Recycle Hours Cut to Only Wed, Political Sign in City Discussed

Courtsey of WRBE, "Your Hometown Radio"
The Lucedale Board of Aldermen voted to only open the recycle center one day a week at their first of the month meeting on Tuesday evening.
Public Works Director Lavell Henderson reported changes to the state inmate policy would no longer allow them to attend work details on Saturdays and holidays. Henderson said inorder to have a work shift at the recycle center on Saturdays, his employees would have to accumulate over-time. It was unclear if the new inmate policy was only temporary. The aldermen voted to only open the recycle center on Wednesdays, beginning the week of July 9 until further notice.
Several routine items were approved and two resignations were accepted from the Lucedale Police Department, that of patrolman Jason Smith and dispatcher Dawn Pipkins.
The board voted to purchase $100 advertisement for a local team to travel to the All-Star State Baseball Tournament in Vicksburg and voted to begin round 2 in the application process of a Katrina Supplemental Grant.
Billie Tilley, Susanne Whites, Jim Corley and Dave Lollis were appointed to a newly formed “Replant South Mississippi Committee” and travel was approved for the committee to attend an urban forest workshop on the coast on July 25-27.
The aldermen discussed the city's sign ordinance and stated concerns about signs blocking motorist views when placed on right-of-ways; the signs are being collected by city employees, but arrangements can be made for the return of the signs to their rightful owners.