At the Jan. 5, 2026 meeting of Akron City Council, a Ward 9 resident stood before council members, tears streaming as she told her heartbreaking sewer story.
Tiffany Smith has lived on Overlook Drive for 21 years. She worked for years in the juvenile court system and served more than a decade as a probation officer. But on Monday night, she was there not as a professional, rather a mother fighting to keep her home and access to clean water.
“I have been having issues with the city for two years,” Tiffany told council. “I have been bullied by the sewer department for two years. My home and my families’ lives depend on making a wrong, right. I am in imminent jeopardy of losing my home of 21 years.”…