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Mayor responds after residents cry for help

Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey wants to know how the city is helping residents recently affected by sewage backups – and what city workers are doing to make sure it doesn’t keep happening. “I think there’s been … maybe a half dozen claims regarding sewage backup in houses and I would like to know specifically what […]

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Jackson MS mayor defends selection of Richard’s Disposal for contract

One day to go until the Jackson City Council is set to vote on a long-term garbage contract. On Tuesday, March 19, the council will hold their second monthly meeting of March. On the agenda, the council will decide the fate of a long-term contract between the City of Jackson and Richard’s Disposal Inc. During […]

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City council focuses on potential water supply from Kaw Lake | #citycouncil

At Monday night’s city council meeting, Bartlesville’s water supply was a key focus, leading to the approval of a new study, authorization of further testing and the initiation of a pilot program. With weekend rains further filling up Bartlesville water reservoirs, city staff breathed a sigh of relief that this year’s summer won’t be like […]

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Detroit City Council approves $210.7 million trash hauling contract | #citycouncil

Detroit City Council on Tuesday approved two trash hauling contracts totaling $210.7 million that will increase garbage pickups but raise residents’ fees annually. The $87,761,352 contract with Priority Waste and $122,945,186 with Waste Management of Michigan are set to launch in June to provide weekly pickups. Priority Waste will replace GFL Environmental, whose services frustrated […]

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Jackson MS City Council share priorities for 2024 | #citycouncil

Members of the Jackson City Council have shared their top priorities in Jackson they would like to see addressed in 2024. Each of the council members said they would like to see more roads improved and repaved in 2024. The city’s perennial problem with potholes was brought up by each council member. “We got to […]

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Here’s when Columbia city council could vote on roll cart rules change | #citycouncil

When the Columbia City Council voted in March to move to an automated system for trash collection, it was the start of a yearlong process for education, updates and eventual delivery of roll carts for trash. It also means the city council is again looking back at the originally adopted ordinance to see if any […]

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Jackson Mayor won’t ‘endorse nor condemn’ proposed new water rates

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said is not “endorsing nor condemning” the new water billing rates that were presented by federally appointed third-party water administrator Ted Henifin in recent weeks. “I think it should be something that our residents, (and) the city council should be very in-tuned with and understand before making any decisions,” Lumumba […]