Lexington, SC 10/16/2024 (Paul Kirby) – The Lexington County Council is once again discussing mandatory curbside solid waste collection as it has done multiple times over his more than 20 years of service on council according to Councilmember Todd Cullum. “We’ve discussed this every few years since I’ve been serving on the council I believe,” Cullum said during a recent interview with the staff of The Lexington Ledger. “Now, we’ve had a first reading on an ordinance to mandate the service. Next, we’ll have a mandatory public hearing, so we have an opportunity to hear what the citizens think about it,” according to Cullum. “Based on that hearing, we can drop it or move ahead with making it an ordinance,” he said.