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Can delivery continues in county
Published January 18, 2008
Randy Webster, director of the Jackson County Solid Waste Department, told county commissioners Tuesday that delivery of the new garbage containers to customers has begun.
The county authorized the purchase of 13,500 containers for 13,002 customers and the contractor, Otto Management Co., is delivering them with the help of temporary personnel as part of the contract with the county for some $700,000.
Tippers were placed on Solid Waste trucks to tip the 96-gallon container contents over into the garbage hauling truck. Webster described this as semi-automated.
Webster said some 1,800 containers, each with a number, were assigned to customers the first day. The distribution is going a little slower than the company expected, Webster said, but workers are getting the job done and anticipate being through with delivery of the containers by Friday, January 25.
The commission gave Webster permission to hire Leslie Slaten as a replacement for an assistant office manager at the Solid Waste Department due to the other assistant manager being elevated to office manager succeeding a person who became county personnel manager. Webster said the job, which had been advertised, drew 67 applications.
Webster requested employment of a temporary part-time person, who would work 20 hours a week or less, and this was approved on a 3-2 vote with Chairman James Tidmore breaking the tie. Commissioner Jack Allen said he felt like supervisory personnel, such as the Solid Waste route manager and Webster, could pick up the slack. Webster said delivery of the containers had resulted in “a ton of phone calls” from customers. He said he is also responsible for 18 people who work in and out of the Solid Waste Department shop.
Webster said the person would be hired for six months and review the situation at that time.
Voting for were Glenda Hodges, Darren Blizard and Tidmore. Voting against were Allen and Carl Marona.
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