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Residents press Tunica County to clear ditch, repair fence after flooding at Pleasant Grove Church; board to check bids
Summary
A resident raised flooding and drainage concerns at Pleasant Grove Church and a collapsed boundary fence behind Nellie Johnson subdivision. The board asked staff to check bids and investigate whether prior repair commitments were fulfilled.
Raymond Langley, a resident, told the Tunica County Board of Supervisors on March 3 that Pleasant Grove Church has flooded “twice this year,” with water lines inside the building, and requested that a ditch that runs from Cow Oak Road under Old U.S. 61 be cleaned.
Langley said the ditch is roughly 5,958 feet in length along the proposed work area and that he had received a single bid for $10,500 to clean it. He asked the board to authorize the work or to obtain additional bids. The transcript records county staff saying they would check the bid situation and that the road department would inspect the culvert under Cow Oak Road mentioned in Langley’s remarks.
Langley also raised a separate issue on the east side of the Nellie Johnson subdivision: a length of perimeter fencing that has fallen and become a local dumping site. The meeting record shows the board asked staff to check whether repair work had already been scheduled or paid for and to follow up. The transcript notes that grass and vines have grown into the collapsed fence and that an estimated 100–125 yards of fence may need replacement.
Board members and staff discussed practical constraints for repairing the sloughed bank section of the ditch near the subdivision: a small wooden outbuilding sits very near the bank, and supervisors noted crews would likely need property-owner permission to access yards and to move or work around the outbuilding before heavy equipment could reach the sloughed area. County staff said they would check with the named staff member about a previously promised repair and that a county staffer would inspect the site and determine how to proceed.
The transcript records no formal vote on either the ditch-cleaning bid or the fence replacement; instead, the board directed staff to confirm existing commitments, to inspect the sites (including checking for previously promised repairs), and to report back. One board member asked that county crews or an identified contractor (a local equipment owner was referenced) help maintain ditches once cleared so the same work would not repeat next year.
The board closed the discussion by directing staff to follow up with the indicated county employees and to report findings to the clerk for potential future action.
