Board of Supervisors

Agenda — 19 items

1. Presentation from HUB International regarding employee benefits and open enrollment and Motion to accept the Hancock County Board of Supervisors 2026-2027 Benefit Renewal package as presented on March 16, 2026.
2. Motion to spread on the Minutes the fully signed contract with Charles Roberts, LCSW & Associates, LLC for social work services within Family Treatment Court and authorize the necessary budget amendment.
3. Motion to authorize advertising for a full-time Systems and Communications Administrator to be paid 50% from IT and 50% from E-911. This will eliminate our need for monthly contract support from Omnitech at a rate of $9,995 per month.
4. <span style="text-transform: capitalize;">Motion to Approve Contract with Mechanical Services, LLC for the corporate office HVAC & insulation upgrades for an amount not-to-exceed $48,121.03. The cost is to be split with fallen & Hoshall due to their partial acceptance of a facility oversight that caused the HVAC problem.
5. Motion to spread on the Minutes the E-911 Commission's approval of a new IT position salary with that IT position being dedicated partly to the E-911 Department and partly to the IT Department, with E-911 being responsible for half of the position’s salary and also responsible for 1/2 of the benefits and requesting the necessary budget amendment. This new position will allow for considerable savings going forward as we will be performing our own Teir 1 support for our Motorola, AT&T, and Solara contracts and reducing these contracts as they renew. We will see approximately $5,000 in monthly savings from contract reduction in the next 3 months with additional savings as the other contracts renew. This hybrid position will also allow for better efficiency in support of E-911, better coupling IT and E911 as we move toward the new NG911 initiative.
6. Motion to approve adding the Service Agreement regarding installation of outdoor wireless internet at McLeod Park and authorize the Board President's signature on the CoastConnect Service Agreement conditioned upon the County Attorney's review and final approval.
7. Motion to approve the purchase of Guns in the amount of $23,055.20 from The Southern Connection for the Sheriff's Office and spread both quotes on the Minutes.
8. Motion to approve the purchase and spread the low quote from Gulf Coast Business Supply for DPS Grant furniture items in the amount of $4,892.80 as presented.
9. Motion to add sole source letter to the purchase of Caliber ImageTrend Interface Fire Bridge as approved at the February 18, 2026, meeting as Item 7.B.1.
10. <span style="text-transform: capitalize;">Motion to Approve execution of a Purchase Order to Carpet World for the Replacement of Carpet in Port and Harbor Commission's Administration Office for an amount not-to-exceed $26,250.32.
11. Motion to approve the purchase of 7 Cisco 1300 series switches from IT1 in the amount of $14,399.00 to upgrade the network at the Public Safety Complex (Justice Court, SO, Jail). This is included in the IT budget.
12. Motion to Approve and Authorize the Board President & Chancery Clerk to Execute the Notification of Consent To Use and Release and Waiver of Restrictive Covenants and Right To Purchase.
13. Motion to approve the purchase of Ubiquiti Wi-Fi Access Points from IT1 in the amount of $10,718.86 to upgrade the aging Wi-Fi infrastructure countywide. This is included in the IT budget.
14. Motion to spread on the Minutes, the E-911 Commission's approval of CommsCoach Quality Assurance, Training, Hiring and Assist with Live Translation and Summarization with support in the amount of $7,772 for the remainder of the fiscal year, along with the sole source letter and the executed Agreement signed by the Commission Chairman. This purchase will require a budget amendment.
15. Discussion/Motion to authorize Neel-Schaffer to prepare a task order for the survey of Road 541 and Hickory Road.
16. Motion to Amend the Agenda to include the survey of Hickory Road to Motion 9.E.1 to authorize Neel-Schaffer to prepare a task order for the survey of Road 541 and Hickory Road.
17. Motion to spread on the Minutes the following 16th Section Land Matters:a. Thomas McArthur - Residential Lease #64067 - Parcel #185E-1-16-007.000 - Cancellation,<br>b. Donnie Cuevas - Residential Lease #21437 - Parcel #055-0-16-001.001,<br>c. Ed McKay - Residential Lease #11002 - Parcel #185C-2-16-003.000,<br>d. Laurence & Michael Stockstill — Agriculture Lease #5065 - Parcel #029-0-29-025.000, and<br>e. Hancock County School District Correspondence dated March 5, 2026.
18. Motion to Approve Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission's FY2026 Budget Amendment #2 in the amount of $51,577,336.
19. Motion to spread on the Minutes, the E-911 Commission's approval of Kimberly Sutton and Susan Cavanaugh to attend the FBI CJIS Division Training on May 1, 2026, in Hattiesburg at no cost to the County. With the Amendment approving mileage reimbursement.

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