The Tunica County Board of Supervisors on May 29 approved payment estimate No. 3 to Hemphill Construction for the Tunica County Utility District wastewater-collection pump station rehabilitation and adopted a resolution supporting an application for a Safe Streets and Roads for All action plan grant.

County staff presented the Hemphill payment request as Item H-3. The board voted to pay estimate No. 3 in the amount recorded in the meeting materials; the chair called the vote and the motion carried. "Item h 3 is considered payment of estimate number 3 to Hemphill Construction in the amount of 1562015¢. And this is for the Tunica County Utility District Wastewater Collection Pump Station Rehab," a staff member said in the transcript.

Separately, the board approved a resolution supporting an application for discretionary Safe Streets funding totaling $310,000; staff said $248,000 would come from federal sources and $62,000 would be the county's local match. The chair recorded the motion: "May I have a motion? So move. I have a motion. Do I have a The motion is question. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carried."

The Safe Streets resolution indicates the county will pursue the grant to develop an action plan; the motion in the meeting authorized the board to support the application and the local match but did not approve specific project designs within the grant application in the excerpt provided.