Story highlights Gov. Rick Snyder is expected to ask lawmakers for an additional $195 million in funding

$37 million already has been approved

"We are going to restore safe drinking water one house at a time," says Flint's mayor

(CNN) The mayor of Flint, Michigan, said Tuesday she needs $55 million to remove lead pipes in the city beleaguered by a toxic water crisis. She is asking that Gov. Rick Snyder partner with her to get the funds.

"In order for Flint residents to once again have confidence and trust in the water coming from their faucets, all lead pipes in the city of Flint need to be replaced," Mayor Karen Weaver said.

That dollar figure is what her public works staff and experts from the Lansing Board of Water and Light came up with during a meeting Monday, she said. The Lansing board pioneered lead pipe removal, the mayor said, adding that it has removed 13,500 lead pipes in Michigan's capital over 12 years.

Beyond appealing to Snyder, the mayor said the effort to remove lead pipes will take coordination between city, state and federal entities and funding from the Legislature and Congress, or perhaps both.

Snyder spokesman Dave Murray said the governor's office was reviewing Weaver's proposal.