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Votes at a glance: Rankin County supervisors approve project payouts, permits and rezoning; several items deferred or taken under advisement
Summary
The board approved routine consent items, several construction payouts, rezoning requests and permits, and took bids and some applications under advisement during the meeting.
The Rankin County Board of Supervisors completed a series of routine and project-specific votes, approving multiple pay applications, permits and rezoning requests while taking several procurement items under advisement.
Key board actions recorded during the meeting included:
- Payout to Southeastern Pipeline and Environmental Services — Pinebrook watershed protection payout No. 8 for $442,612.13 (District 2): motion approved.
- Gunner Road Improvements Phase 2 — Pay application No. 12 to Hempfield Construction Company, Inc., $100,716.09 (District 1): motion approved. Board discussion confirmed some of the billing related to ditch work.
- Oak Grove ditch project — Payout No. 10 to Southeastern Pipeline, $122,850: motion approved.
- Reservoir East ARPA project — Payout No. 8 to Thornton Construction, $614,793.21: motion approved; staff said the contractor will restore impacted roads after work.
- AT&T permits for construction along Rock Hill Road and Long Mandy Drive — motions approved.
- Conditional-use permits: Jeffrey Lee Coy (manufactured home on Trickham/Trickham Bridal Road) — approved with a condition that the temporary manufactured home be removed within five years and a certificate of occupancy be issued for the permanent structure; Tiffany Lindsey (hardship manufactured home on Andrew Chapel Road) — approved with Office of Community Development monitoring of the hardship condition.
- Rezoning approvals: 43 Farms LLC rezoning for Highway 43 North to accommodate a Penn’s restaurant — approved; Jose Serra rezoning of 4 acres on Highway 471 to C‑2 for office use, with the applicant removing a lay‑down yard component — approved.
- Artisan Pyrotechnics — Acknowledgment and authorization to conduct a fireworks display in unincorporated Rankin County on 06/28/2025 at approximately 8:45 p.m.: motion approved; staff will confirm final location from the application packet.
- Siren procurement bids — Three bids received for replacement/possible expansion of county sirens; the board took the bids under advisement for further review (not to exceed 45 sirens). Bids received included Jackson Communication (~$1,511,250 not to exceed), American Signal Corporation (~$1,689,452 not to exceed) and Precision Communications (~$1,867,517.61 not to exceed). Staff will return with a recommendation.
- Sixteenth‑section school lease acknowledgment — County acknowledged confirmation from Rankin County School District that an inaccessible 16th‑section parcel remains leased for hunting/fishing; staff will cancel associated ad valorem tax bills.
- Private cemetery application — Board approved registration/recording steps for a private cemetery application and directed county departments to update records.
Several consent‑agenda motions were approved without extended discussion. The board also voted to authorize changes to general operating guidelines for volunteer fire-taxing districts to clarify commissioner eligibility and term rotation.
Where recorded, motions were made and seconded by board members Jay, Steve or Brad; many votes were recorded as “All in favor? Aye. Motion carries.” Specific roll-call tallies were not always read into the record.
