Allied Waste Wants To Feed The Entire Town of Century, Council Does Not Accept Invitation

June 3, 2008

Allied Waste offered to throw a party for the town of Century, but the town did not accept the invitation.

Mayor Freddie McCall told the town council Monday night that Allied Waste had offered to hold a picnic for the entire town and feed everyone jambalaya on July 5. The mayor asked the council to approve renting a tent for the event and purchasing items like catfish and hushpuppies to accompany the jambalya.

“I think it is a great gesture,” McCall said of Allied’s offer. Allied provides waste pickup on a contract basis in the town.

“I think that’s a good gesture, but are they working with us on the bills,” Council President Ann Brooks asked. The town has not paid an Allied Waste bill since October, according to Town Clerk Dorothy Sims, because every bill the town has received from Allied has been grossly incorrect.

“They billed us for all the businesses,” Sims said. Allied’s agreement with the town says that Allied will bill each individual business in the town for waste service. “We let them know that we are not going to pay them until they get it straight.”

“They haven’t picked up garbage on Old Flomaton Road in a week. I’d like to see them do their job first,” Brooks said. “It looks like they just skipped Old Flomaton Road altogether.”

“They know they have a problem,” McCall said.

On accepting the free picnic for the town’s residents, Brooks asked “do we want to send them a message that everything is O.K. ?”

“They missed the pickups and they bill us wrong,” council member Gary Riley said. “Now they want to feed us?”

No motion was brought to the table to accept the picnic offer.

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