FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE SUMMARY1. Land to Which Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance Applies: This ordinance shall apply to all areas of special flood hazard (SFHA) areas within the jurisdiction of the Board of Mayor and Commissioners of the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi.The areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the current scientific and engineering report entitled "The Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for Coahoma County, Mississippi and Incorporated Areas", dated December 16, 2021 with the accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Map(s) (FIRM) (multiple panel) Index No. 28027CIND0C and other supporting data, along with Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM) are adopted by reference and declared to be part of this ordinance. The Flood Insurance Study and maps are on file at the Public Works Department located at 212 Leflore, Clarksdale, MS.2. Penalties for Violations Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance: Violation of the provisions of this ordinance or failure to comply with any of its requirements, including violation of conditions and safeguards established in connection with grants of variance or special exceptions, shall constitute a misdemeanor. Any person who violates this ordinance or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned for not more than thirty (30) days, or both, and in addition, shall pay all costs and expenses involved in the case. Each day such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Floodplain Administrator from taking such other lawful actions as are necessary to prevent or remedy any violation.3. Administration of Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance: The Board of Mayor and Commissioners of the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi hereby appoints the City Engineer to administer and implement the provisions of this ordinance and is herein referred to as the Floodplain Administrator and/or the administrator.Application for a Development Permit shall be made to the Floodplain Administrator on forms furnished by him or her prior to any development activities, and may include, but not be limited to, the following plans in duplicate drawn to scale showing the nature, location, dimensions, and elevations of the area in question; existing or proposed structures, earthen fill, storage of materials or equipment, drainage facilities, and the location of the foregoing. Specifically, the following information is required:(1) Application Stage.a.) Elevation in relation to mean sea level of the proposed lowest floor (including basement) of all buildings, which will be submitted on a FEMA Elevation Certificate Form 81-31 by a State of Mississippi registered engineer or surveyor;b.) Elevation in relation to mean sea level to which any non-residential building in an A Zone will be flood proofed;c.) Certificate from a State of Mississippi registered professional engineer or architect that the non- residential flood-proofed building will meet the flood proofing criteria in Article 4, Section B (2), Article 5, Section B (2) and Section D(2);d.) Description of the extent to which any watercourse will be altered or relocated as result of proposed development.(2) Finished Construction:Upon completion of construction, a FEMA Elevation Certificate Form 81-31 which depicts all finished construction elevations is required to be submitted to the Floodplain Administrator. If the project includes a flood proofing measure, a FEMA flood proofing certificate is required to be submitted by the permit holder to the Floodplain Administrator.4. Non-comprehensive Summary of Provisions for Flood Hazard Reduction:(1) Manufactured homes, new construction and substantial improvements shall be anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, and lateral movement.(2) New construction and substantial improvements shall be constructed with materials and utility equipment resistant to flood damage and constructed by methods and practices that minimize flood damage and manufactured homes are required to be placed or installed using methods and practices which minimize flood damage.(3) Electrical, heating, ventilation, plumbing, air conditioning equipment and other service facilities shall be designed and/or located so as to prevent water from entering or accumulating within the components during conditions of flooding, such facilities shall be located a minimum eighteen (18) inches above the Base Flood Elevation.(4) New and replacement water supply systems and new and replacement sanitary sewage systems shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the systems and minimize or eliminate discharges from the sanitary sewage systems into flood waters.(5) New construction and substantial improvement of any residential building (including manufactured home) and any commercial, industrial, or non-residential building (including manufactured building) shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to eighteen (18) inches above the base flood elevation.(6) All new subdivision proposals and other proposed developments (including proposals for manufactured home parks and subdivisions) that are at least five lots or five acres, whichever is lesser, are required to include within such proposals base flood elevation data.(7) All subdivision proposals shall be consistent with the need to minimize flood damage and shall have public utilities and facilities such as sewer, gas, electrical and water systems located and constructed to minimize flood damage.(8) All final subdivisions plats shall provide the boundary of the special flood hazard area, the floodway boundary, and the base flood elevation.(9) Construction of new critical facilities, including but not limited to, emergency operations centers, designated public shelters, schools, nursing homes, hospitals, police, fire and emergency response installations, vital data storage centers, power generation and water and other utilities shall be permissible within the SFHA only if no feasible alternative site is available and access to the facilities remains available during a 0.2 percent chance flood.5. Variances: The Clarksdale/Coahoma County Joint Planning Commission shall hear and decide appeals and requests for variances from requirements of this ordinance.The Joint Planning Commission shall hear and decide appeals when it is alleged an error in any requirement, decision, or determination is made by the Floodplain Administrator in the enforcement or administration of this ordinance. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Joint Planning Commission may appeal such decision to the Board of Mayor and Commissioners and appeal that final decision to the Circuit Court, as provided in Mississippi Code Annotated, § 11-51-75 (1972).CERTIFICATEI, Cathy Clark, Clerk of the City of Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi, do hereby certify that the attached and foregoing is a true and correct copy of that certain resolution of like and tenor and effect passed on the 9th day of August, 2021, by the Board of Mayor and Commissioners of the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, as the same now appears duly recorded in the minutes of the proceedings of the said Board of Mayor and Commissioners on file in the office of the City Clerk in the City Hall, Clarksdale, Mississippi.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE and the official seal of the said City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, on this the 3rd day of September, 2021./s/Cathy Clark,Clerk of the City ofClarksdale, Mississippi(SEAL)Sept. 8, 2021|ORDINANCE NO. 2021-03AN ORDINANCE RENAMING PART OF RITCHIE STREET, A PREVIOUSLY DEDICATED STREET WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI, TO SEALS AVENUE, AND TO PROVIDE THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.WHEREAS, there exists within the current municipal corporate limits of the City of Clarksdale a portion of a certain street, heretofore dedicated, constructed and maintained, named Ritchie Street, which relevant portion runs from the north line of Bloom Street to the south line of Espy Drive more particularly described as follows: Starting at the southeast corner of Lot 48, Eastgate Subdivision No. 3, Clarksdale, Mississippi, said point being the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence North 800 feet along the west right-of-way line of Ritchie Street to a point on the south right-of-way line of Espy Drive (formerly Wissler Street); thence East 60 feet to a point on the east right-of-way line of Ritchie Street; thence S 00° 06' W 800 feet along the east right-of-way line of Ritchie Street to a point; thence West 58.65 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 0.23 acre, more or less in the southeast quarter of Section 24, Township 27 North, Range 4 West, Coahoma County, Mississippi, and containing 0.85 acre, more or less, in the southwest quarter of Section 19, Township 27 North, Range 3 West, Coahoma County, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, the Board of Mayor and Commissioners of the City of Clarksdale does hereby find and determine that Ed Seals, the longest serving member of the Board of Mayor and Commissioners should be honored; and WHEREAS, the name Seals Avenue would be placed on a portion of Ritchie Avenue in the Honorable Commissioner's beloved Ward 4 and it is in the public convenience and necessity that the hereinabove described portion of said street be renamed and officially designated by the name of Seals Avenue.NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Mayor and Commissioners of the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi as follows:1. That part of the street known as Ritchie Street described hereinabove shall henceforth be known as Seals Avenue within the City of Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi; 2. That the City Clerk be and she is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to publish, the full text, or a summary, in her discretion, of this Ordinance one time in the Clarksdale Press Register in accordance with law, and after publication and upon such Ordinance becoming final in accordance with law, to forward a true and correct copy hereof to the Chancery Clerk of Coahoma County, Mississippi for recordation; 3. That the Chancery Clerk of Coahoma County, Mississippi is hereby authorized and empowered to so note the changes in the street name upon the various official plats of the City of Clarksdale on file in her office; 4. That the City Clerk be and she is hereby authorized and empowered to forward a true and correct copy hereof to the Coahoma County E911 Coordinator, with the request that the changes in the street name be noted in the E911 records for emergency service responses, and to forward copies to the businesses and residents located upon that portion of the street so affected by this name change;5. That the Director of Public Works be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to change the street signs to reflect the renaming of the street aforesaid;6. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage, as provided by law, notwithstanding the physical street sign may be changed at the convenience of the Public Works Department.SO ORDAINED and unanimously adopted by the Board of Mayor and Commissioners of the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi on this, the 14th day of June, 2021, by the following vote:Commissioner Bo Plunk, Ward 1, voted "Aye." Commissioner Ken Murphey, Ward 2, voted "Aye."Commissioner Willie Turner, Ward 3, voted "Aye."Commissioner Edward Seals, Ward 4, voted "Aye.".SO ORDAINED, APPROVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED on this, the 14th day of June, 2021. CITY OF CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPIBY: CHUCK ESPYMayorATTEST:CATHY CLARKCity Clerk C E R T I F I C A T EI, Cathy Clark, Clerk of the City of Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi, do hereby certify that the attached and foregoing is a true and correct copy of that certain resolution of like and tenor and effect passed on the 14th day of June, 2021, by the Board of Mayor and Commissioners of the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, as the same now appears duly recorded in the minutes of the proceedings of the said Board of Mayor and Commissioners on file in the office of the City Clerk in the City Hall, Clarksdale, Mississippi.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE and the official seal of the said City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, on this the 3rd day of September, 2021.CATHY CLARK, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPISept. 8, 2021|INVITATION FOR BIDSDHUD FORMAT 4238-ASeparate sealed bids for the construction of SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS CDBG 2020, CDBG NO. 1137-20-188-PF-01 will be received by the TOWN OF FRIARS POINT at their board room at 700 2ND STREET, FRIARS POINT, MS 38631 until OCTOBER 7TH, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. at which times all Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.The Project consists of the following approximate quantities:Mobilization/Demobilization - Construction 1 LSMobilization/Demobilization - Sewer Line Cleaning/TVSS 1 LSLift Station #3 Rehabilitation 1 LSSewer Line Cleaning 6,489 LinFtSewer Line Television Inspection 6,489 LinFt8" SDR 26 PVC Gravity Sewer Line Replacement (CLS) 5.00 -7.49 ft 100 LinFt8 SDR 26 PVC Gravity Sewer Line Replacement (CLS) 7.50 -9.99 ft 500 LinFt8" SDR 26 PVC Gravity Sewer Line Replacement (CLS) 10.00 -12.50 ft 400 LinFt8" SDR 26 PVC Gravity Sewer Line Replacement (CLS) 12.51 - 15.00 ft 80 LinFt48" Manhole Replacement, 0-6' (MR) 5 Each48" Manhole, Extra Depth 20 LinFtManhole Drop Connection 3 EachReconnect Ex. Main at Manhole 3 Each10" x 4" or 6" PVC Tee or Wye 8 EachManhole Service Connection (4" or 6") 4 Each4" PVC Service Line, Sch. 40 300 LinFt4" Service Line Cleanout 12 EachService Line Reconnections (Any Size) 12 EachCrushed Stone Foundation Stabilization 35 CuYdSelect Borrow Material 2,000 CuYdCrusher Run for Temporary Surface & Base 240 CuYdSeeding & Mulching (Service Line) 200 LinFtTemporary Silt Fence 500 LinFtWattles (20in) 50 LinFtDEDUCTIVE ALTERNATES: 8" SDR 26 PVC Gravity Sewer Line Replacement (CLS) 5.00 -7.49 ft 100 LinFt8 SDR 26 PVC Gravity Sewer Line Replacement (CLS) 7.50 -9.99 ft 500 LinFt8" SDR 26 PVC Gravity Sewer Line Replacement (CLS) 10.00 -12.50 ft 400 LinFt8" SDR 26 PVC Gravity Sewer Line Replacement (CLS) 12.51 - 15.00 ft 80 LinFtADDITIVE ALTERNATES: Bituminous Resurfacing (Option #1 - 2" Overlay) 2,000 SqYdBituminous Resurfacing (Option #2 - 3" Trench Repair) 611 SqYd10" Point Repair (PR), SDR26, 10-12.5 ft Cut 3 Ea10" Point Repair (PR), SDR26, 12.51-15 ft Cut 3 Ea10" Point Repair (PR), SDR26, 15.01-17.5 ft Cut 3 Ea10" Partial Line Segment Replacment (PLS), SDR26, 10-12.5 ft Cut 60 LinFt10" Partial Line Segment Replacment (PLS), SDR26, 12.51-15 ft Cut 60 LinFt10" Partial Line Segment Replacment (PLS), SDR26, 15.01- 17.5 ft Cut 60 LinFtPlug Abandoned Sewer Service 5 EaEach bid must be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to the TOWN OF FRIARS POINT, marked on the outside as "SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS CDBG 2020, CDBG NO. 1137-20-188-PF-01." Any bid for a sum in excess of $50,000.00 shall contain on the outside or exterior of the envelope of such bid the contractor's current certificate of responsibility number, and no bid shall be opened or considered unless such contractor's current certificate number appears on the outside or exterior of the envelope or unless there appears a statement on the outside or exterior of such envelope to the effect that the bid enclosed does not exceed $50,000.000.Bids will be accepted only under the name of the Bidder to whom contract documents have been issued by Plan House Printing, on behalf of the Engineer, and whose name appears on the official list of Planholders maintained by Plan House Printing.Contract Documents, including Drawings and Specifications, are on file at the TOWN OF FRIARS POINT, 700 2ND STREET, FRIARS POINT, MS 38631 and at the Office of Cook Coggin Engineers, Inc., 703 Crossover Road, Tupelo, Mississippi 38801.Bidders are encouraged to register for an account at www.cceplanroom.com to view or order Contract Documents. The only requirement for registration is a valid email address. Contract Documents are distributed and available only from Plan House Printing and Graphics, 607 West Main Street, Tupelo, MS 38804. Bid documents can also be purchased through Plan House Printing. All payments for Bid Documents are non-refundable and shall be made payable to Plan House Printing and Graphics, 607 West Main Street, Tupelo, MS 38804. Questions regarding website registration and online orders please contact Plan House Printing at (662) 407-0193.A certified check or bank draft, payable to the order of the "TOWN OF FRIARS POINT" negotiable U.S. Government bonds (at par value), or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and an accepted Surety, in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total of the Bid shall be submitted with each bid. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Payment Bond and Performance Bond each in the amount of 100 percent of the contract amount. This project is financed by a Community Development Block Grant and is subject to the rules and regulations thereof.The successful bidder must comply with Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u). CDBG regulations governing the grant require that, to the greatest extent feasible opportunities for contracting, subcontracting, training and employment arising in connection with this CDBG project will be extended to Section 3 businesses and Section 3 residents. Minority and Woman Owned Business Enterprises are solicited to bid on this contract as prime contractors and are encouraged to make inquiries regarding potential subcontracting opportunities, equipment, material and/or supply needs. The TOWN OF FRIARS POINT is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and hereby notifies all Bidders will be afforded the full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual preference, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status in consideration for an award. The successful bidder must comply with the Davis-Bacon Act which requires that all laborers and mechanics shall be paid at rates not less than those determined by the Department of Labor to be prevailing for the locality in which the project is located.The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informality in the best interest of the Owner.Bids may be held by the Owner for a period not to exceed 60 days from the date of the opening of Bids for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of Bidders, prior to awarding of the Contract.MAYOR JAMES WASHINGTONTOWN OF FRIARS POINTSept. 8, 15, 2021|IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN RE: VALIDATION OF NOT TO EXCEED $1,560,000 CITY OF CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2021 (THE "BONDS")NO: 2021-327 NOTICE TO TAXPAYERSTO: THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY OF CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPIYou are hereby notified that the matter of the validation of the above-described obligation will be heard on the 21st day of September, 2021, at 9:30 o'clock a.m., in the Chancery Court of Coahoma County, Mississippi, at the Coahoma County Courthouse in the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, at or before which time and date written objections to the validation of the issuance of said obligation, if any, must be filed.By order of the Chancellor, this the 27th day of August, 2021.CAROLYN B. PARHAMCHANCERY CLERKCOAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIBY: Sally McNeese, D. C.(S E A L)Sept. 8, 2021|It is hereby ordered that notice to bidders be published in the following form:NOTICE TO BIDDERSPURSUANT to the Order of the Board of Supervisors of Tunica County, Mississippi, notice is hereby given that said Board will receive sealed bids until 4:00 o'clock p.m., Monday, September 20, 2021 for the purchasing of supplies and materials for the operation, maintenance, repairing, and construction of roads and bridges of said county for a period of fifteen (15) months (beginning October 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2022) , unless otherwise specified on individual bid, in such quantities as may be ordered by the Board during said period, such supplies and materials are specifically listed and specified on lists thereof approved by said Board and on file with the undersigned Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and the County Road Manager, but are generally described as follows:Supply Bids•Item #1- Bituminous Pavement •Item #2-Hot Bituminous Pavement •Item #3-Paint Striping•Item #4-Granular Materials•Item #5-Sand & Gravel•Item #6-Matt & Seal•Item #7-Corrugated Metal Pipes (Round)•Item #8-Corrugated Metal Pipes (Arched)•Item #9-Concrete Culvert Pipes•Item #10-Polyethylene Culvert Pipes and Couplings•Item #11-Roadside Chemicals•Item #12- Grader Blades•Item #13-Road Sign Post•Item #14-Lawn & Park Mowing•Item #15-Vehicle Services•Item #16-Right-of-Way Mowing (Casino Center, Casino Way, Casino Resorts Strip Blvd, Fitzgerald's Blvd and Harrah's Parkway North and South, U.S. Hwy 61 from the Tunica/Desoto county-line to 4 tenths of a mile south of Hwy 304).Specifications and bid forms for each item may be obtained from the undersigned or the Central Road Department of the County and each bid shall be submitted in a sealed envelope marked "Bid for Item ____". Where required by law, each bid shall show the registration of license number of the Bidder and the submission of the bid shall constitute a representation that the bid does not exceed the price permitted by law, and that the materials offered meet the specifications of the Board. All bids shall be submitted F.O.B. Tunica County Central Road Headquarters, unless otherwise noted in the specifications for a particular item. The Board reserves the right to refuse to consider any bid which does not comply with the foregoing provisions contained within the individual specifications.This the 30th day of August, 2021Clerk of the Board of SupervisorsThus ordered, this the 30th day of August, 2021Mckinley Daley,President of the Board of SupervisorsSept. 1, 8, 2021|NOTICE TO BIDDERSThe Coahoma County School District will receive bids for K-12 Reading Practice Programin the following manner:Un-priced bid proposals will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 13, 2021, in sealed envelopes at the Coahoma County School District Central Office, 1555 Lee Drive, Clarksdale, MS or by electronic bid submission. Submissions will be evaluated and vendors submitting acceptable offers will be invited to submit priced bids. Electronic bids and/or reverse auction bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com. For any questions related to the electronic bidding process, please contact Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.Bidding will be held by electronic reverse auction on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. unless extended by anti-bid sniping. Specifications are on file at the Central Office. To receive a copy of the specifications please contact the Curriculum Department by email: lturner@coahoma.k12.ms.us. Specifications may also be downloaded at www.centralbidding.com, for a fee. All bids must comply with the specifications provided. The Coahoma County School District reserves the right to amend the specifications, as necessary, and agrees to notify all having requested bid packets.Specification responses must be submitted for this bid event and are due in order to be considered for this bidding opportunity. Specification Response Forms shall not contain pricing. Pricing shall only be taken online through the Central Bidding portal.The Coahoma County School District reserves the right to waive any informalities and to reject any or all bids.Specification Response Forms and samples, if required, should be delivered either by email to:Coahoma County School DistrictAttn: Latasha Turner, Curriculum Coordinator1555 Lee DriveClarksdale, MS 38614Sept. 1, 8, 2021|IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIE WEBSTER, DECEASED CAUSE NO: 2021-259ALGIDIE WEBSTER, as wife and next of kin of WILLIE WEBSTER, PETITIONERSUMMONS BY PUBLICATIONTHE STATE OF MISSISSIPPITO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WILLIE WEBSTER DECEASEDYou have been made a Respondent in the suit filed in this Court by Petitioner Algidie Webster, Administratix of the Estate of Willie Webster, Deceased, seeking determination of heirship.You are not required to file a written response in this matter; however, you may mail or hand-deliver a written response to the Petition filed against you in this action to: Warren Smith, SMITH Murphy & DOBBS LLC, Attorney for the Petitioner, whose address is 1739 University Avenue #188, Oxford, Mississippi 38655. You are summoned to appear and defend against said petition filed against you in this action at 9:00am on Monday the 4th of October, 2021, in the courtroom of the Coahoma County Chancery Building in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but may do so if you desire.Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, this the 30th day of August, 2021.CAROLYN PARHAM, CHANCERY CLERKBy: /s/Sally McNeeseDeputy Clerk(SEAL)Sept. 1, 8, 15, 2021|NOTICE OF SALETunica Mini Storage, make notice of sale to the highest bidder, the contents of units leased to: Milo Smith E-105James C Booker C-1Dorrea AnJanette Sutton C-55Charles Branham C-38Joseph Wiley C-2, C-3Letitia Davis C-34Mohammed Hussein Hezam D-78Rodney Stallworth C-31Shaquinta Collins E-104Jennifer Richardson C-7Lerithar Body B-11Whereas default has occurred in the payment of rent, sale will be held at 10:00am Saturday, September 18, 2021 at Tunica Mini Storage (next to the Piggly Wiggly) located at 1130 US Hwy 61 N Tunica, MS 38676.Sept. 1, 8, 15, 2021|IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TUNICA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI The Petition of Scharity S. Campbell for Termination of Parental Rights and Subsequent Adoption of Child(ren) Described in the Petition CAUSE NO. 21-67NOTICE OF: SUMMONS BY PUBLICATIONTHE STATE OF MISSISSIPPITO: Unknown Natural Father of the Minor Child Named in the Petition, Whose Identity and present Residence and Address is Unknown.You have been made a Respondent in the suit filed in this court styled In the Matter of Minor Child Named in the Petition. The Petition is seeking to terminate the parental rights of the natural Father and natural Mother and for adoption declaring the Minor child to be in all legal effects, the child of the Petitioner.You are summoned to appear and defend against the Petition filed against you in this action at the Tunica County Courthouse, in Tunica, Mississippi at 10:00 a.m. on 10/20/21, in the Chancery Court of Tunica County, Mississippi, before the Honorable Catherine Farris-Carter and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the matters or things demanded in the Petition. You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you may do so if you desire.Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 9th day August, 2021.Rechelle R. SiggersClerk of TUNICA County, MississippiBy Cindy Fields, DC(SEAL)Witness My Signature this the 20th day of August, 2021./s/ Scharity S. Campbell /s/Kelly Michael Bosserman, Attorney for PlaintiffSolicitorsAug. 25, Sept. 1, 8, 2021 |IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARTHA F. TAYLOR, DECEASED NO. 21-323NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF MARTHA F. TAYLOR, DECEASEDLetters Testamentary having been granted on the 26th day of August, 2021, by the Chancery Court of Coahoma County, Mississippi, in Cause No. 21-323, to the undersigned, Robert S. Taylor, Jr. of Brookland, Craighead County, Arkansas, and Jennifer Taylor Cummins of Rena Lara, Coahoma County, Mississippi, on the Estate of Martha F. Taylor, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said Estate to present the same to the Clerk of said Court for probate and registration according to law within ninety (90) days from the date of first publication of this notice, or they will be forever barred.WITNESS the signature of the undersigned Co-Executors on this the 27th day of August, 2021./s/ROBERT S. TAYLOR, JR./s/JENNIFER TAYLOR CUMMINSCHAPMAN, LEWIS & SWAN, PLLCATTORNEY FOR PETITIONERSPOST OFFICE BOX 428CLARKSDALE, MS 38614(662) 627-4105 telephone(662) 627-4171 facsimileralph@chapman-lewis-swan.comBY: /s/RALPH E. CHAPMANMSB # 5962Sept. 1, 8, 15, 2021|IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT S. TAYLOR, DECEASED NO. 21-322NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT S. TAYLOR, DECEASEDLetters Testamentary having been granted on the 26th day of August, 2021, by the Chancery Court of Coahoma County, Mississippi, in Cause No. 21-322, to the undersigned, Robert S. Taylor, Jr. of Brookland, Craighead County, Arkansas, and Jennifer Taylor Cummins of Rena Lara, Coahoma County, Mississippi, on the Estate of Robert S. Taylor, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said Estate to present the same to the Clerk of said Court for probate and registration according to law within ninety (90) days from the date of first publication of this notice, or they will be forever barred.WITNESS the signature of the undersigned Co-Executors on this the 27th day of August, 2021./s/ROBERT S. TAYLOR, JR./s/JENNIFER TAYLORCUMMINSCHAPMAN, LEWIS & SWAN, PLLCATTORNEY FOR PETITIONERSPOST OFFICE BOX 428CLARKSDALE, MS 38614(662) 627-4105 telephone(662) 627-4171 facsimileralph@chapman-lewis-swan.comBY: /s/RALPH E. CHAPMANMSB # 5962Sept. 1, 8, 15, 2021|IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OTHA T. SYKES, DECEASED, BY AND THROUGH CHRISTENE SYKES COLE, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF OTHA T. SYKES, PETITIONERCAUSE NO.: 2019-cv-527WJPRULE 81 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATIONSTATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF COAHOMATO: Unknown heirs, whose post office address and street address are unknown after diligent search and inquiry, and to the unknown heirs of law of Otha T. Sykes, and to the heirs at law of Otha T. Sykes, Deceased, and any and all unknown executors, administrators, devisees and legatees of Otha T. Sykes, Deceased, and any and all persons having or claiming a legal or equitable interest in the Estate of Otha T. Sykes, DeceasedYou have been made Respondents in the suit filed in this Court seeking to determine heirs of Otha T. Sykes. There are no other Respondents in this action.You are summoned to appear and defend against said Motion to Determine Heirs of the Estate of Otha T. Sykes filed against you in this action at 9:00 'clock A.M., on the 20th day of September, 2021, in the courtroom of the Coahoma County Courthouse, Chancery Court at Clarksdale, Mississippi before the Hon. Willie Perkins, Sr., Chancellor. In case of your failure to appear and defend a judgment will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the Motion/Petition/ Complaint.You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you may do so if you desire.Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this the 26th day of August, 2021.CAROLYN PARHAM, CLERKPOST OFFICE BOX 98CLARKSDALE, MS 38614BY: /s/Sally McNeeseDEPUTY CLERK(SEAL)Sept. 1, 8, 15, 2021|Coahoma County School DistrictPortable Air Purifiers Request for ProposalRFP PORTABLE AIR PURIFlERS - CCSDSeptember 2021The Coahoma County School District will receive Bids for Portable Air Purifiers for classrooms, gyms, cafeterias, and large meeting areas with filters in the following manner:Un-priced bid proposals will be accepted until 10:00 a.m., CST on Thursday, September 30, 2021, in sealed envelopes at the Coahoma County School District Central Office, 1555 Lee Drive, Clarksdale, MS 38614, or by electronic bid submission. Submissions will be evaluated and vendors submitting acceptable offers will be invited to submit priced bids. Electronic bids and/or reverse auction bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com. For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please contact Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.Bidding will be held by electronic reverse auction on Wednesday, June 2, 2021from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., CST unless extended by anti-bid sniping.Specifications are on file at the Coahoma County School District Central Office. To receive a copy of the specifications, please contact the ESSER Coordinator by email at gwatkins@coahoma.k12.ms.us. Specifications may also be downloaded at www.centralbidding.com for a fee. All bids must comply with the specifications provide. The Coahoma County School District reserves the right to amend the specifications, as necessary, and agrees to notify all having requested bid packets.The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The Coahoma County School District reserves the right to waive any informalities and to reject any and all bids.Coahoma County School DistrictAttn: Gared Watkins Sr.1555 Lee DriveClarksdale, MS 38614Sept. 8, 15, 2021|Bid NoticeAaron E. Henry Community Health Center, Inc/Delta Area Rural Transit System (DARTS), is currently accepting bids for public liability insurance coverage for forty-five project vehicles. The insurance coverage should cover October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022. The bid should encompass at least the following coverage: liability of $5 million, maximum deductible of $5,000, medical $5,000, and uninsured motorist $25,000/$50,000.Upon request, a list comprising all vehicles will be submitted to prospective bidders. Sealed bids will be accepted until 2:00p.m., September 17, 2021, at which time bids will be opened and publicly read.Aaron E. Henry Community Health Center, Inc/DARTS reserves the right to reject any/or all bids. For detailed specifications on bids, please call Antionette Gray-Brown at 662-624-5907 ext. 1113. All sealed bids should be mailed to the following address:Attention: Aurelia Jones-Taylor, CEOAaron E. Henry Community Health Center, Inc.Post Office Box 1216Clarksdale, MS 38614Sept. 1, 8, 2021|LEGAL NOTICECoahoma County Tourism Commission is soliciting proposals for a Certified Public Accountant to perform an (OMB) circular A-133 audit for the fiscal year October 1, 2020 thru September 30, 2021 and October 1, 2021 thru September 30, 2022. Proposals must be sealed, properly labeled and mailed or hand delivered to 326 Blues Alley, Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614. Sealed proposals must be received by 2:30 P.M. Wednesday, September 22, 2021. Coahoma County Tourism Commission reserves the right to reject any and/or all proposals.Sept.1, 8, 15, 2021|TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on September 13, 2016, Roger D. Weiner executed a certain Deed of Trust to Michael S. MacInnis, Trustee for Southern Bancorp Bank, beneficiary, which Deed of Trust was recorded in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Coahoma County, Mississippi in Book 2016 at Page 5407, and modified on February 6, 2020 by a Modification of Deed of Trust recorded on February 28, 2020 in Book 2020 at Page 957; and, WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust, Southern Bancorp Bank, the legal holder of said indebtedness, having requested the undersigned Trustee to execute the trust and sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust and for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, trustee's fees and expense of sale.NOW, THEREFORE, I, Michael S. MacInnis, Trustee in said Deed of Trust, will on the 9th day of September, 2021, offer for sale at public outcry and sell within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the Main Front Door of the Coahoma County Courthouse, located at 115 1ST Street, Clarksdale, Mississippi to the highest and best bidder for cash the following described property situated in Coahoma County, State of Mississippi, to-witLOT THREE (3) COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION NUMBER TEN (10), COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE SAME IS SHOWN AND DESCRIBED ON THE MAP OR PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHANCERY CLERK OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPII WILL CONVEY only such title as is vested in me as Trustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 13th day of August, 2021Michael S. MacInnis, Trustee forSouthern Bancorp BankRawlings & MacInnis, P.A.P.O. Box 1789Madison, Ms. 39130601-898-1180Aug. 18, 25, Sept. 1, 8, 2021|TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on September 13, 2016, Roger D. Weiner, M.D., executed a certain Deed of Trust to Michael S. MacInnis, Trustee for Southern Bancorp Bank, beneficiary, which Deed of Trust was recorded in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Coahoma County, Mississippi in Book 2016 at Page 5469, and modified on February 6, 2020 by a Modification of Deed of Trust recorded on February 28, 2020 in Book 2020 at Page 974; and, WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust, Southern Bancorp Bank, the legal holder of said indebtedness, having requested the undersigned Trustee to execute the trust and sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust and for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, trustee's fees and expense of sale.NOW, THEREFORE, I, Michael S. MacInnis, Trustee in said Deed of Trust, will on the 9th day of September, 2021, offer for sale at public outcry and sell within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the Main Front Door of the Coahoma County Courthouse, located at 115 1ST Street, Clarksdale, Mississippi to the highest and best bidder for cash the following described property situated in Coahoma County, State of Mississippi, to-witThe South 107.1 feet of Lot 1, and the North 192.9 feet of Lot 2, in Block 1 of Bramlett's Subdivision to the City of Clarksdale, Coahoma County, MS, per the plat or map thereof now recorded in Plat Book 1A, at Page 42, in the offices of the Chancery Clerk of said County, BUTSUBJECT TO the Levee Board Easement consisting of 62.5 feet adjacent to and West of the middle of Sunflower River and possible utility easement for electricity and water as provided by Corrected Warranty Deed recorded in Book 931, at Page 5109, and in Deed Book 855, at Page 188, in the offices of said Chancery Clerk; ANDSUBJECT TO right of way in favor of Entergy, MS, per instrument numbered 2007-514 recorded in the offices of said Clerk; AND SUBJECT TO right of way in favor of Mississippi Power and Light per instrument recorded with said Clerk in Deed Book 549, at Page 648; AND SUBJECT TO those standard exceptions designated as Items A and B, below, to-wit:ITEM A. The Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance in force and effect in the City of Clarksdale, MS; and ITEM B. As may be applicable, rights of way and easements for public roads, streets, sidewalks, drainage and utilities, covenants or restrictive covenants of record, all zoning ordinances and/or land use regulations in force and effect in the City of Clarksdale and Coahoma County, Mississippi, all things which would be revealed by an accurate and on-site survey and inspection of the property, all, if any, prior reservations, conveyances and leases of minerals, and all, if any, rules, regulations, assessments, statutory authority, levies, betterments and benefits of, if any, public health, public environmental, public drainage districts, and other public or quasi-public entities, as, if any, may be applicable to the land herein described.I WILL CONVEY only such title as is vested in me as Trustee.WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 13th day of August, 2021Michael S. MacInnis, Trustee forSouthern Bancorp BankRawlings & MacInnis, P.A.P.O. Box 1789Madison, Ms. 39130601-898-1180Aug. 18, 25, Sept. 1, 8, 2021|NOTICE OF INTENT TO ABANDON A CERTAIN COUNTY ROADPursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated §65-7-121, as amended, please take notice that the Coahoma County Board of Supervisors has, by resolution spread upon its Minutes, declared its intention to abandon a certain road of the County road system. Please take note that a public hearing on the abandonment of said road will be held at 4:00 p.m., Monday, October 4, 2021, at the Board of Supervisors' Meeting Room at the Coahoma County Courthouse. The road which the Board will consider abandoning is as follows:That portion of Townsend Avenue located in the Village of Yazoo Pass also known as Rich, Coahoma County, Mississippi, located between Block B and C from the point of its intersection with Bridge Street, also known as Lula-Rich Road, and extending all the way to the West to the Yazoo Pass and a portion of Bridge Street, also known as Lula-Rich Road, which is north of Townsend Avenue running North approximately 120 feet from the intersection of Townsend Avenue and Lula-Rich Road.You are invited to attend and submit comments concerning the proposed abandonment. Written comments may be submitted to the County Administrator at the Coahoma County Courthouse prior to the public hearing and the same will be read and made a part of said public hearing before the Board of Supervisors. Written comments may be submitted either in person or mailed to:Brenetta Hoskins County AdministratorCoahoma County, Mississippi115 First StreetP.O. Box 579Clarksdale, MS 38614This the 30th day of August, 2021.CAROLYN PARHAMCLERK OF THE BOARDSept. 8, 15, 2021|STATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF COAHOMANOTICE OF SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S SALEWHEREAS, on the 22nd day of July, 2020, Lakizzy M. Ransom, executed a certain Deed of Trust to Don A. Dees, Trustee for the benefit of Robert Burch, Beneficiary, which said Deed of Trust is recorded in Deed of Trust Book 2020 at page 3318 on July 23rd, 2020 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Coahoma County, Mississippi,and later substituted Cheryl Ann Webster as Trustee; to secure payment of an indebtedness owed to Robert Burch as evidenced by a Note dated even therewith and covering the following described property lying and being situate in the City of Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi, to-wit:Lot 20, May SubdivisionWHEREAS, LaKizzy M. Ransom has made default in the payment of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust dated July 22nd, 2020, and the undersigned Substituted Trustee, Cheryl Ann Webster, has been requested and directed by said Robert Burch current holder of the Note and current Beneficiary of said Deed of Trust to foreclose said Deed of Trust dated July 22nd, 2020.NOW, THEREFORE, I will offer for sale and sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash the above described land and real property during legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.) on Thursday, September 30, 2021 at the South Front Door of the Coahoma County Courthouse, which has an address of 115 First Street in the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi. This conveyance shall be made by me as Trustee only and without warranty of any kind whatsoever. While I believe title to be good, I will sell and convey only such title as is vested in me, as Trustee.WITNESS my signature on the August 31, 2021./s/ Cheryl Ann WebsterSubstitute TrusteeWebster Law Office, PLLCCheryl Ann Webster227 First StreetClarksdale, Ms. Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021|RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE COUNTY,TO ISSUE A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND OF THE COUNTY FOR SALE TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT BANK, OR TO ENTER INTO A LOAN AGREEMENT WITH THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT BANK IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $7,500,000, IN ONE OR MORE SERIES, TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, AND REPAIRING ROADS, HIGHWAYS, AND BRIDGES, AND ACQUIRING THE NECESSARY LAND, INCLUDING LAND FOR ROAD BUILDING MATERIALS, ACQUIRING RIGHTS-OF-WAY THEREFOR, AND FOR THE PURCHASE OF HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES THERETO REASONABLY REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT, REPAIR, AND RENOVATE ROADS, HIGHWAYS, AND BRIDGES AND APPROACHES THERETO WITHIN THE COUNTY; AND PURCHASING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT WHICH HAVE AN EXPECTED USEFUL LIFE IN EXCESS OF 10 YEARS;AND FOR THE REFUNDING OR REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING INTERFUND LOANS OF THE COUNTY; DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF SUCH INTENTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Coahoma County, Mississippi (the "Governing Body" of the "County"), acting for and on behalf of the County, hereby finds, determines, adjudicates, and declares as follows:1. It is necessary and in the public interest to issue debt obligations of the County to provide funds for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, and repairing roads, highways, and bridges, and acquiring the necessary land, including land for road building materials, acquiring rights-of-way therefor, and for the purchase of heavy construction equipment and accessories thereto reasonably required to construct, repair, and renovate roads, highways, and bridges and approaches thereto within the County; and purchasing machinery and equipment which have an expected useful life in excess of 10 years (the "Authorized Purposes"); for the purpose of the refunding or redemption of the County's interfund loan maturing April 1, 2024 (the "Refunding"); funding a capitalized interest account, if necessary; and, paying the costs of the authorization, issuance, sale, validation, and delivery of the debt obligations(together, the "Project")2. The County is authorized by Sections 19 9 1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended (the "County Improvements Act"), and Sections 31-27-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended (the "Refunding Act"), to issue general obligation bonds of the County in an amount not to exceed the maximum principal amount of $7,500,000, in one or more series (the "Bonds"), for the Project (as defined herein), and for which purpose there are no other available funds on hand.3. The assessed value of all taxable property within the County, according to the last completed assessment for taxation, is $216,136,134. The County has outstanding bonded indebtedness subject to the 15% debt limit prescribed by the County Improvements Act, in the amount of$429,382, and outstanding bonded and floating indebtedness subject to the 20% debt limit prescribed by the County Improvements Act (which amount includes the sum set forth above subject to the 15% debt limit), in the amount of $429,382 (which amount includes the sum set forth above subject to the 15%debt limit). The issuance of the bonded indebtedness hereinafter proposed to be issued, when added to the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the County, will not result in bonded indebtedness, exclusive of indebtedness not subject to the aforesaid 15% debt limit, of more than 15% of the assessed value of taxable property within the County, and will not result in indebtedness, both bonded and floating, exclusive of indebtedness not subject to the aforesaid 20% debt limit, in excess of 20% of the assessed value of taxable property within the County, and will not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation upon indebtedness which may be incurred by the County.4. Under the provisions of the County Improvements Act, the Refunding Act, Sections 31-25-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended (the "Bank Act"), and other applicable laws of the State of Mississippi (the "State"), the County is authorized to undertake activities for the Project and to provide for the payment of the costs thereof, or any portion of such costs, by issuing a general obligation bond or general obligation bonds of the County in an amount not to exceed the maximum principal amount of $7,500,000, in one or more series, for the Project(the "Qualified Obligation"),for sale to the Mississippi Development Bank (the "Bank"), or entering into a loan agreement and obtaining a loan from the Bank for the Project in an amount not to exceed the maximum principal amount of $7,500,000, in one or more series (the "Loan").5. The County reasonably expects that it will incur expenditures for the Project for which the County will advance internal funds prior to the issuance of the Bonds, the Qualified Obligation, or the Loan, and that it should declare its official intent to reimburse itself for all or a portion of such expenditures of the Project made in anticipation of the issuance of the Bonds, the Qualified Obligation, or the Loan.NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY AS FOLLOWS:SECTION 1. This resolution is adopted pursuant to the County Improvements Act,the Bank Act, the Refunding Act, and other applicable laws of the State (together, the "Act").SECTION 2. The Governing Body, acting for and on behalf of the County, does hereby declare its intention to issue and sell the Bonds or the Qualified Obligation or enter into the Loan, pursuant to the Act.SECTION 3. The Bonds or the Qualified Obligation, if issued, will be general obligations payable as to principal and interest out of and secured by an irrevocable pledge of the avails of a tax to be levied annually, if necessary, upon all the taxable property within the geographical limits of the County, which tax, together with any other moneys available for such purpose, shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and the interest on the Bonds according to the terms thereof. The Loan, if issued, will be payable from the legally available revenues of the County.SECTION 4. Pursuant to Section 1.150-2 of the Treasury Regulations (the "Reimbursement Regulations"), the Governing Body hereby declares its official intent to reimburse expenditures made for the Project prior to the issuance of the Bonds, the Qualified Obligation, or the Loan with the proceeds of the Bonds, the Qualified Obligation, or the Loan, to the extent permitted by the Reimbursement Regulations.SECTION 5. The Governing Body proposes to direct the issuance of the Bonds, the Qualified Obligation, or the Loan in the amount, for the purpose, and secured as aforesaid, at a meeting of the Governing Body to be held at its regular meeting place and time in the Courthouse of the County in the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, at3:00 pm on September 15, 2021, or at some meeting held subsequent thereto. If 20%, or 1,500, whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the County shall file with the Chancery Clerk of the County a written protest against the issuance of the Bonds, the Qualified Obligation, or the Loan on or before the aforesaid date and hour, then the Bonds, the Qualified Obligation, or the Loan shall not be issued unless authorized at an election to be called and held as provided by law on the question of the issuance of the Bonds, the Qualified Obligation, or the Loan. If no sufficient protest is filed, then the Bonds, the Qualified Obligation, or the Loan may be issued without an election on the question of the issuance thereof at any time within a period of two years after the date above specified.SECTION 6. This resolution shall be published once a week for at least 3 consecutive weeks in the Clarksdale Press-Register, located in the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, a newspaper published in and having a general circulation in the County and qualified under the provisions of Section 13-3-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended. The first publication of this resolution shall be made not less than 21 days prior to the date fixed herein for the issuance of the Bonds, the Qualified Obligation, or the Loan, and the last publication shall be made not more than 7 days prior to such date.SECTION 7. The Chancery Clerk shall be and is hereby directed to procure from the publisher of the aforesaid newspaper the customary proof of the publication of this resolution and have the same before the Governing Body on the date and hour specified in Section 5 hereof.SECTION 8. If any one or more of the provisions of this resolution shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any of the other provisions of this resolution, but this resolution shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision or provisions had not been contained herein.Following the reading of the foregoing resolution and discussion thereof, Supervisor Paul Pearson moved and Supervisor Derrell Washington seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, and the question being put to a roll call vote, the result was as follows:Supervisor Pat Davis, Jr. voted: AyeSupervisor Roosevelt Lee, Jr. voted: AyeSupervisor Johnny A. Newson voted: AyeSupervisor Paul Pearson voted: AyeSupervisor Derrell S. Washington voted: AyeThe motion having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present, the President declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted this day, August 18, 2021. Coahoma County, Mississippi/s/ Johnny A. NewsonPresident,Board of Supervisors ATTEST:/s/ Carolyn B. ParhamChancery Clerk Aug. 25, Sept. 1, 8, 15, 2021|IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE FERRI, JR., DECEASED NO. 2021-324PATRICIA F. SARTIN ANDBRENDA ANN F. KINCADE, CO-EXECUTORSNOTICE TO CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE FERRI, JR.Letters Testamentary having been granted to the undersigned Co-Executors, Patricia F. Sartin and Brenda Ann F. Kincade, on the 24th day of August, 2021, by the Chancery Court of Coahoma County, Mississippi, on the Estate of George Ferri, Jr., Deceased, late of Coahoma County, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2021-324 on the docket of said Court, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to the Clerk of the said court for probate and registration according to law within ninety (90) days from the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or they will be forever barred.WITNESS THE SIGNATURES of the undersigned Co-Executors on this the 24th day of August, 2021./s/PATRICIA F. SARTIN, CO-EXECUTORESTATE OF GEORGE FERRI, JR., DECEASED/s/BRENDA ANN F. KINCADE, CO-EXECUTORESTATE OF GEORGE FERRI, JR., DECEASEDAttorney for the EstateM. Lee GravesAttorney at Law (MSB#4974)107 Court StreetP. O. Box 1476Clarksdale, MS 38614662.627.1622Aug. 25, Sept. 1, 8, 2021|IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN RE: DETERMINATION OF HEIRS OF ROLAND W. JONES III, DECEASEDCAUSE NO. 2021-328JENNIFER MORAN KOON, PETITIONERTHE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND CHILDREN OF ROLAND W. JONES III, DECEASED, WHOSE NAMES, RESIDENCES, WHEREABOUTS, POST OFFICE ADDRESSES, AND STREET ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PETITIONER AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND INQUIRY TO ASCERTAIN SAME, RESPONDENTS RULE 81 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATIONSTATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF COAHOMATO: THE HEIRS AT LAW OF ROLAND W. JONES III, DECEASED; AND THE CHILDREN OF ROLAND W. JONES III, DECEASEDYou have been named a Respondent in the suit filed in this Court by Petitioner Jennifer Moran Koon (formerly known as Jennifer Elizabeth Jones) seeking determination of the heirship of Roland W. Jones III, Deceased. You are summoned to appear and defend against the Petition for Determination of Heirship (the "Petition") filed against you in this action at 9:30 a.m., on the 5th day of October, 2021, before the Chancery Court in the courtroom of the Chancery Court located in the Coahoma County Courthouse located at Clarksdale, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the money, things and/or other relief demanded in the Petition.You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do so if you desire.Issued under my hand and seal of this Court, this the 30th day of August, 2021. CAROLYN PARHAM, CHANCERY CLERK OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIBy: /s/ Sally McNeese, D.C.Carolyn Parham, Chancery Clerk of Coahoma County, MississippiPost Office Box 98Clarksdale, MS 38614Sept. 1, 8, 15, 2021|IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN RE: DETERMINATION OF HEIRS OF ROBERT LEWIS JONES, DECEASEDCAUSE NO. 2021-329ROBERT LEWIS JONES, JR., PETITIONERMARGARET JONES DREWES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS MARGARET ELIZABETH JONES), JACQUELINE K. JONES, AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND CHILDREN OF ROBERT LEWIS JONES, DECEASED, WHOSE NAMES, RESIDENCES, WHEREABOUTS, POST OFFICE ADDRESSES, AND STREET ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PETITIONER AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND INQUIRY TO ASCERTAIN SAME, RESPONDENTS RULE 81 SUMMONSBY PUBLICATIONSTATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF COAHOMATO: THE HEIRS AT LAW ROBERT LEWIS JONES, DECEASED; AND THE CHILDREN OF ROBERT LEWIS JONES, DECEASEDYou have been named a Respondent in the suit filed in this Court by Petitioner, Robert Lewis Jones, Jr., seeking determination of the heirship of Robert Lewis Jones, Deceased. Respondents other than you in this action are Jacqueline K. Jones and Margaret Jones Drewes (formerly known as Margaret Elizabeth Jones).You are summoned to appear and defend against the Petition for Determination of Heirship (the "Petition") filed against you in this action at 9:30 a.m., on the 5th day of October, 2021, before the Chancery Court in the courtroom of the Chancery Court located in the Coahoma County Courthouse located at Clarksdale, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the money, things and/or other relief demanded in the Petition.You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do so if you desire.Issued under my hand and seal of this Court, this the 30th day of August, 2021.CAROLYN PARHAM, CHANCERY CLERK OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIBy: /s/ Sally McNeese, D.C.Carolyn Parham, Chancery Clerk of Coahoma County, MississippiPost Office Box 98Clarksdale, MS 38614Sept. 1, 8, 15, 2021|IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN RE: DETERMINATION OF HEIRS OF ROBERTA LEWIS JONES, ALSO KNOWN AS STEPHANIE LEWIS JONES BALZER AND/OR AS STEPHANIE BALZER-LEWIS, DECEASEDCAUSE NO. 2021-330JENNIFER MORAN KOON, PETITIONERTHE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND CHILDREN OF ROBERTA LEWIS JONES (ALSO KNOWN AS STEPHANIE LEWIS JONES BALZER AND/OR STEPHANIE BALZER-LEWIS), DECEASED; ROBERT BALZER; AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND CHILDREN OF ROBERT BALZER, DECEASED, EACH AND ALL OF WHOSE NAMES, RESIDENCES, WHEREABOUTS, POST OFFICE ADDRESSES, AND STREET ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PETITIONER AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND INQUIRY TO ASCERTAIN SAME, RESPONDENTS RULE 81 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATIONSTATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF COAHOMATO: THE HEIRS AT LAW OF ROBERTA LEWIS JONES, DECEASED; THE HEIRS AT LAW OF STEPHANIE LEWIS JONES BALZER, DECEASED; THE HEIRS AT LAW OF STEPHANIE BALZER-LEWIS, DECEASED; THE CHILDREN OF ROBERTA LEWIS JONES, DECEASED; THE CHILDREN OF STEPHANIE LEWIS JONES BALZER, DECEASED; THE CHILDREN OF STEPHANIE BALZER-LEWIS, DECEASED; ROBERT BALZER; THE HEIRS AT LAW OF ROBERT BALZER, DECEASED; AND THE CHILDREN OF ROBERT BALZER, DECEASEDYou have been named a Respondent in the suit filed in this Court by Petitioner Jennifer Moran Koon (formerly known as Jennifer Elizabeth Jones) seeking determination of the heirship of Roberta Lewis Jones (also known as Stephanie Lewis Jones Balzer and/or Stephanie Balzer-Lewis), Deceased. You are summoned to appear and defend against the Petition for Determination of Heirship (the "Petition") filed against you in this action at 9:30 a.m., on the 5th day of October, 2021, before the Chancery Court in the courtroom of the Chancery Court located in the Coahoma County Courthouse located at Clarksdale, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the money, things and/or other relief demanded in the Petition.You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do so if you desire.Issued under my hand and seal of this Court, this the 30th day of August, 2021.CAROLYN PARHAM, CHANCERY CLERK OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPIBy: /s/ Sally McNeese, D.C.Carolyn Parham, Chancery Clerk of Coahoma County, MississippiPost Office Box 98Clarksdale, MS 38614Sept. 1, 8, 15, 2021|REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSThe City of Clarksdale Mayor and Board of Commissioners will receive sealed proposals for legal services from qualified person(s) or firms on their 2019 HOME Rehabilitation Project. The proposals should be labeled "Legal Services Proposal". Proposals will also be accepted from trained Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) certified asbestos inspectors to inspect ten (10) units to be rehabilitated/reconstructed for asbestos and lead based paint. The proposals should be labeled "Asbestos/Lead Based Paint Inspection Proposal" and have a valid DEQ certification number recorded on the outside. The proposers should be familiar with the HUD Requirements, rules and regulations.These proposals are requested in accordance with current state law and 24 CFR 85 "Common Rule". The contract(s) will be awarded to the qualified proposers, whose proposals are determined to be most advantageous to the city.Those desiring consideration should submit one (1) original proposal and six (6) copies by 1:00 p.m. on Monday, September 17, 2021, at the City of Clarksdale, Office of the City Clerk, 121 Sunflower Avenue, Post Office Box 940, Clarksdale, MS 38614. The proposals will be opened and reviewed at the next regularly scheduled Board of Commissioners Meeting. If any proposers need additional information, please contact Granville Sherman, P O Box 1488, Batesville, MS 38606, 662-561-4113, gsherman@ndpdd.com.No proposal may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days following its submission. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. All proposals will be rated on the following system to determine the best firm:Description and Maximum Points: Qualifications - 40, Experience - 40, Capacity - 20, Total - 100 Points.Chuck EspyMayor, City of ClarksdaleSept. 8, 2021|ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSTHE CITY OF CLARKSDALENotice is hereby given that the CITY OF CLARKSDALE will receive ELECTRONIC SEALED BIDS for the purchase of the following:One (1) Track HoeBids will be received by an Electronic Sealed Bidding Process administered by Southern Procurement Services at www.southernprocurement.com at which time bidding will begin and run until Suppliers have completed entering all bids. Thereafter, bids will be taken under advisement and awarded or rejected accordingly. A complete bid package which contains bid instructions and specification response sheets may be obtained by registering as a supplier at www.southernprocurement.com and then emailing vaughn@southernprocurement.com to request access to the bid platform. Please use the term "Clarksdale Track Hoe Bid" in the subject line. Vendors must include full contact information, including company name, email address, telephone numbers and contact person in your email request. Email requests will be filled within 24 hours of submission or registration. Registration with Southern Procurement Services and acceptance of the Southern Procurement Services Platform Agreement is not optional and is required in order to participate in this bidding event. No exceptions will be made.Specification responses must be submitted for this bid event in order to be considered for this bidding opportunity. Bid responses should be emailed to vaughn@southernprocurement.com.No bid shall be withdrawn after the scheduled date and time of the beginning of the bidding event without the written consent of The City of Clarksdale Board of Mayor and Commissioners. Within the limitations of Mississippi State Purchasing Law, The City of Clarksdale Board of Mayor and Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all bids received, to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bids received, or to accept any bid which is deemed most favorable to The City of Clarksdale Board of Mayor and Commissioners. THE CITY OF CLARKSDALEPerformance Dates:Bid Date September 29, 2021 @ 10:00 AMSpecification Response Forms Due September 28, 2021 @ 4:00 PMSept. 8, 15, 2021|
