County Mayor Weston Wamp has proposed swapping $3 million in federal COVID relief funds for immediate projects around the county.
His proposal received immediate backlash from county commissioners.
$53 million had been allocated to the Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority. Wamp suggested taking $3 million from those funds. The $3 million was specifically allotted for sewer upgrades that he claimed were “years away”.
District 7 Commissioner Lee Helton, whose district would be receiving $500,000 in lights for baseball and softball fields at East Hamilton High, was in full support of the proposal.
