SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. – As SVEConnect prepares to bring broadband internet, television and phone services to rural and urban parts of Marion County, the company is working with local municipalities to solidify franchise fee agreements.
At the same time, South Pittsburg city leaders are considering imposing those fees to another local media company that has had issues paying them to other towns in the past.
At the South Pittsburg City Commission’s September meeting, City Administrator Gene Vess said officials have given SVEConnect its franchise fee proposal, which includes a rate fee of 3 percent.
That percentage expectation is in line with nearby municipalities like Kimball, Tennessee.
Spectrum, another media provider in Marion County, is paying the same 3 percent rate in South Pittsburg.