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Oktibbeha supes want to borrow $10 million for capital improvement fund
Oktibbeha County supervisors are looking to borrow up to $10 million for infrastructure projects next fiscal year without raising the property tax millage rate.
In a work session Wednesday, supervisors discussed using the funds toward roads, as well as toward such projects as replacing the Oktibbeha County Lake Dam and building a new county administrative complex.
Lynn Norris, with Madison-based Government Consultants Inc., told supervisors the county could take on $10 million in new bonded debt while leaving its millage rate at 58.49. Five years ago, when the county borrowed $14.5 million to fund its last major infrastructure plan, supervisors approved a 2.4-mill increase to support it.
Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors consider building new headquarters for the county
After facility studies, the estimated cost of the headquarters is nearly $31M.
Posted: May 19, 2021 11:10 PM
Posted By: Rhea Thornton
OKTIBBEHA CO., Miss. (WTVA) - Oktibbeha County Supervisors said they need more office space for county workers.
“Each year the county is growing and its projected that growth will continue, said District 3 supervisor Marvell Howard. At this point the county is in need of space.”
They pitched the idea of a new building to house all departments under one roof.
At the April 4th meeting, the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors decided to have a facilities study done to determine whether or not having the old, separated buildings is more efficient than building something new.
(McComb) Enterprise-Journal. May 7, 2021. Editorial: Early voting can prevent fraud Mississippi’s resistance to early voting and the backtracking of other Republican-led states that previously were receptive to it makes sense only if you consider it from a politically cynical perspective.
Our View: Local government should be transparent in hiring processes
By 3 days ago
Next month, we will go to the polls to choose who will represent us in our city governments. This form of direct representation is important for a variety of reasons, but there are other important positions that are not chosen by the voters, but by the people we vote into office.
Making the right hires for department heads and other key positions is arguably one of the most important tasks of our elected officials because they have such a bearing on the operations of our governments.
Monday, the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors made one such hire, choosing county comptroller Delois Farmer to replace Emily Garrard who is retiring in June as county administrator.