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Votes at a glance: Oktibbeha County Board actions on April agenda
Summary
The board approved routine and project motions including consent items, a fire-truck purchase, Category A road projects, moving one Category B road project into Category A, roadside spraying contract award, scheduling RFQ presentations, and several administrative motions; it also adopted the prisoner-housing policy and authorized due diligence on a road pilot.
At its April recessed meeting the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors took a series of votes on routine business and project requests. Key recorded actions and outcomes follow.
- Citizens’ comments acknowledged (motion to acknowledge): Motion by Supervisor Williams, second by Supervisor Trainer — passed unanimously. - Benchmark Construction presentation: Board tabled contractor’s nonbinding resolution of intent pending staff and legal review (motion by Supervisor Williams, second by Supervisor Little) — passed unanimously. - Consent agenda: Approved (motion and second; passed unanimously). - Fire truck purchase: Approved purchase of a 2026 Pierce pumper for Central Volunteer Fire Department in the amount of $497,632 (motion by Supervisor Williams, second by Supervisor Little) — passed unanimously. - Road projects Category A: Board approved Category A projects (motion by Supervisor Williams, second by Supervisor Trainer) — passed unanimously. - Project reclassification: Moved Project 5 from Category B to Category A so work can begin (amendment motion; passed unanimously). - No-litter signage and camera coordination: Board approved moving forward with purchasing signs from the trash budget and coordinating camera deployment (motion passed unanimously). - RFQ (broker of record) presentations: Board set presentations for May 4 (motion by Supervisor Williams, second by Supervisor Trainer) — passed unanimously. - Award: Roadside spraying bid awarded to Kimro Services as lowest and best bidder (motion by Supervisor Carver, second by Supervisor Trainer) — passed unanimously. - Prisoner-housing policy: Adopted (motion by Supervisor Williams, second by Supervisor Little) — passed unanimously. - Uncontracted housing rate: Set at $35 per day for noncontracted inmates (motion by Supervisor Little, second by Supervisor Tra/Trainer) — passed unanimously. - Notification to municipalities: Authorized the board president to notify municipalities of the new prisoner-housing standards, which triggers a 60-day period (motion by Supervisor Little, second by Supervisor Carver) — passed unanimously. - Canon Road pilot: Board authorized county administrator and county attorney to perform due diligence on the proposed Canon Road stabilization project (motion moved and seconded; passed unanimously).
All recorded motions noted unanimous board approval in the room unless otherwise specified. Where the transcript used variant spellings of a supervisor’s name (for example ‘Trainer’/’Trans’), the reports above use the form appearing most consistently in the transcript.
