The Honorable Ashby Foote, Ward 1 City Council Representative to the Jackson City Council spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club’s June 15 meeting. Ward 1 is in northeast Jackson.
In introducing Foote, club past president Wyatt Emmerich, noted that Councilman Foote is the leader of the Republican caucus of the council. It is worth noting that Foote previously said that he is the only Republican on the City Council.
Foote discussed the problems that the Council is addressing and that it has recently addressed. Those include infrastructure, utility billing, drainage, policing, and crime. In discussing drainage, he noted that it is unfortunate that significant development has been permitted in the Belhaven, Eubanks, Hanging Moss, and Purple Creek drainage basins without adequate retention ponds being required by the Department of Environmental Quality or the U.S. EPA.
We thank Foote for his presentation and for his years of service to the city of Jackson. Foote’s presentation and the complete club meeting may be seen at the following link. https://vimeo.com/564160143.
The following photo was taken after Foote’s talk.
From the left, club member Luther Munford, Foote, and Club President Lee Carney.