Senate committee advances reappointment of Hunter Lloyd Fordyce to State Board of Contractors

A Mississippi state Senate committee voted to advise and consent to the reappointment of Hunter Lloyd Fordyce of Vicksburg to the State Board of Contractors as the road contractor representative, the committee chair said. The committee approved the nomination for a five-year term and will forward it to the full Senate.

Sen. McMahon, the committee member handling the nomination, said Governor Tate Reeves is reappointing Fordyce and described him as a Vicksburg resident and a University of Mississippi graduate. McMahon told the committee the nomination is a reappointment and that Fordyce has participated actively on the board and has the support of several organizations regulated by the board.

Committee discussion was brief and procedural. McMahon apologized for earlier paperwork confusion, explaining that initial documents listed the appointment as new when it was a reappointment; the committee had laid the nomination on the table previously because of that paperwork discrepancy. Members approved the nomination by voice vote; the chair declared the motion carried and said the nomination will be presented to the full Senate.

A final procedural note at the meeting asked any committee members who are conferees on the conference report to visit the chair's office after the meeting to sign documents. No roll-call vote or names for individual yea or nay votes were recorded in the committee transcript provided.