The Winston County Board of Supervisors opened the month of November with multiple business items that required attention prior to the end of the calendar year. This included acknowledging and accepting reports regarding inventory and tax rolls.
However, one of the biggest announcements to come out of Monday’s meeting is that of a county-wide burn ban.
The state of Mississippi is in a state of drought. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, part of Winston County is considered to be in “severe drought” while the other half is in an “extreme drought.” The supervisors were informed that Winston County is currently at -11 inches below the average rainfall amount.
Announcements were promptly made via social media that this burn ban includes the city of Louisville as well as all communities within the borders of the county. There are only slight rain chances for the upcoming weekend.
In other business, the Winston County Board of Supervisors:
•Approved a payment in the amount of $4,500.00 for the constable “lost cause” money for the 2023 year and years after.
•Acknowledged the receipt of a Circuit Court order that instructed the Board to pay Attorney Steven C. Adams for his services as a back-up public defender (payment for $600 approved)
•Acknowledged the receipt of an itemized statement for compensation of Richard C. Carter III (court-appointed attorney in Cause 23-00046) in the amount of $1,970.50.
•Approved a payment to Magnolia Shredding, LLC., in the amount of $$1,650.00.
•Acknowledged the receipt of an inventory report for the period between October 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023.
•Approved the payment of dues to the Mississippi Chancery Clerk’s Association in the amount of $1,000.00 for FY 2023- 2024.
•Acknowledged the receipt of the 2023 Certificate of the Department of Revenue approving the Real Property tax roll and the Certificate of the Department of Revenue approving the Personal Property tax roll.
•Acknowledged the receipt of confirmation of 2023 Homestead roll files uploaded to MS TAP. This standards for Mississippi Taxpayer Access Point.
•Acknowledged the receipt of a letter from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History for authorizing the disposal of records.
•Approved the overtime report.
•Approved the claims docket for period ending October 31, 2023 and November 6, 2023.
•Approved the minutes of the October 16, 2023 BOS meeting.
Documents from past supervisor’s meetings can be found online at http://www.winstonms.com/.
