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Votes at a glance: Harrison County Board approves sewer contracts, leases, emergency procurements and several development agreements
Summary
At its meeting supervisors approved multiple consent‑agenda items and standalone resolutions, including ARPA sewer contracts, a property sale and lease through the Harrison County Development Commission, a facility license with the U.S. Navy, emergency hurricane procurement, and awards for two sewer projects totaling about $2.19 million.
Harrison County supervisors approved a series of resolutions, contracts and procurement actions on a largely consent‑agenda meeting calendar. Key votes and outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript included the following:
- Kiln Lillle Sewer Project (ARPA/MCWI): Board approved award to the lowest responsive bidder, Southern Colonial Construction, for $819,789 for the Kiln Lillle Sewer Project (design engineer recommended). The motion carried on voice vote.
- Pange Avenue Sewer System Improvements (ARPA/MCWI): Board approved awarding the contract to Southern Colonial Construction for $1,373,320.78 (base bid plus alternate 1), as recommended by design engineer Kanish Engineering and county engineer Jacqueline Turner.
- Property sale and lease under Harrison County Development Commission resolutions: Supervisors concurred with a resolution authorizing sale of approximately 3.083 acres (description in exhibit) to 9 P Holdings (previously identified as Sandown Safra Development) with purchase price $95,000; and approved a lease of about 1 acre to JE Borys, Inc. for $600 per month for a 26‑month term. Both measures passed on voice votes.
- Facility access license with the U.S. Department of the Navy: Board concurred with a resolution allowing the Navy to use a decommissioned sewage‑treatment tank in Long Beach Industrial Park for dive training subject to a license; supervisors approved the agreement and authorized the board president to execute documents after legal review.
- Emergency procurement for hurricane preparedness/response: The board concurred with emergency procurement of equipment in response to Hurricane season activity as recommended by the development commission.
- Dredge material disposal access agreement: Supervisors approved a nonexclusive access agreement allowing certain engineering and surveying firms to use the county disposal area for dredge material on terms in the attached agreement.
- Additional consent items approved on voice votes included: petitions for increases and decreases in 2024 real and personal property assessments as recommended by the tax assessor; multiple personnel actions; award of purchase orders and supplemental purchases for sheriff’s software and detention‑center work; reimbursements and payments for overtime and other operational expenses; and routine purchasing and surplus dispositions.
Board members conducted limited discussion on several items, and most measures passed on unanimous voice votes without recorded roll‑call tallies in the transcript.
Listed actions below reflect the items identified in the meeting record; figures and vendor names are drawn from the county’s agenda as read into the record.
