The Leflore County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to donate 8-15 acres of county-owned land across from the Agri Center to the Mississippi Highway Patrol for a substation.
The donation is subject to Greenwood City Council approval.
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety asked the board on May 29 for private land at the U.S. 49 and U.S. 82 intersection near the cloverleaf in Greenwood.
Chancery Clerk Sam Abraham said that property would have cost tax payers $150,000 to $200,000.
Commissioner George Phillips said the intersection of the two major arteries would be ideal to provide accessibility for patrolmen.
A bond bill passed in July 2006 provided funds to build the substation, Phillips said.
Board attorney and state Rep. Willie Perkins said he fought in this past legislative session to keep the new substation in Leflore County.
Phillips said 20 to 25 officers would work at the new substation and said it would bring a lot of money to the county.
Also at the meeting:
The board approved closeout documents for a total of $8 million in loan money to aid small, at-risk businesses.
The loan was initiated by Leflore County but also encompasses Washington, Sunflower, Sharkey, Humphreys and Holmes counties.
Representatives of Enterprise Corporation of the Delta (ECD), who will be handling the loan, were present to discuss details with the board.
The board gave the county road manager permission to place speed bumps in the county at his discretion.
Three trucks of insecticide from the county road manager will go out to spray for mosquitoes this week.
