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Resident urges county help after missed garbage pickups, asks if she must still pay
Summary
At a Lee County Commission meeting in Opelika, resident Kathy told commissioners Meridian missed multiple trash pickups on her street and asked whether she must pay for service days when collection did not occur; she also asked about county options for elderly residents to remove yard waste.
Kathy, a member of the public, told the Lee County Commission that her neighborhood has had repeated missed garbage pickups by contractor Meridian and asked whether residents must still pay for service when collection is skipped.
"Am I paying for it anyway or not?" Kathy asked, describing phone calls to the garbage office and a refusal to transfer her call to a supervisor. She said yard waste is piling up at her home, she is elderly and cannot haul it away, and requested guidance on what the county can do to help.
A staff member asked Kathy for her address so the county could follow up, and a commissioner told her to keep calling and to contact her commissioner for assistance. The exchange concluded with the commission promising to try to get the matter addressed.
The comments came during the public-comment portion of the May 26 meeting in Opelika. The commission did not take a formal vote on any change to vendor policy at the meeting; staff indicated they would follow up with Kathy directly.
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