NATCHEZ &045; The next milestone in efforts to locate a metal fabrication plant at the Natchez-Adams County Port is just around the corner.

Adams County supervisors will next meet at 10 a.m. April 14 to open bids for site work and building construction for Venco, which is planning a location at the port, said supervisors President Darryl Grennell.

The work will take 90 days of complete once the job is let, County Engineer Jim Marlow has said.

Venco representatives have said the company hopes to employ 50 people at the location, which will serve oil and gas, environmental controls and related industries.

County and Economic Development Authority officials worked for more than one-and-a-half years to lure the company to the Miss-Lou, which has lost thousands of jobs to plant closings in recent years.

Also during Monday’s supervisors meeting:

4Supervisors issued a resolution commending Louverna &uot;L.V.&uot; Minor, who recently retired, for her years of service running the airport’s lunch counter.

Minor provided exceptional service with a personal touch, Grennell said, adding she invariably remembered his order &045; &uot;two cheeseburgers, no onion, no mustard.&uot;

4Supervisors voted to receive a letter from the Office of State Aid accepting the replacement of a dilapidated bridge on Palestine Road.

4The board approved a permit application for the Southwest Mississippi Electric Power Association to relocate power lines once replacement of a bridge on Moss Grove Road starts.

4Supervisors voted to approve a flood control ordinance with minor changes. The Adams County Civil Defense Office will enforce the ordinance.

4The board approved a resolution commending Kappa Alpha Psi for selecting Natchez as the location of its annual provincial council, which was held Thursday through Sunday.

4The board voted to participate in a road sign inventory with the City of Natchez.

4The board appointed Grady Boykin to fill an unexpired term on the Airport Board of Commissioners.

4The board voted, on the recommendation of Coroner James Lee, to pay to cremate an indigent person whose family declined to pay for his burial.

4Supervisors voted to seek an appraisal on 30 acres just off Foster Mound Road.