Flowood approves multi-item consent agenda, including two five-year ad valorem exemptions; board authorizes test well bidding for new water project

Flowood’s Mayor and Board of Aldermen approved a multi-item consent agenda on Jan. 4 that included contracts, claim dockets and two five-year ad valorem tax exemptions and later authorized publishing a notice to bidders for a test well for a planned water capital project.

The consent agenda—approved by motion and described in the minutes as receiving unanimous approval from all board members present—included a final ad valorem exemption for General Recycling of Mississippi LLC (PPIN 10915) valued at $138,348 and a five-year exemption for Nucor Steel Jackson, Inc. valued at $2,229,765. The consent items also listed various project and claim dockets, contracts related to parks and festivals, water well and tank project claims, and authorization for the mayor to sign a construction-engineering reimbursement estimate of $9,597.89 for the Wirtz Road Bike Trail Project.

Public Works Director Garry Miller later appeared before the board and asked for authorization to advertise for bids to drill a test well and perform required testing to locate a new water well at the corner of Underwood Drive and Elm Street. An alderman recorded in the minutes as “Alderman Rhoads” made the motion to approve the consent agenda and motions to approve subsequent items received unanimous approval; the motion to publish notice to bidders for the test well was moved by Alderman Don Flynt and seconded by Alderman Kathy Smith and also passed unanimously.

Why it matters: The ad valorem exemptions lock in property-tax breaks for the named companies for five years and are valued at the amounts listed in the minutes; the test well authorization begins the procurement process for locating a new municipal water source that will inform the larger water capital project.

What’s next: The city clerk and staff are to publish the notice to bidders for the test well; formal contract awards and subsequent project steps were not detailed in the minutes and are not specified.