Commission and Poarch agree

The Escambia County Commission approved two memorandums of understanding with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians concerning road work in the Poarch area.

One is for the county to provide in-kind services for the resurfacing of roads in the area while Poarch would pay for the actual paving.

The second allows Poarch to grade county-owned dirt roads in the area after giving the county notice.

County Clerk-Administrator Tony Sanks said the county's road department has a schedule of when dirt roads are graded and sometimes, especially due to bad weather, they don't get back around to start the pro...