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Four years after promising to tear down an old and potentially hazardous water tank near Santana Boulevard, the Lansing City Council has now found an alternate option to their problem. In a 4-3 vote, the council approved a motion last night to sell the tank to President of Alladdin Paints William Krueger, who offered to repaint and clean it for $50,000.

Let's break it up:

Four years after promising to tear down an old and potentially hazardous water tank near Santana Boulevard, the Lansing City Council has now found an alternate option to their problem.

In a 4-3 vote, the council approved a motion last night to sell the tank to President of Alladdin Paints William Krueger, who offered to repaint and clean it for $50,000.

Which reader better? Which flows better? Which is less cluttered?

Quite often, the easiest way to identify whether you're smushing together grafs is this: is your lede more than one sentence? If so, it may have a nut graf glued to it.