Magnolia plans to use state funding to make improvements at Central Park.
Aldermen accepted $268,128 in federal Transportation Alternative Program funds passed through the Mississippi Department of Transportation to build a walking track around the park off Quinlivan Road near the South Pike junior high and high school campuses.
The track will give another exercise and recreation option to the park, which now has tennis courts and a basketball court.
Magnolia already has a walking track at Reid Memorial Park in the southern part of the city.
In other business, the board:
• Proclaimed May 25 as Reo Varnado Day.
• Adopted goals and criteria for the redistricting process.
• Approved lease-purchase financing from Cadence Bank for a $62,689 tractor and a $59,7776 boom mower.
• Accepted the proposal of WGK Engineering to design drainage improvements for McKay Road and Washington Street, and approved a service agreement with WGK for work on the wastewater facility.
• Advertised for engineering qualifications for any projects that may be funded by federal American Rescue Plan Act funds.
• Renewed participation in a regional hazard mitigation plan and named City Clerk Tasha Dillon the city’s representative.
• Accepted the resignation of Sevetrius Dillon as deputy city clerk and ratified the termination of Troxey Bullock.
• Adopted Robert’s Rules of Order for the conduct of board meetings.
• Accepted donations of $222 to support the visit of Alcorn State University’s Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite band at the Mardi Gras parade.
• Received an annual statement from the Carraway Charitable Remainder unitrust, as the town is a beneficiary of the trust.
• Approved a liability waiver for the police department’s use of the Pike County Firing Range.
• Noted town receipts of 826,670 and bill of $117,127.
