City Hall planning clean-up

A weeklong citywide clean-up has been scheduled for May 11-16, 2015, following last week’s city meeting.

The city council endorsed a clean-up plan put together by City Administrator David Dockery and Aldermen Beverly Burrow and Doug Kidd.

During the clean-up, city residents will be charged half the usual price of disposal fees at the convenience center on Front Street, and city workers will be available to pick up large items curbside for senior citizens and disabled residents.

Dockery told aldermen the cost of the clean-up to the city in terms of hauling extra trash to the Memphis landfill is expected to be between $3,000 and $4,000.

The city is also requesting volunteers from the community to help residents who do not have the means to haul off debris.

The convenience center will be open during the clean-up from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 11, through Friday, May 15, and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 16.

Items accepted at the convenience center are garbage, debris, tires, and yard waste. Items not accepted are shingles, construction waste, electronics, paint, and batteries. Half price rates during the clean-up will be as follows: pickup load – $3, 16-foot trailer – $10, larger trailers – $20 and up, tires up to 20″ – $1.50 each, tires bigger than 20″ – $4, ag tires – $15 and up, and appliances with Freon – $7.50.

A copy of citizens’ water bills will be requested at the time of dumping to show residency.

In other city business, continued their discussion of pursing USDA funding opportunities for water system improvements, and aldermen will consider authorizing the engineering study necessary to start that application at a future meeting. City officials reported Nathan Jaramillo will be contracted for $1,469.52 to make the repairs to City Hall where an external elevator had been attached. And aldermen listened to a fifth and final presentation on digital water meters.