Commission backs solid-waste officer resolution and weighs operational changes including truck cameras and office hours

Jackson County commissioners adopted a resolution designating the county solid waste director as the Jackson County Solid Waste Officer with authority to enforce local mandatory solid-waste regulations and to serve citations related to ordinance enforcement, and they discussed multiple operational proposals from the Solid Waste Department including a change to office hours and procurement of in-truck camera systems.

The resolution, placed in the meeting packet and read aloud by the chairman, states the solid waste director will be appointed as the county’s solid waste officer and “pursuant to section 22-27-3 of the Alabama Code 1975” may appoint a three-person committee from solid waste employees to review exemption requests and assist with enforcement duties. It also designates the solid waste officer as a process server to…