A legal battle between West Warren-Viola Utility District and the Jarrell family of Coffee County didn’t come to an end last week, but it temporarily included a heated exchange between representatives from the two. The county’s Economic and Agricultural Development Committee met Thursday to consider a resolution to address “any perceived conflict of interest” on behalf of Warren County, West Warren-Viola Utility District, or James C. Hailey and Company in regard to the Community Development Block Grant Funds and publically acknowledge a known family relationship between the three. By the information, utility district general manager Tim Pelham is the father of Hailey’s employee Anthony Pelham.
West Warren legal battle leads to heated exchange