An intermunicipal agreement for the transmission of sanitary sewage for a site in Parryville expected to be finalized has hit a major snag.

Franklin Township supervisors had hoped on Tuesday to approve the Parryville Intermunicipal Agreement pending Parryville Borough’s approval. Once accepted, the board was then expected to authorize township solicitor Tom Nanovic to send the agreement to all other municipalities involved for their approval.

While the motions were listed on the board meeting agenda, no action was taken after Nanovic informed supervisors of a letter he received from Parryville’s counsel, attorney Robert Frycklund.

“As of (Monday), we had a deal,” Nanovic said. “I don’t know what happened.”

Nanovic said there were six items Frycklund recommended be changed, which Nanovic submitted to Parryville for its review at its borough council meeting this past Monday. Parryville council did not sign the agreement.

From the township’s perspective, the problem is that the building at 770 State Road, Parryville, is not located in the township. Normally, the township would bill the property owner, and therefore wants the responsibility of payments for billing purposes in Parryville’s name. However, Parryville wants it in the property owner’s name.

The building was expected to change over from Keystone-Harley Davidson to a medical center along with space for the Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit to expand.

Joe Bennett, of Bennett Family Properties LLC, thanked Nanovic on Tuesday for putting the agreement together for Parryville.

While Bennett said he believes it would be good to have DaVita as a dialysis center for the community, he’s frustrated by this most recent development.

“I empathize with your position, I empathize with their (Parryville’s) position,” Bennett said.

Bennett then suggested that he, Nanovic and Frycklund sit down to hash things out.

Nanovic said he will talk to Frycklund.

“We need to have an agreement,” Nanovic said. “There’s nothing here we thought Parryville was going to balk at.”

As of last month, both municipalities continued to work to develop the intermunicipal agreement.

At that time, concerns still need ironed out about a few things in the agreement in regard to the relationship between Franklin and Parryville, and the responsibility of billing and receiving payment on both ends.

Bennett requested at that meeting that he be afforded the opportunity to view Nanovic’s copy of the resolution that had been written.

However, since all parties hadn’t seen the agreement at that time, Nanovic said he didn’t feel it was appropriate for third parties to see an agreement that everyone hasn’t had the chance to agree upon.

Nanovic said that he’d spoken with Frycklund, who had a copy of the agreement as well but reiterated that “not all parties have had the opportunity go over the document, therefore I do not feel comfortable sharing it.”

Franklin Chairman Jason Frey noted that an agreement has to be made from a Department of Environmental Protection perspective.

In August, Franklin supervisors, along with Parryville’s Borough Council, held a joint meeting to develop an intermunicipal agreement for the transmission of sanitary sewage for the building.

Bennett Family Properties LLC’s confirmed property transfer by Bennett said previously that “the CLIU will be located on a little over 18,000 square feet, with the medical center on the other 10,000 square feet.

“The dialysis center operated by DaVita would operate as a separate entity from Keystone Harley-Davidson.”

The DEP said the former agreement that was made years ago when Blockers was connected was done incorrectly and that every municipality involved should be signing that agreement.

Since the property transfer was confirmed by Bennett, agreements have been in the works.