Supervisors add agenda items, authorize negotiations in water dispute, approve settlement authority and amend CMPDD project list At a business meeting, members voted to add four items to the agenda and approved authority for county attorneys to continue negotiations in a water-association lawsuit (case 22-CV-00943), granted settlement authority in a separate claim involving Alan Schmidt, approved terms to resolve an eminent domain dispute involving Womack, and amended a CMPDD project submission to add Fannielynn Circle and remove Trick And Bridge Road.

County supervisors took bold steps this week, approving negotiations in a contentious water lawsuit and making strategic changes to local projects.

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Rankin County board authorizes legal team to resolve Southern Rankin Water Association dispute despite vocal objections The board authorized county counsel to resolve a disputed claim in litigation involving the Southern Rankin Water Association; the vote was reported as 4–1 after Speaker 4 objected, accusing Gary Williams of costing the county millions and saying he should be removed from the water-association board.

Chaos erupts in Rankin County as the board authorizes legal counsel to settle a contentious water association dispute, amid accusations of millions wasted under board member Gary Williams!

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