Agenda
City of Hernando
Mayor and Board of Alderman
Regular Meeting
May 16, 2023 6:00 pm
1) Call the meeting to order.
2) Pledge of Allegiance
3) Invocation
4) Approve Agenda
5) Approve Docket of Claims No.’s – 55330-55667
6) Approve Minutes from the Regular Mayor and Board of Aldermen Meeting on
May 2, 2023.
7) Consent Agenda
A) Approval for the Mayor and Gia Matheny to attend the DRA- 2023 Delta Summit held in New Orleans, LA on 10/29-11/1/2023 and pay for all travel expenses.
B) Approval for Josh Parrott to attend Emergency Narc Operations in Meridian, MS on 5/21-5/26/2023 and pay for travel only in the Police Department.
C) Approval for Josh Parrott to attend Emergency Narc Operations II in Meridian, MS on 6/11-6/16/2023 and pay for travel only in the Police Department.
D) Approval for A. Vaughn and A. Moore to attend MLEOA K9 Conference/ Re-Cert in Biloxi on 6/3-6/9/2023 and pay for travel only in the Police Department.
E) Approval for Gia Matheny to apply for the MDA Visit Mississippi Tourism Grant.
F) Approval for Gia Matheny to apply and sign the MSDH-RX Program-Farmer’s Market Grant.
G) Approval for the Flockaround the Block 5K Race held by the Interfaith Council on Poverty on April 6, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. using the old race route.
H) Approval for Scott Smith and Lee Germany to attend Leadership DeSoto beginning in November 2023 and pay for tuition.
I) Authorize M. Berry, S. Witt, and J. McCallum to attend MS Firefighters/Fire Chief’s Conference in Natchez, MS on May 31-June 4, 2023, also authorize to pay registration and travel expenses.
J) Approval for Overflow Church to rent the Gale Center as a long-term rental to meet on Sundays beginning June 11, 2023 from 6:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. and meet there for the foreseeable future at a rate of $400 per Sunday.
K) Approval for Gia Matheny to attend the MEDC Annual Conference on July 24-26, 2023 in Biloxi and pay $355 registration and travel expenses.
L) Approval to sign the Internship Worksite agreement with the DeSoto Council, a Three Rivers / Gateway Workforce Services Program for a student to intern for the 100 hours to be paid by the program.
M) Approval of street closure on MLK Jr Street, Southern to Hill Street on June 17, 2023 from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to host a Juneteenth Event.
N) Authorize Mayor Johnson to sign the contract change order on the Animal Shelter Building project for the epoxy floor to be paid out of private donations.
O) Approval for Tony Ezell to attend the MS Building Official Summer Conference in Gulfport, MS on June 12-16, 2023 and authorize to pay registration and travel expenses.
8) Personnel Docket
9) Donations Docket
10) Request from Nesbit Water Association for an ingress/egress easement at the fire station property on Hwy 51 to access a new elevated water tank behind the fire station.
11) PL-1728 Nesbit Industrial Phase 13 - Request for Final Plat Approval, Nesbit Industrial Park, Phase 13, 5 Lots, 10.50 total acres, located at the southern terminus of Nesbit Drive, south of Nesbit Road, west of U.S. Highway 51, and east of Gwynn Road, in Section 25, Township 2 South, Range 8 West. The property is currently zoned in the “M-1,” Light Industrial District. –Butch Davis of Timber Ridge, L.L.C., the property-owner.
12) PL- 1729 1st Revision to Lees Summit Lot 5B– Request for Final Plat Approval, Re-subdivision of Phase 5B of the First Revision of Lee’s Summit PUD, into 5 Lots and 1 Common Open Space 10 total acres, located on the southeast corner of McIngvale Road and Monteith Avenue in Section 17, Township 3 South, Range 7 West. The property is currently zoned in the “PUD,” Planned Unit Development District. – Greg Russell, with Neel-Schaffer Engineering, representing Shelbie Thomas, Focal Point Investment, LLC, the property-owner.
13) ORDINANCE DISCUSSION
1. Food Truck Ordinance discussion
14) Approval to create a Parks Capital Improvement Committee and appoint Mayor Johnson, Jared Barkley, Alderman Miller, Alderman Wicker and Alderwoman Lynch.
15) Discussion to move City Ward Polling locations.
16) Discussion on the 2-hour parking limit on the Square.
17) Tabled from May 2, 2023 meeting. Approval for the City of Hernando to enter into a partnership with Shelby County, TN for a planning grant application for the Mid South Regional Climate Action Plan and authorize the mayor to sign.
18) Discuss declaring Bouchillon Park lot on Green T Road as surplus and sell.
