The City of Newton will have a fall citywide cleanup day from 9 a.m. to noon November 16.
This will be the second cleanup date that the city has sponsored this year, and Alderwoman Linda Wash would like to see it continue in the future with two cleanups throughout the year.
“We invite everyone to come out and help us clean up the city,” Wash said.
Volunteers who wish to participate can arrive at City Hall at 9 a.m. on the cleanup day. The volunteers will divide up into groups and then will be assigned an area of the city to pick up trash.
In other business, the Newton Board of Aldermen:
• will pay Neel Shaffer $5,577.50 and $17,184.55 for engineering services on the sewer rehabilitation project, R&J Construction $76,850.35 for the access road construction at Biewer, Engineering Plus $8,289.28 for engineering services on the access road project and East Central Planning and Development $3,906.38 for administrative services on the access road project.
• purchased a $150 ad with the Multi-County Community Action Agency.
• will send City Clerk Charlene Evans and Court Clerk Shelia Jackson to a debt setoff training session in Gulfport on October 28.
• allowed Evans and Ann Mapp to register and travel to the MMCCA Winter Educational Workshop in Jackson December 11-13.
• approved trick-or-treating Halloween from 4-7 p.m.
• held a brief executive session.
