PUBLIC NOTICE
The Town of Tutwiler will be accepting bids for Hayes and Flowers drainage improvements. Bid specs can be viewed at City Hall or picked up. Submit bids only to the specifications. If you have questions, please contact City Hall at 662-345-8321. Bids must be received by 4:00 p.m. on October 31, 2022.
ABANDONED AUTO AUCTION
1. 2001 Ford Explorer
Green in color
VIN: 1FMZU67E21UC08384
Odometer reading: ?
2. 2007 Ford 500
Maroon in color
VIN: 1FAHP25137G164
Odometer reading: ?
3. 2010 Dodge Charger
White in color
VIN: 2B3CA3CV0AH198287
Odometer reading: ?
Auction for the above vehicles will be Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, at 2 p.m. at Mitchell’s Repair Shop, Franklin Street, Charleston, MS. 662-647-3601.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
City of Charleston
Owner
26 S Square St. Charleston, MS 38921 Address
Sealed BIDS SHADE STREET SWIMMING POOL (LWCF PROJECT NO. 28-00682) will be received by the City of Charleston in the office of the Mayor in Charleston, MS until NOVEMBER 29, 2022 @ 10:00 AM and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud.
The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, consisting of the Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Bid, Bid Bond, Agreement, Payment Bonds, Performance Bond, Notice of Award, Notice to Proceed, Change Order, General Conditions, Supplemental General Conditions, Drawings, Specifications and Addenda may be examined at the following locations.
(1) Willis Engineering, Inc. 133 South Mound St., Grenada, MS., 38901
(2) Plan House Printing Tupelo, 605 West Main Street, Tupelo, MS 38804
(3) Plan House Printing Hattiesburg, 1A Churchill Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39402
(4) Plan House Printing Gulfport, 14231 Seaway Road, Ste E-7, Gulfport, MS 39503
Bid documents are being made available via paper or digital copy. Plan holders are required to log-in or register for an account at www.weiplanroom.com to view and order Bid Documents. All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. Bid documents must be purchased through the website. Questions regarding website registration and online orders please contact Plan House Printing at (662) 407-0193. Electronic bids may be submitted at www.weiplanroom.com. For any questions to the electronic bidding process contact Plan House Printing at (662) 407-0193.
Sedrick Smith, Mayor
SURPLUS VEHICLE AUCTION NOTICE
The Board of Trustees, West Tallahatchie School District, Sumner, Mississippi, will receive sealed bids for surplus vehicles until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, November 4, 2022. All bids will be opened and publicly read on Monday, November 7, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.
Said bids shall be received at the Charles M. George Educational Services Building located at 6470 Friendship Road West, Sumner, MS 38957. Each bid shall be submitted on the Vehicle Auction Bid Form which may be obtained from the Office of the Superintendent or the Bus Shop.
The surplus vehicles may be viewed at the West Tallahatchie School District’s Bus Shop located at 11443 U.S. Highway 49E, Webb, Mississippi 38966 Monday - Friday during the normal working hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Bids will be awarded to the lowest and best bidders.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDDING
Sealed, written formal bid proposals for the above bid will be received electronically via majordesignstudioplans.com or physically by the Coahoma Community College, at Coahoma Community College in the library on the 3rd floor, 3240 Friars Point Rd., Clarksdale, Mississippi, until 2:00 P.M. (Local Prevailing Time) Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. A Pre-Bid Conference concerning the project for Coahoma Community College, HVAC improvements – Phase I; ESSER Funds will be held at 3240 Friars Point Rd., Clarksdale, Mississippi, on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is non-mandatory but strongly suggested. Coahoma Community College reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive informalities, and to withhold the acceptance of any bid if approved for forty-five calendar days from the date bids are opened.
Plan holders are required to register and order bid documents at www.majordesignstudioplans.com. A $150.00 nonrefundable deposit shall be required on each set of hardcopy bid documents and $50.00 for digital set and must be purchased through the website. All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. Questions regarding website registration and online bidding, please contact Plan House Printing at (662) 407-0193. Questions regarding bid documents, please contact Major Design Studio, PLLC, 1204 2nd Avenue North, Columbus, MS 39701, Phone: 662-798-0836, Fax: 662-798-0839
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OPAL IRENE BLOODWORTH, DECEASED NO. 2022-51-1
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Administration having been granted on the 19th day of October, 2022, by the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2022-51-1, to the undersigned Co-Administrators upon the Estate of Opal Irene Bloodworth, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said Estate to present the same to the Clerk of said Court for probate and registration according to the law within ninety (90) days from the first publication of this Notice, or they will be forever barred.
This the 20th day of October, 2022.
/s/ LINDSEY WOMBLE, Co-Administrator of the Estate of Opal Irene Bloodworth
/s/ CHRISTOPHER ALLAN BLOODWORTH, JR.,Co-Administrator of the Estate of Opal Irene Bloodworth
Rob Tyner MSB No. 99253
P.O. Box 179
Sumner, MS 38957
662-375-8756
Solicitor
PUBLIC NOTICE
Published Notice of Availability of Hill-Burton Uncompensated Services
Tallahatchie General Hospital of Charleston, MS will provide in the fiscal year from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023, uncompensated services to all eligible persons unable to pay who request those services.
All services of the facility, except nursing home and swing bed admissions, will be available as uncompensated services to persons whose family income is not more than the Poverty Income Guidelines (known as Category B). The Poverty Income Guidelines are established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This notice is published in accordance with 42 CFR 124,505, Notice of Availability of Uncompensated Services. We invite interested parties to comment on this allocation plan.
The Board of Supervisors of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi (the "County") took up for consideration the matter of providing financing for certain capital improvements in the County and, after a discussion of the subject matter, the following resolution was presented for consideration:
RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI (THE “COUNTY”) TO ISSUE, IN ONE OR MORE SERIES, (I) GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE COUNTY, AND/OR (II) A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND OF THE COUNTY FOR SALE TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT BANK, ALL IN A TOTAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED FOUR MILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($4,250,000); DIRECTING THE PUBLICATION OF A NOTICE OF SUCH INTENTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the County (the "Governing Body"), acting for and on behalf of the County, is authorized by Sections 19-9-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the "County Bond Act"), to issue general obligation bonds for the purposes set forth therein, including, but not limited to, (a) constructing, reconstructing, and repairing roads, highways and bridges, and acquiring the necessary land, including land for road building materials, and acquiring rights-of-way therefor and the purchase of heavy construction equipment and accessories thereto reasonably required to construct, repair and renovate roads, highways and bridges and approaches thereto within the County, (b) purchasing machinery and equipment which have an expected useful life in excess of ten (10) years, and (c) for other authorized purposes under the County Bond Act, including paying the costs of borrowing (collectively, the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Governing Body, acting for and on behalf of the County, is authorized by the County Bond Act to issue general obligation bonds of the County for the purpose of providing financing for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Governing Body, acting for and on behalf of the County, is also authorized under the County Bond Act and Sections 31-25-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the "Bank Act" and together with the County Bond Act, the “Act”), and other applicable laws of the State of Mississippi (the "State"), to issue a general obligation bond of the County to be sold to the Mississippi Development Bank (the "Bank") to finance the costs of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Project is in accordance with and in furtherance of the provisions of the Act; and
WHEREAS, the Governing Body is authorized to provide financing for the costs of the Project either (a) through the issuance of general obligation bonds of the County (the "Bonds") pursuant to the County Bond Act, and/or (b) through the issuance of a general obligation bond of the County to be sold to the Bank (the "County Bond") pursuant to the Act; all in a total aggregate principal amount not to exceed Four Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($4,250,000), such Bonds or County Bond may be issued in one or more series; and
WHEREAS, as of October 10, 2022, the assessed value of all taxable property within the County, according to the last completed assessment for taxation, is $131,839,601, the County has outstanding bonded indebtedness as subject to the fifteen percent (15%) debt limit prescribed by Section 19 9 5 of the County Bond Act of $615,762, and has outstanding bonded and floating indebtedness as subject to the twenty percent (20%) debt limit prescribed by Section 19 9 5 of the County Bond Act, in the amount of $615,762; and
WHEREAS, the Bonds and/or the County Bond, when added to the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the County, including any indebtedness of the County issued subsequent to the adoption of this resolution but prior to the issuance of the Bonds and/or the County Bond, will not result in bonded indebtedness, exclusive of indebtedness not subject to the aforesaid fifteen percent (15%) debt limit, of more than fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed value of all taxable property within the County, and will not result in indebtedness, both bonded and floating, exclusive of indebtedness not subject to the aforesaid twenty percent (20%) debt limit, in excess of twenty percent (20%) of the assessed value of all taxable property within the County, and will not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation upon indebtedness which may be incurred by the County; and
WHEREAS, there has been no increase in said bonded and floating general obligation indebtedness of the County since October 10, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the Governing Body has determined that it is necessary for the health and well-being of the citizens of the County and it would be in the best interest of the County for the Governing Body to provide financing for the costs of the Project by borrowing money through the issuance of the Bonds and/or the County Bond, in one or more series, all in accordance with the County Bond Act and/or the Bank Act; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the Project, the County expects to incur expenses for which the County will advance internal funds; and
WHEREAS, the County desires to be able to reimburse itself for all or a portion of such expenses of the Project from the proceeds of the Bonds or the County Bond; and
WHEREAS, the County reasonably expects that it will incur expenditures prior to the issuance of the Bonds and/or the County Bond which it intends to reimburse with the proceeds of the Bonds and/or the County Bond upon the issuance thereof. This declaration of official intent to reimburse expenditures made prior to the issuance of the Bonds and/or the County Bond in anticipation of the issuance of the Bonds and/or the County Bond is made pursuant to Department of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150-2 (the “Reimbursement Regulations”). The Project for which such expenditures are made is the same as described hereinabove. The maximum principal amount of debt expected to be issued for the Project is the amount hereinabove set forth; and
WHEREAS, the Governing Body is authorized and empowered by the Act to issue the Bonds and/or the County Bond for the purposes as hereinafter set forth and there are no other available funds on hand or available from regular sources of income for such purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY, ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Governing Body, acting for and on behalf of the County, hereby declares its intention to either (a) issue and sell the Bonds pursuant to the County Bond Act, and/or (b) issue and sell the County Bond to the Bank pursuant to the Act, in one or more series, all in a total aggregate principal amount not to exceed Four Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($4,250,000).
SECTION 2. The Bonds and/or the County Bond will be issued, in one or more series, for the purpose of financing the Project, as authorized by the Act.
SECTION 3. The Bonds and/or the County Bond may be issued in one or more series and, if issued, will be general obligations of the County payable as to principal and interest out of and secured by an irrevocable pledge of the avails of a direct and continuing tax to be levied annually without limitation as to time, rate, or amount upon all the taxable property within the geographical limits of the County; provided, however, that such tax levy for any year shall be abated pro tanto to the extent the County on or prior to September 1 of that year has transferred money to the bond fund of the Bonds and/or the County Bond, as applicable, or has made other provisions for funds, to be applied toward the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds and/or the County Bond, as applicable, due during the ensuing fiscal year of the County, in accordance with the provisions of the bond resolution adopted by the Governing Body in connection with the issuance of the Bonds and/or the County Bond.
SECTION 4. The Governing Body proposes to direct the issuance of all or any portion of the Bonds or the County Bond in the amount and for the purposes and secured as aforesaid at a meeting of the Governing Body to be held at its usual meeting place in the Board of Supervisors room in the Tallahatchie County Courthouse, located at One Main Street, Charleston, Mississippi, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock a.m. on November 14, 2022, or at some meeting or meetings subsequent thereto; provided, however, that if twenty percent (20%), or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the County shall file a written protest with the Chancery Clerk of the Governing Body (the "Clerk") at her office located at One Main Street, Charleston, Mississippi, against the issuance of the Bonds and/or the County Bond on or before the aforesaid date and hour, then the Bonds and/or the County Bond shall not be issued unless approved at an election on the question thereof called and held as is provided by law; provided, further that if no sufficient protest is filed, then the Bonds and/or the County Bond may be issued and sold in one or more series without an election on the question of the issuance thereof at any time within a period of two (2) years after November 14, 2022.
SECTION 5. The Clerk is hereby directed to publish a copy of this resolution once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in The Sun-Sentinel, a newspaper published in the City of Charleston and having a general circulation in the County and qualified under the provisions of Section 13 3 31, Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended and supplemented from time to time, with the first publication being not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date set forth in Section 4 of this resolution, and the last publication being made not more than seven (7) days prior to such date.
SECTION 6. The Clerk is hereby directed to procure from the publisher of the aforesaid newspaper the customary proof of the publication of this resolution and have the same before the Governing Body on the date and hour specified in Section 4 hereof.
SECTION 7. The County reasonably expects that it will incur expenditures prior to the issuance of the Bonds and/or the County Bond, which it intends to reimburse with the proceeds of the Bonds and/or the County Bond upon the issuance thereof. This declaration of official intent to reimburse expenditures made prior to the issuance of the Bonds and/or the County Bond in anticipation of the issuance of the Bonds and/or the County Bond is made pursuant to the Reimbursement Regulations. The Project for which such expenditures are made is the same as described hereinabove. The maximum principal amount of debt expected to be issued for the Project is the amount hereinabove set forth. The Bonds and/or the County, in one or more series, will not exceed the total aggregate principal amount of Four Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($4,250,000).
SECTION 8. If any one or more of the provisions of this resolution shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any of the other provisions of this resolution, but this resolution shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision or provisions had not been contained herein.
Supervisor Cole made the motion and Supervisor Echols seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, and the question being put to a roll call vote, the result was as follows:
Supervisor Kenneth Buck Havens voted: yea
Supervisor Johnny Goodwin voted: yea
Supervisor Larry Cole voted: yea
Supervisor Marcus Echols voted: yea
Supervisor Eddie J. Meeks voted: yea
The motion having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Supervisors present, being a quorum of said Board of Supervisors, the President declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted this 10th day of October 2022.
/s/ Johnny Goodwin President of the Board of Supervisors of
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
ATTEST:
/s/ Anita Greenwood Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
