VAIDEN — The Carroll County Board of Supervisors approved a $220,875 bid by Thompson Machinery for Beat 2’s new motor grader at its meeting Monday.
Stribling Equipment had submitted a lower bid at $208,900, but Supervisor 2 Terry Brown recommended going with Thompson’s.
The motion passed 5-0. Board Attorney Kevin Horan advised Brown that his reasoning for accepting the higher bid must be entered into the minutes.
Brown could not be reached for comment this morning.
The acceptance of the bid took place during a short but busy meeting. In other action:
• Board President Ricky Corley signed the paperwork that will start the bid process for a box culvert on County Road 430. Bids will be opened at the July 25 meeting in Carrollton.
• Supervisors told Jimmy Moore with Arrow Disposal Service Inc. that his company is doing a good job with the county waste disposal. The only glitch, according to Beat 1 Supervisor Jim Neill, is there has been a problem with getting the big Dumpster at the North Carrollton recreation park emptied. Moore said that comes under a different category than the day-to-day garbage pickup but will be taken care of.
• Illegal dumping continues to be a problem in the county. The Department of Environmental Quality not only wants the dump sites cleaned up but needs proof that the refuse is taken to the proper landfills, the board was told. Help with the cost of cleanup and disposal will come in the form of a $12,325 grant from DEQ when the paperwork is submitted.
• Carroll County Development Chairman George Johnson asked about getting directional signs for the rec park put up. The board approved the purchase of the four signs earlier in the year. Horan said that MDOT has to approve the size of the signs and placement location if they are on state property. He said that he will make a call or two to get things rolling. Johnson said that baseball season will be over soon but the signs need to be in place as many people have trouble finding the park.
• Recent heavy rains have caused more than a few problems in the county, including one near the water treatment plant in Carrollton. Stabilization work in the form of building a wall and backfilling with dirt will begin when “we get a little dry weather,” according to Beat 4’s Claude Fluker.
• Chancery Clerk Sugar Mullins reminded the board that the deadline to qualify for election commissioner was at 5 p.m. Monday. As of Monday morning, April Sanders Neill in Beat 1, Edward M. Corder in Beat 2, Carolyn Summerville in Beat 3, David Burkhead in Beat 4 and Christy G. Noah in Beat 5 were the only ones who had qualified.
• The deadline for the road registry, adding or removing roads from the list of county maintenance, is July 1. This is done annually. County EOC Director Gayle Beard reminded the board that this will affect the 911 addresses.
• The board approved reimbursement to Circuit Clerk Durwood Stanton and Mullins to attend their respective conventions in Natchez in July.
• Sheriff Clint Walker got approval from the board to reimburse part-time deputy Phil Wolfe for expenses associated with training for a cold case unit that Walker is implementing. Wolfe is a former Leflore County supervisor.
• The board approved a bid of $3,436 from Steve Daves Heating and Air to replace the air-conditioning unit at the Carroll County Extension Service. The money will come out of the county building maintenance funds.
