City names judges for May election

The Clarendon Board of Aldermen appointed election judges for the upcoming May election during the city’s regular meeting March 26.

Bunny Owens will serve as the election judge, and Wilma Lindley will the alternate judge.

Election day is May 9. Mayor Larry Hicks is unopposed for re-election, and three men are running for two places on the board. Aldermen Doug Kidd and Sandy Skelton are joined on the ballot by Britton Hall.

In other business at last Thursday’s meeting, aldermen listened to a proposal from HD Supply regarding their electronic water meters. This was the fourth such proposal the city has seen in recent months as it considers installing a modern water metering system that would be more accurate and reduce labor costs.

The board approved a contract with Will Jordan to serve as the city’s code enforcement officer for the remainder of the fiscal year.

Aldermen also approved three motions aimed at separating the departments of code compliance and animal control and clearly defining job descriptions associated with those departments.

The board again took up the topic of a citywide clean up, and Administrator David Dockery presented cost estimates that the sanitation department might incur with such an event. He said hauling a 40-yard roll-off box to the Memphis landfill would cost the city about $600 per box with a clean-up generating five or six boxes. Alderman Kidd said it would be worth the money to get the town cleaned up, and other board members agreed.

Dockery will bring more information and suggestions for a clean-up to the next meeting. Aldermen Kidd and Beverly Burrow were asked to help with the proposal, and editor Roger Estlack was asked to find information about past clean-ups.