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Grand Rapids Mayor: Municipal Benefits Unsustainable

GRAND RAPIDS (WWJ) - The mayor of Grand Rapids says the city can't afford to continue paying municipal workers their current level of benefits indefinitely.

Mayor George Heartwell called the level of benefits ``unsustainable'' in his 2011 State of the City address today.

Heartwell says city officials are negotiating concessions with union leaders.

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