February’s meeting of the Trenton City Council was postponed to Tuesday, February 15th in observance of Valentine’s Day. During the meeting, after pausing for executive session for personnel, Mayor Alex Case returned to announce the retirement of long-time City Court Clerk Cindy Robertson. Robertson has spent the previous 35 years employed with the City of Trenton, according to Case. Her final day as City Court Clerk will be March 4th. Robertson declined to comment for this story.
Mayor Case stated that the City will be posting the opening for the City Court Clerk position beginning Monday, February 21st via media, Facebook, and the City’s website; along with an opening for a Deputy Court Clerk. When those jobs are posted, requirements and a description of the positions will be made available.
During the meeting, Street Commissioner Monda Wooten also announced that W. Crabtree Street will be repaved using SPLOST funds. According to Wooten, the street was chosen as the candidate for repaving due to its heavy usage in the city. The project will begin soon after the finishing of Walnut Street.
Mayor Case announced that the City Council will be meeting with engineers to sign the first contract to begin the extensive sewage renovations. The first contract relates to the new ‘bar screen’ that will be applied, which according to Case in a previous meeting is a filtration system designed to remove foreign objects from the wastewater that commonly cause blockages. Paper products, plastics, and especially wet-wipes can be filtered out using this manner of treatment. During the meeting, they will also discuss industrial fees for the project.
Previously it had been announced that the City of Trenton was purchasing a brand new truck for the fire chief to use. Multiple issues have arisen with that truck, according to Case; and now they have told the salesman that they will be canceling the order on the ’21 truck and using those funds on a ’22 model.
In Parks & Recreation news; a $7,000 project will commense to move and replace the picnic tables at the City Park. The new picnic tables will be plastic-free, consisting of metal and concrete; but more importantly will be placed in a way to avoid damaging the center tree’s root system and protect that landmark.
You can watch the meeting in it’s entirety below:
by Orey Yates
