Votes at a glance: Tunica County Board approves routine minutes, hires, travel and assorted motions
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Summary
The board approved meeting minutes and agenda, appointed a deputy sheriff, approved payroll/claims, authorized seasonal hiring, accepted reports and approved several administrative motions and travel requests.
At the February 3, 2025 Tunica County Board of Supervisors meeting the board carried a number of routine and administrative motions by voice vote. Items recorded as moved, seconded and carried included:
- Approval of the minutes and the agenda for the meeting (voice votes recorded as "Aye," motion carried). - Appointment: Sheriff requested hire of Trayvon Gilliam as deputy sheriff at $24.50 per hour, effective in February; board approved (motion and second recorded). - Jail meal log and routine sheriff's office revenue reports were accepted (motion carried). - Personnel and payroll approvals for various departments, including museum part‑time hire (Melvin McKinley Jr.) and other personnel requests, were approved. - Approved advertising to recruit three seasonal laborers and two seasonal tractor drivers for county roads/maintenance. - Approved inventory deletions for the road department and coroner's office. - Approved travel and training requests for supervisors and staff to attend conferences and training (Mississippi Association of Supervisors conference, MEMA trainings, pipeline safety program and others). - The board moved, seconded and carried a motion to enter a closed session at one point; subsequent motions regarding personnel/executive session matters were discussed on the record (transcript records a later motion failing; transcript does not specify details or outcomes for every personnel item).
Where the transcript lists a formal motion and a carried outcome, those items are included here. The transcript does not include a numeric roll‑call tally for these voice votes; minutes show the motions were carried on voice vote.
Ending: Routine administrative approvals and personnel actions were carried by the board and will be reflected in the official minutes. More substantive items (RFPs, grants, demolition formula) were reported in separate items during the meeting.
