Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Letcher County Cities At Odds Over Childers Oil Settlement
KENTUCKY....
Whitesburg and Jenkins, two Letcher County cities, are at odds concerning a nearly $240,000 settlement from Childers Oil after the company contaminated the water in Whitesburg a few years ago. Jenkins applied for the money last year to make improvements to their sewer system, but Whitesburg officials claim the money was meant for them. Jenkins Mayor G.C. Kincer says Jenkins applied for the money to improve the sewer system on Dairy Hollow, which has dirty water flowing by a daycare. Allison Fleck, with the Kentucky Division of Water, says the Jenkins wastewater treatment plant proposed project was appropriate for funding because it would finance the entire project. Whitesburg Mayor James Wiley Craft says Whitesburg officials thought the money would be going to them to improve water pressure near Solomon Creek. They filed a motion to intervene in the Division of Water's recommendation for Jenkins to get the money. Wednesday both sides will get their day in court. Kincer and Craft say this is not a fight between cities, and, whatever the outcome, the bottom line is Letcher County wins either way.
Whitesburg and Jenkins, two Letcher County cities, are at odds concerning a nearly $240,000 settlement from Childers Oil after the company contaminated the water in Whitesburg a few years ago. Jenkins applied for the money last year to make improvements to their sewer system, but Whitesburg officials claim the money was meant for them. Jenkins Mayor G.C. Kincer says Jenkins applied for the money to improve the sewer system on Dairy Hollow, which has dirty water flowing by a daycare. Allison Fleck, with the Kentucky Division of Water, says the Jenkins wastewater treatment plant proposed project was appropriate for funding because it would finance the entire project. Whitesburg Mayor James Wiley Craft says Whitesburg officials thought the money would be going to them to improve water pressure near Solomon Creek. They filed a motion to intervene in the Division of Water's recommendation for Jenkins to get the money. Wednesday both sides will get their day in court. Kincer and Craft say this is not a fight between cities, and, whatever the outcome, the bottom line is Letcher County wins either way.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:41 PM 
