At its Oct. 15 meeting the Harrison County Board of Supervisors voted on multiple formal orders and motions. The items below summarize the board's recorded actions, with amounts and short descriptions drawn from the meeting record.

Votes at a glance

- Deny appeal of Planning Commission (case file 2507HC086/087) for a proposed communications tower at a Mississippi Power substation, upholding the Planning Commission denial (appeal denied). See separate article.

- Cemetery restoration: Approved $15,000 from the general fund for Mississippi City Cemetery restoration and authorized county crews to assist with removal of large limbs and debris; volunteers and school students to provide most labor (approved).

- Mowing/vehicle claim: Denied resident claim for vehicle window damage allegedly caused by roadside mowing; board found the record did not show required county-employee negligence under the state tort-claims statute (denied).

- MDEQ reimbursements: Approved requests for reimbursement related to household hazardous-waste events and site cleanup: $9,328.09 (Rock and McFarland site), $14,828.93 (annual bring-it household hazardous waste day) and a final reimbursement of $27,020.89; the board approved releasing claims and accepting reimbursements (approved).

- Voting equipment: Approved sole-source purchase from ES&S for 115 DS3000 ballot scanners in the amount of $625,435 and related system upgrades ($1,966) as presented by the Elections Commission (approved).

- Public-works and purchasing: Approved competitive-quote awards/quotes to Greg Butler for exterior painting work at two civic centers ($19,290 and $6,795, quoted) and authorized advertisement for bids or reverse auctions for equipment including a tractor with dump trailer and a new hydro platform trailer (authorizations approved).

- Emergency and law-enforcement equipment: Approved purchase of Metrix EOS Fusion hardware bundle for law enforcement in the amount of $74,704 (approved).

- Personnel and administrative actions: Approved employment and onboarding items on multiple departments, concurrence with county administrator and district attorney hiring lists; approved human-resources director Dusty Vancourt (effective 10/14) and waived the insurance waiting period for that hire (approved).

- Grants and project closeouts: Approved final pay and closeout documents for ARPA mental-health projects and accepted corrective action letters for MCWI grant projects as requested by staff (approved).

- Miscellaneous operational approvals: Accepted road maintenance projects into county maintenance (Harrington Park), accepted and approved low quotes and emergency purchases from purchasing, and approved travel and claims as listed in the claims docket (approved).

How the board voted

Where the transcript recorded a formal tally the board's motions were carried by a simple majority. In the tower appeal case the board recorded one abstention by a member who cited an employer conflict; the bulk of the orders and procurements carried by voice vote with no recorded dissent.

What happens next

Several approved procurements and reimbursements require follow-up: purchasing must obtain vendor quotes and process orders under county purchasing rules; grant reimbursements and project closeouts require staff to submit documentation to MDEQ and other agencies. The Planning Department will notify parties in the tower appeal of the board's decision and the applicant retains any administrative appeal rights under county ordinance.