Supes discuss variety of topics

The Choctaw Plaindealer

The Choctaw County Board of Supervisors discussed a variety of topics during their March 16 board meeting.

The board met with Jack Gordman of Gordman Insurance where they discussed a few changes in the county's insurance and Gap insurance plans and benefits. Gordman asked the board to renew their Blue Cross and Gap insurance through them. The board told him they would look into the insurance package.

Mike Hughes, of Weaver Insurance, visited with the supervisors asking them to ""Consider making me your agent for Blue Cross and Gap plan." He said right now, he splits commission with Gordman Insurance on their Blue Cross insurance and wants to become agent of record. The board said they would consider his request.

Later in the meeting, after a discussion the board approved to keep Gordman Insurance as agent of record and to approve the Blue Cross and Gap insurance quotes.

The supervisors also met with Bill Giller, with a company that provides court systems a secure website to collect payments online at no cost to the county. He explained how the system works and provided an Attorney General's opinion stating county's could accept payments online with the Board of Supervisors approval.

The board expressed their interest in the system and said they would look into it for more information.

Don Threadgill, Chancery clerk, told the board that the county was short $18,000 in February because of the legislature dealing with the car tag reimbursement and credit. He suspects the county will be short in March and April, also.

"If we are losing $8,000 to $10,000, the school is losing that, too," said Theadgill.

He said the county would have to make up the difference to school plus absorb the county's cutback.

"It's double to the county," said Threadgill.

In the meeting, Choctaw County Sheriff Cloyd Halford requested to build a fence at the Sheriff's Office per state order.

A motion was made to recognize his request to build a fence at the CCSO and the board took it under advisement.

In other board action, the board approved:

¥ To purchase a $200 ad in the Supervisors Convention book.

¥ To pay Crowder Engineering $2,800 for the 2009 bridge inspection.

¥ A $400 postage request from Lynn Ray, tax collector/assessor.

¥ Remove property owned by Southern Central Railroad from the real tax roll because it should not have been listed.

¥ Recognized annual financial report from Spurgeon Moss, constable.

¥ The fully executed lease purchase agreement with Hancock Bank for District 3 to lease purchase a trailer and equipment.

¥ Recognized a letter of credit from Tony Thomas to insure the county equipment why the equipment is at the action before selling.

¥ Purchase of 2007 Rhino, 2007 Grizzly four wheelers for $17,899 plus accessories of wench, bed cover and police light package for Ford pickup for $6,541 for the Choctaw County Sheriff's Office to be paid out of grant they previously were awarded.

¥ Recognized that Mississippi Lignite Company donated $1,628 to the CCSO for equipment purchase. Halford requested to use that fund to purchase two tasers.

¥ Travel for Tracy Dewberry to attend a dispatcher training course for one week in Brandon for $800 (meals and room). Half of that expense will be reimbursed.

¥ Travel for Lori Fiebig to travel Tunica for a professional development seminar and mandated court clerk training May 6-8. Also, approved mileage and meals for her to attend a Domestic Violence workshop in Philadelphia May 16-17.

¥ Travel for Glenda Fulce, election commissioner, to attend commissioner training March 30.

¥ Appointed Kenny Clark to Choctaw County Economic Development District board.

¥ To advertise for bids for fire equipment for the Union Fire Department. Equipment will be purchased from a grant they previously were awarded.

¥ Permission for District 3 to store pea gravel on Keith Box property so it will be closer to paving project.

¥ To send a letter to the Choctaw County Medical Center asking for reimbursement of $3,000 for county's expense of paying their liability insurance.