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Council approves plan to advance landfill closure/remediation work; staff say dozers and excavators needed to open new cell
Summary
The council authorized amendment to an engineering-services agreement to develop a closure and remediation plan for the city rubbish field and discussed leasing or purchasing heavy equipment — dozers and excavators — to operate a new landfill cell and clear limbs and debris.
The City Council on July 8 authorized an amendment to an engineering-services agreement to develop and execute a closure and remediation action plan for the City of Jackson rubbish field, a step staff said is necessary to reopen or expand landfill operations.
Lakisha Weathers, the city’s solid-waste manager, told the council that reopening a new landfill cell depends on closing…
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