Dyersburg State Gazette: Photo: Newbern city board names new water plant operator, gives all city employees raise, hikes rural water rate

Newbern city board names new water plant operator, gives all city employees raise, hikes rural water rate

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Elmo Lunn (left) and Lance W. Smith (right) of Veteran Management Services (VMS) are the new contract operators of the city of Newbern's wastewater treatment plant and water plant. Lunn is a former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and worked for a company hired by the city to run the plants in the 1990s. Smith is president of the VMS and was recommended by Newbern Mayor K.W. Dennison due to his involvement in the implementation of an EPA program in another city.