Sheriff receives last 2 cars funded by state
The Neshoba County Sheriff’s Department has received the final two Dodge Durangos that were purchased through the state.
The Board of Supervisors approved the purchase during their Monday meeting. The county had received two other vehicles purchased with state funds.
The two vehicles purchased Monday came through Griffis Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep. State funding covered $74,471 of the cost while the county paid the remaining $1,121.
“I had picked up the first two,” said Sheriff Eric Clark. “We have all four striped out with emblems. All four are sitting at Jackson Communications. All are equipped. Waiting on the cages which are on back order.”
The addition of the four new vehicles has helped the readiness of the Sheriff’s Department fleet, an issue that Clark has been concerned about over the past three years.
“When I get these four in the fleet, I will have three really old patrol vehicles like 2015 models,” said Clark. “The rest are 2018 or newer.”
In other matters, supervisors voted to:
• Approve the termination of a correctional officer. They hired Jakira Yarbrough as a full-time correctional officer at $13 per hour;
• Approve paying Neshoba General - November 2022 Invoice for inmate meals - $48,797;
• Approve Fire Alarm Testing and Inspection with Johnson Controls at the cost of $5,778;
• Approve applying for a Solid Waste Assistance Grant from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to clean up illegal dump sites;
• Approve Central Water Association’s request for road bore on Road 260, and for a “t” for a road crossing on Road 1301;
• Approve paying Custom Paving invoice totaling $515,358.29 for March 2023 off-system road leveling;
• Approve paying Crowder Engineering invoice’s totaling $18,306, and $51,536 for off-system leveling;
• Approve paying travel and registration for Emily Beckham to attend CR1 Class for the Tax Assessor’s office;
• Approve a 16th Section Lease agreement between the Neshoba County School District and Jennifer and Chancy Branning;
• Approve payment of Century Construction Pay Application No. 13 - $181,393 for the Taylor Mast Project;
• Approve payment of Pryor-Morrow invoice totaling $977 for construction administration of the of the Taylor Mast project;
• Approve payment of Pritchard Engineering invoice totaling $1,600 for testing for the Taylor Mast project; and,
• Approve payment of a Pryor-Morrow invoice totaling $27,725 for construction documents delivery.