Sunday, October 16, 2022

MEMA Seeks Manager for O.B. Curtis

 The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency issued the following statement. 

The Unified Command of the Jackson Water Crisis incident, at the request of our federal partners, has issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for operations and maintenance at the City of Jackson’s water treatment facilities. The Unified Command is seeking a 12-month emergency procurement contract for staffing for operations, maintenance, and management of OB Curtis Water Treatment Facility, JH Fewell Water Treatment Facility, tanks, and well facilities of Jackson. 

 Current Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) contracts end on October 20, 2022. The Emergency Measures declaration ends on November 29, 2022. The Unified Command is proactively seeking long-term solutions to sustain the state’s work at these facilities.

 

“MEMA is acting as the coordinating agency for the procurement of this contract. Staffing has been a critical issue at these facilities, and we are ready to move to the next phase of stabilizing Jackson’s water services. Our top priority is life safety,” says MEMA Executive Director Stephen McCraney.

 

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

WONDERFUL NEWS!!
Hire a competent manager ( something Chock a Lot nor any of his cronies are or could ever hope to be) and rest assured the water issue will be taken care of- Next up , the Police Department, The Sewer plant and runoff and 911 Service!
Thank Goodness the Adults show up and showed out!!

Anonymous said...

Sadly, no competent person would dare get mixed up in that cluster. The city will work against anybody the Feds secure for the position. It will take complete federal oversight (takeover) for anybody with any sense to get involved. There’s just too many other opportunities out there right now.

Anonymous said...

The only way any qualified will come in is that the COJ and the Mayor specifically has no say in the operation at all. He is the reason the treatment plant had no qualified people working to begin with. Every department in the city is either understaffed and/or has no qualified people working there.

Anonymous said...

OB Curtis is a surface water plant and there are only 2 of those in the state. One needs different certification than a well water plant. So, where will these “qualified” people come from? No one in there right mind from the one surface plant in the north would leave their job to come here for a 12 mo. gig. And who from outside the state would gamble moving here, then after the city takes it back over they have to deal with all their nonsense. They need people or a person with certification on site 24/7. Krazytown, USA has jobs available. Taking applications now!

Anonymous said...

Seems like the cart is getting ahead of the horse here. Why would any competent, experienced water plant manager leave his or her current position when there have been no long term plans for the future of the ownership of the Jackson water system. Are Chokwe and Jackson be handed the reigns back? If so, I have doubts a professional would have any interest in the position.

Anonymous said...

"At the request of our federal partners..." I wonder which federal partners? FEMA, because it would be cheaper than keeping all of their people there? EPA, because this is part of the "negotiations" to make Jackson's SDWA violations go away (without putting Chowke and friends in federal prison?) And why have MEMA handle the procurement? Because they don't trust the City to handle an RFP for services (like a garbage contract?)
So many questions?

Anonymous said...

Take a job and buy a home in Jackson they said; it will be an experience of a lifetime they said.

Anonymous said...

October 16, 2022 at 2:24 PM, it would have been hilarious if you had used John McClane, instead of anonymous.

Anonymous said...

No one qualified will want this gig as long as they are under Chokwe the moron

Anonymous said...

I believe this will result in an outside company (Veolia, United Water, et al) running the plants (Curtis and Fewell). Veolia already operates the sewer plants. Problem is who is going to make sure they get paid!!! And how much will they charge? $2M per month?

Anonymous said...

Qualified applicants must live within the city limits, be willing to carry the mayor's water, and work for peanuts.

Grease my Palms said...

No matter what happens or who is chosen Chowke still have veto power, right?

Anonymous said...

Anyone that applies is crazy. They'll just be fired when the emergency declaration ends and Chockwe takes back over.

Anonymous said...

Fine. I’ll do it.

Anonymous said...

What they need is a contractor who hires a subcontractor who hires a sub-subcontractor, right Socrates?

Anonymous said...

"Right Socrates?" Epic.
He ended up getting a piece of the City's bottled water distribution, didn't he?

Anonymous said...

Unified Command? What dystopian foolishness is this?

Anonymous said...

"Federal partners" - i.e The City of Jackson is out of the water business.


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