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Board presents employee-family scholarships, accepts park bench and approves Mustard Seed tax exemption; introduces new justice court clerk
Summary
Madison County supervisors recognized local scholarship recipients, accepted a bench donation for Rogers Park, approved a tax exemption for Mustard Seed (a nonprofit for adults with disabilities) and introduced Sheila Taylor as the new justice court clerk.
The Madison County Board of Supervisors recognized the 2025 recipients of the Mississippi Association Supervisor County Employees scholarship program and accepted a bench donation to Rogers Park during the June 2 meeting.
County staff member Loretta announced the recipients: Ja'Keria Johnson, daughter of Latasha Johnson, plans to attend Mississippi State University majoring in civil engineering; RJ Jones, son of Albert Jones, plans to attend Hinds Community College with a business major. The board and supervisors joined staff in congratulating the recipients and presenting scholarship checks.
Christina Luckett, representing Saito Far Beta Sorority Incorporated, told the board the group had donated a bench to Rogers Park. The board approved acceptance of the bench after staff presented a photograph of the bench and confirmed county placement procedures.
In a separate item the board approved a property tax exemption for Mustard Seed, a nonprofit serving adults with disabilities. Stuart Reese, executive director at Mustard Seed, told the board the organization is privately funded and that exempting the Ridgeland parcel would allow more resources to go to programming. County staff (Miss Despey) said the application was sufficient and the organization qualified for exemption; the board approved the exemption on a voice vote.
The board also introduced Sheila Taylor as the newly appointed justice court clerk. Taylor identified herself as a lifelong Madison County resident with 20 years’ experience in the justice court and invited board members to visit the office. County staff later informed the board the justice court was going live on new software and asked that supervisors provide staff time to work through initial system issues.
Motions for scholarship presentations, donation acceptance and the tax-exemption approval were made and carried by voice vote during the meeting.
