Jackson Garbage-Pickup Mess Unresolved As Deadline Looms
Jackson, Miss., officials are still reviewing proposals for the next vendor to handle trash collection in the city.
Jackson, Miss., officials are still reviewing proposals for the next vendor to handle trash collection in the city.
Jackson residents said issues and concerns remain a year after JXN Water’s Ted Henifin took over the water system despite significant improvements.
JXN Water Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Henifin’s new proposal would lower water rates for Jackson residents who receive SNAP food assistance.
Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba said the City will issue a new request for proposal for trash pickup.
Following 18 days with no garbage pickup, services will resume for Jackson residents on Wednesday after Special Chancery Court Judge David Clark mediated a temporary settlement between the feuding Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba and the City Council for a one-year emergency contract with Richard’s Disposal.
The City of Meridian projected Grindline’s design concepts for the skatepark on a big screen at the reveal party at Ben Arthur Davis Park in November 2022.
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