Cities around Michigan are having a hard time filling seasonal jobs for the summer. Port Huron City Manager James Freed told Michigan News Network this week in his community they need people to handle jobs in parks and recreation and mowing the lawn in the cemetery.
“Candidly, it’s because everybody’s off on unemployment.” Freed said. “We can’t get people to come back and work for $12 an hour when they’re getting such good unemployment benefits right now.”
Freed says these summer jobs often lead to full time jobs with the city. He notes they’re even having trouble finding high school students looking for part-time work this year.
Communities Having Trouble Filling Summer Jobs
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Residents facing difficulty in paying their water and sewer bills amid the coronavirus pandemic still have a month before the state’s shutoff moratorium ends, but whether they’ll face a financial penalty for nonpayment depends on where they live.
In the last month, Marine City officials agreed to once again extend a measure waiving late fees until May. A utility bill deferment was first OK’d by the City Commission in May 2020 and extended twice before first to November and then February of this year.
According to the city, 116 water and sewer accounts were delinquent over $53,000 at the start of 2021. Marine City Treasurer Megan Pearce told commissioners this month that the city could withstand the economic impact of delaying penalties for nonpayment but asked officials support a return to shutoffs once allowed when a state-ordered ban ends March 31.