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Votes at a glance: Hancock County supervisors approve routine hires, purchases, financial transfers and event permits
Summary
At the April 21 meeting the board unanimously approved numerous routine personnel appointments and hires, purchases on state contract, equipment and election items, a large bond payment, event permits and several departmental transfers. Many motions were brief and carried 5-0.
Hancock County supervisors approved a slate of routine personnel, procurement and financial actions on April 21. Most motions passed unanimously without extended discussion.
Key items approved included hires and personnel actions in emergency management, 9-1-1 dispatch and the sheriff's office; purchases for road and fleet maintenance; election equipment purchased with HAVA and Mississippi modernization funds; and a wire transfer for a Gomesa bond payment.
Selected approvals recorded in the meeting minutes (all motions carried 5-0 unless noted):
- Carolyn Greenwald appointed as a fire commissioner for the Bayside Fire Department District (motion recorded and approved).
- Advertise job opening for EMA administrative assistant (motion approved).
- Hiring approvals for 9-1-1 dispatchers with stated hourly rates: Megan Mosley and Kimberly Sutton at $14.85/hr (pending physical/drug screen); Shannon Tackett at $16.45/hr due to prior experience; lateral transfer of Keelan Beavers to the 9-1-1 dispatch at $15.91/hr; salary adjustment moving Jessica Raley from dispatch supervisor ($18.00/hr) to full-time dispatcher at $16.45/hr effective April 17.
- Donation of $5,000 from Industrial Corrosion Control to the animal shelter was accepted and spread on the minutes.
- Purchases and procurement actions: a 2025 Ram 1500 from Kirk Automotive for $39,970 on state contract; storm pipe purchase from Coast Hardware for $13,500; voting machines from ES&S for $80,055 (HAVA funds) and multiple election-related equipment purchases and scanners (amounts and vendors recorded in the meeting record).
- Finance and administrative approvals: wire transfer for Gomesa bond payment to Hancock Whitney Bank in the amount of $1,966,677.94 and authorization of related budget amendment; approval of the document of claims for 04/21/2025 in the amount of $146,201.11; approvals of airport request-for-cash items for aircraft hangar and other grant draws.
- Transportation and project approvals: board president authorized to sign the transportation improvements program resolution and MPO intersections project application for a turn lane at Kapalama Drive.
- Bids for coal bituminous mix and beach vending were opened and taken under advisement: Material Resources Inc. bid for cold mix per ton ($142 delivered) and Flatfish Productions LLC submitted a beach vending bid of $1,720 for W-1 (bond/cashier's check attached). The board took the bids under advisement.
Most items were handled as routine consent/agenda approvals; the meeting record shows no failed motions in these items.
