Jackson officials have come to an agreement on a garbage collection company after over two weeks without trash pickup throughout the capital city.
On Monday afternoon, attorneys for the city council and Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba released that Richard’s Disposal will be awarded a one-year emergency contract during Tuesday’s special council meeting.
According to the attorneys, members of the city council will be given the opportunity to vote on the contract once again after Lumumba declares a state of emergency. Director of Communications Melissa Faith Payne stated that trash pickups will resume after the council approves the contract.
The agreement comes after a day-long court hearing between the city council and Lumumba, with Special Judge H. David Clark calling for both sides to come to an agreement on a waste disposal provider despite the months-long dispute.
“This is a great example of failure of leadership all the way around. When leaders won’t talk to each other, when leaders won’t cooperate, when there’s no give or take, when there’s no compromise,” Clark said. “If you don’t want compromise, what you have is a dictatorship. We decided — we being the United States of America — decided many years ago we did not want a dictator, yet that’s what we have. A government that is trying to determine who is the dictator and who is going to pay for that.”
At this time, the case between the city council and Lumumba has been dismissed. The city council is expected to vote on the emergency contract at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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