" 25% is contingency alone, everything else is engineering fees, design, and material testing etc. I don't believe the city is trying to "Pad" anybodies pockets "

" Danny Esch is in critical condition after having a massive heart attack. Please lets keep him and his family in our prayers. "

" What happened to Danny Esch last night?? I heard he had a heart attack. "

" I'm not knocking the people that still live in East McComb-but look at the neighborhood that they have put millions of dollars in that sports park. The mayor should visit Ridgeland, Clinton, Brookhaven or other cities & checkout their much nicer facilities-away from town & vandals. I have hosted tournaments but would never have one in that neighborhood after dark! "

" What is the mayor thinking? Sinking another 2.7 million into that money pit-sports park? That park will never be utilized in a way that will benefit this community. They could have built a park away from town like most communities have done (for a lot less than 5 million dollars) where there won't be as much opportunity for vandalism & crime. No one wants to have a tournament at that park and still be in that neighborhood after dark. "

" If you're going to run the city like a business then learn these terms before the city bids a job out next time. "Hard Money" good, "Time and Materials" bad. And payments in stages. I would really like to get a look at the bids for the waste treatment facility, instead of your nice full color third grade reading level bourche that was mailed out. Can you make that public. "

" If I am reading this correctly the city is wanting to pass a 9.5 million dollar bond for nearly 6 million dollars worth of work. Leaving 3.6 million dollars for contingencies, design and testing. That leaves us paying an engineer 37% of the bond. I'm not sure what normal engineering rates are, but someone appears to be getting rich off of a city bond issue. Just seems like fuzzy math. "

" The other night this city had two patrolman and a supervisor on duty. This is for an entire shift (12 Hours). I'll tell you what, without mentioning any affiliation, this city is already leaning on its Police force. Leaning them to other professions, The Sheriff's Office, and other cities. Thank you Selectman Lamb at least you always give us mention and ask "What about?," when others don't. "

" I think it's only reasonable to ask someone(whoever has the crystal ball) to give us poor (26%) citizens a price breakdown on each of these remaining 2.7 million dollar projects at the sports park. The skate park is a potential nightmare. Good for lawyers--bad for McComb. The liabilities are horrendous. The remainder of their programs are ludicrous. Take the money and build a decent animal shelter. "

" This time I have to agree with the mayor. I was back home for a visit recently and witnessed first hand the poor condition of streets all over McComb. Perhaps the parks can wait but you got to spend money on infrastucture. It was really sad to see the run down condition of houses in all the different neighborhoods. I think McCombs faces a difficult future that can only be improved by providing a first class education for the kids. You guys need some strong, positive leadership to avoid losing hope. I believe the next election is crucial for McComb, maybe your last chance to turn it around. Get out and vote when the time comes. "

" Believe it or not, I am at home and not at the board meeting this evening and I am not even wearing a hat :). I sure hope these people running this city will run it and not ruin it. How much more money are they going to put in the "Pit"?? Folks in McComb City, wake up!!!! It appears as though someone or perhaps some force is trying to systematically tear this city down brick by brick. How in the world can these so called leaders even consider this kind of spending when they recently had such a "money crunch"?? To say the police department is understaffed, has been and will continue to be ---that in my opinon---is not leadership. It is letting the tail wag the dog. Instead of "leaning'", someone around the table needs to start leading. If this bond issue passes, I am going to start selling hand baskets. Because McComb City will be going 'you know where' in one. May God have mercy on the City of McComb City.. "

" Another capital idea by our mayor. Let's see what we can do to attract more people to McComb while we work on "leaning" our police force. I continue to be amazed ! "

" How much more " leaning" does the police department have to do? They are already short at least 6 officers, not to mention that if they were fully staffed at the current authorized number, they would still need more officers on the streets. But maybe they'll be happy with the renovated parks. "

" This is just ridiculous. McComb Police Department is GROSSLY understaffed, particularly the detective division. Until the safety of the citizens is a priority, anything else is a complete waste of time. Get your priorities in order, guys, before things get so bad that they can't be fixed. "

" Now is not the time to be floating a bond for Parks and Street repair. We have spent enough in the Sports Park for now, lets see how much activities we can get using what we've already spent millions on. Then more money on a skate park, sorry Mr. Parker, thats really close to the bottom of my to do list.
Then you have the proposed street overlay. I guess the mayor has not checked on asphalt prices lately. Reguardless didn't we just place asphalt on Marion Ave last year, only to have it fall apart weeks after its placement. I've come to the conclusion that this city needs more than just the Mayor and Aldermen to get along. We need physical responsiblity from ALL departments and accountability from water, sewer, streets and parks. The run away spending has to be causing some of us to question these contracts. "

" This isn't a movie, just because you build it does mean people from out of town will come. Which means only local residences will be using the sports park. Mccomb's Recreation Department has never been big on programming. ... What good is a sports complex without someone that knows how to run it. As for improving city infrastructure for tourism and economic development building new a new skate park and improving the other park so that our youth will have somewhere nice to hang out "unsupervised", cursing, smoking and littering(put a few more lights at Douglas Park please!!!). I'm sure that's going to be great for tourism and economic development. "

" You can't attract tourism if the city isn't safe. "Leaning" the police department or fire department is not improving safety in this town. The first priority should fully staffing the police, not borrowing money for parks the people don't have the gas money to get to or tax money to pay for. "

" I think this board needs to bring in a outside source to review the city's finances, and make recommendations to this board about what to go forward with first. "

" Millions to be spent on parks and street overlays. More taxes for the citizens when already we have $4.00 a gallon gasoline, entergy raising rates, water bills carrying a surcharge for the new water treatment plant, natural gas rates rising and food going through the roof. Not to mention the Obama taxes that will be a part of his administration, and now McComb wants millions for some parks.

Better set those millions aside to help the citizens pay their utility bills, especially this winter when natural gas rates may double. "