Sumter County Water Authority: $1.122M in Unpaid Garbage Bills

0:00It's April 29th. From your city to your ears, this is Birmingham News Today, powered by AI. A board member on the Sumter County Water Authority is calling out a big problem, over $1,122,000 in unpaid. Garbage bills owe to the county. They bill 2,655 customers every month, but 960 folks have been paid up. Commissioner Marcus Campbell from District 2 says the commission picks these board members and expects them to handle it. He points out the current administrator already told staff to make sure both water and garbage bills get paid, calling it straight up negligent to let people slide on just one. Board member Jenkins is pushing hard for a fix, like combining the water and garbage bills into one mandatory payment. If folks don't pay, service gets cut off. No exceptions. He checked around with other counties and saw they do it that way successfully, so why not here? Commissioners are now setting up a meeting with the water authority to sort this out.

1:02The next board meeting hits on May 19th, so expects some real movement soon to collect what's owed and tighten up the system.