Union Co. Supervisors address county business and budget items
The Union County Board of Supervisors met on September 2, 2025 and addressed several items of routine business as well as special budget items.
A meeting agenda and a 30 minute video of the meeting are available below.
Seated left to right:
Chandler Rogers – Board attorney
Terry Johnson – County Administrator
Annette Hickey – Chancery Clerk
Randy Owen – 4th District Supervisor
C. J. Bright -3rd District Supervisor
Chad Coffey – 2nd District Supervisor
Sam Taylor – 1st District Supervisor
Steve Watson – 5th District Supervisor
Consent agenda
There were no personal appearances at the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting, so the Board proceeded to the consent agenda. All items under subheadings 1(a) – 1(c) on the agenda were approved.
(Timestamp 03:20) The board heard two quotes for work on gutters at the county jail: one from Brock Gutters LLC in Myrtle to remove old steel gutters and install new ones for $12,500; the other was from Riverland Gutters in Thaxton, MS, to remove old gutters for $15,300. The board accepted the lower bid from Brock Gutters.
The board also approved the proposal to help maintain the portion of the Brice’s Crossroads Battlefield that lies within Union County. County Administrator Terry Johnson said it would cost about $3,655 per year.
(Timestamp 06:30) The board approved changes to contracts for rentals of commercial dumpsters that were addressed at the last meeting. Under the proposed changes, the county will pick up the dumpsters from anyone who is more than 2 months delinquent in paying their rental fee and require them to sign a new contract to get the dumpsters back. The new contract requires an automatic bank draft. Any new customers who want to rent a commercial dumpster will also have to sign the new contract. Any existing customers who are paying on time will be able to stay on their current contract and payment plan.
Budget status
(Timestamp 07:35) County Administrator Terry Johnson said the budget is still being finalized and discussed a few special expenditures outside of routine costs. Johnson said they had advertised no tax increase for the county and most routine expenditures would remain stable. However there may be about a 1 mill increase for the schools budget, but that is a mandatory increase. He said the biggest changes were two large capital project funds for the industrial park and a water tower. He mentioned the purchase for two $498,000 fire trucks and said three more were needed. One purchase will come under the 2026 budget and the other under the 2027 budget.
Johnson also mentioned a change to $2000 in county funds for children’s advocacy. He said the previous recipient, Family First, had disbanded and that another organization, Easterseals, had requested to take on the work for $2000.
Other budget items mentioned:
Airport appropriation: $10,668
Health Department: $83,000
Regional rehab: $10,000
LifeCore: $26,775
Lift: $2,500
Literacy Council: $1,800
Sherman Library: $3,000
Union County Heritage Museum: $75,000
Soil and water: $21,000
Union County fairgrounds: $20,000 (up from $16,000 for improvement works).
Additional recruiter for Three Rivers: $45,000
Union County Development Association: $59,000
Safe incorporated: Unspecified
Boys and Girls Club: $2,500
Red Cross: $8,500
Tanglefoot Trail: $57,391
College tuition program: $50,000
MasterBilt: (no dollar figure given)
Three Rivers: (no dollar figure given)
The board approved all the budget figures.
Other business items
(Timestamp 15:00) All other items on the agenda were approved. 6(b) was approved pending approval from County Attorney Chandler Rogers.
(Timestamp 21:45) Tax assessor Tameri Dunnam raised again the discussion of a website for the county and for the tax assessor’s office. She said that she couldn’t do a county-wide website for all services on her own. The board seemed to reconsider its approval last week for a Government Window website solely for the tax assessor’s office to receive online payments, favoring instead a single website for all county services. County Administrator Terry Johnson said he would speak with other vendors that might address the board with proposals.
The board then adjourned to an executive session to discuss opioid litigation but offered no further details.
Supervisors agenda 9-2-25
