Kimball, Tenn., Mayor David Jackson is seen in this file photo.KIMBALL, Tenn. — City administrators are looking for creative ways to avoid a sewer rate increase for businesses and residents, and they think they may have found one.
Kimball Mayor David Jackson said the city’s sewer fund has lost money for two straight years, and a third year could bring about a state-mandated rate increase.
“You can take money out of a general fund and put it in the sewer fund, but the state is going to call you and tell you not to do that,” he said.
To circumvent the state’s intervention, city officials plan to pass an ordinance that will charge Kimball’s municipal buildings for their sewer usage.
On Thursday, Alderman Mark Payne made a motion to have Kimball Attorney Billy Gouger draft a sewer ordinance and rate schedule concerning the city’s municipal buildings, and the Kimball Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted unanimously to do so.