Byrdstown joining regional leaders next Thursday to oppose potential nuclear waste facilities in the Upper Cumberland.
Mayor Sam Gibson said city and county mayors from Pickett, Fentress, Scott and Morgan counties plan to meet in Jamestown to discuss their concerns with state leadership.
“We’re just going to meet and do a little bit more of letting them know that we are opposed to that,” Gibson said. “If there’s anything that we can do to halt that then we’re wanting to do that.”
Gibson said officials have received little information from the state in recent weeks about the possibility of nuclear waste facilities being developed in the region.
“We haven’t heard very much at all since and we might end up have hearing something next week, I don’t know, we’ll wait and see but as far as hearing anything much about it’s really been quiet for the last few weeks,” Gibson said.
Gibson said the upcoming meeting will give local officials another opportunity to communicate their opposition as they await additional information about the state’s plans.
“That would be detrimental to our tourism to the county in general our Dale Hollow Lake which also is closely related to tourism,” Gibson said.
In other business, the board approved a $27,616 annual service contract with ARYA for water plant filtration maintenance.
Engineering Consultant Zeda Hillis said the town has submitted its American Rescue Plan Act reimbursement requests and received a finding of no significant impact for planned sewer line cleaning and televising.