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HINDS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS -- REGULAR MEETING   
Monday, June 2, 2008 -- 9:00 A.M.  – Jackson, Mississippi 
INVOCATION – Reverend Danny Hollis, Pastor, Greater Fairview Baptist Church,
Jackson, Mississippi 
BID OPENING –  LSBP-25(16) Davis Lane, LSBP-25(29) South Berry Road, and
                               SAP25 (61) Midway Road Bridge Replacement Projects
APPROVE MINUTES
APPROVE CLAIMS
ORDER APPROVING THE CLAIMS PORTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE HINDS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR June 2, 2008
HONORABLE ROBERT GRAHAM, District 1
  I.     Repair of the Watkins Drive Emergency Alert Siren
HONORABLE DOUG ANDERSON, District 2
  I.     Paving Streets in Clinton 
HONORABLE PEGGY H. CALHOUN, President, District 3 
I.           Approve a Request for Waiver of the June 26, 2008 Deadline for Completion
         of 800 MHZ Rebanding           
II.      Resolution in Support of the Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau in
          Conjunction with the Capital City Convention Center and its Bid to Host the
          Annual Convention of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors in 2011 
III.     Approval of Memorandum of Understanding for the Jackson Enforcement
         Team along with other Governmental Entities 
HONORABLE GEORGE SMITH, District 5 
I.       Resolution to Recognize and Commemorate Brigadier General Robert Crear
MR. VERN O. GAVIN, County Administrator 
I.      Persons to Address the Board: 
        A.     Honorable William “Bill” Skinner, Juvenile Justice Court Judge 
               1.    Juvenile Justice Center Salary Adjustments
               2.    JABG Grant Discussion 
        B.   Honorable Lisa Ross, Attorney At-Law
              1.     Approve hiring Attorney Lisa Ross as Legal Counsel, Temporarily
                      (Approximately 6 Weeks) 
       C.   Mr. Mike Davis, Executive Vice President, Pearl River Basin
                      Development District
              1.     Funding Request for fiscal year 2009 ($408,180.00)
       D.   Ms. Shirley Partee, Purchasing Clerk
              1.       Single Source Items
              2.    State Contract Items
              3.     Bid Rejection
       E.   Ms. Lillie Woods, Budget & Finance Coordinator
              1.     Inventory
                     a.     Transfers
                     b.     Deletions
                     c.      Sales
              2.    Budget / Finance / Amendments
II.    Emergency Purchases
III.   Minute Insertions:
       A.   Department of Public Works – Three Week Tentative Work Schedule for
             June 2 - June 20, 2008 for Central Office, North, Southeast & Southwest
              Maintenance & Construction Crews
MRS. CRYSTAL MARTIN, Board Attorney
I.       Litigation / Potential Litigation Matter (Executive Session Requested)
       A.     KGEN v. Hinds County (Tax Appeal)
MR. CARL FRELIX, Road Manager
I.       Request Approval of the Hinds County Debris Management Plan
II.      Request Approval of the Hinds County Traffic Calming Policy
III.     Requesting a Public Hearing Notice to Amend the Local Solid Waste
       Management Plan, to include a Non-Commercial Rubbish Landfill on North
       County Line Road.
MR. LARRY FISHER, Emergency Director
I.        FY 2008 Emergency Management Assistance Program Application – An
       Annual Requirement for Continued Funding Between MEMA and Hinds County
II.    Optasite Perpetual Lease
HONORABLE EDDIE JEAN CARR, Chancery Clerk
I.       Sixteenth Section Leases
II.     Orders Canceling Tax Sale/ Authorizing Refunds / Reassessment Changes to
       the Assessment Rolls
III.    Order Approving the Addition and deletion of Supplemental Rolls of
       Homestead Exemptions for the Year 2007.
IV.    Minute Insertions:  
V.     Sixteenth Section Lease – Termination Notice to Wild Turkey Hunting Club
       from the Hinds County Board of Education.
       B.    Hinds County Department of Human Services reimbursement of
              expenditures for operational purposes.
              Warrant # 010739278                                           $   112,433.47
              Total                                                                           $   112,433.47
      C.   Office of State Aid Road Construction – Approved plans for advertising
             project STP-6927(1)B.
      D.  Proof of Publications
            1.       Hinds County Penal Farm, Mississippi Water Utility Improvement.
            2.       Hinds County Penal Farm, Mississippi Wastewater Utility Improvement.
OTHER BUSINESS:

A PIECE OF BYRAM SCHOOL HISTORY AVAILABLE FOR SALE
The glass blocks that formed the principal’s office and were preserved from the demolition of Byram School on the corner of Siwel Road and Terry Road will be for sale for the first time at the Swinging Bridge 5K Run at the Courthouse Racquet Club on the Byram Parkway on Saturday, July 12.  Here’s a chance to own one of these signature features of this Byram Landmark. 

A table for the sale of the blocks will be open from 8 AM to 10 AM during the 5K run.  Individual glass blocks will be sold for $50.00 each.  There are some blocks still together in multiples of 2 or more.  These will be sold for $40.00 for each attached block.  As the supply dwindles, the price is subject to an increase.  So shop early!

Polk's Drugs has Byram T-Shirts for sale for $10.00.  The sizes are Small to 2X.  Go buy one and wear with Byram Pride!

The Citizens for Byram Incorporation meet each week at 7 PM, Thursday at Trinity Wesleyan Church, 6950 Siwel Road.  Please come to hear the latest updates on the status of the Supreme Court case. 

Memorabilia from Byram School Available for Sale Soon
A limited number of the glass blocks that graced the old Byram Attendance Center, later lovingly known as the Byram Middle School will be available for purchase through the Interim Board of Aldermen sometime in the spring.  At this time, tentative plans are for those glass blocks not sold to be used in the building of Byram's future City Hall.  All proceeds from the sale of the glass blocks will go toward the payment of legal expenses incurred and continuing to be incurred in the incorporation effort.  Dates, times, places, price to be announced shortly.  So keep reading the Byram Banner and watch the byramonline.com web site for this information.  Also available at byramonline.com is the proposed agenda for the Hinds County Board of Supervisors’ meetings.

Newly elected Hinds County District 4 Supervisor, Phil Fisher has appointed Interim Alderman Amy Douglas to the Hinds County Planning and Zoning Board.  Mr. Fisher realizes that the Byram area needs to have representation on this Board as we continue to grow prior to the final incorporation ruling by the State Supreme Court.  Ms. Douglas as a long time resident and business owner can give us the voice we need in matters pertaining to zoning issues.

As our incorporation case continues to make its way through the legal system, your Interim Board of Aldermen continue to meet each Thursday night at 7:00 PM at Trinity Wesleyan Church on Siwel Road."

Citizens For Byram Incorporation Preserve Part Of Byram School
The good news is that Citizens for Byram Incorporation contacted the company demolishing Byram School and got permission to remove the glass block from the office on the Siwell Road side of the building.  Good headway was made Saturday, August 25 before the rains came and shut us down.  The bad news is that someone went up there Sunday and helped themselves to some of the glass block.  If anyone offers you glass block claiming it is from the Byram School other than members of the Citizens for Byram Incorporation, they were obtained without permission of either the demolition company or Citizens for Byram Incorporation.  All of the glass blocks are the property of the Citizens for Byram Incorporation.

The decision as this is being written is that the glass block will be reused in the New City Hall of Byram, when one is constructed.  The group has not decided if any of the blocks will be available for purchase nor what the price would be.  It was suggested that all the blocks go into City Hall and that citizens could purchase the right to have their name etched on them as they are on display there.  When a definite decision is made, we will certainly let the citizens know.

Those giving their time and energy on the retrieval of the glass blocks this past weekend were:  Interim Mayor Nick Tremonte, Interim Aldermen Kent Alday, Amy Douglas, Theresa Marble, Richard White and citizens, Larry Allen, Bryan Flournoy, Charlie Graham, James Graves, Lura Matthews, Gay Polk, Steve Reno and Margie White.  J.D. Polk furnished a truck and trailer to haul the blocks and worked with us.  Arthur Dortch helped by driving the truck and loading on Saturday.  McAlister’s Deli and Back Yard Burgers furnished meals for the group on Saturday.  Vowell’s Market Place, Only A Buck and Super D gave us ad papers and bags to wrap the blocks for storage.  We couldn’t have done it without the tools supplied by Revell Hardware and Joe Rooks.  Thanks to all these hard workers and businesses that made this possible.

We continue to need funds to pay the final legal fees being generated by the appeals to the State Supreme Court against Byram’s incorporation.  Mail your contributions to Citizens for Byram Incorporation, P. O. Box 720222, Byram, MS 39272. 

The Byram Business Association has agreed to co-sponsor another “Meet the Candidate” night with CBI on October 25.  Be sure and put this date on your calendar now.

Byram's Awarded Incorporation Stalled By Appeals
Judge William Singletary has signed the final portion of the decree clearing the way for Byram to become a city.  Unfortunately the Judge allowed part of the area we had requested to be annexed by the City of Jackson.  Then on May 31, 2007, three appeals were filed against the Annexation and Incorporation by the following:  Buddy Brock, a Copiah County resident, as an individual; the second one by: Whit Adams, Yolande Allen, Charles Brooks, Charlotte Bryant, Shirley Davis, Mac Edwards, Toni Jones, Carol Manning, Stanley Noble, Caraleigh Paramore, Annette Parrett, Darrell Smith, Mike Walley, Helen White, Howard Whitlock, Shirley Williams; and third was the City of Jackson.  Sixteen (16) people in the Brookwood area are trying to control the destiny of 11,000+ people in Hinds County.  If you know any of these individuals, please be sure and thank them for stopping Byram from becoming a City for at least another year.  At a meeting that the Interim Board of CBI were invited to attend at Brookwood Country Club, it was voted on and passed that they would not appeal the Incorporation.  But since they did, the City of Jackson had to file a cross appeal to all their paperwork.  We hope the process will be shorter than a year but it could possibly be as long as two years.

Now this will go to the Supreme Court with Attorney Jerry Mills continuing to represent the Citizens for Byram Incorporation.  We still need to raise funds to pay for this appeal.  Even after we are incorporated, the City of Byram cannot pay these legal expenses.  This is the LAST step before Byram will be a City and we can make decisions for our area without someone out of the area doing it for us.