Plain-English weekly recaps written from official meeting records. 2 weeks available.
Week of 2026-10-19
Hancock County agendas list $1.46M claims docket, $1.38M loan repayment; no minutes yet published
Three Hancock County bodies met or were scheduled to meet in the past two weeks, and their agendas list a $1,457,383.96 claims docket, a $1,379,513.76 loan repayment and a proposed waste-disposal rate increase. Minutes for all three have not been published, so this roundup reports what was scheduled, not what was decided.
Board of Supervisors, Oct. 5
The board's agenda included a 10:00 a.m. public hearing on Farron Hoda's appeal of the Planning and Zoning Commission's decision on App# 933, a special exception and site plan for Douglas Bourgeois Jr. d/b/a Bourgeois Farms, Tax Parcel # 175-0-15-002.000.
Also listed was a docket of claims for October 5, 2026, totaling $1,457,383.96, and an interfund loan repayment of $1,379,513.76 to the General Fund from multiple county funds. The agenda included a Port & Harbor Commission docket of claims of $466,768.80 and an FY2026 audit engagement letter with Alexander, Van Loon, Sloan, Levens & Favre, PLLC for $36,600. A construction engineering and inspection contract with Neel-Schaffer, Inc. for Lakeshore Resurfacing Phase II was listed at $60,063.00. Personnel and fee-waiver motions were also on the agenda.
Agenda items are proposals. The record supplied does not show whether the board approved, amended or tabled any of them.
Solid Waste Authority, Oct. 12
The Hancock County Regional Solid Waste board was scheduled to review financial reports and approve a payment docket dated October 12, 2026, for $453,062.89.
The board was also set to consider a Waste Management of MS request to increase disposal rates from $39.80 to $41.74, an adjustment the agenda ties to the Consumer Price Index, and to authorize Public Officials Liability Coverage from Gallagher Insurance.
Planning and Zoning Commission, Oct. 15
The commission scheduled a public hearing on App# 948, a special exception for used car storage and sales at 6145 Lakeshore Rd, Bay St. Louis. It was also to consider App# 953, a conditional use request for a second rental mobile home at 2076 Pine Hill Rd., Kiln.
What the records do and do not show
Each of the three summaries is marked as an agenda only, with minutes not yet published. That means the dollar figures above are amounts placed before each body, not confirmed payments, and the zoning items are requests scheduled for review, not rulings. Whether any item passed, failed or was postponed is not established by the material supplied.
Coming up
Board of Supervisors, Oct. 19. The agenda lists bids for 11.819 miles of maintenance on Roads A-B (SAP Project No. SAP-23(14)M); a Port & Harbor Commission docket of claims totaling $1,041,142.44; purchase of a tractor from AGUP for $52,922.71; purchase of a Kubota RTV from Parish for $15,522.17; personnel changes and equipment purchases; and seven Planning and Zoning Commission applications for consideration. The meeting date is today.
Residents can attend to hear the road maintenance bids and the seven zoning applications, and to see whether the Port & Harbor claims docket advances. Official agendas and, once published, minutes are the authoritative record.
Week of 2026-10-12
Hancock County agendas: $1.46M claims docket, $1.38M loan repayment, farms appeal hearing
Three Hancock County bodies met or were scheduled to meet in the past two weeks, and the largest figures on the table belonged to the Board of Supervisors: a docket of claims totaling $1,457,383.96 and an interfund loan repayment of $1,379,513.76 to the General Fund from multiple county funds, both listed on the board's October 5, 2026 agenda.
A note on what this roundup can and cannot say: all three meetings below are documented by agendas only. Minutes have not been published, so this report describes what was scheduled, proposed, or up for a vote — not what was decided or approved.
Board of Supervisors, Oct. 5
The board's agenda included a 10:00 a.m. public hearing on Farron Hoda's appeal of the Planning and Zoning Commission's decision on App# 933, a special exception and site plan for Douglas Bourgeois Jr. d/b/a Bourgeois Farms, Tax Parcel # 175-0-15-002.000.
The same agenda listed budget amendments, personnel and fee-waiver motions, and these amounts:
- Docket of claims for October 5, 2026: $1,457,383.96
- Interfund loan repayment to the General Fund from multiple county funds: $1,379,513.76
- Port & Harbor Commission docket of claims: $466,768.80
- FY2026 audit engagement letter with Alexander, Van Loon, Sloan, Levens & Favre, PLLC: $36,600
- Lakeshore Resurfacing Phase II construction engineering and inspection contract with Neel-Schaffer, Inc.: $60,063.00
Planning and Zoning Commission, Oct. 1
The commission's agenda listed seven land-use applications, two of them set for public hearings:
- App# 943: dividing 220 acres off Hwy 53 near Hwy 603/53 in Perkinston into four parcels. The item was tabled from 09.03.26 for an official survey.
- App# 942: public hearing on a preliminary plan for a 12-lot subdivision called Whispering Oaks Preserve on +/- 72 acres off Rd. 528, Kiln.
- App# 945: public hearing on a special exception and site plan for 7 duplex single-bedroom homes for a 55+ and veterans community at 6970 Kiln-Picayune Rd.
- App# 949: site plan for a single building with 28 extend-a-stay apartments at 16247 Hwy 603, Kiln.
- App# 950: site plan for a one-slip boat marina with power at 5220 Lambert Lane, Bay St. Louis.
The agenda also listed two smaller property divisions. All listed properties are currently zoned A-1 General Agricultural except the extend-a-stay site (C-1) and the marina site (C-4).
Solid Waste Authority, Oct. 12
The Hancock County Regional Solid Waste board was scheduled to review financial reports and approve a payment docket, and was considering a rate adjustment for disposal services based on the Consumer Price Index. Agenda items were:
- Approval of a docket dated October 12, 2026, for $453,062.89
- A Waste Management of MS request to increase disposal rates from $39.80 to $41.74
- Authorization of Public Officials Liability Coverage from Gallagher Insurance
Coming up
No upcoming meetings were listed in the data provided for the next 14 days. That absence is not evidence that no meetings are scheduled; it means the supplied record does not include any.
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