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Votes at a glance: Southaven board approves routine dockets, contracts and claims
Summary
At the meeting the board approved routine minutes and dockets, ratified emergency expenditures of $19,203.42, authorized bids and contracts, accepted donations, approved personnel and utilities dockets, and approved a claims docket of $3,419,943.37; all recorded motions carried.
The Southaven Board of Aldermen voted on a series of routine and substantive items and recorded approvals across the consent and action dockets.
Key votes (summary): - Approval of minutes for the Feb. 17, 2026 meeting (motion by Alderman Hoots; second Alderman Lewis) - Resolution ratifying emergency public-works expenditures related to an ICE personnel event, total $19,203.42 (mover: Alderman Flores; second: Alderman Gallagher) - Authorization to advertise bids for Fire Station Number 3 expansion (mover: Alderman Flores; second: Alderman Wheeler) - Authorization (contingent) to enter a contract with Sweeping Corporation of America (mover: Alderman Flores; second: Alderman Hoots) including a proposed one- to three-year term with a 90-day termination-for-convenience clause to be negotiated - Approval of a three-year amphitheater sponsorship agreement (year 1: $38,000; year 2: $40,000; year 3: $40,000) - Surplus resolutions for utilities and information-technology equipment under code 17-25-25 - Rejection of Snowden Grove Park fence bids and authorization to rebid due to bids exceeding budget - Acceptance of a donated design-jet plotter from the U.S. Secret Service to the police department - Approval of the personnel docket and the utilities billing leak-adjustment docket - Approval of the claims docket in the amount of $3,419,943.37
All motions noted in the meeting record carried on roll call or voice vote as recorded. The board later voted to enter executive session to discuss land acquisition, economic development and interdepartmental personnel.
