Negotiations among Brigade Manufacturing, Tylertown and Walthall County have not reached a resolution, but one could be closer.
The three entities met for serious discussions Oct. 5 for the first time since the Tylertown Board of Aldermen voted to file suit against the company for back rent and to force the company’s eviction.
Tylertown board attorney Joseph Stinson represented the city in negotiations on the back rent, while Board of Supervisors attorney Conrad Mord represented the county in negotiations on a proposal from the company to buy the building it now occupies in the industrial park near Tylertown High School.
What happens now is up in the air, as “there are no more meetings set,” Stinson said Tuesday after the town’s recess board meeting.
“They now understand the city’s position. It was a good meeting, and several options were offered.”
If the company does not respond in a timely manner, the town can press ahead with its litigation to force payment and eviction, if no agreement is reach for the company to buy the building.
The board of aldermen voted to sue the company in September, after having not received a rent payment since March. Other payments were missed before then.
The company makes mainly military uniform pieces under contract with the federal government. Contracts worth about $400,000 were awarded as recently as February and March.
