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Flowood board approves consent agenda and personnel moves; festival, policing contracts included
Summary
At its Feb. 5 meeting Flowood's board approved a broad consent agenda that included festival fireworks and entertainment contracts, surplus police vehicles, service agreements (CarFax), and engagement letters; the board also approved police and fire promotions and hires recorded in the minutes.
The Flowood Mayor and Board of Aldermen approved a large consent agenda at their Feb. 5 meeting that included claims dockets, contracts, and administrative items, and later authorized personnel changes in the police and fire departments.
Consent agenda items approved include minutes from Jan. 16, 2018; general and supplemental claims dockets; approval to declare seven police vehicles surplus for auction or transfer; contracts for the Flowood Family Festival fireworks ($3,200 with High-Tech Special Effects, Inc.) and entertainment ($5,000 with Stagelite Entertainment Inc.); service agreements including CarFax for Police and an engagement letter with the Butler Snow law firm for FY2017 continuing disclosure work; and a concession service agreement for Liberty Park with Resolute Burger, LLC dba Back Yard Burger. The board also approved a resolution appointing the city's Chamber of Commerce board members and renewed memoranda of understanding with outside law enforcement agencies.
On personnel, Police Chief Richie McCluskey recommended promoting Richard McMillan from lieutenant to captain and Johnny Taylor from sergeant to lieutenant; both promotions were approved. Fire Chief Jeffrey Welborn recommended hiring Les Carr (Private II, Step 3) and Richard Myers II (Private II, Step 2); both hires were approved. Later, at the Feb. 20 meeting, the board approved additional police promotions recommended on behalf of Chief McCluskey, including promotions for Eric Zetterholm, Josh Fuller, Reynaldo Olivo, Joey Hall and Jerimiah Davis.
Why it matters: The consent agenda bundles routine financial and administrative approvals that permit city operations to continue, while the personnel actions affect city public-safety staffing and supervision. The authorized festival contracts set vendor payments for a major community event.
Next steps: The minutes record that the mayor was authorized to execute the listed contracts and that staff will proceed with surplus vehicle disposition and onboarding for approved hires.
