JASPER, Tenn.-The collaborative effort between Jasper and Kimball, Tenn., to upgrade Jasper’s existing wastewater treatment plant is nearing final agreement, but officials said the process needs to move quickly.
Recently, Kimball’s board of aldermen found several problems with the original proposed agreement to upgrade the facility to handle a capacity of 1.5 million gallons per day. The project will cost an estimated $5.7 million, officials said.
Kimball officials refused to sign the agreement because no specific wastewater treatment capacity numbers were listed in it.
At the Jasper board of aldermen meeting last month, leaders added the figures Kimball requested, but the revised contract did not reach Kimball’s board in time for a vote on March 3.
Now, Jasper Mayor Billy Simpson said he expects Kimball’s approval to come at its April 7 meeting.