NEWS/TALK 101.5 FM and WNWS.COM obtained a letter from Lou Bosco, the owner of Bosco Contractor Services LLC, who started his business in 2010.
The letter details his company – according to a court hearing – can no longer offer roll off dumpsters inside the city limits.
“Thank you for your business and support of Bosco Contractor Services LLC. Without you, small businesses like ours could not survive.
Now, I am reaching out to you in a time of need. The City of Jackson has decided that my family’s company, Bosco Contractor Services LLC is no longer allowed to service customers with roll off construction dumpsters inside the city limits.
This is a service that we started in 2010, in response to the local builders and contractors looking for a way to safely transport their construction debris to the landfill, and make for a healthy and safe job site – which in turn protects the welfare of the neighbors and the community.
In a court hearing, the City ruled against Bosco Contractor Services stating that the ONLY company allowed to provided dumpsters to jobs sites would be Waste Management – under the Refuse and Trash Disposal Ordinance, TITLE 17, Section 17-103, stating that the city will determine whose containers shall be used at commercial and industrial activities.
Bosco Contractor Services is being held in contempt, and has been ordered by the court to remove all roll off dumpsters within the city limits.
However, many other companies are still being allowed to distribute their dumpsters within city limits. In fact, A1 Waste dumpster is currently being used at the construction site of the new City Court building.
(NOTE: Lou Bosco sent photographs of the A1 Waste dumpster at the new City Court building)
Many of our customers agree that the service Waste management provides is slow, unreliable and expensive.
Our dumpster service benefits many small businesses in the City of Jackson where Waste Management lacks.
Recently, I received a phone call from a customer, a small business owner who lives and operates his business in the City of Jackson, requesting a dumpster for a house that was struck by lightning and caught fire.
His crews are working through the night to secure and begin the restoration process. He stated that Waste Management would be three to four days to have a dumpster delivered, and he has 10 men who have already started renovation with nowhere to place the debris.
Companies throughout Tennessee are free to get a construction dumpster from whomever they choose – except in Jackson, Tennessee.
This is putting a hurt on small businesses like ours.
I take pride in the fact that our company gives back to the city of Jackson.
Bosco Contractor Services participates in the Christmas Parade, donates to sporting teams, to boys and girls scouts, and we donate dumpsters to schools and churches. We take pride in our community.
Why would the City of Jackson support a large national company that sends its profits out of the city rather than our Jackson-based company whose employees and vendors live and spend in Jackson?
I am asking you, as a valued customer, to please help Bosco Contractor Services in this fight.
Contact Mayor Scott Conger and the City Council Members and let them know that you do not agree with the stance they city is taking.”
(PHOTO: Lou Bosco, owner, Bosco Contractor Services LLC)
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