NATCHEZ — In response to the bi-yearly expiration of the Adams County employees’ health insurance plans, the Adams County Board of Supervisors heard from insurance providers Tuesday morning.

So to guarantee continued coverage, the Adams County Board of Supervisors spent most of Tuesday hearing proposals from insurance providers.

Adams County Administrator Cathy Walker said the supervisors received proposals from three agents.

One of those agents, Randy Hazlip, manages the county’s existing Blue Cross Blue Shield policy and was at Tuesday’s meeting.

Hazlip said if the county wants to make any changes to its existing policy, it must do so by March 10.

While Walker said no decision would be made until all the proposals had been researched, she did say the county has been satisfied with Blue Cross and did not predict a change in coverage.

“We’ll have to see if there are any significant changes (in the proposals,) she said.

Walker said the supervisors would likely select a provider by March 10.

But the policy pitches were interrupted by a presentation by John Hughes, general manager at Waters International.

Hughes was at the meeting to discuss an air filter issue concerning one of the county’s diesel work trucks.

After a brief tutorial to the board, the board passed a motion that will require the county’s road crew to attend a truck maintenance class.

That class has not been scheduled.

After Hughes finished, the insurance presentations continued.

After the presentations were complete, the supervisors entered executive session, citing personnel issues, with Hazlip to discuss insurance claims.

No official action was taken during that meeting.

From there the board briefly met with Justice Court Judge Charles Vess.

Vess requested one of the board members be appointed to an oversight committee to observe conditions in his courtroom.

Vess said the justice court is routinely overcrowded, and is in need of change.

Supervisor Mike Lazarus was then appointed to the board.

Natchez Regional Medical Center Attorney Walter Brown also addressed the supervisors at Tuesday’s meeting.

Brown was at the meeting to give an update on a one and a half acre piece of land that was slated to become Adams County property after the Mississippi Department of Transportation completes their traffic project at the corner of Sergeant S. Prentiss and John R. Junkin Drives.

But since the hospital is currently in negotiations to be sold the county would be compelled to pay the state for the land if the hospital were sold, and no longer county property.

However the board took no action on the matter.

The board then entered executive session with Brown, citing personnel matters and potential litigation.

During that meeting hospital CEO Scott Phillips arrived and also met with the board during executive session.

After the meeting, board president Henry Watts said no action was taken and that the meeting was informative.