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Welcome to our latest roundup of city policy and politics.
🚧 Dirt saga latest: City Council members still want answers, so they delayed a $3.5 million contract to test soil at potentially contaminated demolition sites, the News reports.
Council members Gabriela Santiago-Romero and Denzel McCampbell voiced concerns about taxpayers footing the bill for former contractors' mistakes, and about still needing a larger conversation with Sheffield's administration on the issue.
Catch up quick: A former city contractor allegedly used contaminated dirt to fill vacant lots in home tear-downs.
👋 DDA board: Sheffield nominated former City Council member and unsuccessful mayoral candidate Fred Durhal to the influential Downtown Development Authority board. He now serves as director of state governmental affairs in Sheffield's administration.
