The following is a statement from Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba on garbage collection developments:
"The Mayor’s Office of the City of Jackson stands by its decision to provide Jackson residents with quality garbage collection service at a fraction of the cost of other vendors.
We continue to follow the conclusions of the evaluation committee which determined that Richard’s scored the highest for twice-a-week pickup with a cart (trash bin). In fact, Richard’s is the most affordable bidder on ANY of the garbage collection options presented to the council.
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I have no personal benefit from the selection of Richard’s as the top vendor in the evaluation process. I remind residents that FCC International was also voted down by this council despite being selected as the top-rated vendor. We’ve reached out to the council in an effort to move this process forward. Our letter to the Council President went unanswered.
The bottom line is that we intend to support what is in the best interest of our residents. Richard’s continues to prove it can do the job in trying circumstances. They beat out the other two vendors in the evaluation process. The numbers don’t lie.”
