During the Bolivar County Board of Supervisors public hearing on the closing of McCain Lane and McCain Road, which are located in the Cleveland Airport area, the association submitted objections.
According to a previous article printed in The Bolivar Commercial, the head of the Boyle Skene Water Association, Mike Tarver, said, “Boyle Skene Water tried repeatedly to negotiate with the city of Cleveland over our loss of water meters.”
According to a letter the association presented to the board of supervisors, the Boyle Skene Water Association board members filed a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Tarver said the FAA had received little-to-no contact from Cleveland concerning their complaint over the loss of water meters.
The board members of Boyle Skene Water Association have since contacted an attorney and have begun to build a suit against Cleveland.
“I just want to bring everybody up to speed,” said Cleveland Attorney Jamie Jacks at a recent aldermen meeting.
Jacks said she had received a letter from the water association concerning the city’s multimillion dollar runway extension project that has been in the works for some time, which is the basis for the request to close McCain Lane and McCain Road.
“We have received approval from all other parties involved to move lines and the city will pay for the cost,” said Jacks. “Boyle doesn’t want to move their lines. We have asked them to move their lines and have informed them that we will pay for the move.
“At this point, the process can’t go on without government approval,” she said. “I will call and see what the process is.”
Jacks said she believes there is about a $2 million lean on the water association from rural development and that they would have to have approval from the government. She said she will contact the government and explain the situation.
The board members asked Jacks to make a request with rural development that they will see it the city’s way in order for the process to continue on.
Jacks said her hopes are to get the process done without going to court.