JASPER, Tenn.-City leaders have altered a proposed agreement with Kimball, Tenn., leaders to advance a collaborative effort to upgrade Jasper’s ailing wastewater treatment plant.
Jasper officials now will wait to see if the change meets with Kimball officials’ approval.
Recently, Kimball’s board refused to sign the agreement because no specific wastewater treatment capacity numbers were listed in it.
Jasper Mayor Billy Simpson said that, after he spoke with city attorney Zach Kelly and other officials, he could understand Kimball’s point.
“They are in this 50/50 with us,” he said. “They went ahead and agreed with everything in the original agreement except that there were no capacities listed. The only difference in this agreement and the original agreement is the capacity. In this agreement, Jasper has 1 million [gallons per day] in capacity and Kimball has a half-million [gallons per day].”