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Votes at a glance: Rankin County Board approves permits, ARPA payouts, construction change orders and routine business
Summary
The Rankin County Board approved multiple routine items including AT&T utility permits, road and drainage payments, ARPA project payouts and subdivision construction approvals. Board also set public hearings and acknowledged a HUD property tax limitation.
The Rankin County Board of Supervisors approved a series of routine agenda items and project payouts during the meeting. Key approvals included utility permits, construction payouts and ARPA project disbursements. Below is a concise list of motions recorded in the meeting transcript and their outcomes as stated on the record.
Votes at a glance (motion text, mover/second when recorded, outcome and amounts where given):
- Approve AT&T utility permit along Lyle Street and Highway 43 (motion passed; mover: Brad; second: Scott).
- Approve AT&T permit for fiber cable along Stunt Ridge Road between Mount Hill and 214 Stunt Ridge Road (motion passed).
- Authority to widen the court at 125 Country Drive in District 3 to allow safe school bus travel (motion passed).
- Approve ARPA project payout No. 3 (Melmead hydrologic restoration) to 2 B Dirt and Contracting, amount $97,982.80 (motion passed).
- Approve change order No. 3 (hydrologic restoration/detention adjustments) increasing contract by $39,873.49 (motion passed).
- Approve partial payout No. 7 to Hodges Land Services, $197,871.71, for hydrologic restoration work (motion passed; not final pay request).
- Approve payout No. 9 to Hittfield Construction Company for Gun Road Improvement Project Phase 2, $524,209.48 (motion passed).
- Approve ARPA payout No. 4 to Southeastern Pipeline Environmental Services, $33,538.80 (motion passed).
- Approve construction drawings for River Forest Subdivision Part 4, lots 129–158 (motion passed).
- Set public hearing for Jan. 30, 2025 at 9 a.m. for a nuisance consideration at 565 Pisgah Road (First Financial Bank) (motion passed).
- Set public hearings for Feb. 3 (Roy Anderson and Bobby Elmore conditional-use requests) (motion passed).
- Acknowledge that certain HUD-owned property tax obligations exceed the county's authority to collect and authorize the tax collector to correct records (motion passed).
- Approve payout No. 4 and final summary change order to Portage Construction for Terra Road Ditch Improvement (reduction of $20,689.35 reflected) (motion passed).
- Approve payout No. 4 to Thornton Construction on Reservoir East project (ARPA), $863,498.90 (motion passed).
- Match DFA increase in mileage reimbursement rate (motion passed).
- Authorize scope of work agreement with Reagan County Wonderware (website provider) for requested website changes (approx. $15,000) (motion passed).
- Motion for executive session (litigation, personnel, land acquisition) and motion to enter executive session (both motions passed).
Most motions were made by board members identified only by first names in the transcript (for example, Brad, Scott, Jay, Steve) and were recorded in the meeting as "motion passed" or "motion carries." Specific roll-call tallies with individual yes/no votes were not included in the provided transcript excerpts.
