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Rankin County approves ARPA payouts, equipment purchases and grants; selects energy‑savings vendor
Summary
At its Feb. 14 meeting the board approved multiple ARPA project final payouts and construction payments, authorized equipment purchases for fire departments, approved the acceptance of a $9,140 Byrne JAG grant for the sheriff, authorized a $400,000 payment toward stadium support under state legislation, and selected PATH as the vendor to conduct a
Rankin County supervisors approved a broad set of financial and procurement actions during the Feb. 14 meeting, including ARPA project payouts, construction final payments, purchase authorizations for fire apparatus and equipment, acceptance of a federal grant for the sheriff's office, and the selection of an energy‑savings vendor to conduct a no‑cost performance analysis.
Key approvals and payment authorizations included ARPA‑funded project payouts and construction payments: a final payout of $9,280 to Hodges Land Services (Live Oaks stormwater detention restoration, program element 3.02); a decrease/summary change order reducing Indian Creek Bank Stabilization by $45,949.72; final payout of $45,490.14 to Hemphill Construction (program element 1.03); Pine Brook payout No. 5 to Southeastern Pipeline and Environmental Services for $254,052.80 (program element 2.02); Gun Road Improvements Phase 2 payout No. 10 to MPO Construction for $55,632.39; Melamey hydraulic restoration payout No. 4 to 2 B Dirt & Contracting LLC for $15,231.50; and a final payment to Hit Peel Construction Company for a bridge replacement on Pervis Creek at Diamond D Lake Road for $877,524.15.
Other project and procurement authorizations approved by the board included Oak Grove Ditch Project payout No. 7 to Southeastern Pipeline and Environmental Services for $220,884.84 (District 5), a Reservoir East project payout No. 5 to Fortin Construction for $359,519.43 (District 4) and issuance of a purchase order for three new Pierce commercial pumpers delivered to Cleary, Cato and Evergreen fire departments. The board also authorized purchase orders for two 2028 model responder pumpers for Robin Hood and Florence fire departments (delivery anticipated in 2028–2029).
On non‑construction items, the board: authorized a copier contract for the prosecutor’s office with Southern Duplicate; approved a Comcast utility permit on Andrew Chapel between Adam Estate and Chapel Hill Lane; recognized and authorized void/refund actions related to tax‑sale purchasers for GMB Inc./Exide Technologies because of bankruptcy; and formally acknowledged receipt of an invoice from Bloomfield Equities (the stadium owner/operator) and authorized a check in the amount of $400,000 as authorized by recent local legislation.
The board selected Path (PATH) as the vendor to perform an energy savings performance analysis at no cost to taxpayers; supervisors noted the process is two steps (analysis, then recommendations) and asked county staff to coordinate timing with their workloads. Supervisors also approved acceptance of a $9,140 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) from the state Department of Public Safety for the sheriff’s office to purchase body cameras (no local match), and authorized cancellation of the county’s maintenance agreement with Harris Delta for the county financial software.
Most actions were approved by voice vote with motions and seconds recorded in the transcript as "Aye" and "Motion carries." Many items were presented by department or project leads and by county staff; staff will proceed with issuing checks and purchase orders where authorized.
