by Associated Press Published: April 18,2013
Tags: annex, annexation, city government, fire, land, law enforcement, municipal, municipality, police, property, real estate, services
D’IBERVILLE — D’Iberville will nearly double in size Sunday when area it has annexed officially becomes part of the city. Police Chief Wayne Payne tells The Sun Herald his department has been working with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office and will assume full law enforcement in the annexed area north of the city beginning at [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 3,2013
Tags: annexation, city government, consultant, dispute, municipal, municipality, property, real estate, tax, taxpayer
D’IBERVILLE — The annexation battle between Biloxi and D’Iberville is finally over, and representatives for D’Iberville say they are the winners. The area in dispute was along Mississippi Highway 67. The state Supreme Court on March 21 upheld the annexation ruling that kept in Harrison County part of the annexation area requested by both cities [...] [...]
BILOXI and GULFPORT — A new annexation plan would cut in half the amount of land Biloxi wants to annex on the city’s northwest border. City attorney Ronald Peresich tells The Sun Herald the new boundaries reduce the proposed annexation area from 7.5 square miles to about three square miles. The adjusted area still includes [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 3,2013
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BILOXI — The Biloxi City Council has voted to drop its annexation bid for property east of the Biloxi River — but only if Gulfport and Harrison County drop objections to Biloxi’s annexation of 2.5 square miles to its north. Yesterday’s resolution also requires that Gulfport refrain from annexing any property east of the Biloxi [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 21,2012
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OXFORD — Attorneys have 30 days to submit final briefs in case that will decide whether the land that a company has selected as the location of its new $300 million hospital will be included in the Oxford city limits. The Oxford Eagle reports Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi wants to build on the 160-acre site [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 19,2012
Tags: annex, annexation, city, government, land, municipal, municipality, property, real estate, resolution
BILOXI and GULFPORT — The Gulfport City Council has voted unanimously to approve a resolution that could put an end to a longstanding annexation dispute with the city of Biloxi. The property in question consists of about two-and-one-half square miles along the Mississippi 605 corridor north and east of Gulfport’s corporate boundaries. The Sun Herald [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 7,2012
Tags: annexation, board of supervisors, city, county government, land, municiopality, municipal government, property, real estate, tax
TUPELO — The Lee County Board of Supervisors has decided against opposing the city of Tupelo’s annexation effort. WTVA-TV reports the supervisors’ vote was unanimous. Their decision comes just a few days after the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled in favor of the city’s effort to take in approximately 16 square miles from the county. Lee [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 3,2012
Tags: annexation, appeal, bench, court, decision, judge, judicial, justice, land, property, real estate, tax, taxpayer
TUPELO — The city of Tupelo’s plan to expand its borders has been upheld by the Mississippi Supreme Court. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the 16-square-mile annexation would add approximately 2,500 residents to the city. Special Chancellor Edward Prisock approved the city’s annexation plan Dec. 17, 2010, but the decision was appealed by Lee [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 5,2012
Tags: annex, annexation, boundary, commercial fishing, commission, fish, fishing, Gulf Coast, saltwater, state agency, state government, water
GULF OF MEXICO — At a special meeting of the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (MCMR), the commissioners unanimously passed a resolution opposing Louisiana’s move to extend its state water boundaries Gulf-ward into federal waters. The approved resolution has been submitted to the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office. The resolution states: “The MCMR is opposed to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 25,2012
Tags: annex, annexation, appeal, bench, courts, judges, judicial, judiciary, land, municipal government, property, real estate, taxes, taxpayers
PASS CHRISTIAN — The city of Pass Christian has now decided it won’t appeal a judge’s decision denying the city’s request to annex 5.4 square miles in Harrison County. The Sea Coast Echo reports the board of aldermen reached that decision this week after Mayor Chipper McDermott said an appeal would cost $60,000. Aldermen then [...] [...]
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