Residents have repeatedly pressed the city for details on funding for its new wastewater treatment plant and for assurance that no rendering…
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- August 20, 2026: Proposed ordinance or moratorium against rendering, biomass and data center facilities
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City leaders are talking with Franklin County and neighboring cities about combining wastewater systems, a move that could affect how sewer service is run and paid for in…
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- June 18, 2026: Regional wastewater treatment collaboration with Royston, Carnesville, Canon and Franklin County
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- No next step has been documented.
The city is weighing a water system study, done in phases, that could include looking at city land for new municipal water wells.
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- May 21, 2026: Study of city properties for possible municipal water wells
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- No next step has been documented.
A sale could change who controls and operates the city's water and sewer treatment, but the council has not taken up the question.
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- April 16, 2026: Possible city sale of water/sewer treatment operations
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- No next step has been documented.
The city says former utility customers, most of them renters, left behind more than $13,000 in unpaid bills.
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- February 19, 2026: Unpaid utility balances owed by former customers who left the city
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Residents have complained about odor and pollution risk from a rendering plant in Franklin Springs tied to a county wastewater agreement…
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- May 5, 2025: Franklin Springs wastewater treatment plant expansion cost estimates and IGA
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- No next step has been documented.
The city is building a new sewer facility and sought resident input on the related sewer improvement work.
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- March 20, 2025: Sewer Improvement public meeting
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- No next step has been documented.