The Fayette County Board of Education is moving forward in studying the town of Tyrone’s offer to hook up to the city’s sewer system.

The board currently operates a wastewater treatment facility on Jenkins Road that serves three schools. Currently, the school system pays almost $10,000 a month to operate the system.

Tyrone is offering the system the option of connecting to the system and paying $8.45 per 1,000 gallons used. Integrated Science and Engineering studied the proposal and determined the school system uses approximately 800,000 gallons per month, which would translate to a bill of $6,760 from Tyrone.

But the memo from ISE said Town Manager Barry Amos said the the sewer rate could be reduced to between $4.95-$5.15 if the school system hooks up to the system. If the lower rates are implemented, the school system would pay between $3,960 and $4,120 per month.

ISE officials estimate it would cost $500,000 to build a pump station for the facility and $130,000 to decommission the Jenkins Road facility.

The memo also indicates school officials should also consider the ownership and operation of the pump station in negotiations.

“We recommend the FCBOE require Tyrone to own and operate the pump station after it is placed in operation. This will place the liability for operation on the town of Tyrone,” the memo read.

School officials did not make any decision Monday night when the information was presented and plan to study the offer further.

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