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Clerk, administrator and risk manager present financial and administrative items
Summary
Chancery Clerk Gloria Dodson reported credit-card charges and justice-court collections, recommended software and surplus-vehicle actions; County Administrator got travel approvals and listed executive-session items; newly hired risk manager Tamika Banks outlined vehicle checklists and weekly safety meetings.
Chancery Clerk Gloria Dodson asked the board to enter several items into the record and to approve administrative actions: the board accepted the July–August 2025 minutes and a credit-card report showing county charges of $2,859.02; the justice court reported monthly collections of $9,745.40. Dodson also asked the board to approve a $4,000 quote to upgrade the county's IBM operating-system software from version 7.3 to 7.5, and the board approved the upgrade by voice vote.
Dodson certified a qualified statement of intent for a candidate, Abel Torain, for Election Commission District 3 for the Nov. 4, 2025 general election and presented a list of county vehicles recommended as surplus to be removed from inventory and sold; the board approved removing the listed assets.
County Administrator Ross received approval for travel for Losania McBride King to attend the Mississippi chapter Solid Waste Association of North America conference in October (Nashville) and for the administrator to attend the Mississippi Association of Supervisors fall education; Ross also notified the board of five items proposed for executive session (two personnel matters and three potential litigation matters).
Risk Manager Tamika Banks, newly in post since Aug. 8, 2025, introduced a county vehicle checklist (beginning/ending mileage and safety checks), said she had met all department heads and proposed weekly Monday safety meetings for each department, and said she will begin facility visits countywide to identify safety concerns to bring to the board and county administrator.
All listed administrative items were approved by voice vote; the board asked that written backup (e.g., the fire-department transfer request and truck descriptions) be included in the meeting record.
