Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Alderman agenda items

Published 12:01 pm Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Meeting Tuesday:

• OK’d meeting minutes from Dec. 2 and 6.

• Recognized the following employee anniversaries: for 25 years in the fire department, Darrell Flaggs, Harold Gaines and Marion Cole; for 20 years in the gas department, Damon Stamps; for five years in the police department, Markeetia Braxton.

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• Received the following three sealed bids for concrete floor polishing with a two-color process for the Vicksburg Convention Center: Concrete Creations of Jackson for $49,590, GulfAtlantic Flooring Systems of Madison for $61,560 and Concrete Flooring Solutions of Pelham, Ala., for $48,667.31.

• OK’d close-out documents for APAC-Mississippi of Jackson for asphalt.

• OK’d a maintenance agreement with L-1 Identity Solutions for fingerprint scanner at Vicksburg Police Department.

• OK’d a request from VPD to spend $1,134.76 for promotional items to be given at various speaking events.

• OK’d a request from the VPD to spend $4,700 to purchase car seats. The expense will be 100 percent reimbursed from the Occupant Protection grant program under the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, which awarded the city $15,000 for fiscal year 2011. The money would be used in the police department for child restraint and seat belt education and enforcement.

• Discussed dilapidated buildings and overgrown lot codes and authorized Victor Gray-Lewis, director of Building and Inspections to proceed to cut, clean and demolish the following properties: 1409 Second North St., and 1500 Weems St.

• Accepted letter establishing special assessment of OK’d a resolution for cutting and cleaning the following properties: 1326 Wood St. and 1504 Ethel St.

• OK’d a request from Vicksburg Main Street Program to spend up to $500 for promotional items for the downtown Vicksburg Mardi Gras parade on March 5.

• OK’d payment of $3,460.48 Vicksburg Tallulah Regional Airport for the city’s share of expenses.

• OK’d final payment No. 2 of $29, 073.96 to Arrowhead Enterprises, for Natural Resources Conservation Service Travel Inn site project and accepted close-out documents.

• OK’d final payment No. 2 of $7,160.72 to Arrowhead Enterprises for NRCS Pauline Drive site project and accepted close out documents.

• OK’d bank letters from Trustmark Bank and BancorpSouth.

• OK’d reports from the following: city sexton, privilege license, mayor and treasurer, tax collection, detail budget and delinquent tax collection and accepted a tax settlement.

• OK’d claims docket.

In closed session, the board:

• Discussed longevity in gas and police departments, a transfer in street department, pay adjustments in gas and inspection departments and resignations in the inspection and fire departments.

• Discussed five personnel matters in fire, inspection, water mains and right of way departments.

• Discussed real property matter.

The board meets next at 10 a.m. Monday Feb. 7.