BPW considers landfill and wastewater fees

Two area business owners dominated conversation during the recent Board of Public Works meeting, on July 26, as each business owner requested time to discuss fee and rate increases at the local landfill and the Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Jerry Brown, owner of Brown Pump and Septic requested the board lower the rates for disposal at the Wastewater Treatment Plant to match those of neighboring communities.

Brown has been pumping septic tanks for six years and has dumped into the Kimball pond, as well as in Bridgeport, Chappell and Gering.

“The fees in Kimball right now are double what ever...