by Associated Press Published: March 18,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, Board of Trustees, county government, health, health care, hospital, law, legal, medical, medicine, settlement, supervisor, trustee
NATCHEZ — The Adams County Board of Supervisors expects to meet this week with Natchez Regional Medical Center’s board of trustees. Supervisors tell The Natchez Democrat the meeting is at the request of the hospital board, and will be used to discuss the county-owned hospital’s plans for the future and might include discussions of the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 12,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, cab, county government, driver, fee, ordinance, regulation, rule, supervisor, taxi, transportation, travel
BILOXI — The Harrison County Board of Supervisors will hold a workshop in the next two weeks to discuss rules and fees for the taxi industry. The Sun Herald reports taxi drivers appeared before the board to protest the fees they are paying under the taxi commission established by the Legislature in 2010. Leisa Leisy, [...] [...]
WEST POINT — The board of supervisors has started the process toward issuing up to $10 million in bonds for development of the Prairie Belt Powersite in northern Clay County. The Daily Times Leader reports officials with the Golden Triangle Development LINK had requested that the board be ready to issue bonds when a major [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 21,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, boat, boater, boating, county government, dredge, ecosystem, environment, martimie, navigation, pollution, ship, shipping, state agency, supervisor, wildlife
PASCAGOULA – The Jackson County Board of Supervisors has filed an application for a wetlands permit with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources requesting authorization to maintenance dredge the Lake Yazoo Canal in Pascagoula. The proposed dredging is 2,200 feet in length and an average of 60 feet in width from a depth ranging from [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 20,2013
Tags: appropriatioon, board of supervisors, construction, county government, highway, improvement, infrastructure, road, street, supervisor
COLUMBUS — Lowndes County supervisors have formed a committee to look for the county’s 10 worst roads. The group will report back to the board by June 15 so supervisors can decide how to repair some or all the roads. The Commercial Dispatch reports committee members include road manager Ronnie Burns, County Administrator Ralph Billingsley, [...] [...]
GULFPORT — Harrison County supervisors have voted to allow American Medical Response to send a separate bill to patients when city and county fire departments respond to emergency medical calls. However, a representative from AMR says while Gulfport expressed an interest in this, none of the cities have told AMR that they want to start [...] [...]
CANTON — Madison County officials are rolling out the welcome mat for Jackson State University. The Clarion-Ledger reports the Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a resolution welcoming JSU’s satellite campus to the community. The university won College Board approval last month for a 10-year, $1.5 million lease for 8,600 square feet of office space [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
Tags: bank, banker, banking, board of supervisors, bond, county government, default, elected official, finance, financial institution, health care, hispital, home, homeowner, homestead exemption, house, mill, millage, public official, residence, resident, supervisor, tax, taxpayer
NATCHEZ — Natchez Regional Medical Center wants to take Adams County’s taxpayers off the hook as cosigners for its revenue bond. The Natchez Democrat reports the Mississippi Development Bank in 2006 required the hospital to show collateral before it would reissue the revenue bond. Adams County pledged a 5-mill standby tax that would not be [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 14,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, county government, health, health care, hospital, lease, medical, medicine, proposal, public health, supervisor
RIPLEY — Tippah County supervisors are moving ahead with obtaining proposals for the lease of the Tippah County Hospital. Officials tell the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal health care is changing and it is difficult for a rural hospital to survive without being part of a larger, better funded organization. Several months ago, supervisors hired an [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 11,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, corrections, county government, crime, economic development, employee, employer, employment, incarcerate, incarceration, jail, job, prison, supervisor, work, worker
GREENWOOD — Leflore County officials are hoping to get more details from a Utah company seeking to reopen the shuttered Delta Correctional Facility. Management and Training Corporation, based in Centerville, Utah, submitted a bid to the federal government last summer to use the former prison, closed since January 2012, to house up to 1,600 minimum-security [...] [...]
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