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The Henderson City Council approved in October the allocation to Franklin County of up to an additional 1 million gallons of water per day from the Kerr Lake Regional Water System.
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners approved the at its meeting Monday. It’s one of the items listed on the consent agenda, according to the agenda posted on the county’s website.
The agreement, which Henderson Mayor Melissa Elliott signed on Oct. 15, states that Franklin County will pay $5.01 per 1,000 gallons of water above the 2-million-gallon mark it gets from KLRWS.
The Henderson City Council, with no discussion, unanimously approved the motion at its Oct. 12 meeting. The motion was made by Council Member Michael Venable and seconded by Council Member Garry Daeke.
Interim City Manager Kendrick Vann explained that he, the mayor, Assistant City Manager Christy Lipscomb, City Attorney Dan Hartzog and Council Member Venable had been working on the deal that ultimately produced the 8th Amendment to the original 1998 agreement to sell water to Franklin County.
“We want the public to know that we have been working with them,” Vann said, “we have been negotiating for the benefit of the city as well as the citizens.”
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