Limestone County’s scrap tire recycling program will restart as soon as commissioners award a bid at Monday’s meeting.

Commissioners discussed the effectiveness of the program at Wednesday’s work session. Barring a last-minute change, Liberty Tire Recycling will be awarded the bid at a cost of $2,180 per load.

“There will be zero businesses bringing tires to District 3 and putting them on a trailer,” District 3 Commissioner Jason Black said. “These businesses that continue to be paid to dispose of their tires and then bring them to us to haul off is malarkey.”

Black said any tire businesses caught unloading tires at his shop would be treated the same as if they dumped the tires anywhere else in the county.

Elsewhere Wednesday, District 2 Commissioner Steve Turner said he has ordered two pedestrian crossing signs that will be placed on either side of East Limestone Road at the school. There is an existing crosswalk on East Limestone Road between the school and Tab’s Market convenience store, but Turner said the crossing is not safe for pedestrians.

“The other night they had The Night of Bands and a lot of people were crossing back and forth,” he said. “We found some signs that have some LED lights around them and point to the crosswalk.”

The signs are solar-powered and are controlled by a button on each side of East Limestone Road. The cost for the signs is $6,500. Turner hoped they would be installed in about three weeks.

Lastly, District 4 Commissioner Ben Harrison expressed concern over an existing contract between the commission and Meridian Energy Group. In April, the commission approved an agreement for Meridian to replace lights at county-owned buildings with energy-efficient LED bulbs.

Harrison voted against the proposal and Black abstained, citing the fact a Meridian representative had donated to his campaign.

At Wednesday’s work session, Harrison said there were five rooms on the first floor of the Washington Street annex and 12 fixtures at the former judicial building on South Jefferson Street that had not been converted to LED lighting. He said the same was true for the restrooms at the Clinton Street annex.

Harrison told commissioners Meridian had also not populated all the fixtures with LED bulbs.

“That was part of the agreement,” he said.

Elsewhere Monday, District 1 Commissioner Stanley Hill noted it would be his final work session as a commissioner. His final regular meeting will be Monday.

“I’ve enjoyed it,” he said. “I appreciate all the support and help from all departments. I also want to thank everyone for their support while I was in office.”

The commission will meet 10 a.m. Monday at the Clinton Street Courthouse Annex.