Waiting game continues over flood tort claims against city

Sewage and dirty rain water rose quickly inside A Car Doctor Aug. 4 causing an estimated $65,000 in damage to the State Street business. Beginning in August, tort claims were filed by numerous residents and property owners that claimed the flooding damage they incurred was due to negligence by the city as it pertains to maintaining infrastructure; those claims were turned over to the city's insurance carrier for consideration. Benedetti plans to introduce an ordinance at the next council meeting that would loan $300,000 from the city's rainy day fund to the stormwater utility so two drainage projects can get under way