THIS 11TH HOUR DEAL COMING JUST DAYS BEFORE THE TRASH COULD START PILING UP WILL LEAVE JACKSON RESIDENTS BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF AND MORE WAYS THAN ONE. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A DEAL BETWEEN THE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL AND RICHARD’S DISPOSAL TO PAY THE COMPANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IT CLAIMS IT’S OWED FOR TRASH PICKUP AND TO KEEP THE TRUCKS ROLLING SO THAT BAGS OF TRASH WON’T START PILING UP MONDAY. GOING TO GET THERE, GET THIS DONE AND GET THIS. PUT THE BATTLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE GOOD PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF JACKSON WILL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PICKING UP THE GARBAGE NEXT WEEK, ACCORDING TO AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY’VE AGREED TO PAY RICHARD. $4.8 MILLION OWED FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS OF TRASH COLLECTION AND THE COMPANY WILL CONTINUE COLLECTING TRASH IN THE CITY UNTIL THE STATE SUPREME COURT ISSUES A RULING ON THE MAYOR’S VETO OF THE COUNCIL’S NEGATIVE VOTE AGAINST RICHARD’S CONTRACT. MAYOR CHOKWE ANTAR LUMUMBA EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY CONTRACT WITH RICHARD AFTER WASTE MANAGEMENT, THE LAST TRASH PICKUP DEAL WITH THE CITY EXPIRED. THAT AGREEMENT WITH RICHARD’S WENT INTO EFFECT APRIL 1ST, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL NEVER APPROVED THE CONTRACT AND HAS REFUSED TO PAY. RICHARD, THE $808,000 MONTHLY BILL FOR TWICE A WEEK TRASH PICKUP AS STATED IN OUR LAWSUIT THAT IS IN FEDERAL COURT, THE CONTRACT IS NOT NEEDED FOR THE CITY TO PAY BECAUSE OF THE GOOD UNDER THE GOOD FAITH VENDOR STATUTE. ALSO UNDER THE UNJUST ENRICHMENT. RICHARD’S ATTORNEY, JOHN WALKER, BELIEVES THE CITY COUNCIL’S POSITION HAS BEEN UNREACHED NABLE. ON THE ONE HAND, HE SAYS THE COUNCIL HAS REPEATEDLY SAID IN COURT FILINGS THAT THE STATUS QUO SHOULD REMAIN LET RICHARD’S KEEP PICKING UP THE TRASH. YET, HE SAYS MONTH AFTER MONTH THEY’VE REFUSED TO PAY THE COMPANY FOR PROVIDING THAT SERVICE. BUT THE LAW SAYS IF SOMEBODY HAS DONE THE JOB, THAT THAT IS NEEDED AND NECESSARY, THAT IS REQUIRED, AND THEY HAVE DONE IT TO A SATISFACTORY THEY THEY ARE ENTITLED TO BE PAID. THIS WILL GET DONE IN THE RIGHT WAY, IN THE RIGHT ORDER. AND THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. NOW, YOU’RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. ACCORDING TO THAT ATTORNEY, DESHAUN MARTIN, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RETURN TO THE RFP PROCESS KNOWN AS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WHERE THEY WILL BE ONCE AGAIN LOOKING FOR ANOTHER CONTRACTOR, WHICH CAN START OVER THE LONG TERM, COLLECTING JACKSON’S TRASH. ONE NAME STILL ON THAT LIST, WASTE MANAGEMENT TONIGHT. THAT’S THE VERY LATEST FROM JACKSON CITY HALL, ROSS ADAMS 16, WAPT NEWS. OKAY, THANK YOU, ROSS. AND IT WAS UNNERVING AS PEOPLE WONDERED WHETHER OR NOT THEY’RE TRASH WOULD BE PICKED UP OR LEFT TO SIT ON THE STREETS. 16 WAPT’S GRACYN GORDON SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS TODAY OVER THE FRUSTRATIONS. BEFORE THAT DEAL WAS ANNOUNCED. IT LOOKED BEAUTIFUL. YOU KNOW, SMELL PURE FEAR FOR WHAT JACKSON COULD BEGIN LOOKING LIKE AT PRICHARD’S DISPOSAL. REFUSES TO PICK UP TRASH. PRETTY WORRIED ABOUT SAY PUTRID WAYS TO GO AND HERE’S WHAT YOU GROW. IS ALL I CAN DO. AND WHEN IT RAINS IS HOPE. WE DON’T KNOW THEY’LL BLOSSOM OUT. YOU GET SMEARED IS STUFF I WANT TO SAY. THAT’S A LONG NAME I TELLING YOU I’M VERY BITTER. THE CITY RELEASED ADVICE FOR RESIDENTS TO LIMIT TRAFFIC USAGE BEFORE THE DECISION WAS REACHED. SOME NOT APPRECIATING THE RECOMMENDATIONS. HOW CAN YOU REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRASH IN YOUR HOUSE? I MEAN, REALLY? I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? TAKING IN THE BACK YARD, PUTTING ABANDONED, BURNING? WHAT DO YOU ALL DO? AND FRUSTRATIONS CONTINUED TO RISE AS CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH OVER THE GARBAGE CRISIS ISSUE. IF THESE PEOPLE CAME IN AND DID THIS, MOST WORK HERE, I MEAN, WHY WHY NOT? GO AHEAD AND PAY THESE PEOPLE? MANY WANTING IT OUGHT TO BE OVER WITH. RESIDENTS UPSET. THERE HAD TO BE A THREAT OF A LAWSUIT AND WORK STOPPAGE BEFORE SOME TYPE OF DECISION COULD BE MADE. WE ARE REALLY GOING THROUGH ENOUGH IN THE CITY, SO WHY SHOULD THE PEOPLE HAVE TO PUT A LAWSUIT ON US JUST BECAUSE Y’ALL CAN’T COME TO AGREEMENT TO PAY YOU? REPORTING