The Jackson Parish Police Jury held their regularly scheduled meeting for January and a Special Called meeting on January 13th and 15th. Both sessions were held in the Nathaniel Zeno, Jr. Meeting Room of the Jackson Parish Administrative Building, located at 160 Industrial Drive in Jonesboro.
Featured on the agenda of both sessions were the re-appointments of the following Jackson Parish residents to various parish boards, offices, committees, commissions, and districts.
Mrs. Conchita-Malone Doyle (Ambulance Board)
Ms. Kim Huthinson (Hospital Board)
Ms. Ann Standley- Library Board
Ms. Lisa Nunn- Library Board
Mr. Mark Culpepper- Museum Board
Ms. Mary Hoover- Museum Board
Mrs. Yumeaka Washington- Tourism Board
Mrs. Sandy Joyner- Tourism Board
Mr. Joel Burnum (Quitman Fire District)
Mr. Colby Bowman (Quitman Fire District)
Mr. Rickey Cash (District 2 Fire District)
Mr. George Gryder (District 2 Fire District)
Mayor Greg Harris (District 3 Fire District)
Mr. Wayne Whitman (District 3 Fire District)
Mr. Tracy Rushing (District 4 Fire District)
Assignments to Boards, Agencies, and Commissions manned by Jackson Parish Police Jurors for 2025 are as follows:
Library Board: Lewis Chatham
Sales Tax Board: Amy Magee
PineBelt MPAA: Sheketia Combs
Broadband: Regina Rowe
NLEP: Regina Rowe
Sparta Commission: Regina Rowe
Workforce Development: Keith Burris
The final appointments made were the JPPJ members who were assigned by President, Todd Culpepper, to the various Committees of the Jackson Parish Police Jury as shown below.
2025 Jackson Parish Police Jury Committees
In additional business handled during the regular meeting held on January 13th, JPPJ employees are now approved to sell up to 40 hours of their vacation time in eight-hour increments once a calendar year with a 2-week notice and 20 hours of vacation time left. Also approved were the North Louisiana Criminalistic Laboratory’s 2024 Amended Budget and 2025 Proposed Budget along with the decision to approve of the resolution and adopt the Sales Tax Renewal.
Police Jury members also authorized Secretary-Treasurer, Nia Evans to advertise for the Solid Waste Operator vacancy, approved the Solid Waste 2025 Holiday Work Schedule, and for Brad Roller (Operations Manager) and Robin Sessions
(Solid Waste Superintendent) to attend the LSWA Conference on March 19-21, 2025.
Items that were approved during the special session held on January 15th were giving President Culpepper permission to sign a letter of support for the Town of Jonesboro and the approval to purchase a tractor truck from Empire Truck Sales in the amount of $154,665.00 using funds from ACT 776 for Solid Waste.
Full official minutes from both meetings can be found in the Classified Section of this edition of the Jackson Parish Journal listed as Public Notices.