ECCC to start nursing program here

East Central Community College will be starting a new nursing program on the Neshoba General campus in the next couple of years.

The program was announced Monday by Dr. Brent Gregory, president of East Central Community College, and Lee McCall, chief executive officer at  Neshoba General, during the regular meeting of the Neshoba County Board of Supervisors. 

“It will be located in our building across from our main clinic,” McCall told supervisors. The tentative opening date is January 2025. 

McCall expects a good partnership “We are excited about it,” he said. “A few months ago, East Central announced it would be moving some of its job training programs to Neshoba County. At the same, they indicated they would be bringing a nursing program here.

“I reached out to Dr. Gregory and we started exploring the possibilities of bringing that program and possibly more related programs on to our campus. A lot of their students already come here to do their clinical training. As we pursued those discussions, we decided we have the perfect location for it. The East Central board has approved the concept and we met with the supervisors.”

In another matter, supervisors held a public hearing concerning the closure of a portion of Road 1137. No one spoke during the hearing and supervisors took no action.

In other actions, supervisors voted to:

• Accept 2024 term bids;

• Approve pay increases for Mark Flake and Dyron Talbert for completion of Crisis Intervention Team Training. 

• Approve a request to implement 24 month contract with C Spire Wireless for $47.61 per month with Samsung Galaxy 128 GB phone;

• Approve a travel voucher for Sheriff Eric Clark’s trip to  Bushnell, Fla., – June 10-11 to pick up prisoner, $431;

• Accept the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety – 154AL grant reimbursements 1. ) February 2023, $3,650, 2.) March 2023, $3,458;

 • Approve the termination of correctional officer Randal Prince;

• Approve the reimbursement of James Sid Whitehead, $55.00, for a DOT physical;

• Approve the county employee payroll ending June 12 totaling $284,531;

• Approve the elected officials payroll ending June 15 totaling $40,900;

• Approve the out of order claims and the claims docket;

• Approve the CAP Loan Agreement and promissory note modification for the county Nursing Home CDBG Project. The first payment of $16,362 is due July 1;

• Accept FEMA-4598-DR-MS – Cat A & B - State Share Reimbursement, $28,623;

• Approve paying Matt Boatner Construction,  Pay App No. 5, $81,576, for work on the Burnside project;

• Approve paying Allen & Hoshall invoice 500 for work on the Burnside project; and,

• Approve paying Century Construction final invoice, $54,733.63,  for work on the Taylor Mast Building.

Supervisors took no action on an issue with Fuelman Fraud Prevention policies or a request for a credit card for the Sheriff’s Department.