NATCHEZ — The Adams County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to dissolve the Adams County Recreation Board in anticipation of the coming Natchez-Adams County Recreation Commission.

The five-member board, which is tasked with the maintenance, improvement of and handling of donations for county parks, had two vacancies, Supervisors Vice President Mike Lazarus said.

“(Supervisor) David Carter got off the board when he was elected, and (recreation board member) Doug Brown wanted to resign,” Lazarus said. “With two members already off the board, and we are fixing to go to the countywide board anyway, it made sense to dissolve that board.”

Until the nine-member Natchez-Adams County Recreation Commission officially takes over countywide recreation, the supervisors will maintain the county parks, Lazarus said.

“Until then, anything we spend on county recreation will come through the board of supervisors,” he said.

“All the improvements will go through purchasing and be handled like any other county funds, but that money will still be earmarked for recreation.”

The Natchez-Adams County Recreation Commission is a nine-member board composed of three appointees each from the three entities involved in the proposal to build a county recreation complex. The Natchez-Adams County School District, the City of Natchez and Adams County appoint members.

In other news:

• The supervisors passed a resolution stating they would make a 50 percent match for a Community Development Block Grant if it was awarded to Adams County.

The grant would be used to improve roads in the county.

“The more money you are willing to match, the higher your score,” Supervisors President Darryl Grennell said.

“When you talk about doing roadwork, it is very difficult to get those types of projects approved, so you want to get as high a score as possible.”

• The supervisors voted to allow County Administrator Joe Murray to advertise for bids for a new waste disposal contract.

The county’s 20-year contract with Waste Management ends June 1. The supervisors voted to advertise for a 10-year contract.

• Lazarus suggested that the county start a program in which county employees compete to see who can lose the most weight. He said he would even put up $100 of his own money.

“I am interested in health insurance, and I want to drive the cost down,” Lazarus said.

“We could do it over a period of time and post the winners, let other people know you’re 20 pounds behind, come on.”

Supervisor Angela Hutchins said the county has previously done a similar program, and Grennell said at that time an incentive package was offered.

Lazarus said he might ask a local health club if they will give the winner of the contest a year’s membership free. Grennell said the county could ask Natchez Regional Medical Center to do health screenings at the beginning of the contest to ensure participants were able to safely compete.

The supervisors decided to have Lazarus and Hutchins head up the project.

“We’re going to call them ‘the biggest winner,’ because the biggest loser is going to be the biggest winner in the end,” Lazarus said.