McComb officials appear unlikely to take over the Dinah cemeteries in the southern part of the city.
Mayor Quordiniah Lockley said information requested from the committee now in charge of the cemeteries shows limited space available in Dinah 1, with a number of spaces reserved in both Dinah 1 and Dinah 2.
However, there is no layout of where graves are located in the cemeteries, Lockley said, and many, if not most, of the graves are unmarked.
“They may not know if someone is buried in a spot until they start digging,” Lockley said. “This would be a headache for the city.”
In other business, the board discussed:
• Leases on city-owned buildings.
• Allowing alcohol for two events at the Martin Luther King Center.
• Repairing a sewer lift station along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
• Street lights on Minnesota Avenue near the St. Alphonsus Catholic School and church office.
• A rental agreement for the Alpha Center.
• A flagpole at the Kia dealership under construction on Presley Boulevard.
• A revised tax exemption request for Fox’s Pizza Den downtown.
• Hiring Schmidt Sweeping and Lawn Service.
• Renovations for the McComb Railroad Depot.
• Accepting the Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center and McComb-Pike County Airport budgets.
• Financing and purchasing two fire trucks.
• Avenues for charging rental fees at the airport
