TUESDAY AUGUST 19, 2008
8:20 AM

The sealing process seems to be going well. They hope to complete the work today. There is a chance that rain will change the schedule. Jerry said that they worked late last night. He said that he went home about 9 pm.

The commercial truck is now operating again. It stopped yesterday. Tri State sent a mechanic from Jonesboro, but he could not get it running. They called a wrecker and carried the truck to Jonesboro. Jerry has talked to the manager in Jonesboro and the owner in Memphis. He said that they gave the company line. They were doing all they could to solve the problem. I hope that they can solve the problem soon. It has been a frustrating situation for our employees to deal with a new truck that will not operate. The problem is with the exhaust system. All engines that are put in service, beginning some time last year, have to have a new type of system to deal with the exhaust. It seems to be a problem will all companies not just Mack.

I spent a lot of time yesterday working on the cost of garbage in Wynne. It is interesting to look at the cost of each type of trash and the money we take in from the customers to pay for the removal of the trash. I am doing this because we will not take in enough money this year to pay for the service we now provide. The city council at the August meeting instructed me to operate the system as we have in the past and use general funds to pay the cost above the amount we collect. The city will have to make a decision about how to pay for the service next year and the amount that the customer will pay.

Theda was off most of yesterday and all day today. Her brother in law passed away early Saturday morning and the funeral is this afternoon.

Pat and I talked with Amy last night. She told Pat that she would like to go with us for a vacation in October. We are looking at the latter part of October. This will be the first time we have taken a vacation together in several years. I look forward to the vacation and spending time with Pat and Amy.