JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Officials with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) said the City of Jackson was fined $900,000 for failure to pick up residents' garbage in 2023. According to a document, the city must pay $375,000 of the penalty to MDEQ as follows: Officials said the remainder of the penalty, totaling $525,000, [.]
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Jackson City Council will soon make a final decision on which company will collect trash for the capital city for the next six years. Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba said the review committee has made a decision and should present it to him sometime this week. "The committee met last [.]
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Richard's Disposal has filed a complaint against the City of Jackson after the mayor issued a new request for proposals (RFP) for garbage collection. The company wants a judge to overturn the mayor's decision to issue the RFP pending the decision on Richard's appeal in the Hinds County Circuit Court. Jackson [.]
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson City Councilman Ashby Foote, Ward 1, said the city may only see one or two vendors put in a bid for the new garbage request for proposals (RFP). Foote said the low interest in the bid could mean an expensive contract for the capital city. He accused Mayor Chokwe A. [.]