Solid Waste Problems and expenses
With all the turmoil over the surprise changes taking place in the Solid Waste industry some important questions beg to be answered. Certainly there are many questions yet to be answered with the city's waste, but most of those can't be answered at this time. The County is making efforts to come into compliance with state requirements, and the hiring of Mrs Julie Philips is certainly a step in the right direction.
I congratulate the Commissioner who pushed to make these changes but must also continue to question the motives and common sense that allows the primary person responsible for putting the county in such a precarious position to continue working for the county. I must say that the reason given for not firing the person, "he comes to work every day and is close to retirement", to be one of the most irresponsible explanations ever given in support of a non productive employee.
How many private haulers are operating in the county?
How many of these haulers have had to raise their rates or plan to raise their rates in the near future?
Will those rates go down if the city reopens the transfer station?
What is the salary that Mrs Phillips will receive, will it be the equal of what Mr. Watson was making?
What is the new salary of Mr. Watson, who I understand will now work in Old Records? Will he continue to draw the high income he previously received as Solid Waste Director?
How much is being spent on "Old Records" and why were they not transferred to the old Alternative School site that was to be remodeled for that purpose?
How did Mr. Watson, whose productivity is so incredibly low, get so much power that he can't be fired for cause or to block the Old Records move?
I congratulate the Commissioner who pushed to make these changes but must also continue to question the motives and common sense that allows the primary person responsible for putting the county in such a precarious position to continue working for the county. I must say that the reason given for not firing the person, "he comes to work every day and is close to retirement", to be one of the most irresponsible explanations ever given in support of a non productive employee.
How many private haulers are operating in the county?
How many of these haulers have had to raise their rates or plan to raise their rates in the near future?
Will those rates go down if the city reopens the transfer station?
What is the salary that Mrs Phillips will receive, will it be the equal of what Mr. Watson was making?
What is the new salary of Mr. Watson, who I understand will now work in Old Records? Will he continue to draw the high income he previously received as Solid Waste Director?
How much is being spent on "Old Records" and why were they not transferred to the old Alternative School site that was to be remodeled for that purpose?
How did Mr. Watson, whose productivity is so incredibly low, get so much power that he can't be fired for cause or to block the Old Records move?
posted by Allen Barrett | 1:40 PM
119 Comments:
I voted for Vansant but I did not expect her to employ a deadbeat with my tax money!! How many others are in the County?
You employed a deadbeat when you elected Vanzant!
What a scam!!
I wish I could just show up for work, do a horrible job and end up with a pension and another job
With decisions like this regarding Watson, is it any wonder why people question the “thinkin” of some County commissioners?
Good luck to Phillips. She’s going to need it!!!
Why was Ms. Phillips just given this job? This job should have been advertised so that others could apply for this position. Seems pretty corrupt to me that such preferential treatment is bestowed upon Ms. Phillips.
Ms Phillips has been with the Highway Department for years and knows the job like no one else. She is the best. It was an appointment move within the organization and DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ADVERTISED. Phillips already has some got grants being worked on and has the ball rolling for all citizens. She already has a recycle plan prepared and is ready to institute it. Be patient. Better days are coming in Giles County with good leadership.
Julie Phillips deserved to be named Solid Waste Director as she has been doing half of the job for years, which should have been done by Dan Watson. Mrs. Phillips deserves all the support we citizens can give her. The position is one that is appointed and did not have to be advertised. Better to question why Dan Watson's job in Old Records was created. Where did the money come from for his job?
since when has the fine county exective became concerned with long term county employees
Yawn, Yawn! another boring post!
Thursday, May 28, 2015 8:30:00 PM
Too bad Mr. Barrett didn't ask your permission to post this thread. Why do you read the blog anyway.
Now to Mr. Barrett.
A lot of people like to research the old records. I hope they do move these records to the old Alternative school.
Has Mrs. Parker retired from the old records? I have no idea what she got paid, but she did a good job.
My garbage people have already raised the monthly rate by nine dollars. They had no choice as the refuse now has to be transported to Lewisburg.
Didn't Parker go to part time status and then retired.
From WKSR,
"Anyone who wants to submit a design for a flag or seal may send them to the county executive’s office at 222 West Madison Street in Pulaski."
Flag and Seal Ideas:
1)Doing Things the Same Way for Over 200 Years and we ain't gonna change for nobody.
2)If You Are Not From Here Shut Up and pay your taxes, Or Leave the County!!!
3)Laws? we don't go by no stinkin laws.
4)I've Lived Here All My Life!
5)If it was good enough for my slave owning Great Grandad then it is good enough for you!!
Just brainstorming.
I think you have it figured out and addressed it quite well.
Hey, Thursday, May 28, 2015 2:50:00 PM I'd bet you voted for Obummer, too. Not just once, but twice. The dumb-masses of this county refuse to change. They like it. It will never change.
Old Giles County families {typical of the southern Democrats} are still pissed off at Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution. That is why any "newcomers" are still considered carpetbaggers.
Time for The Charter government.
Nothing to see here folks. Move on to the next scandal.
7:37:00 AM Got to read your post. Looks like the blog is all you and me have to do.
It is amazing that the majority of our citizens and taxpayers just sit on there collective asses, shake their collective heads and mumble "I just don't believe it!" The level of collective apathy is incredible. Dan Watson has been drinking form the County milk and honey bucket for at least 15 years. Under the direct supervision of our esteem County Executive (because Dan Watson never reported to any Commission Committee) He has bilked us the taxpayers a full salary, plus benefits while doing absolutely nothing useful. Unless you take into consideration his authoring a rambling news article published periodically in our newspaper.
I for once have to totally agree with Mr. Jackson in that Dan Watson ought to be fired. Actually he should be brought up on charges of fraud against Giles County taxpayers. If you multiply his salary of $37,000.00 by 15 years, that equals $555,000.00 he has been paid. When you factor in his benefits; he has cost Giles County citizens $721,500.00. Folks .... that is a hell of a lot of money for nothing in return.
I know that there are a bunch of you who will state that Dan Watson is a good person and that he knows lots about Giles County history and that he means good. That's all good and well .... he should do his tricks on his own and not at taxpayers expense.
Barrett, post something about the prestigious award Dan Speer and EDC received recently and about Giles unemployment rate dropping to almost a state wide low of 4.7%
This is neither for or against Speer. Just something I've always wondering when I read the unemployment rate has dropped.
How do they know it has dropped? Could it be they have drawn all the unemployment they can, so someone thinks they must be working? Maybe they had to go back home to their parents or move in with their children.
Is Julie Phillips still working at the highway department?
Take into consideration the number of residents who travel outside the county for employment and higher wages. It does not mean healthy job growth within the county. Look at Pulaski. The downtown has had two recent store closings, maybe more, and still recent one long time business closing. Also look at the wage paid in Giles County vs similar jobs in surrounding areas. We are 25% lower for the same jobs.
But Props do have to go to the State of Tennessee Economic Development for providing jobs to Pulaski, Giles County, and middle TN.
Why did Vanzant see fit to give Phillips and raise. There is nothing to this job! I hear she makes enough. Vanzant is breaking this county.
Ya'll post on here how everybody in the county is leaving to work in other towns because they dont get paid enough here. Then, in the same sentence ,you state the county spends too much on its employees and should cut pay or not give raises to its employees.It's no wonder people go to other places/counties to find employment.
Two different posts by two separate people, I know I made the 7:01 post, so your 1:06 post seems a little stupid. How can posts submitted an hour apart share sentences? Think before you write.
But to address your comment and how I feel about the raises of public employees, while businesses were closed, unemployment rose, salaries decreased and employees were denied raises the city and county employees never missed a beat and continued to receive raises and benefits.
Sales tax, Property taxes and appraisals continued to rise, but who got help with raises, increases to pay insurance, etc. Only the public employees. And we know the attitude of government in Giles County and Pulaski, we got to take care of friends and family and screw everybody else. they can always find somewhere else to live.
Don't flatter yourself because you used the term "Carpetbagger." Most of the people in this county have not heard that term in their lifetime. Remember, they were educated here! Speaking of education and "Old Records," why don't we just reopen the "Giles County Alternative School?" I know it has been revamped for old records, but it should be revamped for the discipline problem students of the county! Thanks Tim Webb! One of the stupidest decisions we allowed him to make! Problem students are still being allowed to walk the halls of their respective schools. Ridiculous!
Alternative School still exists in Giles County. Both Richland School and Giles County High School have alternative school programs. The one at Richland serves the Richland area and the one at GCHS serves BMS, MHS, and GCHS. It is the opinion of many that it would be more beneficial to have it once again all under one roof. Perhaps this will be changed; no doubt many so wish.
I should add to my comment above that the alternative school program at GCHS also serves Elkton School.
See where Roy Griggs wants a raise. Over the past couple years he has wanted a new ambulance garage, an ATV to the tune of thousands of dollars, if I remember also the wish list included new furniture. This guy is certainly not the best money manager in our county government, even Pollard who is on the ambulance committee did not recommend this raise. GIT RID OF THIS GUY.
Oh you dumbass you. I'm am quite sure if you regained consciousness with your life hanging in the balance, you would dig into your own wallet to give Roy a raise. How much is a person's life worth to you?
4:53 Your post would of been better if you had left the name calling off.
I agree. The persons who post by using foul language and by using the term "dumbass" do not have the ability to carry on a decent conversation.
Their opinions are pretty much worthless.
So because I use the term "dumbass" that renders my opinion worthless? People like you are the reason I must resort to calling it like I see it dumbass.I noticed you didn't have any thing to say about the context of my post, did you dumbass? Try and get your priorities in order next time.
Is Roy saving lives because he is a caring and compassionate person or as you suggest is he doing it for the money? Mention anything negative about Roy or the ambulance service and the fangs really come out. Privatize the ambulance service.
Roy Griggs did NOT ASK FOR A RAISE! THE budget committee gave it to him.
Did he turn it down?
Would you turn a raise down dumbass? I seriously doubt that you would volunteer the fact that you were getting paid too much. You sanctimonious ass-wipes must have a difficult time living with yourselves.
6:36 I don't think Roy Griggs would approve of your post. He is a better man than that.
Along with the raise he's getting a new car to ride around in
What would you like him to respond to calls in...which he does on many ocassions at all hours of the day and nught......another hand me down worn out police car??? The sheriff and deputies all have nice reliable vehicled...why shouldn't mr griggs have the same?
So mr griggs being offered a raise by the county...one which he did not request in his budget...of a few thousand dollars upsets you...but the deputy director of EMA getting a 10k raise doesn't even draw a comment???
well when you look at what is being done for the County; Mr. Griggs does a lot as well as the EMA Deputy Director. Actually Jeremy does 90% of the work and Barry does a lot of driving around looking important. So .... let's decrease Mr. Whitt's salary as well as Mrs. Vanzant so that we can give Roy and Jeremy raises.
Sounds like a plan.
Or, Fire Dan Watson and be money ahead
The poster with the foul mouth needs to get his mom to change his diaper and take away his computer.
The only genuine element of "growth" in the Giles County economy is in Giles County government. The vast majority of our elected officials have never seen a pay raise, a new building, or newly created position they didn't like. This is not "growing the economy" ... this is plundering taxpayers of hard-earned wealth. What do we get in return - shoddy government services & lazy bureaucrats who could never make it in the real world were it not for the Giles County Gravy Train of ever-improving benefits & salaries. To top it off, ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY from our County Executive, and a bunch of imbeciles on this blog defending the status quo.
To those who think the economy is great because the unemployment statistic is low - get your head out of the sand & talk to some real people outside of Giles County government. And given that figures lie & liars figure, check out another statistic: our Labor Force Participation Rate is at an all-time high. What does this mean? It means unemployment figures are low while an ever greater percentage of folks are on the dole & not even looking for productive work - effectively making the dependent class larger at the expense of taxpayers. Meanwhile, inflation-adjusted real wages are in a downward spiral, meaning even 2-income families are struggling. So sure, pin an award on the EDC for their great work ... suckers! Lipstick on a pig.
Some of us out here in the real world are busting our rear-end to make ends meet, and rearing children of character with the moral fortitude & dignity to support themselves ... which they'll probably have to do in another county. I'm not sure if that makes us working-class folk "dumbasses" or stooges. But we stooges - obviously a minority class - are at the mercy of the politically incestuous ignoramuses that run this county. God help us.
Very well said.
Amen 8:11
Friday, June 05, 2015 7:06:00 AM
AMEN!
Correction: The Labor Force Participation Rate is at an all time LOW. Bonehead error before my 2nd cup of coffee.
To the dumbass at 7:06, whether or not my diaper needs changing has nothing to do with why I refer to some posters as dumbasses. The simple fact of the matter is there are no other words that are appropriate in many cases. Like yours, for example, dumbass. Starting to get it now, aren't ya?
Obviously one of Roys supporters. Once had a car salesman tell me a good salesman knew when to shut-up. I thought about that a bit and I believe it has merit. After much discussion with one of Giles County teachers who was a Smith supporter I told her that story and suggested maybe Smith supporters did him more damage than good. They did not know when to shut up. She agreed. I have already got it guy with the dirty diaper. Maybe someone can explain it to you.
June 6, 3:20, You can justify your name calling to yourself however you like. The bottom line is that it is painfully obvious to the rest of us that you are incapable of carrying on a decent conversation.
The rest of us? Got a family of mice in your pocket dumbass? I could easily substitute "judgmental" but dumbass seems to fit you a bit more. You're welcome.
1:18 I'm not the one you are talking too, but I don't approve of you dirty talk and I don't believe Roy Griggs does either. If you are standing up for Roy how about doing it like an adult. Not like a child without training or a drunk.
I think Roy Griggs is a good Christian man and you are making people wonder.
No question Mr Griggs is a nice guy but the problem is that he is not a good leader. He is directly responsibility for the ambulance service operating at a loss each year and he created much of the mess at the E911 operations. Every departments opening on a buddy system your hire my family I'll hire yours, you cover for me and I'll cover for you. County government and the taxpayers are like a couple getting divorced everything is taken from one and given to the other.
208 my referring to the poster as a dumbass has nothing to do with Roy and everything to do with the poster's dumbass attitude. Please try to get past your outrage at my "dirty talk" and look at the reason I originally called the poster a dumbass. If my colorful language offends you I implore you to never turn your television on at prime time for I fear you will stroke out.
I can live with colorful language as long is there is some substance behind it. You have proven that you can not carry on a decent conversation!!!!!
5:55 Was this your post?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Oh you dumbass you. I'm am quite sure if you regained consciousness with your life hanging in the balance, you would dig into your own wallet to give Roy a raise. How much is a person's life worth to you?
Wednesday, June 03, 2015 4:53:00 PM
I agree with "How much is a person's life worth to you," but your name calling belittles the comment and Roy.
Sounds like you have a bad attitude.
Instead of hypothesizing if any of us is a "dumbass" why not get back on the posted subject.
I cannot help but believe that all of you will agree that Dan Watson is the poster child of a dumbass; and, he is being paid a nice salary (with full benefits) to continue being so.
If any of you disagree .... please enlighten all of us and delineate any positive attribute Dan Watson has (other than being a nice guy); and, what positive contribution has he provided this County for the past 16 years. To make this simple ... what has Dan Watson done as Solid Waste Manager?
Other than writing a period atricle for the newspaper.
Dan Watson and Roy Griggs are nice guys but they are being paid by taxpayers to do a job and neither one is doing that job.
For sixteen years Mr Watson has been locked in his office as the county fell farther and farther behind in waste management needs, recycling, etc. It's the same story with Mr. Griggs yes he is a good EMT and he is a nice guy but he is being paid a very good salary to be the director of the Ambulance Service for which he is a terrible manager. Even with the county paying a private company half the charges collected for their administration of billing the service is still a huge money loser. When people are being paid over twenty dollars and hour to sleep in their warm bed you are not serving the taxpayers. Yes if I was in an accident I would certainly the best EMT available to be treating me but there is a big difference in being a good EMT and being a good effective supervisor. The Ambulance Service has consistently lost millions under Mr Griggs leadership because he simply does not have the leadership skills needed, but he is friendly with Vanzant just like Mr. Watson and that seems to be the only qualification needed.
Another good post.
you are right on it 11:41
Sounds like the Old Records Department is where Dan should be as long as there was a vacancy and he doesn't get paid more than the ones before.
11:41...your view of ems is somewhat skewed I do believe...yes there are times they get to sleep....but there are also times they go all shift and do not have that option. And you make it sound like its a easy and high paying job. It is very stressful and hard on them. They 24+hrs without seeing family, missing holidays & sometimes their first day off shift is wasted away sleeping due to the fact that they awake for the majority of a 24hr shift the day before...you all say "well find another job then" but it is not that simple. It is a job that someone has to do...at least I want them there doing their job. I commend them for making sacrifices to their lives ,and their families lives, to help the people of the county. They are not like the annex workers who get paid to sit on their ass at home n get paid while it snows...they show up to work in ice storms, flood conditions, and various other situations all to serve the people of this county....and for what $35, 000-$40, 000 a year!!!??? Now that I think about it im not sure why they do it....maybe they should go work for the hwy dept and show up for 4-10 hr days a week and be home every friday Saturday and sunday. (With the exception of inclement weather) ...and make more money
They may not be able to hold physically to that kind of work.
1:34 AMEN!
There you have it 1:34, why are they working 24 on. Not long ago I listen as Mr. Barrett asked that very question of Mr. Griggs. Mr. Griggs admitted that many times after those long hours the techs were not at the peak of their game but that it was better to work that way because of all the part time workers. I don't want someone working on me that is half asleep or so tired they make mistakes.
Why not have the people work 12 hour shifts and not sleep there are many things such as upkeep of equipment they could do with being paid to sleep. 12 hour shifts would result in people being home with their families more often and would result in more alert techs when on the job. This would also not require near as much overtime to be paid.
Well....I think 12 hr shifts are a great idea...except it would require more employees and cost the county more money than just paying o/t. Someone please correct me If I am wrong...but I understand As of now you have 9 per shift. (4 trucks x2 employees per truck and a supervisor. X3 shifts is 27)....if you worked 12s It would have to be swing shift or 7-12s on 7-12s off. Either would work. But either way you have to allow time off.For ease of explaination lets use the 7-12s scenario...8am-8pm would require 9 employees 8pm- 8am would require 9 as well. So thats 18 for week 1...same for week 2....makes 36. Thats 9 more than you have now. Figure in 9 more employees to pay benifits to....it would cost the county more to run 12hr trucks...so either pay them to be there on call...or "sleeping" as you call it. (I assume its hard to get good "sleep" anyway having to get up every 2 hrs run call then wind back down) imagine how rested you would be if I set an alarm off every 2-3 hrs in your room and u had to get up and go out for an hr then lay back down... or shell out the money for the 9 extra employees. Either way you still have to have employees to cover all the sick and vacation time.You talk the commissioners into that and I will hire you to sell ice to eskimos for me!
Privatizing the ambulance service solves all this.
When do they get to sleep? I see one or two ambulances on the road about all time.
Does anyone have the time to go watch and see how many times and the time an ambulance goes out? Then report back to us.
How many times is an ambulance called and not picked up a patient? That's not the Ambulance Service's fault. How many times can a patient not pay the bill? You can't blame the ambulance Services for that.
Looks to me like for the best care to a patient the county needs to dig up more money and hire them for 8 hour shifts where they want be tired.
I wonder if we would get as good service from a privatized service.
2:10 Your thinking is nice but your numbers are off. If a week has seven days then 36 people are required to work not 27.
Nine to cover Sun and Mon. Nine different ones to cover Tue and Wed. 9 more to cover Thu and Fri. then Sat needs 9 which is 36.
Yes...I agree...it will take 36 people....27 is what the utilize not. 9 people every day. 8am to 8am and its on a 14 day schedule. 2 crews work 5 days and one crew works 4. And the next week same thing...etc...which results in 2 crews getting 120hrs and one crew getting 96...so each crew gets a "short check" every 3rd paycheck (6th week) I was paid on this schedule for many years....my math is correct guarantee it! :-)
Ho does this solve anything? You will not find a company willing to come into our county, guarantee 4 als units for 911 calls 24/7, and provide quality care without being subsidised by the county as much or more than ems now...yes everyone sees the ambulance service budget and freaks out...but they dont ask about all the payments that go back into budget from billing...the final deficit is equal to or lesser than what it would cost to subsidise a private service..
Show proof of that last post. That is not what I am hearing from neighboring counties. The ambulance service in Giles County is an employment agency.
6:30 you are way wrong "about all the payments that go back into the budget". The ambulance service has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars over just the past few years. Without giving a private company more than a million dollars to do the billing the loss would be even higher.
I dont know where you get your figures....but I would like to see the actual numbers on what they pay the billing service....because I know its a percentage and I also am sure its not over a million dollars.... im not saying that ems doesnt cost money to run....im just saying if they haul me that when I pay my bill it goes back into the budget. So why does everyone get off on downing ems.... the hwy dept provides a service( just like ems)... and they dont put money back into budget...but nobody bitches bout them...
Im not sure what you are asking. Please elaborate on your statement and I will be glad to try and explain it. Lawrence county is a neighboring county and they work 24 on 48 off...(Im there every 3rd day)...so does marshall....so does lincoln..so do maury's full time 911 trucks ( not convo side) and so does....oh wait thats all of the neighboring tn counties isnt it?
What the hell does it matter? Griggs just got a $10,000.00 pay raise plus a $500.00 bonus on top of that. Vanzant has her people where she wants them and regardless of how they do their job or if they do their job (Watson is getting a $500.00 bonus) nothing is going to change but the amount of money taken from the taxpayer. How many people got ten thousand dollar pay raises then an extra $500.00 bonus?
What is really amazing is that EMA has a very large budget and employees that get paid very nicely; yet, there is no Commission Committee that oversees this office. Why?
Barry Whitt is loyal to Vanzant and does whatever she wants. He is rewarded by being paid a salary (possibly overtime) for doing very little other than running around in a County vehicle with a badge and gun (is he "Post certified"?).
Bet he got a raise and Bonus.
His deputy does all the work and heavy lifting. Whitt needs to go.
I thought Obamacare was going to take care of all the medical costs. What happened suckers?
Jeremy Holley got a 10k raise...not roy griggs. His was substantially less than 10k
9:09 Reimbursement for ambulance trips has zero to do with the Affordable Care Act. Find out the facts before you post.
Oh my, the day things hit the fan! I may not live to see it but it will. People are fed up! It is the same everywhere I am sure but in a small town, too many things are obvious. The part that is funny, some keep on doing the same old crooked stuff and honestly thinking they are getting away with it. Won't last!
Folks - this ambulance service thing could be a softball issue if our good commissioners choose to get off their collective backside, do a little research, innovate, & exercise some raw-nerved leadership. Which is really the case with all of our issues, including the original "solid waste" concern.
1. Get a copy of every surrounding county's private Ambulance Service bid specification package & final contract; make out a list of the things we want/like, and assess the costs of those services.
2. Get our Ambulance Service employees together - those who have worked there at least a year - NO supervisors. Let them talk, bitch, whine & complain until they have nothing left to say. But don't let them leave until they provide at least 5 meaningful ideas for improvement. And for goodness sake, let the guys standing the watch figure out their best shift rotation, ideally a vet w/ watch-scheduling experience. (Note: hiring more employees & "spend more money" are unacceptable ideas ... encourage ideas of efficiency/innovation, not more bloat.)
3. Compiled from parts 1 & 2, write up our own GC contract with our own Ambulance Service. Tell the Supervisor, "Make this happen on your existing budget. You have 1 year. If you do NOT succeed this is exactly what we're going to ask for in a commercial bid process."
4. During that 1 year, do a no-crap cost analysis of our extant Ambulance Service, including all their infrastructure & life-cycle costs, and compare that to what surrounding counties are paying for their service (with much less headache.) Publicize that data.
That said, the bulk of our commissioners would never be so brash as to teeter the applecart a couple degrees to the right. Getting back to the point of the original post, it seems the real "solid-waste" to be concerned with are the thriftless plunderers who know nothing about exercising leadership or hardcore accountability.
Refreshing to see someone with insight in our county. Too bad you are not in a leadership position.
Total garbage.
Hmmm ... let me guess 7:18 ... your idea is to do nothing I take it?
You think your insightful analysis & penetrating critique wins the debate?
Let me guess - you were born here, educated here (to the extent that allows you to make 2-word grunts on a blog), your great-great grandaddy built his first outhouse here, etc etc. Great. Let's just keep things as they are I suppose.
Only flaw here is we dont have any surrounding counties that use private services to compare to...all 911 in surrounding counties are county services
Maury County EMS is private and run by Maury Hospital.
Limestone Co to our south is private and receives no funding from the county government. Last report I had a few months back Maury county even had two providers. Lincoln county is run out of the hospital also, not sure of the funding yet but rest assured when I get reliable information I will report back. A former employee of HEMSI told me they would bid on a contract according to things like call volume for example. Giles county was set to privatize a few years back but someone (care to guess who) sabotaged the move. Want details ask Pollard.
Vanzant
So we're finally back to the point of the post ... Solid Waste.
Typical Yankee trash response. Consider the source. Go back home. Make everyone happy.
Son I was born, raised and continue to live in the South.
I was being polite by using "solid waste".
Hey June 13 at 3:39 and June 14 at 6:06 be kind to June 14 at 4:52.
You got to realize that they are, undoubtedly, a product of Giles County education.
"Bless their heart"; they are like an injured dog and are snapping at anything that upsets them. They just might be the person about whom y'all were speaking.
Let's have an "Open Burn Day" once a month where anybody and everybody in the county can burn anything or everything.
They can't arrest us all if we all burn on the same day. And if they give us a citation we just tear them up and throw them in the next month's bonfire.
Don't have to provide the cash if you don't have any trash.
What concerns me is the county has been out of compliance for going on 20 years in that they should have provided these convenience centers for Giles county citizens where we could take our trash for free. Now what little option we had where we PAID to take to dump (we should not have been paying) has been taken away from us and we are having to pay for private haulers on top of paying taxes to take care of this problem. Guess none of us will make enough noise and the people that allowed this to happen will get away with it as usual. Private haulers have increased their fees and we even have haulers from other counties getting rich off of us by hauling in this county when it should never have been happening.
Where are the private haulers taking the trash?
Surely there is a place in Giles County where we can dump our trash without having to transport it to other counties? We create the trash why should other counties have to dispose of it for us?
Transfer station in Marshall county.
Did not answer my question. Why must other counties dispose of our waste
Glad their waste isn't dumped in Giles County.
Are other counties not getting paid to take our waste?
Giles County has no legal place for any of us to "dump" our waste. The Giles County municipalities and all private trash haulers must take our trash and dump it in surrounding Counties. I'm just thankful that our surrounding Counties are better organized and managed as well as allowing us to dump our trash on their turf.
7:27 AM. Amen to that!
6:20, 8:36 AM The answer was for June 20 at 3:31. To answer your question you will have to ask the County Executive, Tommy Campbell and Dan Watson.
Will it be cheaper to keep dumping on surrounding counties?
Dont matter if its cheaper or not, according to the state our county has to provide places for our garbage in Giles for free and should have been doing it for years past but we had to pay when we went to the dump at Maxwell Hill.
how is Tommy Campbell tied into this mess?
Don't think this is true. Giles Had no dump. The transfer station property belonged to the City of Pulaski. GC didn't have one. State say the county must have 3 recycle centers NOT DUMPS. Big difference. Cheaper to transfer garbage to Marshal Co. Than build our own transfer stations like before. It was never FREE. THERE ARE COSTS.
Chairman of environment committee. On board of ISWA which city and county eithdrew from.
Campbell has been chairman of the environmental committee for many years, he has been the commissioner most responsible for Watson being and remaining the solid waste guy for the county. Vanzant has long been aware of Watson doing nothing, at a salary over 30,000 a year, in his job and now she keeps him simply to prevent him losing his fat county retirement. The entire mess with the garbage and recycling is completely at the doorstep of Vanzant, Campbell and Watson.
The county is required to have three recycle centers and normal garbage drop off. Read the requirements.
With such capable people looking out for the best interest of all our County citizens; I just don't understand why anyone would consider questioning the current state of affairs we all are in.
Thank you Janet, Tommy and Dan for being who you are and what you so capably do for all of us.
I just don't know why anyone would want changes with the status quo.
Me either, hee hee.
200 years of stupid but at least the stupid has increased.
How much will it cost the tax payers for the county to give this $500 bonus to every county employee, and why is it necessary. Just 'cos there is money in the kitty, why spend it and not use it to put back the hospital money that shouldnt have been spent. If they give this bonus how long will it be before the county is hollerin there is not enough money to fund the garbage/recycle places and they want a wheel tax or property tax increase to take care of what should have been in place yearts ago. Who came up with this bonus idea anyways, was it the county employee budget woman.
Has that lady from the Highway Dept started her new job on solid waste and recycling yet ?
I wonder if she will keep communication going with the taxpayers regarding how much progress is being made in coming into compliance with state law ?
It would be good if she would put little updates on this blog as well as in the newspaper . The paper hasn't had such an exciting story for years !!
I heard that the woman moving to run the waste and recycle got a 20,000 dollar raise, does anybody know it that is true. I also heard the meeting on the budget was gonna be real upsetting to Mrs Vanzant.
I thought the woman already made more than Dan Watson did, so are they going to give her more than Dsn got?
A 20,000.00 raise.
Actually I believe there was a $15,887.00 change in pay for that position.
Do people notice how all entrances of the city look? Shameful!
She deserves the raise. She actually does real work for the county. Unlike Watson. She has more responsibility than Watson. Still does Hwy Depot work too.
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