel, of MSA, said the fed- the water department, partly because of The council agreed it will seek private
[email protected] vice repair costs, the city council learned eral government’s emergency water the line breaks. contractors next year to cut grass that HURLEY — The city of Hurley will Tuesday. funds for this fiscal year have been The public safety and public works has reached eight inches on parcels. seek $150,000 in federal reimbursement The city’s costs for water line repairs exhausted. The new fiscal year begins in departments went over budget for 2013. Mayor Joe Pinardi said the city has for added costs resulting from the totaled $156,741, including water losses October, so the city may have to wait In other business, the council been cutting the long grass on private extreme cold winter temperatures. associated with the broken pipes. until 2015 before receiving a final deci- repealed a driveway permit it had lots and billing the property owners MSA Professional Services, the city’s Four watermains broke in Hurley sion on funding, he added. approved on Fourth Avenue for a home- $100 apiece, but it’s not worth it when engineering firm, recently submitted an during the coldest winter in 110 years On Tuesday, the city received a owner because a neighbor strongly application to the U.S. Department of on the Gogebic Range.