Richard's Disposal said it spent more than one million dollars preparing to take over Jackson's garbage collection on April 1.
Richard's Disposal owner Alvin Richard, Jr. stated in an affidavit filed in Hinds County Chancery Court last night in Lumumba v. Jackson City Council:
a. Leased trucks to collect waste, photographs of which are attached as Exhibit 5 to this First Supplemental Affidavit.
b. Employed workers to collect waste and said workers went on payroll beginning on March 14, 2022, for orientation, training, and performing preliminary work to start collecting waste on April 1, 2022.
c. Purchased equipment to use in the collection of waste including, but not limited to, the
following:1. Collection Containers
11. Fuel Tank And Fuel
iii. Uniforms And Safety Equipment For Workers1v. Radios For Trucks And Employees
v. Office Facility
17. Richard's purchased all insurance coverages required by the Emergency Agreement with the City
of Jackson, Exhibit 5 to my Original Affidavit.
18. In addition to purchasing all of the above items, the Executive, Management, and Administrative Level Employees of Richard's have spent more than One Thousand (1,000) hours to be prepared to begin waste collection on April 1, 2022.
19. To date, Richard's has spent at least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) to b prepared to begin waste collection on April 1, 2022, pursuant to the Emergency Agreement with the City of Jackson, Exhibit 5 to my Original Affidavit. Further, Richard's is obligated for at least another Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) to carry out the Emergency Agreement,
While Mr. Richard extolled the amount of money he spent on the contract, Mayor Lumumba asked the Court to reconsider its approval of the motions to intervene filed by Waste Management and Richard's Disposal yesterday. The Mayor merely repeated the same arguments he made last week opposing intervention.
Tonight should be interesting. Stay tuned.
Kingfish note: Ho-hum.
42 comments:
So, this company borrowed money, bought equipment, hired workers,etc. before they had a valid contract and it is the population of Jackson who are libel for these expenditures.
So?
Boo F*&$ing Hoo!
Like I said, Organized Crime works wonders.
10:37...ding ding ding!!!!
No, what they did is make up mobilization costs, brought some of their already existing trucks up here to make it look like they are actually incurring some costs. If I were a judge, I would verify the VIN#'s on the trucks brought up here vs the trucks in the alleged lease agreement first, before proceeding, to see if they were telling the truth. They are going to try and fleece the City of Jackson into paying for their mobilization if they don't get the contract or use the "we are already geared up" line as leverage to have the contract given to them.
I bet if you dig deep enough, the workers, the building lease, etc all have ties to friends or already in place. ie, workers already employed, and lease made up from a friend and not actually in place. Can anyone verify how many people from Jackson have been hired and been to training? I bet if you dig deep enough, none of this has taken place. Like stated above, there is no solid contract. No half assed decent business person would take that gamble with the uncertainty that has surrounded this debacle.
Doesn’t sound like a smart business owner
People keep harping on training. How much training does it take to hold on the side of a truck moving at 5 miles per hour, jump off, pick up and dump a trash can, throw the trash can down as loud and as hard as you can, and do it all again? It might help getting employed if you have an extensive criminal record.
How much of the million went to Lumumba and his minions?
What portion of that money was earmarked for palm greasing? How much for knee-cappers and leg-breakers? How much for Atlanta "entertainers?"
According to record, financial responsibility by Jackson to RD for start up costs was in the unauthorized emergency proposal upon which 'authority' boy mayor signed a "Notice To Proceed" letter to RD.
When Jackson City Council refuses to pay, RD will have to sue and Lumumba should be held personally liable.
If Lil Choke says he can't make decisions without Council's minutes, why did he sign Notice To Proceed?
If they spent a million dollars already, that was dumb. That’s like saying, hey judge, we are dumb.
11:14 more than you think. It has to do with workplace safety. Traffic, driving, lifting without hurting your back, visibility, hydration, etc. Most workers comp companies make some form of safety training mandatory for this type of business and have it documented.
Chokwe is desperate to figure out how to pay them back for their bri... I mean sunk costs.
(come on KF, let this one through)
Lol, and the shit show gets shittier.
I wish I could just make up numbers for reimbursement when I file my taxes.
Average citizens face more scrutiny than this Richards scam will ever be subjected to.
Politics as usual.
Mayor Gumflapper: "Jesus! Now it's an EMERGENCY!"
spent
The money is for overhead - that would be baby chowke "in over his head."
The law is very clear that a contract not approved and spread on the minutes is not a legally binding contract. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the person/entity contracting with the governmental entity to make sure its contract is approved and spread on the minutes before proceeding.
There is no claim by Richard's here.
12:20 : But the trucks......
Just went to the Jackson Free Press website and not one single story on their front page about the trash fiasco. LOL
@12:20 PM is absolutely correct. It's called the board minutes rule, and if the agreement is not approved by the board and the material terms spread upon its minutes, there is no binding agreement. Richard's could make a claim or file a lawsuit but they will lose.
Fixin' to be a long 72 hours for Trash Wars special on the ground correspondent "J.C. Don'Matter".
You folks really just don’t want to see a brother get a shot!
Covering the bases for a potential lawsuit against the mayor and city in case they lose this emergency deal? Get paid one way or the other.
Starting on April 1 on the Bravo Network - The Real Trash Wars of Jackistan, MS.
First Episode: "By Any Means Necessary"
Starring Chowke "Greasy Palms" Lumbubbles
Co-starring Alvin "the million dollar man" Richard
Special Guest Star: Rocko "the knee-capper" Bonanno
Director: Rukia Lumbubbles
Produced by: The Free The Land Foundation
"First of all you're going to have to grease the local politicians for the sudden zoning problems that always come up. Then there's the kickbacks to the carpenters, and if you plan on using any cement in this building I'm sure the teamsters would like to have a little chat with ya, and that'll cost ya. Oh and don't forget a little something for the building inspectors. Then there's long term costs such as waste disposal. I don't know if you're familiar with who runs that business but I assure you it's not the boyscouts."
Is the hearing being streamed? If so, where?
Mayor wheel chock is gonna ask that Richards get reimbursed the Mill it claims to have spent.
"The law is very clear that a contract not approved and spread on the minutes is not a legally binding contract. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the person/entity contracting with the governmental entity to make sure its contract is approved and spread on the minutes before proceeding." Yeah, yeah, but the Mayor says it will be so.
THe RFP and Emergency Contract are HAULING agreements ONLY. Jackson has a seperate disposal contract with WM (previously with Republic Services.) Whichever company is awarded the hauling contract must take the garbage to the WM landfill. Jackson pays 100% of the disposal fees.
It is shocking that WM is fighting the hauling contract in court. It is very hard for a company with HUGE amounts of overhead to make anything off a hauling only contract. Disposal contracts are where the REAL money is at.
Would you expect anything different? This is getting gooder and gooder every day…I presume the City can use some of its $48M in Fed Covid funds to pay RD.
2:08…really? So it’s about giving someone a chance because of his color???!!! That’s the whole problem! I know you probably don’t want to admit it but the job should go to someone qualified. Now, since WM owns the landfill or controls it, how long do you think the “equipment “ will operate without having a complete breakdown which will shut access off? I mean, the equipment CAN breakdown and therefore they can refuse any trucks to dump the cornbread and pig ears from last night. Jus sayin
Mayor can not enter into this contract without approval of city council. None of this is legal and laws are being kicked around
Is there a means by which the mayor can be recalled or unseated midterm?
I honestly don't think the city will survive another 3 years of him. Every basic city service is now failing and he is doing his damnedest to make sure it gets worse, and quickly.
Um, how does WM make money off its landfill? Why would it refuse to accept RD deliveries?
Is there anything to suggest RD is not qualified? Might have crappy service if based off Yelp reviews in New Orleans but not qualified?
Why WOULDN’t they make money off the landfill? Should they let them use it for free? Crappy service is the same as Not Qualified. If they aren’t doing their job correctly and not training personnel to perform the work properly then they are not qualified. Why should we give them a pass when the most qualified company was performing the work? I go through this constantly with low bidder crap on public work. No one cares about the most qualified all they want is cheap cheap cheap and cheap and it comes back to bite you every time! In this case the taxpayers will get the shaft.
Landfills are cash cows. There is a minimum fixed cost to operate. The landfill owner needs X amount of tons to cover all of the costs. Every ton over and above that about goes straight to the bottom line. There are no additional costs to take more tonnage. Disposal contracts are the best of the best for making money. The downside is massive upfront investments and permitting headaches. You don't need drivers, trucks, etc to operate a landfill. Trash companies use hauling contract (most have small margins) to feed the beast (aka the landfill.)
This circle jerk could make a great screenplay for "Goodfellas II."
I lived in the area where this guy had the garage contract. All I’ll say is Jackson you are in for a mess. He had that contract in La taken away because of how bad the service was. I can’t believe Jackson would even be entertaining a contract with him.
7:49 : You can't believe Jackson would do this ? Lol.
Reading the actual info, and reading the comments it's obvious people have no idea what they are talking about when they comment on this stuff. It's sad, but not surprising given the audience. Smh
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