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Tunica County supervisors approve bond payment, grants, emergency repairs and a series of routine items
Summary
At its March meeting, the Tunica County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a $394,350 bond payment, authorized grant applications and emergency repairs, and approved several personnel and travel actions.
The Tunica County Board of Supervisors on Monday approved a package of routine and urgent actions including payment on an urban renewal bond, grant-authority requests, emergency facility repairs and multiple personnel and travel items.
Board members voted to issue a manual check to UMB Bank in the amount of $394,350 for the county's urban renewal bond obligations related to the Harris property; the board discussed ongoing indebtedness connected to earlier refinancing but took no new policy action beyond approving the payment. The board also approved language in local and private legislation related to the county's economic development foundation allowing appropriations up to $10,000,000 for industrial and economic development purposes.
Other actions approved by the board included: - Authorizing emergency repairs to the main pool filtration system at the aquatic center after a valve broke, and approving an emergency repair to replace a water-damaged section of wall in Workforce Training Room No. 2 at the Tunica Museum. - Authorizing the grants department to prepare and submit a Mississippi Homeland Security application on behalf of North Tunica Fire for radios and equipment, and permitting the board president to sign related documents. - Approving a manual check request to UMB Bank for $394,350 for the urban renewal bond payment. - Accepting an additional $1,500 to the sheriff's office Triad grant for fiscal year 24-25. - Approving contract participation under a state uniform services contract (Centus Uniform) for county uniforms. - Approving seasonal hires for Road and Bridge (two tractor drivers at $16.76/hour and six seasonal laborers at $15.00/hour) and other routine personnel items (payroll approval, an inventory deletion for chancery court). - Approving various travel notices and conference attendance for county staff and supervisors. - Approving a letter of support and resolution to the U.S. congressional delegation asking preservation of the federal tax exemption for municipal bonds.
Several items had only brief discussion before votes. Where the transcript recorded only "Aye" votes and no roll-call tallies, the meeting record does not specify individual member vote counts in the public transcript.
Board members later voted to enter executive session to discuss two matters described by the county attorney: a road-department personnel and benefits matter and a matter involving the Tunica County Housing Authority (TCHA). The board returned from closed session per the meeting record but no public action beyond the entry to executive session was reported in the transcript provided.
The meeting also included routine sheriff's office reports (vehicle removal request, travel notices, subscription cost updates), an unauthorized credit-card transaction reported as disputed and closed, and notices about upcoming training and conferences.
