The Mississippi Transportation Commission reviewed and authorized a memorandum of agreement with the Jackson County Port Authority to provide up to $2,000,000 toward construction of certain improvements to the Port of Pascagoula.

Speaker 8 described the agreement as replacing a prior agreement dated Dec. 1, 2022, that had expired and said the new MOU sets out terms and the revised work plan drafted by the port authority. The agenda item instructs the executive director to execute the MOU and related documents.

Commissioners did not record a detailed breakdown in the public transcript of the specific port improvements the money would support. The item was presented during the legal and agreements portion of the agenda along with other contract actions, and no separate roll-call vote was recorded in the public transcript at the time the item was announced.

The MOU will be the controlling document setting responsibilities for the development of the port improvements; staff or the executive director were authorized to execute the finalized documents per the agenda item language.