News Talk 94.1/AM 1600 Where The Upper Cumberland Talks
The Byrdstown Board of Aldermen in a special called meeting Tuesday accepted Pickett County’s state COVID infrastructure money for water and sewer improvements.
That after the county commission approved the transfer of its $2.7 million Monday night. Mayor Sam Gibson said the next step is to submit the town’s scorecard to the state to determine which project will move forward.
“Basically, the town of Byrdstown will be 100 percent responsible to take care of it from this point on,” Gibson said. “That will all be up to us to choose the engineer and the administrator and whatever matching of the funds.”
Gibson said the town will have to supply a 15 percent match for the project. Gibson said the plan is to replace the water system’s settling basins, which has been mandated by the state. Gibson said the project still needs to be submitted to the state for approval before November.
“We’ve already got that prepared, the scorecard,” Gibson said. “The scorecard will have on there the projects you are needing in your area. The main project that will probably be number one on our scorecard is the stettling basin. That is probably going to be up to a $3 million project.”
Gibson said Byrdstown is using the money since the county does not have its own water and sewer. Gibson said the town supplies the county with those services.
