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-Supervisors enuorse Bay Legion pier workf
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a iy WAYNE DUCOMB JR.
The Hancock County Board of Supervisors, at its regular meeting Tuesday morning, voted to endorse the proposed expansion and repair of the American Legion riprap pier at Washington Avenue.
American Legion representative Joseph Benvenutti of Bay St. Louis requested the supervisor?s endorsement at the 9 a.m. meeting.
?We want to repair pier damage from recent storms,? Benvenutti added.
The endorsement preceeded a Wednesday night Bureau of Marine Resources hearing on permits requested .by the Legion post for the expansion.
Lakes subdivision. However, Board President A.A. (Dolph) Kellar sa.. he would not accept the uncoated metal culverts installed under some roads in the subdivision;
?Authorized the transfer of $15,000 to each district from the oil and gas severence tax fund. Chancery Clerk E. Michael Necaise said the funds were needed to reimburse the districts for storm damage work;
?Authorized ammending the County Civil Defense budget to meet the needsx of the department;
?Authorized a three-year, $125 per month legal library rental fee with Bay St. Louis Attorney William Frist ?Authorized the cancellation of wo j
were lost in the mail;	.r^)'
?Authorized commendations be awarded to Floyd Fricke, Mike Shiyou, Jimmy Ladner, Roy Baxter, Walter Damien and County Sheriff Ronald A. Peterson for their help during recent disasters in the county;
?Authorized a tax equalization notice for July;
?Requested the sheriffs quarterly budget;
?Recommended the hiring of a new county home economist. The position will be open June 24;
?Heard a report from Peterson that the Courthouse needs a buffing machine;
?Recessed until 9 ajn. June 16.
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The pier has been closed and a suit	T ,	,	*T ?	-j	v j	-ctai
niLa	t td .	Lakeshore.	Necaise	said	tne	^cs
was filed against the Legion, Bay St.
Louis and the County Supervisors by
several beachfront residents.
i Residents charge that the jetty is
hindering the natural ebb and flow of
tides causing a silting problem on the
north side of the pier.
In other business, the board:	^
-Approved Richard Smith as Four-Fi* youth agent as requested in a letter from Lex C. Mason of the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service;	t-
-Approved a request by Geophysical r Service, Inc., a service group of Texas Instruments, to conduct oil seismograph surveys along the Pearl j River. The company is conducting the survey for EXXON, U.S.A;
?Approved the May mobile homes list;
?Approved transcriptions to the tax^ roles for property belonging to Gulf National Bank, Billy Reed, Diamon-dhead and Edgar Newell;
?Approved a 2.7-acre 16th Section land lease to Thermond Deschamp for $89 a year;
?Approved 16th Section land lease cancellations for Greater Mount Zion Church and Lillie Mitchell;
?Accepted a single bid from Holliman Equipment Co. of Jackson for a hydraulic rotor mower-ditcher for District Three for $12,600;
?Accepted a single bid from Holliman Equipment Co. for the purchase of District Three?s T-K mower for $4,000;
?Accepted two preliminary subdivision plats submitted by Hancock County Planning Commission Attorney John Scafide for 20 lots in Mallard Point?Phase Two and 15 lots in Bull