7 Jul 2014 BOS's Meeting and the Battle Arena

What needs to be said first is that the President of the Board of Supervisors needs to bone up on Robert's Rules of Order.  If one wants to place something on the published agenda, one needs to ask to amend the agenda at the beginning of the meeting.  It's about time you learned this James.

Okay, on to the discussion surrounding the Battle Arena.  A member of the Board of Directors of the Arena was recognized by the President of the BOSs when he was not listed on the agenda.  Further, after giving his report, this person kept getting up from his seat and interrupting the meeting.  So, why is that James?  You would have asked the Sheriff to remove anyone else who acted like this.

During his time at the podium this member of the Board of Directors from the Arena made several remarks that had nothing to do with the business at hand.  One of the remarks was directed to County Administrator Michael Thompson.  The Director said Michael didn't live here.  Now, I have been a big proponent of hire Tunica first.  However, I have come to realize this does not work in all cases.  We had a County Administrator who lived here and look at the mess we are in.  Besides, our last County Administrator was not a CPA.  Michael Thompson is a CPA.  Big difference.

The second remark had to do with an Arena employee who resigned because of the instability of the BOS.  Maybe this Director would like to research his statement a bit more to make sure he has all of the facts.

The third remark was directed to Comptroller Adrian McKay.  The Arena Director said he was one of the "officials" at the Arena and he was not notified when McKay met with Steve Sosebee.  The Arena Director clarified his statement by saying he was one of three officials at the Arena.  What the heck is all of this about?  Who said he was an Arena "official"?

Now let's get to his report.  Apparently, there were 25 pages to his report showing income at the Arena.  And this changes needing an Enterprise Fund how?  There wasn't one thing in this report that allowed the citizens of Tunica County to look at one account and see how the income and expenses for the Arena stacked up.  That's why we need an Enterprise Fund and that's why we need to change the way monies are handled at the Arena.