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Votes at a glance: Tunica County Board actions on Jan. 6, 2025
Summary
The Tunica County Board of Supervisors approved routine minutes, agenda, personnel actions, appropriations, contracts and proclamations. This roundup lists each motion and its outcome as recorded in the meeting transcript.
The Tunica County Board of Supervisors voted on a number of routine and administrative items during its Jan. 6, 2025 meeting. The following summarizes motions and recorded outcomes as stated on the transcript. Where specific movers or vote tallies were not recorded in the transcript, the entry notes the outcome as recorded by the clerk.
- Minutes (Dec. 2, Dec. 16, Dec. 30, 2024): Motion to approve minutes — motion seconded; "All in favor. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries." Outcome: approved.
- Agenda approval (Jan. 6, 2025): Motion to approve agenda — seconded; "Motion carries." Outcome: approved.
- Jail mailbox request and Tunica County Sheriff’s Office receipts: Motion to accept department report and related item — outcome: motion carried.
- Employee termination/resignation and payroll items (multiple departments, including Tunica County Health Care resignations, PRN ads): Motions to accept resignations and authorize advertising for replacements — outcome: motions carried.
- Tax assessor lien authorization for property cleanups: Item discussed; later the board moved to direct staff to draft a square-footage formula (see article on cleanup liens) — outcome: motion carried to bring formula back for approval.
- Second-quarter appropriations and budget items: Sheriff ($1,473,315.93 total; $491,105.31 per month), jail ($328,713.6; $109,507.2 per month), tax assessor ($116,555.97; $38,851.99 per month) — motions to approve appropriations were seconded and carried.
- Renewal of agreement between Town of Tunica and tax collector for collection of land redemptions through Sept. 30, 2027: Motion to approve agreement — outcome: approved.
- Consent for Tunica County Community Development Coalition to submit financial statements for property tax assessment review (Oscar Price 1 & 2; Robsenville Apartment Homes): Motion approved.
- Observance of Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (Jan. 20, 2025): Motion approved.
- Travel/training approvals for emergency services, TCHA staff and others: Multiple travel requests moved and seconded — all approved.
- Road & Bridge supplies purchase request ($191,200) and travel for recertification ($75): Motions approved.
- Comcast bond acceptance for cable communications ($100,000 performance bond for work on Casino Strip Resorts Boulevard): Motion approved.
- Atlas Community Studios proposal for federal library services (revised to include two federal or state grants; $3,510 per month, $42,000 per year): Motion to approve revised proposal — outcome: approved.
- Johnson Controls Option 4 (energy-efficiency project) and related steps: Motion approved to adopt Option 4 and pursue financing/contract steps (see separate article).
- Emergency proclamation for winter storm (January 2025): Motion to approve proclamation — outcome: motion carried.
- Motion to enter executive session to discuss prospective sale/purchase/lease of land: Motion seconded and carried; board entered executive session.
Notes: Where the transcript records a voice vote with no individual roll-call, this summary records outcomes as "approved," "carried," or "motion carried" to reflect the clerk’s notation. The board’s formal minutes should be checked for exact vote tallies and named movers/seconders where required for the official record.
