Rankin County officials voted to authorize right-of-way acquisition agents to extend offers of just compensation to owners of three parcels of property along Holly Bush Road.

A staff member told the presiding officer, “Gentlemen, during executive session, you received adequate information concerning just compensation for 3 parcels of property, K 1315 Dash 10, K 13 Dash 15 Dash 11, and K 13 Dash 15,” and asked for authority to allow agents to make offers. Jay, a Rankin County official, made the motion to grant that authority; Steve seconded it. “All in favor? Aye,” the chair said; the motion carried by voice vote.

The staff member and other officials clarified during the discussion that the three pieces of property amount to two offers, with two parcels provided as part of one offer and the third as a separate offer. Questions from board members briefly addressed that split: “2 of those parcels will be, provided to us as part of 1 offer,” the staff member said, and participants confirmed the count of three pieces.

The transcript does not state the dollar amounts of the offers, the names of the property owners, or statutory citations authorizing the acquisition; it records only that the board received information in executive session and then authorized agents to extend offers of just compensation. The staff member also said no action had been taken during the executive session itself.

Next steps or timelines for making offers were not specified in the discussion recorded in the transcript.