Board of Aldermen - Regular Meeting
The Board of Aldermen adopted the fiscal year 2026-2027 budget and set the tax millage at 34 mills. They also held public hearings on a chronic nuisance property ordinance and an expansion of the leisure recreation district, and granted an extension for the cleanup of a specific nuisance property.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Board of Aldermen
- Meeting Type
- Board Of Aldermen
- Location
- Starkville, MS
- Meeting Date
- September 1, 2026
Published excerpts
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All right. In that case, could I get a motion to approve the official agenda with the conceded items?
No, ma'am. Thank you. No, ma'am. Thank you.
I would like to move that we set the fiscal year 2027 tax millage at 34 mills.
Given that you knew that this was coming up and that you'd be here tonight and that this was something that was going to have to be torn down, there's no rehabbing it. I was curious, have you contacted anybody about tearing it down? And what sort of time frame did they give you in terms of how long it would take?
And I would just I would just like to say that knowing how life works. Anything from Thanksgiving to Christmas tends to be difficult to get work done. Would you consider moving that date? Could I ask Alderman Vaughn if he would consider a friendly amendment to make that December 1st as opposed to December 31st?
Yes, ma'am. If it falls to the city to clean this up, we will no doubt have to go through an RFP process and that sort of thing. Can we go ahead and authorize everything that needs to be done to request those proposals with this motion so that you're ready to do that on December 31st if it's still there? Well, I mean,
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