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.
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 Jackson is now facing the possibility of up to $75,000 in fines from the State because residents have had to go without garbage pickup services since April 1, after the Jackson City Council rejected Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba’s proposed six-year contract with Richard’s Disposal.
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