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Transportation Commission receives clean 2024 audit; approves payroll, vendor payments and several administrative contracts
Summary
Commissioners ratified payments and payroll, accepted small insurance settlements, authorized aeronautics and planning fund distributions, and heard a report of a clean 2024 financial audit.
The Mississippi Transportation Commission received a report that the agency’s 2024 financial audit returned a clean opinion with no findings and ratified a series of administrative and financial actions during its July meeting.
An unnamed commissioner reported the audit result, thanking staff for their work and emphasizing that a clean report is significant for an agency with high transaction volume. Commissioners and staff praised the finance team and the executive leadership for managing the recent influx of federal and state funds that expanded MDOT’s project portfolio.
On routine financial matters, the commission ratified payment of accounts payable totaling $18,590,152.15 for the July 2–9, 2025 period and approved a payroll docket for the July 1–15, 2025 period “not to exceed” $5,000,000 plus statutory withholdings and authorized commissioners’ and the executive director’s salaries and expenses totaling $17,663.60 for the same pay period. The commission also approved the agenda and previous meeting minutes by voice votes.
Staff reported several administrative authorizations read into the record, including acceptance of insurance settlements: $2,871.09 from Travelers Insurance Company on behalf of Industrial Applications Incorporated as full settlement for bridge repair damage on I‑55 South (Bridge 257.6A) in Panola County, and $2,200 from Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company on behalf of Jason B. Landrum for damage to a median cable barrier on I‑55 North at Mile Marker 83 in Hinds County. The commission authorized the executive director to execute the necessary release documents in both cases.
Other administrative items approved or placed on the agenda included: a request to use $85,000 in FY2026 aeronautics funds to support Civil Air Patrol operations; distribution of $2,406,773 in federal metropolitan/statewide planning funds (sections 5303 and 5304) and $601,696 in state funds to metropolitan planning organizations; and authorization to execute a work assignment with Mississippi State University to support the Mississippi Summer Transportation Institute 2025 at a not‑to‑exceed amount of $37,166.
Staff also proposed a memorandum of understanding to place automatic license plate readers and other permanently mounted law enforcement devices on state right‑of‑way; the item was presented in the agenda materials but drew no public discussion at the meeting. The Federal Transit Administration property disposal procedures were cited in staff remarks for disposition of a transit‑operated vehicle, and several procurement and contract extensions were listed with contract ceilings and termination dates in staff materials.
Commission legal staff presented authorization for legal services on a workers’ compensation matter with counsel Michael D'Antonio for up to $30,000 (period: 07/08/2025–08/31/2028). The commission approved the overall agenda (as amended) by voice vote and subsequently adjourned the meeting.
No member of the public raised comments on these administrative items during the meeting’s public portion, and staff did not present itemized roll‑call votes for each administrative authorization.
