Flume

City paid for flume damage (04/25/12)
Shelbyville's power, water and sewer board signed off on a mediation agreement with a Chattanooga firm over damage done to the city's underground flume system three years ago. Chairman Raymond Sudberry signed the agreement and release for a $350,000 settlement from Mayse Construction Co. to go to the city of Shelbyville...

City sewer work hits legal snag (11/04/10)
Construction on the city's new sewer plant will be delayed until Shelbyville's council receives assurances that the city will be legally protected after they discovered that workers will be digging under part of a storm water flume. Public works director Mark Clanton briefed the council Monday about discussions late last week he had with utility members about the new facility, where work was scheduled to begin Nov. 8...

City, utility system to sue firm involved in flume collapse (07/09/10)
Following an attorney client meeting Thursday, the city council voted to join with Shelbyville's utility to take legal action against a Chattanooga company deemed responsible for damage to the city's underground flume system in 2009. The council voted to approve an agreement that the city and Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewerage System will jointly pursue a claim against Mayse Construction Company, the contractor that had uncovered the area where the damage occurred...

Attorneys to decide who pays for flume (06/22/10)
The issue of who will pay for the damage to the city's underground flume system last year now appears to be in the hands of lawyers after both the city and Shelbyville's power company were informed that the statute of limitations has run out. In a one-sentence letter from the Tennessee Municipal League's Risk Management Pool, who handles insurance for both the city and its utility company, the statute of limitation on any claim against Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewer has now run out, meaning that either the city or the power company waited too long to report the damage to the insurance carrier.. ...

City will hire lawyer to recover flume costs (06/02/10)
Shelbyville City Council, at a special called meeting Tuesday night, approved a motion to hire an attorney to represent the city in recovering costs related to flume repair, although council members are hopeful that can be done by means of a settlement...

Lawyer, council to discuss flume situation (05/26/10)
Shelbyville's city council will hold an attorney-client meeting this afternoon to discuss the continuing impasse with the city's utility over the collapse of the underground flume system last year. According to city recorder Betty Lamb, an attorney from Nashville will meet with the council at 4 p.m. today...

Power company asked to share in repair costs (04/15/10)
Shelbyville's utility company has yet to respond to a letter from the mayor that asks for the power company to pay for half of the damage costs to the city's underground flume system caused by flooding nearly a year ago. Mayor Wallace Cartwright sent the letter to Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewer manager David Crowell on March 31, which requested that it was the city's belief that sharing the repair costs for the flume should be the responsibility of the utility "or its agents and contractors.". ...

City must change attorneys in lawsuit (03/07/10)
A potential conflict of interest will require Shelbyville's city council to secure an attorney to collect damages from the city's utility for the repair of the city's underground storm water flume last year. Since last year, council members have spoken about getting reimbursement from Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewer for the cost of the collapsed underground flume following the release last July of an engineer's report that identified the cause of its failure, with fingers pointed at work done by a contractor employed by the utility.. ...

Clanton honored for flume work (11/04/09)

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