The Jackson Parish Police Jury held a special-called meeting on August 27th in the Nathaniel Zeno, Jr. Meeting Room of the Jackson Parish Administrative Building in Jonesboro, where the six-member panel of Todd Culpepper (President), Lewis Chatham, Amy Magee, Sheketia Combs, Tarneshala “Niki” Cowans, Regina Rowe, and Keith Burris discussed and acted on six agenda items.
The session began with the jurors agreeing to accept Brad Roller’s resignation as Operations Manager, leading to the accompanying actions of revising the Operations Manager’s job description and title and granting Secretary-Treasurer Nia Evans Watkins permission to advertise for the Operations Manager position (or the revised title). Additional action included the approval to advertise for a Solid Waste General Labor position and call for an election for the District E Constable position.
Committee Meetings
Below are the agendas for Finance, Road and Policy, and Personnel Committees of the Jackson Parish Police Jury that either met on August 31st or will meet on Wednesday, September 2nd. It is possible that a quorum of the Police Jury may be in attendance at the meetings, but no action of the Police Jury as a whole will be taken.
Finance Committee
Committee members Amy Magee (Chairperson), Tarneshala Cowans, and Keith Burris met on August 31st in the Nathanial Zeno, Jr. Meeting Room of the Jackson Parish Administrative Building, located at 160 Industrial Drive in Jonesboro. The following three items were on the agenda for discussion and possible recommendation for action.
(1) Monthly financial report and budget-to-actual
(2) Jani King Community Center quote
(3) Other business
Policy and Personnel Committee
Committee members Keith Burris (Chairperson), Sheketia Combs, and Todd Culpepper will meet at 12:00 pm on Wednesday, September 2nd, in the Nathanial Zeno, Jr. Meeting Room of the Jackson Parish Administrative Building, located at 160 Industrial Drive in Jonesboro. The following three items are on the agenda for discussion and possible recommendation for action.
(1) A new job description and title for the Operations Manager
(2) Revising the current organizational chart
(3) Other business
Road Committee
Committee members Amy Magee (Chairperson), Lewis Chatham, and Keith Burris will meet at 4:30 pm on Wednesday, September 2nd, in the Nathanial Zeno, Jr. Meeting Room of the Jackson Parish Administrative Building, located at 160 Industrial Drive in Jonesboro. The following four items are on the agenda for discussion and possible recommendation for action.
(1) Request for assistance from the Town of Jonesboro
(2) Introduce the draft priority lists
(3) Future maintenance and road programs
(4) Additional road department requests
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance, please contact Nia Evans Watkins at (318) 259-2361, extension 3, describing the assistance that is necessary.