If you are interested in serving on any of these Boards and Commissions
contact the Mayor's Office at 485-1926
Ken Storms at 485-1929 or
send and email to kenstorms@meridianms.org

term expired in red
term near expiration in yellow

THE MERIDIAN AIRPORT AUTHORITY
REVISED MAY 2002
RESOLUTION #3872
MARCH 17, 1992
APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR,
CONFIRMED BY THE COUNCIL.
FIVE COMMISSIONERS 		INITIAL TERMS:
1 -1 YEAR
1 -2 YEARS
1- 3 YEARS
1 -4 YEARS
1- 5 YEARS
THEREAFTER,
FIVE YEAR TERMS .
ANN DOWDLE
TO FILL UNEXPIRED TERM OF
CASSIE KAUERZ   		APPOINTED
3/05/2002		 EXPIRES
7/01/2005
JACK DOUGLAS
 APPOINTED
4/5/2005		 EXPIRES
5/17/2004
ANTHONY O'NEAL APPOINTED
8/05/2003		 EXPIRES
7/16/2006
MYLES FRANK REAPPOINTED
7/08/1997 		EXPIRES
7/01/2007
TIM MILLER APPOINTED
9/2/2003		 EXPIRES
5/18/2008

 

ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD
REVISED JULY 2003
ORDINANCE #3551
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL
3 YEAR TERMS
DONNIE SMITH   APPOINTED
2/19/2002		 EXPIRES
10/18/2007
EDWARD SNODGRASS APPOINTED
9/2/2003		 EXPIRES
7/8/2006
GARY HOUSTON REAPPOINTED
7/08/2003		 EXPIRES
7/08/2006
GREG CARTMELL REAPPOINTED
7/08/2003		 EXPIRES
7/08/2006
HENRY PALMER REAPPOINTED
11/20/2001		 EXPIRES
10/18/2007
LIZ DUDLEY REAPPOINTED
7/08/2003		 EXPIRES
7/08/2006
MICHELE M THAMES REAPPOINTED 8/19/2003 EXPIRES
7/08/2006

 

BUILDING CODE
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS & APPEALS
REVISED JULY 2003
ORDINANCE #3261
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL
4 YEAR TERMS
BOB MALONE    APPOINTED
4/15/2003		 EXPIRES
4/06/2007
FRED SNOWDEN REAPPOINTED
10/01/2002		 EXPIRES
10/01/2006
EUGENE F. YOUNG APPOINTED
4/20/2004		 EXPIRES
4/16/2008
JIM MCRAE REAPPOINTED
4/20/2004

EXPIRES
4/16/2008

 
MARKEY E JOINER REAPPOINTED
10/02/2001		 EXPIRES
10/02/2005
WALTER CAMPER REAPPOINTED
4/15/2003		 EXPIRES
4/06/2007

 

BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS & APPEALS FOR ELIMINATION OR REPAIR OF UNSAFE BUILDINGS
REVISED FEBRUARY 2003
ORDINANCE #3668
APPOINTED BY MAYOR
AND CONFIRMED BY
CITY COUNCIL
THE MEMBERS OF THIS
BOARD ARE THE SAME
MEMBERS AS CODE
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS
AND APPEALS.

 

THE MERIDIAN AND
BONITA LAKES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
REVISED JULY 2003
ORDINANCE #3814
AUGUST 6 1991
SENATE BILL NO.3176 REGULAR SESSION 1991
GOVERNING AUTHORITIES -MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
9 PERSONS -SIX SHALL BE RESIDENTS AND QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY: ONE FROM EACH WARD, ONE FROM CITY AT LARGE ONE FROM MARION,
TWO RESIDENTS OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY WHO RESIDE OUTSIDE THE CITY

INITIAL TERMS
MEMBERS FROM RESPECTIVE WARDS SHALL SERVE A TERM THE SAME AS THE NUMBER OF THE WARD FROM WHICH HE WAS APPOINTED.
MEMBERS FROM COUNTY AT LARGE SERVE TWO AND THREE YEAR TERMS TOWN OF MARION SERVE 4 YEARS
CITY AT LARGE SERVE 5 YEARS
THEREAFTER, 5 YEAR TERMS
CITY AT LARGE
DUFFEE WILLIAMS REAPPOINTED
9/04/2001		 EXPIRES
9/04/2006
MARION APPOINTEES 
MITCHELL HOWARD
 APPOINTED
8/06/2002		 EXPIRES
8/06/2007
COUNTY APPOINTEES
BRAD
WOODALL 		APPOINTED
4/14/2003		 EXPIRES
4/06/2008
TAMMY SHADWICK
 APPOINTED
7/06/1999		 EXPIRES
9/07/2009
WARD 1
LARRY MAZINGO
 REAPPOINTED
10/07/2003		 EXPIRES
10/18/2008
WARD 2
EMMETT MITCHAM JR
 REAPPOINTED
5/07/2002		 EXPIRES
5/07/2007
WARD 3
OWEN JONES
 REAPPOINTED
11/02/1999 		EXPIRES
10/19/2009
WARD 4
MABLE HOSKINS OATIS
 REAPPOINTED
2/06/2001 		EXPIRES
2/06/2006
WARD 5

JAMES ALLBRITTON

 REAPPOINTED
4/20/2004		 EXPIRES
4/20/2009

 

CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION

REVISED FEBRUARY 2003
SECTION 21-31-1 OF MS CODE OF 1972
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL 6 YEAR TERMS
8-1-89
ORDER NO.8718 AMENDING RESOLUTIONS 413 AND 415 TO INCREASE THE MEMBERS TO THE SAME NUMBER OF WARDS INTO WHICH THE CITY IS DIVIDED AND THAT ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION BE APPOINTED TO EACH WARD.

6 YEAR TERMS AFTER INITIAL APPOINTMENTS 
JOHN WATTS
WARD 1
 
APPOINTED
11/03/1992
 
EXPIRES
8/07/1996
 
ROBERT M MARKHAM
WARD 2
 
APPOINTED
6/02/1992
 
EXPIRES
8/20/1997
 
HOWARD BEELAND
WARD 3
 
APPOINTED 
6/18/2002
 
EXPIRES
6/17/2008
 
SYRIA HAYES STURDIVANT
WARD 4
 
APPOINTED
9/14/1993
 
EXPIRES
9/14/1999
 
JAMES ALLBRITTON
WARD 5
 
APPOINTED
2/19/2002
 
EXPIRES
2/19/2008

 

ELECTION
COMMISSION
 
REVISED AUGUST 1997
SECTION 23-15-221 OF 
MS CODE OF 1972 
(CHAPTER 495, LAWS, 1986)
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL
5 MEMBERS
 
4 YEAR TERMS
 
JASON DUDLEY
 
APPOINTED
5/17/2005
 
 
MINNIE HUNTER
 
REAPPOINTED
5/17/2005
 
 
RICK ENTREKIN
 
REAPPOINTED 
5/17/2005
 
 
WILBERT JONES
 
REAPPOINTED
5/17/2005
REV. DR. RODERICK L. STEELE, SR. APPOINTED
5/03/2005 		 

 

ELECTRICAL
EXAMINING BOARD
 
REVISED JULY 2003
ORDINANCES #3496 & #3586
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL
6 MEMBERS

BUILDING OFFICIAL - SECRETARY

6 YEAR TERMS
 
BRAD SYKES
 
REAPPOINTED
3/16/1999
 
EXPIRES
3/16/2011
 
CHESTER CHATHAM
 
REAPPOINTED
8/17/1999
 
EXPIRES
8/17/2005
 
JOE D SEMMES
 
REAPPOINTED
12/04/2000
 
EXPIRES
12/20/2006
 
MICHAEL LLOYD
 
APPOINTED
10/07/2003
 
EXPIRES
10/07/2009
 
ROBERT "BUSTER" GRISSETT
 
REAPPOINTED
11/05/2002
 
EXPIRES
11/05/2008
 
SHIRLEY NELL GOODMAN
 
APPOINTED
3/04/2003
 
EXPIRES
11/16/2005

 

HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
COMMISSION
 
REVISED JULY 2003
ORDINANCES #3543 & #3551
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL

5 YEAR TERMS
ARJEN LAGENDIJK APPOINTED
3/04/2003 		EXPIRES
3/03/2009 
ED ABDELLA
 
REAPPOINTED
3/04/2003
 
EXPIRES
3/03/2009
 
JONAS CRENSHAW
 
EXPIRES
11/18/2010
 
ROBERT BRESNAHAN
 
REAPPOINTED
10/07/2003
 
EXPIRES
10/20/2009
 
RUBY YARBROUGH

REAPPOINTED
3/04/2003
 
EXPIRES
9/02/2008

 

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF
THE CITY OF MERIDIAN
 
REVISED JANUARY 2003
RESOLUTION #201
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL

DERWIN JACKSON, 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

5 YEAR TERMS
 
ALLAN STEWART
 
REAPPOINTED
8/06/2002
 
EXPIRES
11/07/2005
 
BRAD HUFF
 
REAPPOINTED
8/06/2002
 
EXPIRES
11/15/2007
 
JEANELLE E KIDD
 
REAPPOINTED
8/06/2002
 
EXPIRES
11/02/2003
 
JUDIE MILLER
 
REAPPOINTED
8/06/2002
 
EXPIRES
12/03/2006
 
WILBERT L. JONES
 
REAPPOINTED
8/06/2002
 
EXPIRES
11/01/2004

 

HOUSING BOARD OF
ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS
 
REVISED FEBRUARY 2003
ORDINANCE #3298
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL

4 YEAR TERMS
 
PAUL E. GRAVES, JR.
 
APPOINTED
7/22/2003
 
EXPIRES
7/22/2007
 
REV. RICKY SPEELS
 
APPOINTED
10/07/2003
 
EXPIRES
10/01/2006
 
SARAH S DAVIS
 
REAPPOINTED
4/20/2004
 
EXPIRES
4/16/2008
 
CASSIE KAUERZ
 
APPOINTED
4/20/2004
 
EXPIRES
4/16/2008

 

KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION 
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL

2 YEAR TERMS
 
BETTY LOU JONES
 
EXPIRES
2/15/2007
 
JEFFERY DUBOSE
 
EXPIRES
2/15/2007
 
HELEN GOUGH
 
EXPIRES
2/15/2007
 
BEBE GIANOKAS
 
EXPIRES
2/15/2007
 
DOROTHY SAMPSON
 
EXPIRES
2/15/2007
 
WILLIE MAE BROWN
 
EXPIRES
2/15/2007

 

MAIN STREET
ADVISORY BOARD 
BETTYE MATHIS
 
APPOINTED
10/01/2003
 
EXPIRES
9/30/2006
 
DAVID PURVIS
 
APPOINTED
10/01/2003
 
EXPIRES
9/30/2006
 
DEBORAH ANDREWS
 
APPOINTED
10/01/2003
 
EXPIRES
9/30/2005
 
DEBORAH BREWER
 
APPOINTED
8/19/2003
 
EXPIRES
9/30/2006
EUGENE F. YOUNG, III APPOINTED
10/01/2003
EXPIRES
9/30/2006
GIL CARMICHAEL APPOINTED
10/01/2003		 EXPIRES
9/30/2005
JASON DUDLEY APPOINTED
10/01/2003		 EXPIRES
9/30/2006
JOE NORWOOD APPOINTED
10/01/2003		 EXPIRES
9/30/2005
LOUIS SUTTON APPOINTED
10/01/2003		 EXPIRES
9/30/2006
MELISSA PRINGLE APPOINTED
10/01/2003		 EXPIRES
9/30/2006
ROBERT LUKE APPOINTED
10/01/2003		 EXPIRES
9/30/2005

 

MECHANICAL
BOARD 

REVISED MAY 2002
ORDINANCES #3457, #3587, 
#3596 & #3699
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL
6 MEMBERS

BUILDING OFFICIAL - SECRETARY

6 YEAR TERMS
 
ED MOSLEY
 
APPOINTED
5/07/2002
 
EXPIRES
5/07/2008
 
GREG HEBLON
 
REAPPOINTED
9/05/2000
 
EXPIRES
9/07/2010
 
CLINT MCELROY
 
EXPIRES
10/19/2010
 
MICHAEL DOUG TEW
 
APPOINTED
6/02/2004
 
EXPIRES
6/02/2010
 
PAT BARBER
 
REAPPOINTED
7/06/1999
 
EXPIRES
7/06/2005
 
ZANE L CHAPMAN
 
REAPPOINTED
4/02/2002
 
EXPIRES
4/16/2008

 

TRUSTEES OF MERIDIAN
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

 
REVISED JULY 2003
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL


5 YEAR TERMS
 
ALEX WEDDINGTON
 
APPOINTED
3/05/2002
 
EXPIRES
3/02/2007
 
CD SMITH
 
REAPPOINTED
2/20/2001
 
EXPIRES
3/03/2006
 
DR. SCOTT ELLIOTT
MCC PRESIDENT
 
DR. RONNYE D PURVIS
 
REAPPOINTED
2/01/2000
 
EXPIRES
5/05/2005
 
RALPH YOUNG JR.
 
REAPPOINTED
4/06/2004
 
EXPIRES
3/05/2009
 
TOMMY E. DULANEY
 
REAPPOINTED
4/01/2003
 
EXPIRES
2/28/2008

 

TRUSTEES OF MERIDIAN
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

 
REVISED JULY 2003
ORDINANCE #3049
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL


5 YEAR TERMS
 
BOBBY J. BARRETT

REAPPOINTED
3/04/2003
 
EXPIRES
2/28/2007
 
DORIS HARPER
 
APPOINTED
11/13/2001
 
EXPIRES
3/03/2006
 
ED LYNCH
 
APPOINTED
4/19//2005
 
EXPIRES
4/19/2010
 
FRED WILE
 
REAPPOINTED
3/2/2004
 
EXPIRES
3/02/2009
GEORGE MEYERS APPOINTED
5/06/2003 		EXPIRES
3/01/2008

 

CITY PLANNING
COMMISSION 

REVISED JULY 2003
RESOLUTION #595
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL
NOTE: RESOLUTION #772
 INCREASED
MEMBERS TO 7
ORDINANCE #3637 INCREASED
MEMBERS TO 9
 
5 YEAR TERMS
 
BETTY BARNES
 
REAPPOINTED
10/07/2003
 
EXPIRES
10/28/2008
 
ROBERT LOEB
 
APPOINTED
10/21/2003
 
EXPIRES
4/17/2005
 
BILLY MITTS

REAPPOINTED
3/04/2003
 
EXPIRES
5/05/2007
 
DAVID KENNARD
 
REAPPOINTED
8/04/1998
 
EXPIRES
7/20/2008
 
DAVID T. STEPHENS
 
REAPPOINTED
3/04/2003
 
EXPIRES
4/20/2008
 
DEBRA BREWER
 
APPOINTED
8/06/2002
 
EXPIRES
5/19/2007
 
GEORGE MEYERS
 
APPOINTED
8/06/2002
 
EXPIRES
5/05/2007
 
RICKY DANCY
 
APPOINTED
7/02/2002
 
EXPIRES
4/16/2006
 
WILLIAM HARPER
 
REAPPOINTED
7/06/1999
 
EXPIRES
4/04/2009
 
CHRISTINE T. RILEY
 
EXPIRES
10/28/2008

 

MERIDIAN
REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

 
REVISED JANUARY 2003
RESOLUTION #2659
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL


5 YEAR TERMS
 
BILL BEAL
 
REAPPOINTED
10/16/2001
 
EXPIRES
10/16/2006
 
BILLY BURWELL
 
REAPPOINTED
6/01/2004
 
EXPIRES
6/15/2009
 
GAINES CRAWFORD
 
REAPPOINTED
11/05/2002
 
EXPIRES
11/05/2007
 
LINDA DAVIDSON
 
APPOINTED
3/16/2004
 
EXPIRES
10/16/2006
 
TOM MAYNOR
 
REAPPOINTED
6/01/2004
 
EXPIRES
6/15/2009

 

MERIDIAN
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION

 
REVISED FEBRUARY 2003
CREATED BY ORDER #10000
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL


THE MEMBERS OF THIS
BOARD ARE THE SAME 
MEMBERS AS THE 
MERIDIAN REDEVELOPMENT 
AUTHORITY

 

TAXICAB
ADVISORY BOARD

 
REVISED MAY 2002
ORDINANCE #3801 & # 3809
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL

5 MEMBERS:
1-CHIEF OF POLICE, OR DESIGNEE
1-DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION,
OR DESIGNEE
1-DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION,
OR DESIGNEE
2-TWO MEMBERS APPOINTED BY
MAYOR & CONFIRMED BY COUNCIL
 
4 YEAR TERMS AFTER
BEGINNING TERM
 
BENNY DUBOSE
 
MONTY JACKSON
 
WALLACE HEGGIE

 

TREE
COMMISSION 

REVISED FEBRUARY 2003
ORDINANCE #3890,
OCTOBER 2, 1990
7 MEMBERS

THE COMMISSION SHALL
ANNUALLY ELECT ITS OWN
OFFICERS, MAKE IT OWN
RULES AND REGULATIONS
AND KEEP A JOURNAL OF ITS
PROCEEDINGS
 
INITIAL TERMS:
2 MEMBERS FOR 1 YEAR
3 MEMBERS FOR 2 YEARS
2 MEMBERS FOR 3 YEARS
THEREAFTER, 3 YEAR TERMS
 
CYNTHIA BOYD
 
REAPPOINTED
8/19/2003
 
EXPIRES
6/04/2006
 
BRIAN FINNEGAN
 
APPOINTED
11/18/2003
 
EXPIRES
11/18/2006
 
HELEN GOUGH
 
REAPPOINTED
6/04/2002
 
EXPIRES
10/31/2007
 
DUFFEE WILLIAMS
 
APPOINTED
8/19/2003
 
EXPIRES
8/19/2006
 
KEVIN LOCKE
 
APPOINTED
 
MARJORIE DAVIDSON
 
REAPPOINTED
6/04/2002
 
EXPIRES
10/31/2007
 
RANDY BOWLES
 
REAPPOINTED
6/04/2002
 
EXPIRES
10/31/2007
TOM CARMICHAEL APPOINTED
8/19/2003 		EXPIRES
8/19/2006

 

MERIDIAN
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

 
REVISED MAY 2002
ORDINANCE #3415
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL


5 YEAR TERMS
 
ED HERMAN WALKER

APPOINTED
8/14/1995
 
EXPIRES
3/16/2009
 
EUNICE DILLARD
 
APPOINTED
8/01/2000
 
EXPIRES
3/16/2009
 
JACKIE SMITH
 
APPOINTED
3/05/2002
 
EXPIRES
3/05/2007
 
GERALD HUDSON
 
APPOINTED
3/16/2005
 
EXPIRES
3/16/2009
 
JOHN JACOB
 
APPOINTED
3/16/2005
 
EXPIRES
3/16/2009
 
LORA K. BLACKLEDGE
 
APPOINTED
3/16/2005
 
EXPIRES
3/16/2009

 

ZONING BOARD
OF APPEALS

 
REVISED JANUARY 2003
ORDINANCE #3297
APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND 
CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL


4 YEAR TERMS
 
ALEX WEDDINGTON
 
REAPPOINTED
8/06/2002
 
EXPIRES
8/04/2008
 
J.W. JONES
 
REAPPOINTED
7/20/1999
 
EXPIRES
8/07/2006
 
NATALIE PURVIS
 
REAPPOINTED
3/07/2000
 
EXPIRES
4/19/2002
 
SCOTT MORGAN
 
APPOINTED
7/02/2002
 
EXPIRES
5/03/2006
 
TOM SLAYTON
 
REAPPOINTED
5/07/2002
 
EXPIRES
8/06/2005