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Commission donates used garbage truck
Published January 28, 2009
The City of Bridgeport will now have an extra garbage truck in case of emergencies.
Bridgeport Mayor Bubba Hughes addressed the Jackson County Commission Monday to ask if the county could provide the city with a surplus garbage truck.
Hughes said Bridgeport has been picking up its own garbage for a year now and has "a fairly new" garbage truck. However, he is concerned about what would happen if the truck needed to be repaired and could not be used for a while.
Hughes asked the commission if the county had a surplus garbage truck that could be donated to the city to be used as a back-up truck.
The commission asked Randy Webster, Director of the Jackson County Solid Waste Program if the county has a surplus garbage truck that could be donated.
"We do not have a surplus truck, but we have one we could easily surplus," Webster said.
Webster explained the county has a 1992 garbage truck that was purchased used as a back-up truck for the county. The county purchased a new garbage truck in December, so they now have another back-up truck.
Webster said the 1992 truck is not needed and is of no value to the department.
The commission voted to declare the 1992 garbage truck surplus property and donate it to the City of Bridgeport at no charge.
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