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Pearl River County supervisors approve personnel changes, procurement, grants and development agreements; enter executive session
Summary
At its March 18 meeting, the Pearl River County Board of Supervisors approved multiple personnel hires and resignations, procurement and grant actions (including $41,986.38 for SCBA PPE), several economic development agreements and a waiver allowing two duplex units at Silo Ridge; the board went into executive session and returned with no action.
The Pearl River County Board of Supervisors met March 18, 2026, in Poplarville and approved a series of routine and programmatic actions, including personnel changes across the sheriff's office, central dispatch and county administration; procurement for emergency equipment and county facilities; and multiple grant and economic development items.
At the start of the meeting President Malcolm Perry recorded the presence of Vice President Donald Hart and supervisors Cruz Russell, Jason Spence and Bryce Lott. The board approved the March 2 minutes and accepted the March 18 claims docket, which included a $12,000 addition to pay Allison Spray Foam Insulation (Purchase Order 111258). Supervisor Jason Spence moved to approve the minutes; Supervisor Donald Hart seconded, and the vote was recorded unanimous.
Personnel actions approved included hiring Bradley Harper as a full‑time patrol deputy and accepting the resignation of correctional officer Rocky Spiers; accepting the resignation of central dispatcher McKenzie Hassell and changing Brittany Smith from full‑time to part‑time dispatcher; acknowledging Allison McCormick’s appointment as Deputy Chancery Clerk; and approving the hires of Andres Wallace and Tyler Alexander as part‑time assistant public defenders. The board also approved hiring Ronald “Joey” Reynolds as Deputy Chief of District Operations for Fire District #11. All personnel motions were moved and seconded by named supervisors and recorded as approved.
On procurement and facilities, the board authorized a $5,335 purchase order to Burkett Radiator Shop for an all‑aluminum radiator to repair the Cummins generator at Justice Court, and authorized removal of multiple Tax Office inventory items. Information Technology support renewals for Fortinet FortiGate/FortiSwitch were approved. Emergency Services items included authorization to purchase SCBA personal protective equipment for District 5 for $41,986.38 from Emergency Equipment Professionals Inc. and approval to execute the Statewide Mutual Aid Compact (SMAC). The SCBA purchase motion was moved and seconded by supervisors and recorded as approved.
Economic development and grants featured several acknowledgments and approvals: the board approved reimbursement requests tied to site development grants for the Pearl River County Industrial Park and Technology Park; accepted agreeance letters from the Attorney General’s office on three tax‑increment financing plans (Highland Parkway & Frontage Road Phase 1; Prices Creek Investments; Exit 10 – “The Branch” Phase 1); and accepted a fully executed memorandum of understanding with the Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund for the Walkiah Bluff Park Ecotourism and Redevelopment Project and issued a notice to proceed. The board also authorized the sheriff’s department to purchase required grant items from ULINE for $7,143 with a 20% match requirement.
The board spread multiple departmental monthly reports upon the minutes, including the Building Permits Report (231 permits issued in February 2026, generating $40,092.50 in revenue), Justice Court, Fire Marshal, ambulance service reports, building inspection, animal/litter control and road department work orders.
The board moved into executive session at 11:00 a.m. to discuss items allowed under Mississippi Code §25‑41‑7 (personnel matters, litigation/strategy sessions, and economic development negotiations). The board returned to open session at 12:30 p.m. and reported no action taken during executive session. The meeting reconvened after lunch at 2:00 p.m. and adjourned with direction for the County Administrator to post notice for the next meeting scheduled April 6, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
Votes at a glance: motions recorded in the minutes were approved as listed in the agenda packet. Where the transcript records an explicit roll call, the five supervisors Donald Hart, Malcolm Perry, Cruz Russell, Jason Spence and Bryce Lott are recorded as voting aye on the listed motions. A small number of motions in the transcript show inconsistent or missing tally lines in the minutes; those items are described in this article with the notation that the recorded vote tally was not specified in the transcript.
