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Votes at a glance: Southaven Board approves routine resolutions, contracts and funding on consent and roll call
Summary
The Southaven Board approved minutes, ordinance revisions, multiple contracts (including an amphitheater lease with Live Nation), a $295,000 lane-payment tied to a Kaplan amendment, a K9 vehicle purchase ($40,000), a subdivision and other routine dockets in a single meeting; notable contested vote was the I‑55 sign variance (6–1).
At the June meeting the Southaven Board of Aldermen approved a list of routine and substantive items by motion and roll call. Key outcomes included:
- Approval of May 19, 2026 minutes (unanimous). - Ordinance revision (Title 13, Ch.13, Sec. 13-3A) to make planning commission appointees serve at the "will and pleasure" of the board (unanimous). - Contract amendment with Kaplan Management Industry LLC for May Boulevard parcel; city authorized $295,000 payment for lane extensions (unanimous). - Authorization to participate in Welcome Home Mississippi and allocation of $20,000 for program operations (unanimous). - Amphitheater facility-use agreement with Live Nation for a weekend show (approved). - Purchase of a K9 vehicle from Kansas Highway Patrol for $40,000 (approved). - Surplus declaration for a 2006 Ford van (police) (approved). - Resolution authorizing liens/tags for unpaid $20 sanitation fees (approved). - Authorization for use of reallocated state funds under House Bill 1653 for Greenbrook Park improvements (approved). - Contract amendment for landscape maintenance at the hummingbird garden (approved). - Authorization to apply for an Assistance to Firefighters Grant for 56 SCBAs (approved). - Approval of a five-lot subdivision by Dotto District LLC (unanimous). - Claims docket approved in the amount of $2,331,869.67 (approved).
Most items passed on unanimous roll calls; the sign-variance application for a large digital billboard along I‑55 produced the only recorded dissent (Alderman Jerome) and passed 6–1. The board also voted to enter executive session to discuss litigation, personnel and economic development matters.
