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Board approves multiple contracts, supplemental agreements and the Nissan pilot payment; authorizes legal action after executive session
Summary
At its Dec. 1 meeting, the Madison County Board approved project releases and supplemental agreements for local road projects, a contract with Benchmark Construction Corp for a tax building, retainedage release for a traffic signal contract, tornado siren and PA-system requests, adopted a PILOT calculation for Nissan North America totaling $1,683,666.92, and authorized the board attorney to file a tax-sale set-aside lawsuit after executive session.
The Madison County Board of Supervisors approved several formal actions during its Dec. 1 meeting.
Road and construction actions: The board approved release-of-maintenance items for the Parrot Road and Rice Road state-aid projects and accepted supplemental agreements for two Gandell/Gandel Road projects. One supplemental agreement for right-of-way acquisition was announced at $604,071.32, bringing that contract to $2,143,438.53; a second supplemental agreement was listed at $746,620.05. The board also approved a summary change order reducing a traffic-signal contract by $4,963 to a final value of $342,436 and authorized release of retainage totaling $8,560.92.
Emergency equipment and local requests: The board approved a Canton Fire Department request for tornado-siren improvements and approved a Ridgeland request for a PA system from the same funding allocation.
County facility contract: The board authorized a contract with Benchmark Construction Corp related to the construction of a new county tax building on recently purchased land; staff said preliminary site drawings exist but that final construction documents were not yet complete.
Nissan PILOT payment: County staff read a summary of the Delta MOU and the 2003 pilot agreement and presented a calculation of the payment in lieu of ad valorem taxes due from Nissan North America for 2023. The board adopted the calculation and directed the chancellor-clerk to prepare invoices: total payment due $1,683,666.92, composed of personal property $1,678,642.39 and real property $5,024.53. The board cited Mississippi Code in the finding (Miss. Code citation read during the motion).
Appointments and executive session: The board appointed Percy Brooks to fill a vacancy on the Makita board, following the death of Lanny Slaughter. The board entered executive session on litigation and upon return authorized the board attorney to file a tax-sale set-aside lawsuit.
Votes and outcomes: Most items were approved by voice; where a roll-call-like count was stated, one item in the sequence of the tax building discussion recorded a 3-2 outcome on the floor. The meeting adjourned to Dec. 15 at 9 a.m.
