Just returned from the above meeting.
The first thing on the agenda was a request to approve a grant application for the Tunica County Sheriff's Department. The grant was from the MS Victims of Crime Program. The amount of the grant would be $38,628.00 with matching funds of $12,876.00 coming from Tunica County.
The County Administrator explained that the Sheriff expected around $20,000 from the Fire Department for dispatch services provided to the Fire Department by the Sheriff's Department and he (the Sheriff) would pay the $12+ from these funds.
The District 2 Supervisor, Cedric Burnett, moved to accept this grant. The motion died for lack of a second. Don't get to say this much so here it goes: Thank you gentlemen for putting a stop to this request.
We need more jobs not more grants.
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