Jackson Mayor Moving Forward With Garbage Pickup Bid Process After Two-Year Impasse
Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba said the City will issue a new request for proposal for trash pickup.
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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 latest Jackson garbage crisis is part of a long-running dispute between the mayor and the city council, which prompted a series of emergency garbage disposal contracts in the capital city.
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