Supes hear infrastructure funding discussions

In a regular meeting, held on Monday, March 7, the Kemper County Board of Supervisors heard discussions concerning infrastruc­ture funding. Central District Trans­portation Commissioner, Willie Simmons, stated that he was very excited about funds that would be coming from the federal govern­ment. He reported that through the American Rescue Plan, Kemper County has received $1.8M. And in 2018 the Mississippi legislature passed the Mississippi Use Tax Di­version Fund, and from that the County should receive $1.2M which will be ongoing.

Tray Hariston, Bond Attorney for Butler Snow, spoke about internet sales tax funds pointing out that those funds can only be used by counties for roads and bridges, whereas municipalities may use them for water and sewage proj­ects, as well.

A moment of silence was held for former District 3 Supervisor John Paul Darnell, who passed away earlier this week.

In other action, the Board voted 4-0 to approve the following measures; District 3 Supervisor Scott Johnson was not present:

— An order approving payment to Waggoner Engineering, Ind. for Kemper Crossing Infrastruc­ture in the amount of $5.8K.

— An order approving payment to Engineering Plus for Project No. ERBR-35(01)

Sunflower Road for final pay­ment #4 in the amount of $1.9K.

— An order approving payment to Joe MaGee Construction Co. for Project No ERBR-35(01) for precast concrete beam spans with pave approaches on Sun­flower Road in the amount of $9.1K, final payment #4.

For the Sheriff's Department, the Board voted 4-0 to approve the following measures:

— An order approving the meal log for Kemper-Neshoba Re­gional Correctional Facility for the month of February 2022.

$276

— An order approving all ex­penses incurred for the Sheriff's Department for the month of February 2022.

— And order approving a tag for 2016 Chevrolet Express G2.

— An order approving Warden Jeff Joyner to do purchase order requisitions.

— An order approving Deputy Warden Marquice Collins to do purchase order requisitions.

For the County Administrator, the Board voted 4-0 to approve the following measures:

— An order approving payment to Air management for Emilia for repairs to Trane 40-ton, trou­bleshooting gas valve, for PO# 220833, in the amount of $4.6K.

— An order approving payment to Air Management for Emilia for repairs to AC unit #6 for PO# 221073 in the amount of $537.

— An order to sign up for East Mississippi Connect Fiber Service for Kemper County Courthouse, administrative building and Bar­ney Brown building.

— An order approving an erro­neous tax sale for Wolfe Planta­tion because of mapping error by Tristate, for tax years 2016, '17, '18, '19 and '20, for a total of $36.90.

— Under Travel Authorization, the Board voted 4-0 to approve an order for the MAS 2022 An­nual Convention, in Biloxi, MS on June 13-16, to include mileage, lodging and meals for board members, board clerk/county ad­ministrator and comptroller.

— The Board then voted 4-0 to enter into executive session to discuss personnel, potential litiga­tion and economic development matters.