Supervisors pass states of emergency
Two state of emergency declarations were ratified by the Neshoba County Board of Supervisors on Monday during their regular board meeting.
The supervisors voted to ratify a Local Emergency for Severe Winter Storms that board President Kevin Cumberland declared during last month’s winter storms. And supervisors continued the emergency declaration for the COVID-19 Pandemic until March 15.
In other action, supervisors voted to:
• Approve a raise for Julian Willis, Choctaw language coordinator for the Sheriff’s Department. Supervisors also approved the deletion of two cameras from the sheriff department’s inventory list;
• Approved the hiring of David Johnson for the jail;
• Approve a request for supplemental salary for assistant district attorney Mitch Thomas in the amount of $6,000;
• Approve a school bus turnaround for the Neshoba County School District at 10219 County Road 646;
• Approve a request from the Union Public Schools for assistance with demolition and disposal on 16th Section Land.
• Approve the transfer of Emergency Management Vehicle to Ambulance Enterprise;
• Declare a 2007 Dodge Ram 3500 Truck belonging to the Road Department a total loss;
• Approve the acquisition of a new 2021 Ram 3500 Cab & Chassis Truck costing $35,010 from Griffis Motors;
• Approve a refund request of $100 for the multi-purpose room rental at the Neshoba County Coliseum;
• Approve $17,500 for 2021-2022 Election Systems & Software Support & Maintenance agreement;
• Approve paying Wade White $139,750 for acquisition of real property;
• Accept the 2021 Commercial Rubbish Annual Report to MDEQ for Neshoba County Rubbish Landfill;
• Approve payment of Solid Waste Disposal Fee for FY2020 — $1,936.25 and the authority to invoice city of Philadelphia for same;
• Ratify the hiring of Pritchard Engineering for site planning, boundary survey and mapping, a Phase I environmental, geotechnical investigation, civil site design, foundation design and testing for new spec building in the Industrial Park; and,
• Approve hiring PryorMorrow for Architectural and Engineering Services for new spec building in Industrial Park.
• Supervisors received a letter from the Mississippi Department of Archives & History, notifying them that Booker T. Washington School will be considered for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places during a Mississippi National Review Board Meeting on March 18.