Tenn. comptroller questions sewer surcharge
KIMBALL, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee officials are questioning a city’s move to place a surcharge on sewer services in order to make up a deficit.
The Kimball Board of Mayor and Alderman approved a plan last year that charged $800-per-month to each city building for sewer services.
Mayor David Jackson told The Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/17sZKNe) that the fee would put the city’s sewer fund, which has been operating in the red, “on the right side” by $57,000 this year.
The Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury’s Water & Wastewater Financing Board has questioned the move, but city attorney Billy Gouger said it’s legal.
Jackson said new legislation is being considered to prevent other cities from taking similar action.
