Votes at a glance: Hancock County Board — Feb. 18, 2025

The Hancock County Board of Supervisors took numerous routine motions during its Feb. 18 meeting. The following summarizes each formal action recorded in the meeting and its outcome. All motions listed below carried by a 5–0 vote unless otherwise noted.

• Proof of publication certification for Hancock County hazardous waste collection day proposals — approved, 5–0. • FY '24 Dearly Peer removal study payment request No. 1 for March — authorized by the board president to sign (motion carried 5–0). • FY '23 McLeod Park Bulkhead Improvements payment request No. 3 for $14,187.50 — authorized (motion carried 5–0). • Approve purchase orders for household hazardous waste day supplies and services (event shirts, printing, signs, roll-off containers, disposal fees, PPE, rental equipment, outreach) — authorized (motion carried 5–0). • Approve docket of claims dated Feb. 10 in the amount of $345,382.79 — approved (5–0). • Approve dispatch personnel actions: resignation, promotions and hires — several motions approved (resignation of Tijuana Kegel effective 02/11/2025; Jessica Raley promoted to shift supervisor at $18.04/hr effective 02/23/2025; hiring of Emily Madison Treacle as full-time dispatcher at $14.85/hr effective 02/17/2025; reimbursement and training approvals) — all motions carried 5–0. • Approve Tracy Ladner as attack officer at $50,178.57 (effective date correction noted in record) — approved (5–0). • Spread on the minutes donations to the animal shelter (Coffee Culture $4,000; Toy Shed $500) — accepted and spread on minutes (5–0). • Approve spread on the minutes: credit card report; inmate-supplies purchase for sheriff of $30,607.35 (budget amendment required) — approved (5–0). • Re-advertise CRS 2 annual term bid (reject previous proposals) — motion carried (5–0). • Planning Commission minutes (01/16/2025) — approved (5–0); advertisement for 2025 beach vending sites (W1, W2, N1, L1–L5) — authorized (5–0). • Right-of-way request from AT&T Mississippi for buried fiber along Standard Deedoe Road — approved (5–0). • Authorize board president to execute permit for Bayou Caddy dredging project (amendment) — approved (5–0). • Purchase of approximately 2,000 tons of crushed asphalt from Port and Harbor Commission for $50,000 (contingent on executed intergovernmental transfer) — approved (5–0). • Personnel actions across departments (payroll removals, role changes, donations distribution) — approved as recorded (5–0). • Airport: authorize request for cash No. 18 for aircraft packaging hangar in the amount of $60,002.41 — authorized (5–0). • CE&I services contract for Texas Flat Road Reconstruction (pending MDOT concurrence) — authorized (5–0). • Youth court and treatment-court training attendance requests — authorized (5–0). • County clerk’s land redemption settlement check $19,553.50 to Hancock County general fund — spread on the minutes (5–0). • Stennis Airport Road overlay (SAP 23-33) notice of acceptance; South Railroad bridge replacement (LEHI 23-11) notice of acceptance; and AT&T right-of-way were spread on the minutes or approved as noted — carried (5–0). • Credit-card report for 02/18/2025 and other administrative spreads — approved (5–0).

These items were routine approvals, budget and personnel transactions, and recordings of contract or payment requests. For motions that required follow-up (budget amendments, contract reviews or procurement awards), staff were directed to return with final documents or recommendations at a later meeting.