Consultant company US Water announced the City of Riviera Beach had equipment, which wasn’t installed, for over a year that could help solve some water issues.
Wednesday night was US Water’s first time addressing city council after being hired two weeks ago.
“Are you kidding me? When I heard that I sat straight up on my couch,” said Shandra Stringer.
Stringer, a 23-year Riviera Beach resident, watched the meeting online after advocating for cleaner water for months.
“The next day leadership should’ve been on site doing an inventory of all equipment on site, looking at what went wrong, how can it be fixed,” said Stringer.
Mike Miller with US Water said they’ve already started installing some of the equipment.
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Now-suspended City Manager Jonathan Evans said the equipment wasn’t installed as “previous leadership” intended to sell it.
“How can you honestly go home at night and sleep knowing that somebody’s life is in your hands?” said Stringer.