TYLERTOWN — Walthall County officials expected a federal inspector to visit a county road project this week.
County road manager Jeff Duncan said federal officials had expected the installation of a new culvert on Old Sullivan Road to be completed already. An inspector was assigned to visit when the county didn’t send a notice of completion for the project.
Supervisor Shelton Stogner said he would arrange to have a county contractor start work on the project this week.
Additional inspections, unrelated to the federally funded project, will be held on two bridges on East Lexie and Twin Bridges roads to assess load limits.
Duncan also reported that the state sent an order accepting the completion of an emergency project on Old Highway 24 for the reconstruction of bridge abutments.
Duncan said he would also oversee an inspection of the courthouse. That process is required under the terms of a grant from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History that will help the county install gutters, paint and make other improvements to the historic structure.
In other business, the board:
• Heard a pitch to add the capability to take credit and debit card payments to more county departments.
• Gave Sheriff Kyle Breland permission to have a wrecked cruiser repaired. The low quote was $2,503. Breland said the car was bought for $1,500 and had collision insurance with a $1,000 deductible.
• Approved $675 in travel fees for deputy clerks in the tax assessor’s office to attend training on a new statewide tag and title system.
• Approved the purchase of a computer for circuit court for $970.
• Approved reissuing a $13,112 check to the state from Justice Court fines. The previous check was coded wrong and returned.
• Approved sending Deputy Coroner Chris Blackwell to the state coroners’ convention. Registration is $350.
• Paid a $4,400 bill from Marion County for holding people in need of mental evaluation.
• Heard of further cuts to the State Aid road program. The latest cut is $5,664, 1.18 percent of the county’s share.
• Approved sending a letter to the governor in support of the Local System Bridge Program.
• Approved a request from Coroner Shannon Harzog for a new computer for the coroner’s office.
• Received notification from the National Association of County Officials that Supervisor Fred Magee Jr. was appointed to the Rural Action Caucus and the Transportation Committee.
• Went into executive session to discuss a personnel matter involving a janitor.
