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Jones County commissioners approve property sales, excavator purchase and juvenile services contract; approve racial‑profiling reports and dispatch overtime
Summary
At its Feb. 23 meeting, the Jones County Commissioners Court approved several tax‑parcel sales, purchased a 2019 excavator for Precinct 3 using ARPA funds, approved a contract for juvenile residential services, adopted SB22 grant budget amendments and approved racial‑profiling reports for the constable and sheriff's office. Several infrastructure and solar project items were discussed with no action.
The Jones County Commissioners Court met Feb. 23, 2026, in regular session and approved a slate of routine and operational items, including multiple tax‑parcel sales, a heavy‑equipment purchase using federal relief funds, and a contract for juvenile residential services.
The court approved three bids for county tax parcels: Raveendranath Choutapalli’s $2,577 bid for R55961 (court costs $1,916.65); Alan Pitts’s $36,194 bid for R10880 (court costs $1,530.94); and Alan Pitts’s $25,879 bid for R25772. Commissioners also voted to rescind an earlier approval for a bid by Raveendranath Choutapalli on parcel R24720. Motions to approve these sales were entered by Commissioners Spalding, Vivian, and Collett at various points and were recorded as passing by the court.
On equipment, the court approved…
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