The Winona Board of Aldermen did not take action to pass an ordinance banning residents from blowing leaves and grass clippings into city streets.
At the April 17 meeting of the board, city attorney Ray Baum was tasked with penning an ordinance to curb blowing or raking vegetative waste into city streets which leads to clogged street drains. Baum presented the board with a draft of the ordinance at Tuesday’s regular meeting of the board, but the measure died for lack of a motion.
In other city business:
• Calbrina Woods, chairman of the Bravo Battery 2-114th Field Artillery Family Readiness Group, asked the board proclaim each Friday a “day or special prayers and remembrance” for our local troops deployed to active duty in March. The proclamation urges Winona citizens to wear red shirts every Friday until the troops return home.
In addition, Woods said special Bravo Battery 2-114th Field Artillery red t-shirts can be purchased to wear by those in the community, with proceeds going to support Family Readiness programs to benefit the troops and their families while they are deployed. The cost of the t-shirts is $15. For more information, contact Woods at 662-753-1659.
• Greg Dees, manager with AT&T, informed the board of AT&T’s intention of adding fiber cables to run along telephone poles throughout the city.
• Water Superintendent Frank Faulkner reported that water pressure problems in the northwest side of the city have been corrected by fixing water leaks. Alderman Mickey Austin, who lives in that area of the city, said he has seen a great improvement in the water pressure.
• Winona Chief of Police Tommy Bibbs informed the board of a new state assessment for uninsured motorists that will be collected from those ticketed due to no insurance and sent to the State of Mississippi.
• Bibbs informed the board that Lawrence Lard, a trooper with the Mississippi Highway Patrol, has agreed to teach a ladies safety class as a way of giving back to the department that gave him his start in law enforcement.
• The board accepted the resignation of Jonathan Lumbley from the Winona Police Department.
• Winona Street Superintendent Tony Palmertree informed the board that his crew will begin filling the many potholes around town as soon as the ground is completely dry. In addition, the city’s trash bins to the Greensboro side of the city barn, inside the fence, to prevent overflow and misuse of the facilities.
• The board accepted the resignation of Kenneth King, Sr., from the Winona Housing Authority Commission after 27 years of service. The board appointed Sydney Castle to fill the vacant position. The board also voted to re-appoint Michael Baskin for another five year term.
