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Votes at a glance: Aberdeen board approves hires, equipment purchases and a depot repair contract
Summary
The board approved routine agenda items, hired a firefighter, authorized recruitment for several positions, approved vendor payments and purchase requisitions (including a $93,000 depot repair contract), and authorized a 10% interim pay increase for the interim public works director.
At its Feb. 17 meeting, the Aberdeen Mayor and Board of Aldermen/Alderwomen approved a range of personnel actions, vendor payments and capital repair work.
Key votes and actions approved by roll call:
- Approve agenda and minutes (unanimous); approve Special Called Minutes (Cain abstained on Feb. 6 special minutes). - Pay Monroe County inmate housing invoices dated Oct. 1, 2025–Jan. 31, 2026: $8,425.00 (unanimous). - Post and advertise for a part‑time police dispatcher for the Aberdeen Police Department (unanimous). - Authorize a city cellphone for Water Department Lead Lineman Marcus Collins billed to the city at $52.18/month (unanimous). - Hire Marcus Hall as a full‑time firefighter for the Aberdeen Fire Department at $13.00 per hour (unanimous). - Approve membership & conference fees for Fire Chief Norris James ($125 membership; $275 conference) and for City Inspector Roy Haynes (membership $125; conference $275). Alderman Cain voted 'Nay' on Haynes’ membership and conference reimbursements. - Authorize changing Animal Control employee Larry Jackson from full‑time to part‑time (unanimous). - Post for Aberdeen Housing Authority Board vacancy (unanimous). - Approve a 10% pay increase for Interim Public Works Director Tohona Larthridge and post to advertise for a permanent Public Works Director (unanimous). - Approve multiple purchase requisitions for Water and Electric departments (examples): ESG/Tupelo $5,000 (monthly operations), Dixie Wholesale Waterworks $4,930.99, Covington Sales & Service $4,993.35, Consolidated Pipe & Supply $4,440.00, Badger Meter $1,351.19, A Huggins $2,800.00; Cain recorded several 'Nay' votes on those items. - Authorize booking-agent payment of $4,250.00 for the Blue and White Festival performing artist E.J. Jones (Cain voted 'Nay' on that item). - Authorize Mayor to sign contract with Tombigbee Contractors for M & O Depot repairs in the amount of $93,000.00 (unanimous).
Several motions were rescinded or tabled during the meeting (for example, an initial motion regarding cemetery-lot follow-up was retracted; motions to table several agenda items were approved). One motion to terminate Police Officer Jeremy Harris was made then rescinded without a vote.
