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Aberdeen board approves electric department budget, writes off $25,008.84 and awards $5,150 ditch-cleaning contract
Summary
At a June 25 special meeting, the Aberdeen City Board of Aldermen and Alderwoman approved the Aberdeen Electric Department budget for FY2026-2027, authorized $25,008.84 in charge-offs of delinquent electric accounts, awarded a $5,150 ditch-cleaning contract, tabled a consulting contract for a fire-truck grant application and adjourned to July 7.
The Aberdeen City Board of Aldermen and Alderwoman approved the Aberdeen Electric Department budget for fiscal year 2026-2027 and several operational items during a special called meeting on June 25, 2026, at City Hall.
Alderman John Cain moved to approve the electric department budget; Alderman Jeremy Belle seconded the motion. On a roll call vote, Alderman Nicholas Holliday (participating by telephone), Alderwoman Rhonda Moore, Alderman Jeremy Belle and Alderman John Cain voted in favor; Alderman James Ivory was absent.
The board also approved a motion, moved by Alderman Cain and seconded by Alderwoman Moore, to charge off delinquent Aberdeen Electric Department accounts for 2025-2026 totaling $25,008.84. The same four members voted aye on that motion.
In public works business, the board voted to award the lowest quote from Ground Pounders of Aberdeen, Mississippi, in the amount of $5,150 to clean a ditch located between Meadowlane Drive and Highway 8 West in Ward Five. Alderman Cain moved the award and Alderwoman Moore seconded; Holliday, Moore, Belle and Cain voted aye.
The board also voted, on a motion by Alderman Jeremy Belle seconded by Alderwoman Moore, to table Line Item #4, which would have authorized Mayor Johnny D. Stevens to execute a JMCM Consulting contract to apply for a grant for a fire truck. The motion to table carried on the same roll call vote.
Finally, Alderman Cain moved and Alderman Belle seconded a motion to adjourn until the Board's next meeting on July 7, 2026; all members present voted aye.
Votes at a glance: • Aberdeen Electric Department budget FY2026-2027 — motion by Alderman John Cain; second Alderman Jeremy Belle; vote: Holliday (by phone) aye, Moore aye, Belle aye, Cain aye; Ivory absent. • Charge-off of delinquent electric accounts (2025-2026), $25,008.84 — motion by Alderman John Cain; second Alderwoman Rhonda Moore; vote: Holliday (by phone) aye, Moore aye, Belle aye, Cain aye; Ivory absent. • Award to Ground Pounders for ditch cleaning, $5,150 — motion by Alderman John Cain; second Alderwoman Rhonda Moore; vote: Holliday (by phone) aye, Moore aye, Belle aye, Cain aye; Ivory absent. • Table JMCM Consulting contract (fire truck grant application) — motion by Alderman Jeremy Belle; second Alderwoman Rhonda Moore; outcome: tabled; vote: Holliday (by phone) aye, Moore aye, Belle aye, Cain aye; Ivory absent. • Adjourn until July 7, 2026 — motion by Alderman John Cain; second Alderman Jeremy Belle; vote: all present aye.
The meeting record lists Mayor Johnny D. Stevens presiding and Melissa Moore as city clerk. The board’s actions were procedural and administrative; no public-comment period or substantive debate on the budget or contracts is recorded in the minutes. The board is scheduled to meet next on July 7, 2026.
