A developer who had been having trouble trying to build three houses in a Lamar County subdivision was approved by the Lamar County Board of Supervisors Monday morning, despite objections by the supervisor whose district includes the subdivision.
The Board of Supervisors met in the William J. “Pete” Gamble III County Courthouse in Purvis.
District 5 Supervisor Dale Lucus sought assurances from developer Chris Moore that he would help repair the roadway in the Heatherwood Subdivision, which is located off U.S. Hwy. 589. Both agreed that the road is in poor shape now, but neither the county nor Moore are responsible for the condition.
“Chris, I am going to approve this, but I want your word on something,” Lucus said when the introduction of the Phase II plat was introduced. The construction has been held up for at least a month. “If you go in there and tear this road up, you will help Bud (Sumrall, the owner of the property) fix it.”
“Dale, I’m not going to give you that word because I feel that I am not responsible for something that I didn’t develop or do,” Moore said.
“The biggest thing is I’ve got a problem there and I’ve had a problem for awhile,” Lucus responded. “We know it’s wet; you know it’s wet. I don’t want to see that road come to pieces with concrete trucks and gravel trucks. If they go in there and tear it up, I’m just asking to help patch it back.”
The subdivision has 34 homes. Moore has already built four. Lucus said he would put up a game camera to see what damage is caused.
Moore said other developers have gone over the road before him.
“Why me and why now?” Moore asked. “There’s 34 houses in there; I’m the seventh guy to go in there and build houses. Why didn’t you ask the other guys? … If the man had finished the subdivision, you wouldn’t be getting those phone calls.”
District 2 Supervisor Warren Byrd said the plat should be approved for the three houses.
“I’m going to make a motion to approve it as is,” he said. “This is getting out of control and the man is trying to make a living.”
The board voted 4-1 to approve Byrd’s motion, with Lucus dissenting.
In other action Monday, the board:
Approved the March 22 Board Minutes.
resigned: Kasey Anderson and Gabrielle Burrow, Dispatch effective March 31.
court order: Increasing Windy Robinson, Drug Court Case Manager/Bookkeeper from $30,000 annually to $32,500 annually effective March 7.
resigned: Scotty Bond, Sanitation Driver effective March 29.
status change: Scott Hicks, from Hopper to Driver effective March 26, no change in pay.
Approved the Culvert Report.
Approved the Form 2 Report.
Approval to correct the spelling of Johnnie McMurray in the Road Registry. The road name should be Johnnie McMurry Road.
Approved amending the Road Registry to include Shadow Ridge Drive in District 3. It was inadvertently left off the Road Registry.
ordered: publication of proceedings.
Approved the March End of the Month Docket.
Approved paying the April Claims Docket.
Approved paying the April monthly civil and criminal claims for constables as submitted.
received and entered: clerk’s report of receipts and expenditures from the preceding calendar month.
received and entered: sheriff’s report of expenditures incurred during the preceding calendar month.
received and entered: tax assessor/collector’s report of expenditures incurred during the preceding calendar month.
Approved paying lawful expenses of Dispatcher Angela Dawn Tilghman to attend the APCO 2018 annual Chapter Conference in Hattiesburg May 13-16.
Approved advertising county resources $2,500 for sponsorship of the July 1st event hosted by Temple Baptist Church.
Approved advertising county resources $2,500 for sponsorship of the Lamar County Baseball tournament, which will be played at Oak Grove High School.
Approved advertising county resources $1,000 for sponsorship of the July 4th event with the Lions Club of Sumrall to be paid from the General Fund.
Approved advertising county resources $300 for sponsorship of Sumrall Golf Team Tournament to be paid from Fund 015- D5.
Approved the Tax Assessor/Collector third quarter FY 2018 budget in the amount of $267,154.
Approved the Sheriff Administration third quarter FY 2018 budget in the amount of $983,058.75.
Approved paying lawful expenses for Jay Statham, Robert Robertson, Suzanne Oddo and Grant Hartfield to attend the spring training session for CVSO and Assistant CVSO’s May 30-June 1 in Pearl.
Approved paying lawful expenses for Danny Young to attend the Mississippi Joint Solid Waste and Recycling Conference May 14-17 in Bay St. Louis.
resigned: William Davis, Jail effective March 26.
received and entered: Quarterly Veteran Services Report by Jay Statham, VSO.
Approved accepting a donated command trailer from the Mississippi Air National Guard at a value of $15,000.
Approved the asset deletion list and dispose of as indicated on the inventory deletion form.
Approved the asset transfer list.
Approved changes in Assessments and Homestead by the Tax Collector/Assessor.
Approved Tax Sale Cancellations by the Tax Collector/Assessor.
Approved surrendering old vehicle tags by the Tax Collector/Assessor.
Consideration of CP18-03-01: Voted to deny changing the Land Use Classification from Single Family Low Density to Restricted Commercial. The Plan Commission forwarded a recommendation for denial. The vote was 4-1.The property is located at 4500 Oak Forrest Road in Supervisor District 1.
Consideration of RZ 18-03-01: Voted to deny the change the Zoning of the property from R-1/Moderate Density Residential to C-1/Restricted Commercial. The Plan Commission did not forward a recommendation. The property is located at 4500 Oak Forrest Road in Supervisor District 1.
Consideration of CU 18-03-01: Approved a condition use in order to place a manufactured home on property located at 11 K. Smith Road. The Plan Commission forwarded a recommendation for approval. The vote was 5-0. The property is in Supervisor District 3.
Consideration of CP 18-03-02: Voted to change the Land Use Classification from Residential Estate to General Commercial. The property is located at 775 Weathersby Road in Supervisor District 1.
Consideration of RZ 18-03-02: Voted to change the Zoning of the property from RE/Residential Estate to C-2/General Commercial. The property is located at 775 Weathersby Road in Supervisor District 1.
Consideration of CP 18-03-03: Voted to change the Land Use Classification from Residential
Estate to General Commercial. The property is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Hartfield Road and Weathersby Road in Supervisor District 1.
Consideration of RZ 18-03-03: Voted to change the Zoning of the property from RE/Residential Estate to C-2/General Commercial. The property is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Hartfield Road and Weathersby Road in Supervisor District 1.
Approved releasing the Letter of Credit in the amount of $136,750, for Progress Point Subdivision Phase I and replace it with a Maintenance bond in the amount of $50,600.
Approved accepting Jo Ann Drive (Progress Point Subdivision) as a public right-of-way, per the legal description provided by the developer’s engineer.
Approved the Development Permit for Southern Ag Credit to construct a new office branch to be located off of Hwy. 98 and Woodstone Plaza, in District 4.
Approved making make a finding that the County is responsible for damages to the driveway located at 27 Cannon Drive in District 5 due to the sanitation trucks turning around.
Approved the Road Department to repair damages in the driveway at 27 Cannon Drive.
Approved selling two 1986 Blazers titled to Southeast Lamar VFD and that the proceeds of these sales be credited to Southeast Fire Grading District Fund 119 in accordance with DOD Cooperative Agreement and Procedures.
Approval Hickory Grove Fire Grading District and Sumrall Fire Grading District to apply for a SAFER Grant that would pay, if awarded, 75 percent of the salary and benefits for a 54-hour full time position, which can be shared by two or more firefighters in first and second year of the grant and 35 percent of the cost the third year. This would replace the current 27-hour-a-week positions at these departments.
Approved Proclamation of National Day of Prayer (Thursday May 3).
Approved accepting/extending Ernest Cameron Road in District 3 for County maintenance.
The next board meeting is at 9 a.m. April 19 at the William J. “Pete” Gamble III Chancery Courthouse in Purvis.
