WINONA – The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors accepted bids to renovate or rebuild four homes in Montgomery County as part of the HOME Grant.
The HOME Grant is a program of the Mississippi Home Corporation that provides grant funds to securing the structural integrity and correcting major deficiencies in homes of low-income residents. In some cases, new homes can be constructed when the existing structure is too deteriorated to renovate. Participants of the HOME grant program are selected through an application process, and contractors for the project are selected through a competitive bid process.
This year, four homes from Montgomery County were selected for the HOME Grant program. Two will be completely rebuilt, while two others will be renovated.
North Central Planning and Development’s Chris Pope announced the lowest bids submitted for this year’s program. K&T Construction of Durant was awarded the two homes that will be rebuilt -- $143,500 for new construction on Sweet Home Road in Duck Hill and $132,500 for new construction on Greensboro Street in Winona.
AIA Builders of Greenwood was awarded the two home renovations -- $48,300 for a home on Highway 51 in Winona and $48,000 for a home on Carrollton Street in Duck Hill.
In other county business, the board issued checks for the county’s portion of the Biewer Timber project. Checks for $258,700.26 and $197,000 were issued to S&S Sprinkler and a check for $27,815 was issued for Engineering Services.
As part of the Biewer Timber development, the county took out CAP loans to assist in the cost of waterline expansions, sewer expansions, and roadway improvements.
• The board accepted the resignations of Amanda Vance, Chandler Blaylock, and Sierra Travis from the Montgomery County Emergency Operations Center. The board accepted the resignations after a lengthy discussion of personnel matters of the EOC in executive session.
• The board accepted the resignation of Deputy Jay Bennett from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department.
• The board voted to purchase a full-page ad in the program for the 2021 Bernard Blackwell All-Star Football Game in honor of Winona High School’s Deriaun Townsend who was selected to play in this year’s game.
• Montgomery County will issue citations for littering to those who dump garbage on the ground around the bins at the Montgomery County Barn. The county has surveillance cameras near the garbage bins, and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department will issue citations for litter if someone dumps garbage anywhere but inside the bin. If convicted of littering, one must pay fines and assessments in the amount of $273.75.
