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Board approves consent agenda and a package of orders, including $17.5 million wire to U.S. Army Corps for beach-and-dune project
Summary
The Board approved the consent agenda and a package of routine and substantive orders including a $17,495,800 wire transfer to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Coastwide Beach and Dune Ecosystem Restoration Project.
At its meeting, the Harrison County Board of Supervisors approved the consent agenda and a series of individual orders covering personnel, contracts, purchases, easements and major finance items.
Notable approvals included:
- Change order No.1 for the ARPA Kiln De Lille sewer project with Southern Colonial Construction LLC in the amount of $3,910 (motion and voice vote: approved).
- Authorization for the president to execute reimbursement requests and related documents with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for listed projects (approved).
- Acceptance of roadway right-of-way easements for Pulling Road and Robert Ellis Lane and direction to the clerk to file replacement easements (approved).
- Authorization for the board president to execute a contract with Aramark for food services at the Adult Detention Center and Juvenile Detention Center (approved).
- Approval of the purchase of two electric light motorcycles from Teddy Morse's ATEM Harley Davidson for $29,000 (approved).
- Authorizing disposal of assets per the attached list and correcting inventory to add back an item still in use (approved).
- Approval of payments and claims, including $78,000 to Fortis Mazars for fiscal year 2023 audit fees (approved).
- Authorization and approval of a wire transfer of $17,495,800 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Harrison County's share of the Coastwide Beach and Dune Ecosystem Restoration Project (approved).
- Approval to purchase 12 Ricoh document scanners for $12,127.32 and computer services from Data Links Corporation to integrate imaging systems for $17,500 (both approved).
- Orders concurring with resolutions of the Harrison County Development Commission (sale of approximately 6 acres; lease and purchase agreements as listed) and appointments (approval of Christian Otis to the Blue Ribbon Committee) (approved).
- Approval to re-advertise beach vending rental site B8 South Beach Condos after no bids were received (approved).
Where a specific roll call was recorded, the board majority carried the measures. One order related to expenditures under Mississippi Code 17-3-1 for advertising (order 57) carried by voice vote with a recorded 4-to-1 split (Dr. Ladner opposed). The board also concurred with payroll and personnel listings for the road manager and county administrator as presented.
Action items consolidated here reflect the motions and recorded outcomes from the meeting. For most consent and routine orders the meeting minutes record voice approval; individual motions were made and seconded as required by procedure.
