Public Notice of Sale of an Abandoned Vehicle
One (1) 2007 Chevrolet HHR LT
VIN: 3GNDA23D97S625046 is to be disposed of as an
abandoned vehicle under the authority of Sections 85-7-251, 85-7-107, 63-23-1, and 63-23- 11. Mississippi Code of 1972, annotated, as amended. Said vehicle shall be sold to the highest bidder for cash on July 31, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. at First Class Auto Sales and Salvages, 15824 Hwy 7 North, Greenwood, MS 38930. First Class Auto Sales and Salvage has custody of the aforementioned vehicle. Said vehicle may be claimed by the owner prior to the sale by payment of $3850 plus tax and other misc. fees for storage since NOVEMBER 16, 2016: otherwise it will be sold to the highest bidder.
For any information regarding the above mention vehicle, please contact us at 662.688.0115.
/s/Barbara Reed
Management Dept.
July 3, 10, & 17, 2017
SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATIER OF THE HEIRS OF VELVET AND ETHEL HUMPHREY, DECEASED BY: EARNESTINE N.MILLER, PETITIONER
CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 17cv95
SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LEFLORE
TO: THE HEIRS AT LAW OF VELVET AND ETHEL HUMPHREY, DECEASED
You are hereby commanded to be and appear before the Chancery Court of Leflore County, Mississippi, on the 29th day of August, 2017, at 10:30 o'clock AM. at the Leflore County Courthouse in Greenwood, Mississippi, then and there to plead, answer or demur to that certain Petition for Determination of Heirship on file in said Court. wherein Earnestine N. Miller is the Petitioner, being Cause No. 17cv95, and wherein you are a Defendant.
This the 13th day of July, 2017
Christine Lymon,
Chancery Clerk
/s/Whitney Skelton, D.C.
Jena Hoover, MSB #105350 SOLICITOR FOR
PETITIONER
103S. Applegate Street
P. 0. Box 446
Winona, MS 38967-0446
Tel & Fax 662-283-1351/1-844-318-5896
July 17, 24 & 31, 2017
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Board of Supervisors of Leflore County, Mississippi (the "County"), took up for consideration the matter of issuing General Obligation Public Improvement Bonds, Series 2017 of said County. After a discussion of the subject, Supervisor Abraham offered and moved the adoption of the following resolution:
RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BONDS OF LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($5,000,000) TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS FOR PURCHASING OR ERECTING, EQUIPPING, REPAIRING, RECONSTRUCTING, REMODELING AND ENLARGING COUNTY BUILDINGS, COURTHOUSES, OFFICE BUILDINGS, JAILS AND RELATED FACILITIES, AND THE PURCHASE OF LAND THEREFOR; CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, AND REPAIRING ROADS, HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES, INCLUDING RELATED DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION NECESSARY FOR PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COUNTY ROADS, HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES, AND ACQUIRING THE NECESSARY LAND, INCLUDING LAND FOR ROAD-BUILDING MATERIALS, ACQUIRING RIGHTS-OF-WAY THEREFOR; AND THE PURCHASE OF HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES THERETO REASONABLY REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT, REPAIR, PRESERVE AND RENOVATE ROADS, HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES AND APPROACHES THERETO WITHIN THE COUNTY; AND DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF SUCH INTENTION.
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Leflore County, Mississippi (the "Board"), acting for and on behalf of Leflore County, Mississippi (the "County"), hereby finds, determines, adjudicates and declares as follows:
1.The County is authorized by Sections 19-9-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended (the "Act"), to issue bonds hereinafter proposed to be issued for the purposes and the amounts set forth in paragraph 2 of this preamble.
2.It is necessary and in the public interest to issue General Obligation Public Improvement Bonds, Series 2017 (the "Bonds") of the County in the principal amount of not to exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) to raise money for the purpose of providing funds for (i) purchasing or erecting, equipping, repairing, reconstructing, remodeling and enlarging County buildings, courthouses, office buildings, jails and related facilities, and the purchase of land therefor; constructing, reconstructing, and repairing roads, highways and bridges, including related drainage construction necessary for preservation and maintenance of county roads, highways and bridges, and acquiring the necessary land, including land for road-building materials, acquiring rights-of-way therefor; and the purchase of heavy construction equipment and accessories thereto reasonably required to construct, repair, preserve and renovate roads, highways and bridges and approaches thereto within the County, and purchasing land therefor and (ii) paying the cost of issuance for the Bonds (the "Project").
3. The assessed value of all taxable property within the County, according to the last completed assessment for taxation, is Two Hundred Fifty Million Two Hundred Seventy Two Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Nine Dollars ($250,272,339); the County has outstanding bonded indebtedness subject to the fifteen percent (15%) debt limit prescribed by Section 19-9-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, in the amount of Sixteen Million Five Hundred Ninety Five Thousand Dollars ($16,595,000), and outstanding bonded and floating indebtedness subject to the twenty percent (20%) debt limit prescribed by Section 19-9-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended (which amount includes the sum set forth above subject to the 15% debt limit), in the amount of Sixteen Million Five Hundred Ninety Five Thousand Dollars ($16,595,000); the issuance of the Bonds hereinafter proposed to be issued pursuant to the Act, when added to the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the County, will not result in bonded indebtedness, exclusive of indebtedness not subject to the aforesaid fifteen percent (15%) debt limit, of more than fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed value of taxable property within the County, and will not result in indebtedness, both bonded and floating, exclusive of indebtedness not subject to the aforesaid twenty percent (20%) debt limit, in excess of twenty percent (20%) of the assessed value of taxable property within the County, and will not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation upon indebtedness which may be incurred by the County.
4. The County reasonably expects that it will incur expenditures prior to the issuance of the Bonds, which it intends to reimburse with the proceeds of the Bonds upon the issuance thereof. This declaration of official intent to reimburse expenditures made prior to the issuance of the Bonds in anticipation of the issuance of the Bonds is made pursuant to Department of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150-2 (the reimbursement regulations). The Project for which such expenditures are made is the same as described hereinabove. The maximum principal amount of debt expected to be issued for the Project is the amount hereinabove set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD, ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Board hereby declares its intention to issue the Bonds pursuant to the Act to raise money for the purpose of providing funds for the Project. The Bonds may be issued in one or more series and will be general obligations of the County payable as to principal and interest out of and secured by an irrevocable pledge of the avails of a direct and continuing tax to be levied annually without limitation as to time, rate, or amount upon all the taxable property within the geographical limits of the County.
SECTION 2. The Board proposes to direct the issuance of the Bonds in the amounts, for the purposes and secured as aforesaid at a meeting place of the Board at its meeting place in the Leflore County Courthouse in the City of Greenwood, Mississippi, at the hour of 4:00 o'clock p.m. on August 7, 2017.
SECTION 3. If on or before 4:00 o'clock p.m. on August 7, 2017, twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors of the County or fifteen hundred (1,500), whichever is less, shall file a written protest with the clerk of Leflore County against the issuance of the Bonds pursuant to the Act, then Bonds for such purpose or purposes shall not be issued unless authorized at an election on the question of the issuance of such Bonds to be called and held as provided by law. If no protest be filed on or before 4:00 o'clock p.m. on August 7, 2017, against the issuance of Bonds, then the Bonds may be issued without an election on the question of the issuance thereof at any time within a period of two (2) years after the date specified in Section 2 hereof.
SECTION 4. This resolution shall be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in the Commonwealth, a newspaper published in the City of Greenwood, Mississippi and having a general circulation in Leflore County and qualified under the provisions of Section 13-3-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended. The first publication of this resolution shall be made not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date fixed herein for the issuance of the Bonds, and the last publication shall be made not more than seven (7) days prior to such date.
SECTION 5. The Clerk of the Board shall be and is hereby directed to procure from the publisher of the aforesaid newspaper the customary proof of the publication of this resolution and have the same before the Board on the date and hour specified in Section 2 hereof.
SECTION 6. The County reasonably expects that it will incur expenditures prior to the issuance of the Bonds, which it intends to reimburse with the proceeds of the Bonds upon the issuance thereof. This declaration of official intent to reimburse expenditures made prior to the issuance of the Bonds in anticipation of the issuance of the Bonds is made pursuant to Department of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150-2 (the reimbursement regulations). The Project for which such expenditures are made is the same as described hereinabove. The maximum principal amount of debt expected to be issued for the Project is the amount hereinabove set forth.
SECTION 7. If any one or more of the provisions of this resolution shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any of the other provisions of this resolution, but this resolution shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision or provisions had not been contained herein.
Supervisor Brown seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, and the question being put to a roll call vote, the result was as follows:
Supervisor Sam J. Abraham voted: Aye
Supervisor Robert E. Moore voted: Aye
Supervisor Anjuan Brown voted: Aye
Supervisor Wayne Self
voted: Aye
Supervisor Robert Collins voted: Aye
The motion having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present, the President of the Board declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted, on this the 5th day of July, 2017.
/s/ Wayne Self
PRESIDENT, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
ATTEST:
/s/ Christine Lymon
CLERK, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
July 17, 24, 31, 2017
