Mississippi Business Journal » board of supervisors http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 05:01:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Supervisors to talk with trustees about selling hospital http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/22/supervisors-to-talk-with-trustees-about-selling-hospital/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supervisors-to-talk-with-trustees-about-selling-hospital http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/22/supervisors-to-talk-with-trustees-about-selling-hospital/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31:43 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=75265 NATCHEZ — Natchez Regional Medical Center could soon go on the market, with the Adams County Board of Supervisors saying they want to meet with NRMC’s board of trustees to discuss selling the hospital. At least three parties have expressed interest in the county-owned property. Supervisor Mike Lazarus made the suggestion at the supervisors’ meeting, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/22/supervisors-to-talk-with-trustees-about-selling-hospital/feed/ 0 Insurer settles with county over damaged roads http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/22/insurer-settles-with-county-over-damaged-roads/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=insurer-settles-with-county-over-damaged-roads http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/22/insurer-settles-with-county-over-damaged-roads/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 12:25:42 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=75260 CORINTH — The insurer for a transport company has paid $247,500 for damage to Alcorn County roads in 2011. The board of supervisors accepted the settlement for damage to Holly Church Road and Henson Road. Supervisors say the roads were damaged during a transport job by Burkhalter Rigging of Columbus. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/22/insurer-settles-with-county-over-damaged-roads/feed/ 0 Tenn. company makes unspecified offer to lease hospital http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/20/tenn-company-makes-unspecified-offer-to-lease-hospital/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tenn-company-makes-unspecified-offer-to-lease-hospital http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/20/tenn-company-makes-unspecified-offer-to-lease-hospital/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:42 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=75091 STARKVILLE — A Tennessee company has offered to lease OCH Regional Medical Center. Capella Healthcare vice president for acquisitions Doug Johnson confirmed to The Commercial Dispatch that the for-profit firm seeks a 50-year lease of the hospital. Johnson says Capella sought the lease in an April 23 letter to the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/20/tenn-company-makes-unspecified-offer-to-lease-hospital/feed/ 0 Officials say port trucks tearing up local roads http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/13/officials-say-port-trucks-tearing-up-local-roads/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=officials-say-port-trucks-tearing-up-local-roads http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/13/officials-say-port-trucks-tearing-up-local-roads/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 11:39:11 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74686 WIGGINS — Stone County officials said trucks hauling material to the Port of Gulfport are causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in road damage. County officials went before port commissioners this week, asking them to pay part of the repair bill because they don’t have enough money to fix the roads. County officials said the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/13/officials-say-port-trucks-tearing-up-local-roads/feed/ 0 Mayoral candidate wants to talk to auditor about boat trips http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/12/mayoral-candidate-want-to-talk-to-auditor-about-boat-trips/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mayoral-candidate-want-to-talk-to-auditor-about-boat-trips http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/12/mayoral-candidate-want-to-talk-to-auditor-about-boat-trips/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 20:52:15 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74562 OCEAN SPRINGS — Jackson County Supervisor John McKay says the deep-sea fishing trips he took in 2012 with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources are now an issue in his race for mayor of Ocean Springs. McKay, a Republican, tells The Sun Herald he wants to talk to State Auditor Stacey Pickering about the trips. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/12/mayoral-candidate-want-to-talk-to-auditor-about-boat-trips/feed/ 0 Audit finds circuit clerk owes more money http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/12/audit-finds-circuit-clerk-owes-more-money/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=audit-finds-circuit-clerk-owes-more-money http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/12/audit-finds-circuit-clerk-owes-more-money/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 20:09:37 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74653 VICKSBURG — An unfinished 2012 audit of Warren County says Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree owes the county more than previously thought and supervisors will ask for payback this week. The Vicksburg Post reports the five-member board will meet in special session to demand the clerk repay fees beyond the state-set cap for fee-based public officials. “We’re [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/12/audit-finds-circuit-clerk-owes-more-money/feed/ 0 County to pay MDEQ fine for trash in installments http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/08/county-to-pay-mdeq-fine-for-trash-in-installments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=county-to-pay-mdeq-fine-for-trash-in-installments http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/08/county-to-pay-mdeq-fine-for-trash-in-installments/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 20:26:21 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74447 CORINTH — Alcorn County will pay a civil penalty to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for violations at local rubbish site. The Daily Corinthian reports the board of supervisors agreed to pay $15,000 in two installments. The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality cited the county for failing to prevent disposal of unauthorized waste in [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/08/county-to-pay-mdeq-fine-for-trash-in-installments/feed/ 0 Supervisors want to borrow money for future development http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/08/supervisors-want-to-borrow-money-for-future-development/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supervisors-want-to-borrow-money-for-future-development http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/08/supervisors-want-to-borrow-money-for-future-development/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 20:23:07 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74445 STARKVILLE — Oktibbeha County supervisors have passed a resolution to let the public know it will borrow $5 million when needed to support an economic development opportunity. Supervisors took the action this week at the urging of the Golden Triangle Development LINK, a local economic development group. The county would borrow the money by issuing [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/08/supervisors-want-to-borrow-money-for-future-development/feed/ 0 Officials mulling building codes for unincorporated areas http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/08/officials-mulling-building-codes-for-unincorporated-areas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=officials-mulling-building-codes-for-unincorporated-areas http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/08/officials-mulling-building-codes-for-unincorporated-areas/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 11:31:46 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74424 OXFORD — Some buildings in unincorporated areas of Lafayette County may soon have to be constructed according to building codes, though officials are still working on the details. A code has not been adopted. However, county supervisors have appointed a committee to work out details of what will be in the building code Proposals to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/08/officials-mulling-building-codes-for-unincorporated-areas/feed/ 0 DeSoto County finds money in the trash http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/03/desoto-county-finds-money-in-the-trash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=desoto-county-finds-money-in-the-trash http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/03/desoto-county-finds-money-in-the-trash/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 11:38:18 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=74178 HERNANDO — DeSoto County has pulled some good numbers from the trash. Officials have reported 86.1 tons of rubbish collected from last week’s annual cleanup — a six-ton increase over the previous year — and a $190,000 refund to the county from disposal vendor Allied Waste Industries to correct a six-year billing error. “It shows [...]

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