Though total clean-up costs were estimated to be between $300,000 and $400,000 at the beginning of last week, Port Huron City Manager James Freed reported to the council yesterday that the storm clean-up total costs are estimated to actually cost the city $10,000 less than predicted.
With cleanup needed after a severe thunderstorm damaged the city in late July, downing power lines, trees and traffic signals, Freed noted last week that the cost will be billed to the street and General funds.
In an email sent yesterday, Freed reported that it cost about $271,000 for contractors to clean-up, with $11,270 going to cover the staff overtime for the Department of Public Works. In addition to that overtime payment, the fire department staff overtime costs come in a little less than $3,487, while charges related to the DPW’s equipment total around $4,245. In all, estimated costs for the July storm cleanup currently come in at $290,002.
The July 20th storm, which saw golf-ball sized hail in St. Clair, came less than a week after parts of Sanilac County were ravaged by an EF-0 tornado and accompanying severe thunderstorms.
