Thursday, June 29, 2023

Waste Management Wins

 The Hinds County Board of Supervisors will vote to approve a garbage collection contract with Waste Management Monday.  WLBT reported: 

Hinds County Administrator Kenny Wayne Jones says residents will not see an interruption in trash collection services this weekend, even as the county’s current waste-hauling contract is slated to expire. 

On Monday, the board of supervisors is slated to vote on a new five-year agreement with Waste Management. 

The county’s current contract with the provider expires on Friday, but Jones says the company has agreed to provide pickups through the weekend. 

“Supervisors are very adamant that we don’t have a break in services when it comes to garbage collections,” Jones said. Rest of article.

The agenda states Mr. Jones will present a waste and collection contract to the Board for a vote.   

Waste Management submitted a bid of $16 per month per household.  However, the price will probably be negotiated downward since Hinds County must reduce what it can charge from 7 mills to 6 mills due to population loss. 

Kingfish note: Meanwhile, Jacksonians nervously wait to see if Richard's Disposal will actually pick up their garbage today. 


21 comments:

Anonymous said...

Only in Jackson and now Hinds County is garbage collection (or lack thereof) even a concern.

Anonymous said...

Did someone on the BoS actually learn from Chowke's corrupt mismanagment or did Richard's not come through with sufficient grease?

Anonymous said...

Yes! Hinds County will have clean streets!

Anonymous said...

Local government management 101: Whatever Chowke does do the exact opposite.

Anonymous said...


The county should form garbage collection as employees in a sanitation department. This way the worker can get a pension when they retire. There is no need for any contract Richards or Waste Management.

We as citizens should encourage the local government to work and not contract.

Anonymous said...

10:10 AM, take a look at the city of Jackson and think how well all of the departments are run. Do you really want people like that collecting garbage? It is bad enough we have the part time garbage collection in Jackson. Imagine if we had to depend on city workers to do the job.

Anonymous said...

10:10, who do you think can do it for the lowest cost? A bunch of county employees or a company that does this all over the country?

Anonymous said...

10:10 you obviously never dealt with any department in the city of Jackson. Try calling them and see what happens...any department.

Anonymous said...

10:10 are you nutts! Do you have any idea the absenteeism that Hinds Co. has? And you would have garbage pickup on the day a driver or ground crew decided to work?

Anonymous said...

@10:10 AM Sure, just like Jackistan has internally managed water and sewer. How did that work out? I'll wait.

Anonymous said...

$16/month. How many pickups per week?

Anonymous said...

I'd say WM lost-

Anonymous said...

June 29, 2023 at 10:10 AM
That would be even worse than Richards. At least Richards half way collects garbage. With city employees it would never get picked up.

Anonymous said...

shucks...i was hoping to take my garbage to a board meeting and dump it on the table and leave

Anonymous said...

Richard's picked up my garbage this morning, as they have regularly done, twice a week, since the great garbage standoff ended.

Anonymous said...

Any possibility of getting the WM contract?

Anonymous said...

Hinds BOS just discussed the bids this week 4 days before the current contract expires. It is difficult to expect a new company to get to get trucks, hire employees and start a countywide contract with less than 4 days notice. A local minority company (NCS) which previously held the contract entered a bid of $5.00 per house less than WM.

Anonymous said...

Pay them enough to do the job without scrimping.

Anonymous said...

Only in Jackghanistan and Hinds County is providing garbage service such a complex and controversial issue.

Anonymous said...

@ 9:11 - Who among us, with minimal walking around sense, could roll with the idea of a company with no equipment bidding on a project requiring equipment and involving millions of dollars?

Am I assuming too much to think YOU might have walking around sense?

Anonymous said...

FWIW, you’d think the BOS would have a new contract in hand before the current one expires.


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