PICAYUNE —
The Picayune City Council meets at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Picayune City Hall, 815 N. Beech St.
Included on the agenda are:
Consider the consent agenda:
— Minutes of the Aug. 17 meeting.
— Void 2007 tax sale for James Fleming and refund $519.81 to S & S Properties.
— Void 2008 tax sale for Marie Gilcrease and refund $742 to S & S Properties.
Consider the docket.
Consider proclaiming Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week.
Consider new business:
— City’s participation for $765 in Hometown MS Retirement 2-page co-op ad for Where to Retire magazine.
— Fy2009 audit.
— Payment of $5,323 for the fuel farm generator at Picayune Airport.
— Resolution to Miss. Development Authority concerning maintenance of proposed water system improvements according to capacity assessment rating issued by the Dept. of Health.
— Bids received on $7.7 million overlay project and authorize mayor to execute contract with lowest and best bidder.
— Advertise for bids on Lot 5, block B, Homeland Addition on Jefferson Street.
— Adopt city budget.
— Request to approve adoption of ordinances setting 2011 tax levy for city and for Picayune school district.
— Request to “receive and file application petition and zoning ordinance” direct the publication and setting of a public hearing before the planning commission and waive all fees.
— Request to set date for public hearings on the cleanup of five properties.
— Request for Chief Jim Luke, Capt. Jeremy Magri and Dept. Chief Dawsey to travel to Tampa, Fla. for homicide training.
Miscellaneous council members’ business.
Mayor’s update.
Citizens’ concerns.
Consider going into executive session on possible litigation, on a personnel matter and on economic development.
Recess.
Local News
September 4, 2010
Picayune city council meets Tuesday
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Contract workers are at the Superfund site in Picayune cleaning up creosote contaminated soil.
Contract workers are at the Superfund site in Picayune cleaning up creosote contaminated soil. The work will take about a year to complete and will include treatment of the ground water.
- Work continuing at Superfund site The final phase of removing creosote left behind by Picayune Wood Treating off of Rosa Street has begun. Workers under contract with the Corps of Engineers have been working at the 40 acre site for about a month to collect and contain soil contaminated with creosote and other chemicals previously used to treat lumber.
- Local man’s death may have been a hit and run According to a press release from Louisiana State Police Troop L, the accident that took the life of 32-year-old Richard Miller of Carriere on Dec. 28, of last year was possibly the result of a hit and run.
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Southern Crabapple proves to be favorite with local gardeners
Now’s the time to plant a tree in Mississippi.
Although national Arbor Day is held on the last Friday of April, states celebrate the day on different dates, based on the best tree planting date for that individual state.
Friday was Arbor Day in Mississippi, and in conjunction with that, the Crosby Arboretum on Saturday held its annual Arbor Day Sale, offering all types of varieties of trees, shrubs and some perennials, said Terry Johnson, superintendent of buildings and grounds at the Arboretum. All the plants on sale were native and natural to Mississippi.
- Dungan outlines planned bridge projects Last week, county engineer Les Dungan told supervisors that he was recommending that the board accept as complete a bridge replacement project on Holden Road and release the contractor. The board on Monday voted to accept the bridge as complete.
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SIDEWALK WORK CONTINUES
SIDEWALK WORK CONTINUES — Jeffrey Hartfield, left, and Eddie Fry finish up sidewalk work in front of Snyder Park on Beech Street on Thursday. They work for RJM, which subcontracted the work from HSI. Almost the full length of Beech is getting a workover in a $400,000 project.
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CROSSES ERECTED
St. Charles Catholic Church on Goodyear Boulevard has erected crosses it says represents the number of abortion daily in the U.S.
- Shooting suspects bound to grand jury Two of the three suspects involved in December’s deadly shoot-out have been bound over to the grand jury. Those defendants are 27-year-old Quincy Jones and 31-year-old Decori King.
- Saturday noon is last chance to register to vote in March 13 primaries The heated race to see who will get the Republican nomination for President continues and is coming to Pearl River County, as voters trek to the polls to vote in the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries on March 13, and in the primaries for the U.S. Senate and congressional races.
- Friends of Boley discuss next cleanup Members of the Friends of Boley met Thursday morning to plan for their next big cleanup. With the next cleanup scheduled for April 21, Christy Goss, a city employee, suggested combining that effort with the Great American Cleanup the city participates in each year.
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