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<br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council 8.6 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br /> <br />Work Session July 20, 2015Suzanne Fischer, Director, COD <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Flushable Wipes Litigation Peter Beck, City Attorney <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> <br />Action Requested <br /> <br />Direction regarding Class Action Litigation against flushable wipe manufacturers. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br /> <br />Across Minnesota and the country, cities have been cautioning residents not to flush wipes, which have forced <br />them to boost their monitoring and buy expensive grinders. Flushable wipes remain intact long enough to pass <br />through private wastewater drain pipes into municipal sewer lines causing clogs and other issues for municipal <br />and county sewer systems and wastewater treatment plants resulting in thousands, if not millions, of dollars of <br />damages. <br /> <br />The City of Wyoming filed suit in federal court on behalf of cities grappling with the disposable cloths that <br />wastewater officials say are plugging pipes and pumps. <br /> <br />Gustafson and Gluek is the law firm representing the cities of Wyoming, Fergus Falls, Mankato, Perham, <br />Princeton, and the City of Holmen, Wisconsin. They plan to file an amended complaint before July 27, <br />which allow us to be added to the complaint. The firm also has had discussions with and expects to add <br />cities from North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Hawaii and Utah. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />N/A <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br /> <br />Star Tribune articles of April 25, 2015 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />