Jaime Smith

Jamie Smith Jefferson County District County Clerk

“Just remember it is not about you but about the people that you serve. I strongly believe in service above self.”

Jamie Smith has over 12 years of expe rience as a public servant. In 2015, he became the first African American elect ed as a District County Clerk. Smith is a long time member of Antioch Mis sionary Church in Beaumont, TX under the lead ership of Pastor John R. Adolph. Smith is the hus band of Melanie Smith, father to Julian, Justin and Jordan, and grandfather to Zoe and Julian.

The Beaumont native and Lamar Univer sity Graduate started his adult life at Tex as A&M University and later transitioned into the Army during Desert Storm. Smith is a huge commu nity supporter for his commu nity as a mem ber of several reputable orga nizations such as YMBL Family Services, NAACP, Beaumont Public School Foundation and the H.O.N.E.Y Foundation, Inc.

In 2007, Smith became a member of the Beau mont City Council for Ward IV. During his reign as a City Councilman Smith worked hard to improve Ward IV by cleaning up neighborhoods, assisting the elderly and disabled, and putting into place 4 Empowerment Zones to attract businesses to the South End of Beau mont. His projects such as Operation Clean Sweep helped bring awareness to the major issue of illegal dumping. During the Opera tion Clean Sweep, Smith heavily in cluded the youth in every Clean Sweep teaching sense of pride and responsi bility for the neigh borhood in which the local youth live in. Not only did Smith get youth in volved but he par ticipated as well by getting his hands dirty and rolling up his sleeves.

He rallied a paint-a-thon in which he partnered with several local hardware stores in the city who do nated paint and supplies. During the paint-a-thon, cit izens in need were able to fill out an application and random applicants were picked. Volunteers showed up for the different paint-a-thon events that helped improve the homes of seniors citizens and those with disabilities. While in his seat as a City Councilman, one of his big gest accomplishments was increasing the economic growth in Ward IV with the City of Beaumont. Smith im pacted and improved thousands of citizens by joining forces with several key individ uals in Beaumont to implement a plan to provide opportuni ties to those living in Beaumont. -

By cleaning the neighborhoods with Operation Clean Sweep and Paint-a thon, 4 Empowerment Zones were set up to help attract business es to Ward IV. Empow er Zones use tax in centives to encourage business investments, improve employment opportunities, and stimulate economic growth. Large busi nesses such as HEB, apartment complex es, and home build ers took advantage of those zones by build ing right in Ward IV.

For more information on Jamie Smith feel free to email him at jsmith@co.jefferson.tx.us or visit https://www.co.jefferson.tx.us/dclerk/index.html