Rankin County members add and approve support resolution for ‘Project Peach’ at Brandon industrial site

Members at a Rankin County meeting added and approved a resolution supporting "Project Peach," an economic development prospect described to the board as intended for the East Metropolitan Center in Brandon. After brief procedural votes, the board authorized the board president to execute a support resolution and recorded that no formal action had been taken during the preceding executive session.

The matter was introduced as an added agenda item. Speaker 2 said the resolution "expresses your full support for Project Peach and its selection of the East Metropolitan Center in Brandon for significant industrial investment," and explained that the request followed an executive-session briefing on a prospect and a proposed incentive package. Speaker 2 described potential incentives "which can include the passage of a fee in lieu of ad valorem taxes and a free port warehouse exemption," and asked the board to authorize the president to sign the support resolution.

Speaker 1 moved to authorize the execution of the support resolution; Speaker 2 seconded the motion. The presiding officer called for the vote and recorded an affirmative vote, stating the motion carries and the president is authorized to execute the resolution. Earlier in the meeting Speaker 1 also asked that the record show there was no action taken during executive session.

The meeting transcript also records other procedural motions: a motion to come out of executive session (recorded as moved by Jay and seconded by Brad, with members present saying "Aye" and the motion carrying), a motion to add the Project Peach item to the agenda, and a motion to adjourn later in the session. The board discussed adding one additional item on Monday and noted that an application and an advertisement for sheriff's software would occur on Monday.

Votes at a glance:
- Motion to come out of executive session: mover referenced as Jay; seconder referenced as Brad; outcome: motion carries (ayes recorded in transcript).
- Motion to add Project Peach to the agenda: mover recorded as Speaker 1; seconder recorded as Jay; outcome: added to agenda (no individual aye lines provided in the excerpt).
- Motion to authorize execution of Project Peach support resolution: mover recorded as Speaker 1; seconder recorded as Speaker 2; outcome: approved (motion carries).
- Motion to adjourn: mover recorded as Brad; seconder recorded as Jay; vote not recorded in the provided excerpt.

What happens next: The transcript indicates the board authorized the president to execute the support resolution for Project Peach. The item to be added Monday and the advertisement for sheriff's software were noted; no further details or formal vote records for those items appear in the provided excerpt.