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Votes at a glance: Madison County Board actions, Aug. 4, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions and outcomes from the Aug. 4 Madison County Board of Supervisors meeting, including approvals of minutes, fund transfers, contracts, permits, insurance renewals, handbook changes, and personnel action announced after executive session.
The Madison County Board of Supervisors took the following formal actions on Aug. 4. Where the transcript records only voice votes, outcomes are noted as passed by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were provided in the public record for most items.
- Approve July 21 and July 24 board minutes (motion carried by voice vote). The board also approved a separate motion to refund only the tax-sale purchase price (not interest) to the purchaser for prior tax-sale matter discussed in old business.
- Open and close public hearing on objections to the 2025 tax roll; no timely objections filed. Motion acknowledged no objections and set Aug. 18, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. as the date for any equalization changes and final approval of the roll (cited Mississippi Code sections 27-35-89 and 27-35-93).
- Acknowledge official zoning minutes for 06/12/2025 (approved by voice vote).
- Continue the appeal hearing for McMillan Road, LLC and Timothy Anzenberger to Aug. 18, 2025 at the applicant's request (approved by voice vote).
- Approve renewal of UMR medical plan (rate hold), move pharmacy administration to Optum (broker estimated about $800,000 in savings), accept stop-loss renewal, and move dental/vision/life coverage to Sun Life with an ancillary effective date of Oct. 1, 2025 (approved by voice vote).
- Award Loring Road Bridge contract to Fordyce Construction (low bid $800,906.50) and authorize transfer of $936,100 from LSBP fund; board president authorized to sign order (approved by voice vote).
- Approve multiple road supplemental agreements (Pear Orchard Road and Rice Road) that produced net project decreases totaling several thousand dollars (approved by voice votes).
- Approve permit for MACWA 30-inch force main under Verdelia Road; approve Delta Industries temporary concrete plant site plan at the mega site; approve several planning and zoning site plans and preliminary plats including Finch Properties MIP amendment, Autumn Hill preliminary plat, Guru Nanak Foundation site plan, and Todd Allen site plan (all approved by voice votes; one appeal continued).
- Approve transfer of four surplus sheriff's vehicles to the Town of Florida (approved by voice vote); sheriff indicated no objection and dates for acceptance were referenced in a municipal letter.
- Authorize advertising for the 2026 budget and tax-levy hearing and set the hearing for Sept. 2, 2025 (approved by voice vote).
- Approve handbook parental leave policy (effective Jan. 1, 2026) and accept editorial reorganizations of the employee handbook; the separate media-communications provision was sent back for revision and will return to the board for further consideration (motion passed by voice vote for parental leave/edits; communications rule held for revision).
- Executive session actions (announced after closed session): a motion to reject an engagement letter from the law firm Mills, Scanlon, Diane & Pittman in Allen et al. v. Board of Supervisors failed for lack of majority; the board voted unanimously in executive session to terminate the contract of Charlie Seals in the planning and zoning department.
Several agenda items were approved with routine voice votes; the meeting transcript does not show roll-call vote tallies for individual supervisors on most motions.
