CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The Hamilton County Board of Education plans to sue the city of Chattanooga over more than $11 million the city hasn’t paid in liquor-by-the-drink taxes since 1998.
Board attorney Scott Bennett told The Chattanooga Times Free Press (https://bit.ly/OFFseO) he will file the suit in Chancery Court in the coming days.
Before hearing about the school system’s lawsuit, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke’s Chief of Staff Travis McDonough said he didn’t see the city writing an $11 million check to the school system.
But he said city officials told Superintendent Rick Smith on March 5 that they would be willing to sit down with the school system. McDonough said no one from the school system followed up.
Smith says he was interested in working with Berke, but got no response.
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Information from: Chattanooga Times Free Press, https://www.timesfreepress.com
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