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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 10,2013
Tags: athlete, athletics, board of supervisors, community development, county, fitness, government, health, loan, outdoors, park, sports, supervisor, wellness
MADISON COUNTY — Supports say a new 60-acre park in rural, northern Madison County will provide needed ball fields and walking trails while bringing in new area businesses to stimulate the local economy. Opponents, however, say they’re concerned about the cost to taxpayers, rural safety and flooding. The Clarion-Ledger reports the Board of Supervisors says [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 20,2012
Tags: board of supervisors, county, education, government, health, health care, lease, medical, medicine, public health, research, school, supervisor, university
GRENADA — The Grenada County Board of Supervisors has selected the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s (UMMC) proposal for the long-term lease of Grenada Lake Medical Center (GLMC) in connection with Grenada County’s request for proposals (RFP). Terms were not disclosed. “While the process has taken longer than expected and there still remains work to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 19,2012
Tags: board of supervisors, construction, county, development, government, home, house, infrastructure, land, law, ordinance, property, public hearing, real estate, regulation, residence, resident, residential, road, street, subdivision, supervisor
VICKSBURG — Warren County will hold a public hearing on Jan. 22 on proposed changes to the county’s ordinance on subdivision development. The Vicksburg Post reports versions of a revised ordinance have discussed by the board of supervisors for months. The county is considering a prohibition on the sale of residential lots until roads are [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: board of supervisors, county, elected official, government, health, politician, public official, resign, resignation, stroke, supervisor
JACKSON — Hinds County Supervisor Doug Anderson is resigning after some fellow supervisors questioned if he was too ill to continue serving. Anderson, a supervisor since 1993, will step down Jan. 1. His resignation was announced by his daughter, Jackie Anderson, at a press conference that her father didn’t attend. Doug Anderson suffers from diabetes [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 11,2012
Tags: board of supervisors, county, energy, government, land, manufacture, natural gas, property, REFINERY, ship, shipbuilding, supervisors, tax, tax erxemtion
PASCAGOULA — Jackson County supervisors have unanimously approved two 10-year tax exemptions for more than $838 million in true property value. The Mississippi Press reports Gulf LNG Energy received an exemption on nearly $828.5 million, and Ingalls Shipbuilding received an exemption on nearly $9.6 million on property value. County leaders say exemptions are granted on [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 6,2012
Tags: audit, auditor, board of supervisors, county, elected official, fine, government, misappropriation, public official, repayment, supervisor, tax, taxpayer
LEAKESVILLE — State Auditor Stacey Pickering has returned $70,280.72 to Greene County following an investigation into supervisors’ misuse of funds used as part of an illegal kickback scheme carried out through a contract for Katrina debris removal and legal expenses. These funds represent $64,030.72 in principal and $2,146.08 in interest and investigative costs. Pickering previously [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 4,2012
Tags: board of supervisors, county, economic development, employ, employee, employer, employment, government, grant, incentive, job, Site Selection, work, worker
LOWNDES COUNTY — Lowndes County will apply for a $1 million that supervisors hope will bring in a new company and 44 jobs. WCBI-TV in Columbus reports neither supervisors nor economic development officials would name the company. Officials did say the is considering locating the county’s 100,000-square-foot building that was completed three years ago in [...] [...]
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