Supes decide on final site for Confederate statue
In an unanimous vote, Lowndes County supervisors selected Monday a piece of land adjacent to Confederate soldiers’ graves at Friendship Cemetery as the new location for the Confederate monument outside the county courthouse.
Oktibbeha board considering hazard pay for election workers
Oktibbeha supervisors tabled the suggestion to provide $50 maximum in hazard pay to each poll worker working the upcoming special election on Sept. 22 for two open seats in the state Legislature.
Supes poised for $1 million-plus withdrawal from trust fund
With a light agenda for its final meeting of 2017 on Thursday, the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors looked ahead, not to the new year but to today.
Oktibbeha supes to discuss site development guidelines, process
Oktibbeha supervisors could call for public hearings to be scheduled Monday for the county’s first set of site development guidelines and regulations.
Lowndes Co. supes restructure USDA loan
Lowndes County supervisors on Monday approved a proposal to restructure a $13 million U.S. Department of Agriculture loan that will save the county approximately $2 million over the life of the loan.
Columbus shooting range holds grand opening
Gov. Phil Bryant couldn’t have asked for a better Friday.
City wants to operate firing range, supes say ‘No’
Columbus Mayor Robert Smith sent a letter to the president of the Lowndes County board of supervisors on April 28, saying he and city councilmen feel a Yorkville Road firing range built with county and city funds should be operated and managed by the city.
Lowndes Co. supes vote to go ahead with new E-911 board
A request by the city of Columbus for Lowndes County supervisors to reconsider a decision to restructure the local E-911 board of directors has been denied.
Supes vote to fund small Riverwalk extension
The Riverwalk extension will likely get another extension.
Oktibbeha supes again mulling hauling rules
For the second time this year, Oktibbeha County supervisors appear willing to penalize construction companies whose heavy vehicles continue to damage public roadways.
Oktibbeha supervisors scrap over incoming state aid road money
Oktibbeha County supervisors voted Monday to split an estimated $387,200 of additional state aid road repair money to fund infrastructure projects.
Oktibbeha supes approve cost of living adjustment
While their city counterparts are struggling to find money for pay raises and bailout struggling departments, Oktibbeha County supervisors approved an across-the-board, 3 percent cost-of-living adjustment for its employees Monday without increasing the county’s operational tax levy.
City-county projects may need revisions
Plans for a pair of joint projects between the city of Columbus and Lowndes County will have to be revised after bids for the work came in over the projected budget, county supervisors learned Monday during their regular meeting.
Clay Co. supes to try night meetings
For the next five months, Clay County supervisors will hold their last board meetings of the month in the afternoon instead of in the morning.
County joins with others to cut cost of mapping
Lowndes County is one of 20 counties in Mississippi that will see substantial savings on aerial mapping photography by entering into a mutual agreement with state legislators and Mississippi Department of Transportation.
Lowndes County school board will appoint supe
Voters in the Lowndes County School District will no longer be able to vote for their school superintendent.
In a 4-1 vote, the Lowndes County School board voted to grant themselves the power to appoint the superintendent.
