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Tunica supervisors approve multiple audits, transfers, grant applications and payroll actions
Summary
At its Jan. 20 meeting the board approved the FY2025 audit engagement, set mileage/per diem rates, authorized transfers totaling more than $1.2 million across accounts, and approved multiple grant applications and MOUs for parks, workforce and safety planning.
The Tunica County Board of Supervisors approved several finance and administrative items at its Jan. 20 meeting, including audit engagement, mileage and per diem rates, fund transfers, grant-application authorizations and payroll-related items.
County staff presented an engagement letter for auditing firm Bridal, Goodman, Bird, and Clark to perform the FY2025 financial audit; the board approved the engagement by voice vote. The board also approved updated mileage and per diem rates stated in the meeting: non-vehicle reimbursement mileage transcribed as 0.2725 per mile, government-vehicle mileage 0.205 per mile, and a per diem of $68 per day; the board adopted the rates consistent with Mississippi code cited in the presentation.
The board approved a transfer of $526,493.33 from the special reappraisal fund to the general fund (remaining balance from previous reappraisal millage collections) and a transfer of $750,000 from the 7% special bank account (gaming revenues) to the general fund. Staff also acknowledged a notice of award for a Tunica County safety action plan under the Safe Streets and Roads project listing $240,000 federal and $62,000 local funds to develop a safety action plan (no construction described).
Separately, the board authorized county staff to prepare and submit multiple grant applications — including a Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks outdoor recreation grant for 2026 (River Park and Otunica Museum), a 2026 Land and Water Conservation Fund application, a Delta Regional Authority workforce grant application for Atlas Community Studios, and updated MOUs for the county workforce development program with local partners. The board approved payroll, advertising for a justice-court deputy clerk position, and several travel and training notices.
The board approved manual checks presented at the meeting, including Magnolia Blossom Consulting LLC for $1,605 and UMB Bank for $447,266.40; staff noted payment timing for the UMB item is due in February. The items were approved by voice vote.
