City council to purchase vacant
bus station

By By Fredie Carmichael / staff writer
April 2, 2003
Meridian city councilmen hope to eventually turn the block across the street from City Hall into a park.
Councilmen moved one step closer to that goal Tuesday when they voted to spend $85,000 to purchase an old bus station on the block bordered by 23rd and 24th avenues and Sixth and Seventh streets.
The rest of the block is owned by Brown Printing Co., where its printing business is located.
Mayor John Robert Smith said his staff and city councilmen have wanted to do something with the block for a long time.
Smith said the city was able to buy the old bus station property for about $15,000 below its appraised value.
Officials with Brown Printing Co. said that they had no plans to sell their property anytime soon.
And until they do, Thomas said the city's newly acquired vacant property "will just sit there."
OTHER BUSINESS
Meridian city councilmen voted Tuesday to eliminate glass from the city's recycle list.
Waste Management Inc. which collects the city's garbage has been recycling glass as part of its contract with the city.
With the change, Waste Management now will crush the glass and dump it at its landfills. The reason: Waste
Management has lost money in two of the last three years when it recycled the glass.