Mississippi Municipalities Volume 60_1 by Shari Veazey

ISSISSIPPI M

Municipalities MISSISSIPPI

NI CIPA LEAG L

Volume 60 • Number 1

We’re not just building better facilities. We’re building a better Mississippi. In public finance, every decision is reflected not only in your reputation but also in your community. It’s important to have a partner you can trust with both. As Mississippi’s #1 underwriter of municipal bond issues, Duncan-Williams, Inc. is proud to have helped build and strengthen communities across the state. After all we’re financing more than schools, hospitals, and roads. We’re financing Mississippians. Call Brad Dye or E.J. Gregory III today and find out why Duncan-Williams Public Finance Group is Mississippi’s #1 underwriter of municipal bond issues.

d u n c a n w i l l i a m s . c o m · r i d g e l a n d , m s · 6 0 1 - 9 5 6 - 3 8 25 · m e m b e r f i n r a , s i p c , b da , w b e n c

ISSISSIPPI M

Municipalities

MML OFFICERS

MISSISSIPPI

NI CIPA LEAG L

President Mayor Charley Dumas, Prentiss First Vice President Mayor Nancy Chambers, Forest Second Vice President Mayor Chip Johnson, Hernando MML 2010-2011 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Past Presidents Mayor Rosemary Aultman, Clinton Mayor Mary Hawkins-Butler, Madison Mayor Johnny L. DuPree, Ph.D., Hattiesburg Mayor A.J. Holloway, Biloxi Mayor Gene F. McGee, Ridgeland Mayor Knox W. Ross, Jr., Pelahatchie Mayor V. O. Smith, Collins

VOLUME 60 • NUMBER 1

G e o r g e E . L e w i s , P u b l i s h e r • S h a r i T. Ve a z e y, E d i t o r • R o b b i e B r o w n , A s s i s t a n t E d i t o r

FEATURES

2011 Mid-Winter Conference . . . . . . 6 Mississippi’s Healthiest Hometown . . 10

Committee Chairmen Legislative - Mayor Tim Waldrup, Ellisville Finance - Mayor Jimmy Clyde, Magee Appointees Northern District Mayor Tom Todd, Ecru Mayor Paul Walker, Fulton Central District Mayor Merlin Richardson, Anguilla Mayor Greg Butler, Morton Southern District Mayor Dave Nichols, Monticello Mayor Melvin Mack, Laurel Past President City Clerks Association City Clerk Jackie Benson, Aberdeen MML Staff Executive Director - George E. Lewis Deputy Director - Shari T. Veazey Meetings & Convention Coordinator - Clair O. Seward City Hall Center Director - Robbie Brown Director of Governmental Affairs - Quincy Mukoro Executive Assistant - Laverne Stegall Member Services Coordinator - June Dunlap Accounting Coordinator - Tracey Searcy MML Lobbyist - Trey Bobinger Graphic Design/Production - Daniel Thomas, 3dt Printing - Cain Lithographer

Volume 60 • Number 1

DEPARTMENTS President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Director’s Desk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 City Hall Center Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Member Good News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 State Auditor’s Technicalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 City Clerk’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Sales Tax Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 - 31

Mississippi Municipalities •

President’s Message Mayor Charley Dumas, MML President

The new year has gotten off to a busy start for the League, beginning with our Mid-Winter Conference and legislative agenda. The League staff put together another informative conference and I want to thank everyone who journeyed to the capitol for our press conference on unfunded mandates. We cannot continue to bear the burden of any statute or regulation that requires a local government to perform certain actions, yet provides no funding for fulfilling its requirements. Your presence and participation had a tremendous impact on our efforts to convince legislators of the harmful effect unfunded mandates have on our local budgets. If new funding for cities and towns is not available, then we must be sure we are protected from legislation that puts further strain on our abilities to meet our needs at the local level. Our legislative team has also been hard at work monitoring other issues, namely the support of repealing the Section 42 Housing Tax Assessment Method, Local Option Sales Tax and Protection of Home Rule, while opposing the exemption of inventory taxes and cuts to Homestead Reimbursement.

Your voice is vital to our efforts.

As always, be on alert for any key legislative updates from the League. Your voice is vital to our efforts. Our next issue of Mississippi Municipalities will include coverage of our 2011 Youth Summit. Thanks to our MML Youth Committee for putting together a great conference!

4•

Mississippi Municipalities

Volume 60 • Number 1

Director’s Desk George E. Lewis, Executive Director

The MML enjoyed a great Mid-Winter Conference including great speakers and one of the best days we have had at the capitol. Many legislators expressed their appreciation for our stand on UNFUNDED MANDATES from the state back to local governments. Lt. Governor Phil Bryant, in his legislative agenda, has asked the federal government to stop unfunded mandates back to the states. The League, along with the Mississippi Association of Supervisors, in turn has sent Lt. Governor Bryant a joint resolution asking that he expand his efforts to include no unfunded mandates from the state to local governments. Later this month, MML officials will travel to Washington D.C. to the National League of Cities Conference. Among the important messages we will share with Mississippi’s Congressional Delegation is to support continued funding of the CDBG program and to urge the EPA to moderate its recent increase of requirements for wastewater treatment facilities. Already the League staff is planning the Annual Conference. Important information like EPA wastewater requirements and new Open Meetings regulations will be among important topics discussed. Also this year, as in prior election years, the Stennis Institute at MSU will conduct “stump speaking” for candidates for statewide office. And as always, there will be plenty of time for municipal elected officials to discuss issues they have in common. For your municipality this conference is so important. The MML legislative team has been very busy this session working on your behalf. Thank you for your support and direction as we dealt with some tough issues. We will be more specific in the next issue as the results of the session are finalized. New and demanding challenges are evident as our federal and state governments continue to deal with large deficits and increasing expenses. Look for big changes that will require all of us working together to protect our communities. All of you have done great jobs during the last couple of years making adjustments to operate your cities in this challenging economy. We must all work together as a municipal family to meet new challenges with good solutions. The Mississippi Municipal League is a great team of local elected officials working tirelessly to provide for the health and welfare of their citizens. Thanks to all of you for your support of the MML!

Volume 60 • Number 1

Mississippi Municipalities •

MML Midwinter Conference Features Call for No Unfunded Mandates MU

ISSISSIPPI M

NI CIPA LEAG L

Over 600 municipal officials recently gathered for the annual MML Mid-Winter Legislative Conference in Jackson recently.

As always, the conference agenda offered numerous CMO educational opportunities, including a Professional Development core class “Creating a Healthier Community: The Why and How” that drew over 150 attendees. “I want to thank all of those that participated in the presentation. Our speakers did a good job of defining the problem of obesity on both a national and state level and then sharing practical advice about how to improve the health of our communities. I think our attendees could immediately implement some of the suggestions to begin reversing this destructive trend,” said Wesson Mayor Alton Shaw, 2011 MML Health Committee Chairman. Presenters for the session included Mayor Shaw; Mayor Chip Johnson, Hernando; Mayor Gene McGee, Ridgeland; Kevin Dedner, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and Dr. Mary Currier, Mississippi State Health Officer. The conference again featured the annual “Coffee at the Capitol” but this year MML also organized a press conference during the event to promote the 2011 MML Legislative Agenda. Along with other items, a major emphasis on the MML agenda is asking the State Legislature to abstain from passing legislation that puts an unfunded mandate on county and city governments. An unfunded mandate is a statute or regulation that requires a state or local government to perform certain actions, yet provides no money for fulfilling the requirements.

6•

Mississippi Municipalities

“We recognize that our state government is facing its most serious budget crisis in recent history and that the likelihood for any new funding for local governments is very slim. At the same time we want to protect the revenue we have against new unfunded mandates that we simply can’t afford,” said MML President and Prentiss Mayor Charley Dumas. The opening general session of the conference included briefings from several statewide elected officials including State Treasurer Tate Reeves; Attorney General Jim Hood; State Auditor Stacey Pickering; Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney; and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann. MDA Executive Director Gray Swoope; MDEQ Executive Director Trudy Fisher; and MEMA Executive Director Mike Womack also shared important agency updates with Volume 60 • Number 1

the attendees. To close the opening general session, Dr. Marty Wiseman of the Stennis Institute facilitated a lively debate between political commentators and authors Jere Nash and Andy Taggart. Their “Mississippi’s 2011 Election Preview” made for a lively and entertaining discussion. “Andy Taggart and Jere Nash’s duel was not only informative and entertaining but also a great lesson on civility. They both bite but don’t go for the jugular”, said Brookhaven Alderwoman Shirley Estes. “If you missed them at the Midwinter Conference, you missed a treat,” she added. Mayor Randy Rushing of Decatur said, “I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the opinions of Jere Nash and Andy Taggart. I think their summary of today’s political atmosphere in Mississippi was right on target. I hope it’s not the last time they speak to us.” Volume 60 • Number 1

On Thursday morning, the general session included the official kick-off of the 2011 Healthy Hometown Awards. The announcement was made by Sheila Grogan, Executive Director of the Blue Cross & Blue Shield Foundation. The session also included one of the most popular Mid Winter Conference annual events–a panel of state and federal agencies who offer grants or loans to municipalities. “I am once again grateful to the presenters on this year’s grant panel,” said Robbie Brown, MML City Hall Center Director. “This session is a great way for MML members to learn of various grant and loan opportunities available to them”. Mayor Arthur Evans of Crystal Springs added “The sessions provided me with a great deal of information on what is available and how to apply.”

Mississippi Municipalities •

Grant Opportunities In a continuing effort to keep members informed of grant opportunities the MML hosted a panel discussion regarding grants and loans available to municipalities from state and federal agencies at the Midwinter Conference. Participants included Mississippi Urban Forest Council; Mississippi Department of Health; Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; Mississippi Development Authority; USDA Rural Development, and Mississippi Planning and Development Districts. After each speaker gave a brief overview of the various programs available through their agency, attendees had the opportunity to meet

Update

one-on-one with the speakers to ask questions. Though several agencies do not yet know how much money they will be allocated for their programs this year, I encourage you to contact them to begin preparation for the application process. It's never too early to ask questions! Panel Presenters: • MS Urban Forest Council Donna Yowell; 601-672-0755 dyowell@aol.com • MS Dept. of Health Cassandra Dove; 601-576-7781 cassandra.dove@msdh.state.ms.us • MS Dept. of Health, Drinking Water SRF Bill Moody; 601-576-7518 william.moody@msdh.state.ms.us • MDEQ, Solid Waste Mark Williams; 601-961-5304 mark_williams@deq.state.ms.us

• MDEQ, Brownfield Program Trey Hess; 601-961-5171 trey_hess@deq.state.ms.us • MDEQ, Surface Water Division Tony Caldwell; 601-961-5171 tony_caldwell@deq.state.ms.us • MS Development Authority Tracey Giles; 601-359-6676 tgiles@mississippi.org • USDA Rural Development Bettye Oliver; 601-965-5460 bettye.oliver@ms.usda.gov

I also encourage you to contact your Planning & Development District as they have several community programs and may be able to assist you with grant writing:

Did you know?

A license is required for copyrighted music, either recorded or performed live, to be played at an event sponsored by a municipality. For more information visit these helpful websites: * www.ascap.com/licensing/ * www.bmi.com/licensing/

8•

Mississippi Municipalities

• Central MS PDD

• Southern MS PDD

(601) 981-1511

(228) 868-2311

• North Central PDD

• Golden Triangle PDD

(662) 283-2675

(662) 324-7860

• South Delta PDD

• Northeast MS PDD

(662) 378-3831

(662) 728-6248

• East Central PDD

• Southwest MS PDD

(601) 683-2007

(601) 446-6044

• North Delta PDD

• Three Rivers PDD

(662) 561- 4100

(662) 489-2415

Volume 60 • Number 1

Get Your Golden Ticket To Community Revitalization

Jere “Trey” Hess

When I mention the ZERO-match Brownfield Grant offered by the EPA,

Philadelphia, Quitman, Ridgeland, Shuqualak, Hinds County Economic

some mayors get this giddy, glazed look in their eyes like they’ve won a

Development District, Lauderdale County, and the South Delta Planning and

golden ticket to Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory. Let’s face it. There are few

Development District (SDPDD) submitted proposals to EPA. EPA expects to

grants out there with no match requirements; and one that helps revitalize

announce the winners in April, 2011. Unsuccessful communities will

communities is pretty sweet. Unfortunately and for far too long, most

communities in Mississippi have sat on the sidelines, left only to wonder

automatically get an invitation from us so we can review

what delicacies were to be found behind the great door. give away, MDEQ has helped cities invest their time and talents in such a way that the odds of receiving one

1 2 0 1 7 2 0 6

While we don’t have golden tickets to

and strengthen the proposal at the workshop. When asked about last year’s workshop, Alan Hart, Community Development Director for the City of Ridgeland,

of the highly competitive

said that the

brownfield assessment

workshop “was a

grants are better than ever.

very good opportunity.

One great example is our partnership with the Mississippi

Each focus group specifically reviewed our City's application from the previous year

Municipal League (MML).

and offered specific thoughts about the comment review for EPA.” Our hope

For the second straight year, MDEQ

at MDEQ is to continue to strengthen these proposals each year with

will be offering an Advanced Brownfield Grant Writing Workshop on the

positive, constructive feedback along with tips and suggestions.

morning of the first day of the MML Annual Conference in Biloxi. Thanks to

MDEQ wants to see our communities succeed; and it’s going to take more

your wonderful MML staff, MDEQ is able to host this three hour workshop

than just tearing into a bunch of chocolate bars, hoping to find the golden

for city government representatives. A copy of your community’s “Pre-Proposal”

ticket. It’s going to take collaboration, planning, and time. If we work

is all that we need; and your community has until the April 30th deadline to

together and do it right, we’ll have a memorable ending like this one:

submit it. Once we get your community’s “Pre-Proposal”, we will deliver invitations.

Willy Wonka: “But Charlie, don’t forget what happened to the man who

Last year, close to a dozen Mississippi communities were invited to the

suddenly got everything he always wanted.”

workshop. Soon thereafter, EPA netted twelve (12) brownfield assessment

Charley (Dumas): “What happened?”

grant applications from Mississippi, up from eight (8) proposals from the

Willy Wonka: “He lived happily ever after.”

year before. In 2010, Columbus, Greenville, Gulfport, Hernando, Moss Point, _______________________________________________________________________ If you are interested in getting a copy of the Pre-Proposal Guidelines, please contact Trey Hess at 601-961-5654. For more information on EPA’s Brownfield Assessment grant, go to EPA’s web site at http://www.epa.gov/brownfields

Volume 60 • Number 1

Mississippi Municipalities •

Are You

Mississippi’s Healthiest Hometown? Now is the time to show how healthy your community is and have a chance to win up to $50,000 from the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation! In 2010, the City of Hernando took top honors as “Mississippi’s Healthiest Hometown” and Tupelo earned the title of “Healthy Hometown” by demonstrating their commitment to healthy communities. Your community can be next!

Up to three municipalities could receive $25,000 each in recognition of their efforts and successes in creating a healthy community and healthy citizens. The most outstanding effort will be honored as “Mississippi’s Healthiest Hometown” and will receive a $50,000 award to further their community health initiatives. Visit www.healthiermississippi.org to view the criteria and application. There are award categories for different size municipalities, and the deadline for applications is April 15, 2011. The winning municipalities will be announced at the Mississippi Municipal League Annual Conference, scheduled for June 27-30, 2011, in Biloxi.

“We are proud to see the progress each day from communities across the state working to create healthy places to live and work,” said Sheila Grogan, Executive Director of the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation. “We believe the Healthy Hometown Award Program will continue to encourage these efforts and help bring about positive changes for our state.” As tobacco-free ordinances gain ground, schools and workplaces become healthier, and Mississippians take a more active role in their health, the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation is committed to helping communities establish and foster wellness at the local level. _______________________________________________ To find more information or to apply for a Healthy Hometown Award, visit www.healthiermississippi.org.

10 •

Mississippi Municipalities

Volume 60 • Number 1

C ity of Ridgeland The Mississippi Department of Environmental

Quality (MDEQ) recently accepted the City of Ridgeland as a Steward in its enHance program. Ridgeland is the first city to be named enHance member, and MDEQ is working to implement a pilot program to add other cities this year. enHance is a voluntary stewardship program that recognizes committed environmental leaders who accomplish goals beyond their legal requirements. enHance is open to facilities, cities, counties, and other entities who are interested in the program. Applicants can choose from three tiers: Associate, Steward, or Leader. “The City of Ridgeland is proud of being accepted into MDEQ’s enHance program,” said Gene McGee, Mayor of Ridgeland. “Ridgeland strives to be the best steward that we can be, and we constantly seek ways to do more. We want to ensure that our current and future generations will enjoy our environment and natural resources.” __________________________________

C ity of Meridian The City of Meridian recently donated

the downtown historic Kress building to Mississippi State University. MSU president, Dr. Mark Keenum announced in February 2011 that MSU is exploring the option of starting a nursing program, which will be offered in Meridian. The building sits adjacent to the Newberry Building which is currently undergoing renovations to house MSU Meridian's Business School. Meridian Mayor Cheri Barry said "This is an exciting time for our city. We have the opportunity to create a complete downtown university experience that will make Meridian unique in our state.”

Volume 60 • Number 1

C ity of Byram C ity of Ellisville The City of Byram, Mississippi’s newest municiThe City of Ellisville recently completed two pality, had a wonderful first year. This year’s focus has been on the Police Department. Funding from a $91, 951 Small Municipality Grant received last fall should help complete the Police station and fully staff the department by June 1, 2011. The City of Byram held its first Court on January 12, 2011. __________________________________

T Theown of Coldwater Mississippi State University's Tate County

Extension Service has joined forces with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, COLD, Inc., and the Town of Coldwater to offer Mississippi in Motion on Monday evenings at the Coldwater Culture/Community Center. The program was launched on February 21 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the center with a weigh-in and health screening of the registered participants. These sessions will be every Monday evening until May 23 with the exception of Spring Break week and Easter Monday. Mississippi in Motion is about teaching the community about healthy eating (no foods are off limits), increasing their activity, drinking 64 ounces of water daily, healthy lifestyle changes, feeling better physically, and improving your self esteem.

projects as a result of grants the city received. A new fire station and industrial access road was constructed to serve the southern portion of the city, which includes two large industrial parks. The grants also helped construct a new public library, however the use was much more than anticipated. Therefore, the Mayor and Aldermen found additional grant funds to build the George V. Harrison Multi-Purpose Center which also doubles as a “hardened” shelter in case of disasters. The shelter includes a large kitchen and restrooms with showers.

Mayor Tim Waldrup, MDA Executive Director Gray Swoope and other local leaders at the ribbon cutting for the George V. Harrison Multi-Purpose Center in Ellisville, MS.

Mayor Tim Waldrup, MDA Executive Director Gray Swoope and other local leaders at the ribbon cutting for the new Ellisville fire station.

The town of Coldwater recently dedicated its new Community Center. Pictured above Mayor Jessie J. Edwards cuts the ribbon. He is joined by other officials and citizens of the town.

Mississippi Municipalities •

SISSIPP I

IS M

NI CIPA

G L LEA

Mississippi Municipal League

80th Annual Conference

June 27-30, 2011 • Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center

Municipal Members & Associate Members

Hospitality Suites

The conference rate is available from Sunday, June 26, through Wednesday, · Early Registration June 29. Remember to ask for the MML prior to 5/27/11 . . . . . . . . . . . . $225 Block when making reservations: Guest Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50 Host Hotel · On-Site Registration Beau Rivage (SOLD OUT) after 5/27/11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $265 Best Western-Oak Manor Guest Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $90 800-591-9057 Sunday-Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . $80 Non-Members Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $139 · Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300 Hotel Reservations Four Points By Sheraton All reservations must be made directly Early Registration discount is not 228-546-3100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129 with the hotel of your choice. You must available to non-members South Beach Biloxi Hotel request the MML Room Block and 228-388-2627 . . . . . . . . . . . $82 & $99 reservations must be made by May 27, Refund Policy (3 mile west of the Beau Rivage 2011 to guarantee the conference rate. · Requests for refunds must be made on the Beach) Rates cannot be changed at check-in or in writing prior to May 27, 2011 Grand Casino Hotel Spa check-out for guests who fail to ask for Less $25 Service Charge 888-435-9424 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $99 MML Block when making reservations. · No refunds will be issued after Each city and town is encouraged to make Hard Rock Hotel & Casino May 27, 2011 their reservations at one time. Any city or 877-877-6256 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199 Code CALLMSMUNICIPAL0611 town must make “direct pay” or “direct Registration fee covers the entire conference bill” arrangements with the hotel in IP and no credit will be given for unused advance. Hotel charges paid in cash or by 888-946-2847 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $99.99 tickets or unattended functions. Group Code S116051 personal credit card will be subject to all taxes due. Rooms are subject to 12% sales Quality Inn Each registered attendee can register one tax. Rooms paid by the city clerk or direct 228-388-1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $82 guest for a $50 fee which allows guest to bill to the city or town will be tax exempt. Isle of Capri attend all conference events. No city credit cards are tax exempt. 1-866-ISLEVIP (1-800-475-3847) Extra tickets for all conference meal Standard room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $79 functions can be purchased at the on-site Balcony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $99 registration desk. Jr. Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129 Ask for MS Municipal League Block After May 27, 2011, all registrations or Group Code MUN0611 must be done on-site.

12 •

Mississippi Municipalities

Hospitality suite arrangements and receptions must be made directly with the MML office by May 27, 2011 and will be available on a first come, first served basis. You must be a member or an associate member to reserve a hospitality suite. Please contact Clair Seward at clair1@mmlonline.com or call (601) 353-5854 for more information.

Conference Hotels

Volume 60 • Number 1

SISSIPP I

IS M

NI CIPA

G L LEA

Mississippi Municipal League

80th Annual Conference

June 27-30, 2011 • Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center

Registration Form (Please print legibly) Full Name ____________________________________________ Title ____________________________________ City/Organization ______________________________________________________________________________

q Yes. I am registering one guest for $50 • *Guest Name_________________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________________________________________________ City _________________________________________________________ State ________ Zip _______________ Phone ___________________________________________ Fax _________________________________________ Cell _____________________________________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Check Applicable Conference Registration Fees One Registration Form per Attendee

Early Registration Fees (Postmarked by 5/27/11)

q $225 Member/Associate Member Registration q $50 Guest Registration Late Registration Fee (After 5/27/11)

q $265 Member/Associate Member Late Registration Name badges will be printed on-site q $90 Guest Late Registration

Method of Payment Check #______________________________________ VISA #____________________________ Exp_______ MC # _____________________________ Exp_______ Cardholder Name________________________________ Signature ______________________________________ I hereby authorize the Mississippi Municipal League to use the above card to pay all applicable registration fees.

Additional Event Tickets can be purchased on-site.

q $300 Non-Member Registration Fee No Early Discount for non-members q $90 Non-Member Guest Fee

• Name Badge Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10 • Exhibitor Luncheon & Name Badge . . . . . . . . . . . . $20 • Awards Luncheon & Name Badge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25 • Gala & Name Badge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50 • All 3 Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $95

*Each registered attendee can register one guest for a $50 fee which allows guest to attend all conference events.

Name badges must be worn when attending all conference events. Replacement badges will cost $5.

Non-Member Registration Fee

Return to: Mississippi Municipal League • 600 East Amite St., Suite 104 • Jackson, MS 39201 or Fax to 601-353-6980 or 601-353-0435 Volume 60 • Number 1

Mississippi Municipalities •

Mississippi Municipal Service Company Presents

2011 MML Annual Conference

GolfTournament June 27, 2011 • Gulf Hills in Ocean Springs, MS Municipal Members & Associate Members Once again the Mississippi Municipal Service Company is sponsoring the MML Annual Conference Golf Tournament as a no-cost activity for participants. The format is a four-person scramble. There will be two shotgun starts, the first at 8:00 a.m. and the second at 1:30 p.m. with each consisting of 120 participants (30 teams). Prizes will be awarded to first and second place teams as well as closest to the hole and longest drive. Lunch and refreshments will be served. Tee time will be confirmed by June 10, 2011. Please include correct mailing address for each team member. Please complete the form on back, making sure to indicate if you are a registrant, registrant’s guest or exhibitor, and forward the completed form to: Marion Alford MS Municipal Service Company 600 E. Amite Street, Suite 200 Jackson, MS 39201 or Fax to (601) 355-8584.

Note: Reservations are taken on a first come first served

basis with priority given to MML conference registrants and teams limited to no more than two guests of registrants. Deadline for team reservations in June 1, 2011.

14 •

Mississippi Municipalities

Volume 60 • Number 1

Mississippi Municipal Service Company

2010 MML Annual Conference Golf Tournament June 27, 2011 • Gulf Hills in Ocean Springs, MS

Full Name ______________________________________ Title ______________________________________ Municipality/Organization _____________________________________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________________________________________________ City _______________________________________________________ State ________ Zip ______________ Phone __________________________________________ Fax _______________________________________ E-mail ____________________________________________________________________________________ Check One

q Registrant q Registrant’s Guest q Exhibitor • Requested Tee Time q 8:00 a.m. q 1:30 p.m.

Volume 60 • Number 1

Mississippi Municipalities •

ISSISSIPPI M

NI CIPA LEAG L

2011 Election

2nd Vice-President - Southern District The election of the 2nd Vice-President will be held by paper ballot on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at the MML Annual Conference. Those who wish to run for 2nd Vice-President must meet a qualifying deadline of May 1, 2011. A list of qualifying candidates will be mailed to each city and town by May 15, 2011.

I respectfully submit my name as a candidate for consideration in the election of the 2011 MML 2nd Vice-President.

__________________________________________________________________ Name

__________________________________________________________________ Title

__________________________________________________________________ Municipality

I certify that I am from a MML member city/town in good standing (dues are current) which is located in the Southern Supreme Court District and that I have completed at least one 4-year term in my current position as of June 2011.

_________________________________________________ ________________ Signature

Date

Completed candidate applications must be received (not postmarked) in the MML office by May 1, 2011. Mail to: MML, 600 E. Amite Street, Suite 104, Jackson, MS 39201 Application may also be faxed to (601) 353-6980.

16 â&#x20AC;˘

Mississippi Municipalities

Volume 60 â&#x20AC;˘ Number 1

80th MML

Annual Conference Annual Conference In Memoriam Parade of Flags 2011 The Mississippi Municipal League will present a pictorial slide show at the annual conference in memory of elected municipal officials and city clerks that have passed away during 2010-2011 while in office. The slide show will be presented on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 during the Opening General Session. If you wish to include a serving elected municipal official (mayor or board member) or city clerk who passed away in office during 2010-2011, please complete this form and return to the MML office along with an electronic photograph.

Show your city’s pride by participating in our annual “Parade of Flags” ceremony on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at the Opening General Session. Please indicate your choice for flag bearer and your interest in this year’s municipal flag procession. Don’t miss being a part of this wonderful conference tradition.

________________________________________________________ City

________________________________________________________

City Slogan (donut capital, best fishing spot in the South, retirement haven, etc.)

________________________________________________________ Flag Bearer Information

_______________________________________________________ Name

_______________________________________________________ Position

_______________________________________________________ City

_______________________________________________________ Date Of Birth

_______________________________________________________ Date Of Death

________________________________________________________ Name

________________________________________________________ Title

________________________________________________________ Address

________________________________________________________ Cell Phone

________________________________________________________ E-mail

_______________________________________________________ Name and phone of person completing this form

Information must be received in the MML office by May 2, 2011. Digital photos must be 300 dpi. E-mail to Shari Veazey at shari1@mmlonline.com. Prints may be mailed to MML, 600 E. Amite Street, Suite 104, Jackson, MS 39201 For questions call Shari Veazey at 1-800-325-7641 or 1-601-353-5854

Volume 60 • Number 1

Mail to: MML, 600 E. Amite Street, Suite 104, Jackson, MS 39201. Fax to: 601-353-6980 Form must be received by June 1, 2011. For questions call Robbie Brown at 1-800-325-7641 or 1-601-353-5854 or E-mail rbrown@mmlonline.com

Mississippi Municipalities •

Mississippi Municipal L eague

Honoree Information

The Mississippi Municipal League Hall of Fame was created to honor those municipal elected board members, mayors, aldermen, councilmen, and selectmen who have served twenty years or more

_______________________________________________ _______ _________ Name

Living

Deceased

as a municipal elected official.

__________________________________ _______________________________

Applicants, living or deceased, must have completed

__________________________________ _______________________________

twenty years of municipal elected service as of June 2011 to be inducted this year. Inductees will be recognized at the Mississippi Municipal League’s

Municipality

Office

Phone

E-mail

__________________________________________________________________ Mailing Address Of Nominee (Or If Deceased, Family Member)

________________________ __________________ ______________________

2011 Annual Conference on the Mississippi Gulf

Number of Terms in Office

Coast. The honorees’ names will be placed on a

__________________________________________________________________

permanent plaque at the MML office and a biography will be printed in Mississippi Municipalities magazine. Years of service do not have to be consecutive. Recognition will be one time per individual.

Total Years in Office

Dates Served

Name of Person Making Nomination

________________________________ _________________________________ Phone

Fax

__________________________________________________________________ E-mail

If you or someone you know is eligible, please complete this form and send by May 1, 2011.

Please provide a photo of the Honoree and a one paragraph description of the Honoree’s major accomplishments while in office. Digital photos must be at least 300 dpi. Photos cannot be returned. Mail to: Shari Veazey, Mississippi Municipal League, 600 E. Amite St., Suite 104, Jackson, MS 39201 or E-mail to: Shari1@mmlonline.com 601-353-5854 or 800-325-7641

18 •

Mississippi Municipalities

Volume 60 • Number 1

Mississippi Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials

2011 Summer Conference Beau Rivage • Biloxi, MS • June 26 - 27, 2011

AGENDA Sunday, June 26, 2011 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Board of Directors Meeting

REGISTRATION PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT CLEARLY _______________________________________________________________ NAME

_______________________________________________________________ TITLE

_______________________________________________________________

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Workshop I

E-MAIL

_______________________________________________________________ MUNICIPALITY OR COMPANY

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Welcome Reception

_______________________________________________________________

Monday, June 27, 2011

_______________________________________________________________ CITY STATE ZIP

8:30 am - 4:30 pm Registration

_______________________________________________________________

9:00 am - 10:00 am Workshop II

_______________________________________________________________

10:15 am - 11:15 am Business Meeting & Election of Officers 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Luncheon 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Workshop III 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Workshop IV

ADDRESS

PHONE

FAX

Guest _______________________________________________________________ Name of Spouse/Guest ATTENDING

Please Check the Appropriate Boxes for Spouse / Guest Only Spouse / Guest ❏ will attend ❏ Luncheon $20 ❏ Awards Reception $25 OR Spouse / Guest: ❏ will attend ❏ all events $40

❏ Registration fee of $175 plus spouse/guest amount of $______________ is enclosed with registration. Must be postmarked by June 10, 2011. OR ❏ I will pay $200 on-site registration plus any additional spouse/guest amount.

No refunds after June 10, 2011 7:00 pm - until Passing the Gavel Reception

MAIL YOUR CONFERENCE REGISTRATION TO: Walter Osborne, City Clerk, PO Box 150, Vicksburg, MS, 39181-0150 601-631-3717 • Fax 601-631-3778 FOR HOTEL RESERVATIONS CONTACT BEAU RIVAGE HOTEL • 1-888-567-6667

Auditor’s Q&A Technicalities

Stacey Pickering, State Auditor

Q May a municipality issue a change

Q Are surety bonds of public officials and

A No. The additional construction of a new leg

Yes. Under Section 25-1-17, the bonds which secure public funds must be payable to the state. There is no statutory authority to have bonds securing the faithful performance of public officials or employees payable to any other entity or person other than the state.

order deleting one leg of a water line construction project and adding a new leg to the project?

of the project cannot lawfully be accomplished by change order. (Attorney General’s Opinion to Houston dated November 29, 2010)

Q May a municipality issue medical debit

cards to its employees as part of its group health insurance program pursuant to Section 25-15-101?

A municipality may authorize the establishment of an HRA for employees and the use of such accounts through medical debit cards to be used for the purchase of medical prescriptions. (Attorney General’s Opinion to Turner dated November 29, 2010)

Q May public funds be used to pay for future services or bonuses? A No. Payments in which there is no pre-existing

obligation to make the payments with public funds, as in the case of bonuses, or in which payments with public funds are made for future services that have not been provided at the time the payments are made, as in the case of donations, are considered unlawful, in accordance with Mississippi Constitution Article May clerical personnel of a city who are IV, Sections 66 and 96.

local Mississippi law enforcement officers have the authority to detain and arrest individuals for violations of the immigrations laws of the United States?

not deputy city clerks but have been appointed deputy county registrars of voters by the county circuit clerk register voters for both city and county purposes? The registration of voters by deputy county registrars – even though they are not deputy municipal clerks – are registrations as county voters which, as a matter of law, will also register them as municipal voters if they are residents of a municipality within the county. (Attorney General’s Opinion to Ramsay dated November 15, 2010)

20 •

employees required to be made payable to the state?

Mississippi Municipalities

Q Under present state law, do state and A

The federal courts have recognized that, to the extent that they are authorized to do so by their own state laws, state and local governments may enforce criminal violations of the immigration laws, but not civil violations. Local Mississippi law enforcement officers such as municipal police, sheriffs, constables and campus police have general police powers and thus may detain and arrest individuals for criminal violations of the immigration laws. State agency law enforcement officers have such authority if and to the Volume 60 • Number 1

extent allowed by their agency enabling statutes. (Attorney General’s Opinion to Bryant dated November 3, 2010) (See the entire opinion for an informative analysis of applicable federal and state case law and statutes.)

Q May a public servant, such as a constable, be

reimbursed for mileage for attending an Association meeting of which he or she is a member by both the governmental entity he or she serves and the Association?

A No. A public servant may not be reimbursed with public funds if

he or she is reimbursed for the expenses by a third party. (Attorney General’s Opinion to Heggins dated October 22, 2010)

Q May a municipality enter into a contract to provide

certain citizens, businesses or governmental entities greater police protection than others in return for compensation?

A No. The one exception is for housing authorities as defined in

Section 43-33-1. (Attorney General’s Opinion to Carleton dated October 22, 2010)

Q May a local option liquor referendum be placed on an anticipated special election runoff election ballot? A No. Section 23-15-375 authorizes local issue elections to be

placed on regular and general election ballots. (Attorney General’s Opinion to Cadle dated September 24, 2010)

Volume 60 • Number 1

Q Did the 2010 Mississippi Legislature amend Section

25-11-127 requiring a 90 day separation period before a public retiree may be reemployed on a limited basis?

Yes. Section 25-11-127 now provides that a retiree must be retired for not less than 90 consecutive days from his or her effective date of retirement, or such later date as established by the PERS Board of Trustees, before he or she may be reemployed on a limited basis. This basically replaces the 45-day separation period with a 90-day separation period effective July 1, 2011.

Q Did the 2010 Mississippi Legislature amend Section

25-61-5 to revise the maximum waiting period for production of records under an open records request?

Yes. The amendment to Section 25-61-5, effective July 1, 2010, provides that no public body shall adopt procedures which will authorize the public body to produce or deny production of a public record later than seven (7) working days from the date of the receipt of the request for the production of the record. If a public body is unable to produce a public record by the seventh working day after the request is made, the public body must provide a written explanation to the person making the request stating that the record requested will be produced and specifying with particularity why the records cannot be produced within the seven-day period. Unless there is mutual agreement of the parties, in no event shall the date for the public body’s production of the requested records be any later than fourteen (14) working days from the receipt by the public body of the original request.

Mississippi Municipalities •

Professional Directory

www.b rownandassoci at esi nc.ne t

Budget Cuts Make Districts More Valuable F. Clarke Holmes, Mississippi Association of Planning and Development Districts Earlier this week I received a call from a friend with a Planning and Development District in another state asking me if we had seen an increase in referrals to our office by both elected officials at the congressional level, as well as high level appointed positions. I did a little research and found that this is also occurring in this area. Before discussing the specifics of this new theme or trend, it is important to note how things transpire in cycles in this democratic republic with its numerous checks and balances. Hardly anything occurs that’s not happened before and most of it has taken place during the Planning and Development District’s forty year’s plus of existence. Every two years the House of Representatives is elected; every four years a new administration; and every six years Senators are elected. We also have the federal bureaucracy that sometimes appears to act in a totally independent manner. The philosophy of these branches and levels of government reflect the changes in direction of our national priorities. Sometimes there can be much change, particularly when the United States Senate and House and Administration are all of one mind. Likewise, if they represent different philosophies, much gridlock can occur. We have viewed these federal cycles over the years and this is not the first time that we’ve seen the attempt to severely cut federal domestic assistance programs. The way that many of these cuts occur is not always particularly rational, and cost-effective activities may be targeted for elimination while marginal activities remain unscathed. One rule, which used to be well ingrained, was always proceed with extreme caution when relying on federal funding. There was once a program called Revenue Sharing that required the local government to sign an assurance that it will only spend the money on capital improvements and not a reoccurring cost, and that it would not rely on the funds as part of its normal operating budget. It should be prepared to lose the funding at anytime. Of course that program is now gone and unfortunately some of its cautionary conditions have also disappeared.

Volume 60 • Number 1

First, since we have seen these cycles before, we can interpret what is being said by “Washington” telling local officials that they need to use and work with their local Planning and Development District more. The first thing that this means is obviously that a local government cannot come to Washington several times a year seeking funding for projects in its locality and expect to return home with money. We are again in a period of austerity, budget cuts, and deficit reduction. The difficulty is that one moment money is flowing from Washington like there is no end, and the next moment they are cutting the budget from wherever they can. Second, I think that the message which is being conveyed is that local governments should not look to Washington or the federal government to solve all their problems since history has not shown the federal government as successful. The federal government has never had any particular logical formulas to solve problems other than providing funding assistance. Local solutions and local decision making is now the best alternative, therefore, what is being re-emphasized is that local governments need to work in a collective fashion with other governments to seek solutions to mutual problems, many of which go beyond one political subdivision. That is the true purpose and the reason why the Planning and Development Districts exist. Finally, every Federal financial assistance to local governments will never be non-existent. Certain programs may be cut and others go untouched. The Planning and Development Districts are trained and experienced in knowing how to track these federal funding changes and adapt the region to remain properly eligible. If an area is innovative and well prepared, it can turn adversity into opportunity. We are already seeing Planning and Development Districts through a regional approach, being used more and more in the last six months as a well conceived method of efficiency and cost containment. In the years to come, I do see the role and responsibilities of Planning and Development Districts being strengthened. The concept of regionalism, local control, and efficiency is never more important than when funds are severely limited. Mississippi Municipalities •

City Clerks’REPORT Mary Ann Hess, City Clerks’ Association President A busy and full session is the only way to describe this year’s Legislative Session. With so many hot topics to deal with, it is even more important and vital that our municipal officials meet with the elected officials in Jackson. I want to thank our legislative committee, under the chairmanship of Michael Jinks, for all their hard work during this session. One of our association’s major goals is to provide quality training to municipal clerks regarding their job duties and responsibilities. Each year, new legislation is passed that ultimately affects our municipalities and oftentimes, it falls on the clerk to know how this legislation affects the municipality. This is why it is so important for each municipality to support its clerk in these training opportunities. 1. The MCCA, along with the Center for Governmental Training & Technology, sponsors a three-year, four times a year certification program. This three-year (120 contact hours), exam-based, program is fully accredited by the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC). The next set of classes is scheduled for April 7-8 in Oxford, April 14-15 in Hattiesburg, and April 28-29 in Jackson. The topics to be covered at this session are leadership, municipal law II, and liability. Clerks can begin the certification program at any session. 2. The Ole Miss Seminar is scheduled for March 23-25 in Biloxi. Topics for this seminar include: labor and employment issues, effects of social networking on city hall, disaster response, and effective communication skills. 3. At the MML Convention this summer in Biloxi, MCCA will conduct a “Basic Clerk Class 101” to help new clerks with a practical understanding and implementation of their job responsibilities. The MCCA would like to extend a special invitation to all mayors, alderpersons, councilpersons, and other city officials to attend our classes and seminars. Our training, even though tailored to meet the needs of clerks, presents a practical application on municipal government and administration. We would highly encourage city officials to attend our seminars to learn more about the responsibilities of our municipal clerks and their essential role in municipal government. A registration fee is required at most of our training sessions. If your municipality would like more information regarding these upcoming training sessions, please contact the Center for Governmental Training & Technology (662) 325-3141 for the three year certification program or the Office for Professional Development at the University of Mississippi (662) 915-7283 for more information regarding the Ole Miss Seminar. I look forward to seeing you at these sessions.

24 •

Mississippi Municipalities

Volume 60 • Number 1

The Mississippi Municipal Clerks’ Association announces an exciting

Silent Auction and Art Alley

Volume 60 • Number 1

During the Mississippi Municipal League’s Annual Conference in Biloxi, the Mississippi Municipal Clerks’ Association will host a silent auction as a fundraiser and donation to the Mississippi Municipal Foundation. This money funds scholarships for the MMCA and the MML. During the Silent Auction, we will again sponsor an “Art Alley” consisting of a display of works from our local artists. You will not want to miss seeing and bidding on these one-of-a-kind masterpieces. Please continue to participate and show your support for the Mississippi Municipal Clerks Association and the Mississippi Municipal Foundation. • • • • •

Each city brings one or more item(s) to the conference worth at least $25. (You must provide us with a starting price.) Popular items from past auctions have included paintings, baskets, jewelry, or services, such as dinner for two or hotel accommodations. Represent your city/town with one nice item. Drop your item at the Silent Auction room located at the Gulf Coast Coliseum on Monday morning, June 27, 2011, starting at 10 a.m. (Include name and starting value.) Conference participants will be able to bid on items Monday and until 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2011.

City Clerks: We need volunteers to help us with the silent auction during these days. Please contact Auction Chair, Wendy McClain, Gautier City Clerk at wmcclain@gautier-ms.gov.

Mississippi Municipalities •

The Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation is pleased to partner with the Mississippi Municipal League to promote community health and wellness through the Healthy Hometown Awards. At the 2011 Mississippi Municipal League Annual Conference, up to three municipalities will receive $25,000 in recognition of their efforts and success in being healthy communities. One municipality will be recognized as Mississippi’s “Healthiest Hometown” and will receive a $50,000 award. The application and criteria are available online at www.healthiermississippi.org. The deadline for applications is April 15, 2011.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi, A Mutual Insurance Company, is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. ® Registered Marks of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, an Association of Independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans.

26 •

Mississippi Municipalities

Volume 60 • Number 1

How close is too close to that power line? Don’t go anywhere near power lines. Those lines will send all that electricity directly into anything – or anyone. You’d be dead in an instant. So keep your distance, and keep your life. Get the facts about power line safety at entergymississippi.com. Charles Hall, Production Superintendent

Where we live and play!

www.neel-schaffer.com

Volume 60 • Number 1

1.800.264.NEEL

Mississippi Municipalities •

Upcoming

CMO

Elective Opportunities vvvvv

Creating Jobs and Economic Growth Through Recycling & Waste Reduction April 6, 2011 • Hattiesburg April 28, 2011 • Jackson 2 CMO elective credits www.sites.jsums.edu/durp vvvvv

Mississippi Planning & Development Districts Annual Conference April 26-29, 2011, Biloxi 2 CMO elective credits For more information, call 601-981-1511 or visit www.cmpdd.org/mapdd.php vvvvv

28 •

Mississippi Municipalities

Volume 60 • Number 1

Tom Williams

Arjen Lagendijk, AIA

President & CEO Meridian Airport Authority

Architect

Cathy Reeves

Energy Sales and Efficiency

Big Plans for Energy Savings

Inside the aircraft-maintenance hangar at Meridian Regional

Airport, you will find some of the latest in all-electric technology. Mississippi Power collaborated with architects to develop a facility with advanced equipment that will save the airport valuable energy and money. Visit mississippipower.com today to find out how Mississippi Power can help in your home.

Volume 60 â&#x20AC;˘ Number 1

Mississippi Municipalities â&#x20AC;˘

MPC 14938.1 Meridian Airport MS Municipalities 7.5 x 5 __________Spell Check ________Prod. Artist ________Art Dir. ________Copywriter ________Copy Editor________Creative Dir.

Sales Tax Collections NOVEMBER ABBEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,806.99 ABERDEEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,554.23 ACKERMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,149.51 ALCORN STATE U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,251.86 ALGOMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,631.06 ALLIGATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814.09 AMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,700.55 ANGUILLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,838.67 ARCOLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,134.44 ARTESIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709.85 ASHLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,049.67 BALDWYN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,558.88 BASSFIELD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,423.96 BATESVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292,604.12 BAY SPRINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,911.34 BAY ST LOUIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,491.12 BEAUMONT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,313.33 BEAUREGARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.21 BELMONT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,467.49 BELZONI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,389.36 BENOIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,091.59 BENTONIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,768.36 BEULAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.05 BIG CREEK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.15 BILOXI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833,226.38 BLUE MOUNTAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,936.33 BLUE SPRINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,390.19 BOLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,613.27 BOONEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,860.12 BOYLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,879.41 BRANDON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369,876.30 BRAXTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,014.13 BROOKHAVEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400,856.55 BROOKSVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,378.78 BRUCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,388.29 BUDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,344.70 BURNSVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,294.80 BYHALIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,802.38 BYRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,290.71 CALEDONIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,665.47 CALHOUN CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,019.43 CANTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177,864.09 CARROLLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,287.26 CARTHAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,327.45 CARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,682.01 CENTREVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,762.91 CHARLESTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,149.30 CHUNKY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571.31 CLARKSDALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218,549.24 CLEVELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260,311.60 CLINTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323,950.39 COAHOMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.71 COAHOMA COLLEGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.47 COFFEEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,378.20 COLDWATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,107.07 COLLINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,927.93 COLUMBIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263,517.57 COLUMBUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660,006.71 COMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,538.49 CORINTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445,703.05 COURTLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,234.32 CRAWFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757.58 CRENSHAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,549.97 CROSBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,001.81 CROWDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021.71 CRUGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756.93 CRYSTAL SPRINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,020.15 DLO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,858.86 D’IBERVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423,660.95 DECATUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,097.68 DEKALB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,525.30 DERMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,474.73 DODDSVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.71 DREW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,559.68 DUCKHILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,090.10 DUMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,066.38 DUNCAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390.19 DURANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,167.64

30 •

Sales Tax has a three month cycle. Month 1 - Tax is collected by the retailer. Month 2 - Tax is reported/paid to the Tax Commission by the retailer. Month 3 - Sales Tax diversion is paid by the Tax Commission to the cities. This report is based on the month the tax is collected at the Tax Commission (Month 2).

EAST MS COLLEGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.07 ECRU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,968.56 EDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.70 EDWARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,540.22 ELLISVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,534.76 ENTERPRISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,997.97 ETHEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,650.02 EUPORA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,700.28 FALCON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.59 FARMINGTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,855.54 FAULKNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,406.55 FAYETTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,390.10 FLORA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,596.85 FLORENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,276.83 FLOWOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743,714.33 FOREST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,240.27 FRENCH CAMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,628.78 FRIARS POINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,226.86 FULTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,940.02 GATTMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.21 GAUTIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181,502.04 GEORGETOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,983.63 GLEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,548.19 GLENDORA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.90 GLOSTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,853.75 GOLDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,483.20 GOODMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,757.18 GREENVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469,136.18 GREENWOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352,951.62 GRENADA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294,521.86 GULFPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,510,357.52 GUNNISON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775.58 GUNTOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,301.11 HATLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549.16 HATTIESBURG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,532,026.58 HAZLEHURST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,215.21 HEIDELBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,765.74 HERNANDO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199,391.09 HICKORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,400.85 HICKORY FLAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,147.31 HINDS COMMUNITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796.24 HOLLANDALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,250.65 HOLLY SPRINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,563.37 HORN LAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289,301.12 HOULKA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,545.82 HOUSTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,855.20 INDIANOLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149,520.24 INVERNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,763.35 ISOLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,363.59 ITTABENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,546.43 IUKA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,622.54 JACKSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,459,471.01 JONESTOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,002.64 JUMPERTOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785.15 KILMICHAEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,344.73 KOSCIUSKO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,591.95 KOSSUTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,308.06 LAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,049.66 LAMBERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,692.35 LAUREL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669,440.39 LEAKESVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,870.64 LEARNED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.79 LELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,450.94 LENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.43 LEXINGTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,469.60 LIBERTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,908.87 LONG BEACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,133.87 LOUIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,551.68 LOUISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,318.32 LOUISVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,526.67 LUCEDALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,863.02 LULA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,098.77 LUMBERTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,792.54 LYON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,164.87 MABEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,579.57 MACON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,038.41 MADISON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394,570.55 MAGEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146,344.03

Mississippi Municipalities

MAGNOLIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,215.20 MANTACHIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,828.07 MANTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,216.31 MARIETTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,540.53 MARION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,347.96 MARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,800.99 MATHISTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,798.91 MAYERSVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.99 MCCOMB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386,636.04 MCCOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559.44 MCLAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,699.16 MEADVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,374.04 MENDENHALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,414.02 MERIDIAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,047,327.27 MERIGOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,922.64 METCALFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,112.93 MIZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,337.20 MONTICELLO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,812.23 MONTROSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817.32 MOORHEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,148.32 MORGAN CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768.17 MORTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,251.95 MOSS POINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,804.91 MOUND BAYOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,563.77 MS GULF COAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650.83 MS STATE UNIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,612.56 MS VALLEY ST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852.67 MT OLIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,622.42 MYRTLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,620.56 NATCHEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414,185.12 NETTLETON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,555.67 NEW ALBANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198,931.31 NEW AUGUSTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,506.78 NEW HEBRON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,354.22 NEWTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,903.98 NO. CARROLLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,314.28 NOXAPATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,446.51 OAKLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,160.05 OCEAN SPRINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341,612.50 OKOLONA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,686.45 OLIVE BRANCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523,660.19 OSYKA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,507.17 OXFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533,280.04 PACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769.42 PACHUTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,636.10 PADEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.05 PASCAGOULA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465,952.45 PASS CHRISTIAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,428.00 PAULDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.85 PEARL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602,497.44 PELAHATCHIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,545.14 PETAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,315.47 PHILADELPHIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284,154.64 PICAYUNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319,671.01 PICKENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,646.54 PITTSBORO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.49 PLANTERSVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,639.52 POLKVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.37 PONTOTOC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,693.51 POPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,416.26 POPLARVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,358.44 PORT GIBSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,523.25 POTTS CAMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,121.22 PRENTISS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,846.26 PUCKETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,040.33 PURVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,426.10 QUITMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,663.20 RALEIGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,983.07 RAYMOND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,869.83 RENOVA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,734.94 RICHLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340,275.55 RICHTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,897.92 RIDGELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887,520.11 RIENZI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,944.82 RIPLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,123.62 ROLLING FORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,694.74 ROSEDALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,698.72 ROXIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,365.66

RULEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,284.17 SALLIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,853.15 SALTILLO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,753.69 SANDERSVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,762.57 SARDIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,335.02 SATARTIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.46 SCHLATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022.68 SCOOBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,685.75 SEBASTAPOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,623.47 SEMINARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,511.96 SENATOBIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,834.63 SHANNON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,500.70 SHAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,490.36 SHELBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,007.28 SHERMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,279.02 SHUBUTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,344.43 SHUQUALAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,958.38 SIDON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,304.41 SILVER CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.87 SILVER CREEK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,795.54 SLATE SPRINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532.44 SLEDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,625.23 SMITHVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,285.08 SNOWLAKE SHORES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.15 SOSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,775.02 SOUTHAVEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879,573.58 SOUTHWEST COMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.47 STARKVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430,336.16 STATELINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,185.32 STONEWALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,201.27 STURGIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,840.36 SUMMIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,480.92 SUMNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,283.55 SUMRALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,853.11 SUNFLOWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,572.74 SYLVARENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.32 TAYLOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,430.90 TAYLORSVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,438.11 TCHULA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,827.54 TERRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,334.82 THAXTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,516.56 TISHOMINGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,987.63 TOCCOPOLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533.67 TOWN OF WALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,796.28 TREMONT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,002.83 TUNICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,153.84 TUPELO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,297,875.86 TUTWILER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,485.63 TYLERTOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,862.59 UNION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,079.04 UNIV OF MISS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,126.21 UTICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,166.33 VAIDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,135.07 VARDAMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,725.95 VERONA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,984.57 VICKSBURG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568,617.35 WALNUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,998.01 WALNUT GROVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,329.68 WALTHALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,701.34 WATER VALLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,825.37 WAVELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,737.52 WAYNESBORO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163,412.20 WEBB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,729.71 WEIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,450.59 WESSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,239.03 WEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.78 WEST POINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,236.47 WIGGINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131,973.83 WINONA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,983.64 WINSTONVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.85 WOODLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,332.12 WOODVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,507.20 YAZOO CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,538.77 TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,870,445.71

Volume 60 • Number 1

Sales Tax Collections DECEMBER ABBEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,434.24 ABERDEEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,052.41 ACKERMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,596.19 ALCORN STATE U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,234.62 ALGOMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,804.25 ALLIGATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.18 AMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,280.02 ANGUILLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,283.41 ARCOLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123.97 ARTESIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774.97 ASHLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,106.51 BALDWYN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,554.39 BASSFIELD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,862.80 BATESVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299,389.25 BAY SPRINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,347.16 BAY ST LOUIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,583.85 BEAUMONT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,431.44 BEAUREGARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.68 BELMONT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,196.70 BELZONI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,892.98 BENOIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,801.00 BENTONIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,964.51 BEULAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.80 BIG CREEK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.05 BILOXI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772,411.85 BLUE MOUNTAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,249.53 BLUE SPRINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,371.95 BOLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,494.23 BOONEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133,010.97 BOYLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,718.73 BRANDON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311,988.31 BRAXTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.18 BROOKHAVEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391,650.18 BROOKSVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,358.49 BRUCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,562.87 BUDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,273.88 BURNSVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,963.42 BYHALIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,350.08 BYRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,676.39 CALEDONIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,702.24 CALHOUN CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,218.12 CANTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156,253.24 CARROLLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,083.19 CARTHAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,560.83 CARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,292.40 CENTREVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,148.96 CHARLESTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,335.80 CHUNKY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437.74 CLARKSDALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205,017.39 CLEVELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271,841.27 CLINTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301,431.06 COAHOMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.10 COAHOMA COLLEGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.01 COFFEEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,273.03 COLDWATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,101.60 COLLINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,905.42 COLUMBIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263,862.26 COLUMBUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695,398.94 COMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9,522.60 CORINTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436,982.95 COURTLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667.48 CRAWFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498.39 CRENSHAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,483.96 CROSBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712.66 CROWDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400.22 CRUGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520.50 CRYSTAL SPRINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,758.00 DLO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,013.12 D’IBERVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468,038.61 DECATUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,148.06 DEKALB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,001.24 DERMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,991.75 DODDSVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.42 DREW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,247.36 DUCKHILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,450.93 DUMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629.30 DUNCAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395.29 DURANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,188.33

Volume 60 • Number 1

EAST MS COLLEGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.59 ECRU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,543.35 EDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.01 EDWARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,162.08 ELLISVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,549.33 ENTERPRISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,750.81 ETHEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989.57 EUPORA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,906.62 FALCON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.31 FARMINGTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,043.69 FAULKNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,967.81 FAYETTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,236.05 FLORA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,859.83 FLORENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,458.23 FLOWOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828,600.12 FOREST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,436.51 FRENCH CAMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,705.55 FRIARS POINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,103.97 FULTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,109.07 GATTMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.04 GAUTIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179,970.11 GEORGETOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,032.00 GLEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,570.95 GLENDORA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.26 GLOSTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,047.21 GOLDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,598.62 GOODMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,091.92 GREENVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486,497.68 GREENWOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355,272.88 GRENADA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311,724.32 GULFPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,510,239.51 GUNNISON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560.06 GUNTOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,321.65 HATLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.77 HATTIESBURG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,757,026.68 HAZLEHURST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,560.50 HEIDELBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,172.32 HERNANDO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215,886.67 HICKORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,429.42 HICKORY FLAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,276.48 HINDS COMMUNITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863.58 HOLLANDALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,295.53 HOLLY SPRINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,496.14 HORN LAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253,568.68 HOULKA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,187.00 HOUSTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,698.90 INDIANOLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146,012.91 INVERNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,849.21 ISOLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,311.15 ITTABENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,900.63 IUKA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,982.49 JACKSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,429,877.81 JONESTOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,918.42 JUMPERTOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,093.16 KILMICHAEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,746.80 KOSCIUSKO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,257.33 KOSSUTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,046.65 LAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,120.37 LAMBERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,697.34 LAUREL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657,706.48 LEAKESVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,047.61 LEARNED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.13 LELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,024.15 LENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,104.09 LEXINGTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,762.07 LIBERTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,057.40 LONG BEACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,085.38 LOUIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,866.81 LOUISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,071.34 LOUISVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,291.03 LUCEDALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151,231.03 LULA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,846.98 LUMBERTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,754.72 LYON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,653.16 MABEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,813.85 MACON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,065.62 MADISON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397,473.91 MAGEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161,359.73

MAGNOLIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,482.26 MANTACHIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,835.15 MANTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117.08 MARIETTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,054.72 MARION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,207.57 MARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,131.93 MATHISTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,038.08 MAYERSVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395.76 MCCOMB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422,158.58 MCCOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.71 MCLAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,075.15 MEADVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,055.11 MENDENHALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,662.10 MERIDIAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125,665.08 MERIGOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,204.32 METCALFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682.93 MIZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,913.99 MONTICELLO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,693.94 MONTROSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693.18 MOORHEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,960.14 MORGAN CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570.41 MORTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,953.67 MOSS POINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,282.61 MOUND BAYOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,740.63 MS GULF COAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.40 MS STATE UNIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,777.37 MS VALLEY ST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.72 MT OLIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,027.72 MYRTLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,889.62 NATCHEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412,263.56 NETTLETON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,927.92 NEW ALBANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212,695.19 NEW AUGUSTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,927.31 NEW HEBRON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,754.08 NEWTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,442.28 NO. CARROLLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,897.21 NOXAPATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,890.18 OAKLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,040.22 OCEAN SPRINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361,826.80 OKOLONA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,611.26 OLIVE BRANCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525,510.61 OSYKA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,090.61 OXFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481,211.61 PACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644.17 PACHUTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,773.92 PADEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.89 PASCAGOULA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445,567.62 PASS CHRISTIAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,930.21 PAULDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.46 PEARL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595,272.87 PELAHATCHIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,116.46 PETAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174,690.47 PHILADELPHIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307,602.97 PICAYUNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303,613.61 PICKENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,648.13 PITTSBORO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.43 PLANTERSVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,525.27 POLKVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.28 PONTOTOC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161,509.55 POPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,614.28 POPLARVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,304.30 PORT GIBSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,147.54 POTTS CAMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,126.60 PRENTISS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,215.81 PUCKETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,274.12 PURVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,544.23 QUITMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,552.38 RALEIGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,806.33 RAYMOND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,071.11 RENOVA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,571.04 RICHLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321,775.55 RICHTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,940.85 RIDGELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925,848.86 RIENZI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,044.61 RIPLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,108.38 ROLLING FORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,935.65 ROSEDALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,260.19 ROXIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802.52

RULEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,845.71 SALLIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,734.38 SALTILLO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,055.36 SANDERSVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,023.49 SARDIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,400.91 SATARTIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.44 SCHLATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989.20 SCOOBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,795.92 SEBASTAPOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,389.92 SEMINARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,048.53 SENATOBIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144,799.23 SHANNON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,189.77 SHAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,747.39 SHELBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,176.82 SHERMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,244.13 SHUBUTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,105.78 SHUQUALAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,941.36 SIDON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,478.86 SILVER CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.05 SILVER CREEK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,203.73 SLATE SPRINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.49 SLEDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,633.85 SMITHVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,074.81 SNOWLAKE SHORES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.02 SOSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,486.38 SOUTHAVEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960,771.74 SOUTHWEST COMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.45 STARKVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429,947.02 STATELINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,681.01 STONEWALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,927.80 STURGIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,453.01 SUMMIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,148.83 SUMNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,495.27 SUMRALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,203.89 SUNFLOWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,378.30 SYLVARENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.67 TAYLOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,715.69 TAYLORSVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,281.63 TCHULA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,339.79 TERRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,645.83 THAXTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,108.63 TISHOMINGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,730.88 TOCCOPOLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552.91 TOWN OF WALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,707.37 TREMONT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,114.38 TUNICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,716.47 TUPELO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,413,787.86 TUTWILER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,952.72 TYLERTOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,424.29 UNION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,321.96 UNIV OF MISS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,103.96 UTICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,077.60 VAIDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,750.39 VARDAMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,638.63 VERONA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,737.85 VICKSBURG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563,786.10 WALNUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,883.07 WALNUT GROVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,911.94 WALTHALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816.04 WATER VALLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,916.45 WAVELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170,343.23 WAYNESBORO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164,280.54 WEBB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,300.58 WEIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,891.05 WESSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,614.62 WEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,765.26 WEST POINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,054.18 WIGGINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,655.73 WINONA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,278.84 WINSTONVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.63 WOODLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,262.45 WOODVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,841.98 YAZOO CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,879.99 TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,175,794.82

Mississippi Municipalities •

Understanding Your Local Economy Phil Hardwick, John C. Stennis Institute of Government

When you were a newly-elected municipal official you quickly learned to understand your municipality’s budget. Also critical to your understanding should be your local economy because that knowledge is an important element in establishing an economic development strategy for your community. Imagine your local economy as a bucket of water. The water in the bucket is all the money in your local economy. Now imagine that there are some small holes in the bucket that allow some of the water to leak out. Also, imagine that water is being poured into the bucket at the same time. The first step is to identify the inflows and outflows of money and the second step is to develop ways to maximize the inflows and minimize the outflows. Although it is impossible to specifically identify every single inflow and outflow it is possible to name the major ones. Some of the inflows are from non-local purchases of goods and services that were manufactured or originated by a community member and sold to someone outside the community. Other inflows include transfer payments, spending by visitors and money, such as grants, brought in by local governments and other organizations. Outflows occur when local businesses buy their supplies from outside sources, when local residents go out of town to buy goods and services, when local employees pay taxes and social security to higher governmental units and when residents invest their money outside the community. After identifying the inflows and outflows consider the strengths and weaknesses of your local economy. Which companies are growing and bringing in more money? Are people leaving or coming to your community for retail purchases, investment opportunities, and festivals and events. Is your community growing? Are sales taxes, which are a good indicator of a local economy, rising or falling? Leakages are the holes in the bucket. The “water” flowing through those holes is money flowing out of your community. What you want to do is discover ways to keep some of that money in the community. In order to do so you must first identify it and where it is flowing to. For example, several years ago municipal officials and local community leaders in Meridian, Mississippi did an examination of their local economy and discovered that many of their citizens were traveling to Jackson and to Tuscaloosa to purchase items that they felt were not available in Meridian. The officials realized that the way to repair this leakage in their local economy was to provide more retail opportunities. They devised a plan to attract more retail, and then put the plan into action. The result is the Bonita Lakes Mall, a shopping facility that increased the size of the Meridian retail market, thus bringing in more money to the local economy. A good place to begin your analysis of your local economy is online at the Mississippi Regional Economic Analysis Project (http://mississippi.reaproject.org), which provides users the opportunity to, among other

32 •

Mississippi Municipalities

Continued on page 35 Volume 60 • Number 1

Need a

hand? Every municipality is strapped for cash these days. That doesn’t stop all of us from looking for ways to deliver goods and services more efficiently. Unfortunately, high-priced consultants are usually out of the question. However, there is another place to turn. The Technology Resource Institute, TRI, at Mississippi State University has a business outreach program that also serves cities and towns in Mississippi. Examples of projects include helping the City of Kosciusko manage

and organize records for their city cemetery; developing an inventory tracking system for the City of Carthage, and creating a fuel management database for the City of Louisville’s police department. Teams of MBA students from MSU’s College of Business spend a semester working on a specific problem and then present their findings to the city leaders in the form of a presentation and formal written report.

Here’s the good news: almost all services are free and the new director of the program is former Columbus mayor Jeffrey Rupp, who has first-hand knowledge of the challenges facing Mississippi municipalities. He wants to work with MML and communities across the state. __________________________________ If you’d like to learn more about the program drop Jeffrey a line at: Jeffrey.rupp@msstate.edu.

A Perfect Combination! Tri-State Truck Center, Inc. is now an Authorized Parts, Service,

and Sales Center for McNeilus! Tri-State will provide Service, Warranty, Part Sales, and New Body Sales for McNeilus at all 7 of its locations throughout the Mid- South. Jackson, Mississippi 412 Highway 49 South 39218 Phone: 800-876-2348 Fax: 601-932-5862

Tupelo, Mississippi 3025 International Ext. 38801 Phone: 800-737-3795 Fax: 662-844-6093

Meridian, Mississippi 2696 Sellers Drive 39301 Phone: 800-737-5237 Fax: 601-485-7978

Memphis, Tennessee 494 E.H. Crump Blvd. 38126 Phone: 800-737-3789 Fax: 901-947-5001

www.tristatetruck.com Volume 60 • Number 1

Mississippi Municipalities •

TOOLKIT

tools for municipal leaders

An Updated Resource Guide for Municipal Leaders and is a collaborative effort of the Mississippi Municipal League and the Stennis Institute, Mississippi State University. The Toolkit addresses general municipal issues and opportunities. Ordered By

Last Name

First Name

Name of Organization

Ship To

City

State and Zip

Phone Number

Order

Payment Method

Toolkit (Binder Only)

$50.00

Toolkit (CD ROM Only)

$25.00

Toolkit (Binder and CD ROM)

$70.00

Credit Card

Quantity

Amount

Quantity

Amount

Quantity

Amount

Mastercard

Visa

Name as it appears on Credit Card

Credit Card Number

Check (Please make checks payable to)

34 â&#x20AC;˘

Mississippi Municipalities

Expiration Date

CCV Number

Stennis Insitute p.o. Box 6215 Mississippi State, ms 39762 Attn. LeeAnn Funderburg Fax (662) 325-6709

Volume 60 â&#x20AC;˘ Number 1

2011

Mark Your Calendar!

Mark Your

Calendar

2011 Annual PDD Conference

2011 Mississippi Municipal Excellence Awards Applications due to the MML office by April 29, 2011

______________________________________

2011 MML High School Scholarship

April 26-29, 2011 Beau Rivage Biloxi, Mississippi

Application Due to MML Office by May 6, 2011

______________________________________

For more information, phone 601-981-1511 or go to www.cmpdd.org/mapdd.php

2011 MML Annual Conference Biloxi • June 27-30, 2011 Early Registration Deadline May 27, 2011

Phil Hardwick, Continued from page 32 things, assess changing economic conditions in a specific county or region; make comparisons between Mississippi, other states or the nation as a whole; and examine trends. The service provides a range of reporting options related to per capita income, population, total personal income, employment, total industry earnings, and average earnings per job. The system uses annual data compiled by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis. “Users will have the ability to generate statistics, research, analyses, and reports with a few clicks of their mouse," according to Mississippi State University assistant research professor and project

Volume 60 • Number 1

coordinator Dr. Becky Smith. "The website is intuitive, and reports explain trends and implications that can be understood clearly by non-economists.” Like it or not, your community is in competition with other communities. Understanding your local economy is the first step in developing a strategy that will give you a competitive advantage. _________________________________________________ Phil Hardwick is Coordinator of Capacity Development at the Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University.

Mississippi Municipalities •

Municipalities MISSISSIPPI

600 East Amite Street, Suite 104 • Jackson MS 39201 Address Service Requested

PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE

PAID

JACKSON, MS PERMIT NO 22