The Warren County Board of Supervisors held their first meeting of 2019 Monday in their boardroom on the third floor of the Warren County Courthouse with no changes in appointments and officers of the board.

District 5 Supervisor Richard George was unanimously approved again as the board president, while District 1 Supervisor John Arnold will remain as vice president of the board.

John Smith was re-appointed county administrator, while Blake Teller will remain county attorney.

The board also approved Larry Flowers as road manager, John McKee as county engineer for state aid and Stantec Consulting Services for county engineering services.

In other matters

The board accepted for information from the city of Vicksburg changing the city boundary as approved by the Chancery Court and the Governor. The matter deals with a section of the old Confederate Ridge Apartments that are currently in the county and the developer requests all of the apartments be placed within the city limits. The apartments, which are currently closed and being re-developed as Park Avenue condominiums, are located at 780 US 61 North.

In October, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a resolution giving its notice of intent to amend the city charter by changing the city’s boundary lines to include the annexed area.

Greg Nickel, owner of Beverly Hills, California-based Rockwell Building and Design, which is converting the site into a condominium development, requested the annexation to bring four of the complex’s buildings in the county into the city. Work is underway on the property.

The board also signed a fee proposal agreement with Brumfield & Ward Associates Architects PA on the courthouse roof replacement.

In December, Supervisors Charles Selmon and William Banks voted against a motion to hire Brumfield Ward as the architect on the job, while supervisors John Carlisle and John Arnold both voted in favor. George was the deciding yay vote on the motion.

According to Building & Grounds director Chuck Thornton, the first section of the roof was put on in 1981 and a second section was completed in 1994. During their December meeting, Thornton told the board the cost estimate he received from a vendor in February 2018 was approximately $225,000 to replace the roof.