The City Council purchased a new streetsweeper ($140,000) and decided to refurbish 3 automated garbage trucks ($411,800). The city had been having to borrow a sweeper from Daphne and Foley; and garbage having to be collected manually at times.
An improved maintenance program is to be implemented as well.
COUNCIL UNDECIDED ON GARBAGE FEES
At a meeting last April, Councilman Ford had said his garbage/recycle committee was discussing a 2-$4 increase in the monthly garbage fee, but Council President Mixon subsequently proposed that all fees be waived next fiscal year (use existing tax revenue to pay for the service instead that year).
Ford's committee suspended fee discussions after Mixon's proposal. The full council will vote to decide where to set garbage fees for next year, during the budget process now underway.
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