The City of Clarksdale operates under a Special Charter and is governed by the Board of Mayor and Commissioners which meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month at 4 p.m. The Mayor is elected from the City at large while the Commissioners are elected from four separate wards. The Mayor is in charge of the day to day operation of the City and has direct supervision over each Department Head.
The Board of Mayor and Commissioners is responsible for appointing persons to the following Boards or Commissions:
Carnegie Public Library Board
Clarksdale-Coahoma County Airport Board
Clarksdale-Coahoma County Planning Commission
Clarksdale Municipal Election Commission
Clarksdale Historic Preservation Commission
Clarksdale Housing Authority
Clarksdale Municipal Separate School Board
Clarksdale Park Commission
Clarksdale Public Utilities Commission
Delta Blues Museum Board
The Carnegie Public Library Board
Director: Mary Caradine – Interim
Post Office Box 280
Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614
662-624-4461
MEETINGS: Third (3rd) Tuesday of the month at 4:30 p.m.
CITY APPOINTEES: Appointed for five (5) year term
Jennifer Joyner – Ward 1 (term expires 09-30-2021)
Chris Coleman – Ward 2 (term expires 09-30-2025)
Joyce Hill – Ward 3 (term expires 09-30-2024)
Rita Hanfor – Ward 4 (term expires 09-30-2023)
Jacqueline Tyler – At Large (term expires 09-30-2022)
COUNTY APPOINTEES:
Vida Townsend (term expires 06-30-2018)
Paul Flowers (term expires 06-30-2022)
Carol Gist (term expires 06-31-2021)
Mary L. Caradine (term expires 06-30-2020)
Sheila Winters (term expires 06-30-2019)
Clarksdale Coahoma County Airport Board
Chairman: David Huggins
Post Office Box 700
Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614
662-627-4126
MEETINGS: Second (2nd) Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the flight business office at the airport.
CITY APPOINTEES: Appointed for five (5) year term
Robert Precht – Joint Appointment (term expires 11-17-2023)
John McKee – At Large (term expires 11-17-2023)
Greg Malatesta – Ward 1 (term expires 11-17-2024)
David Huggins – Ward 2, Chairman (term expires 11-17-2025)
Lewis Wilkins – Ward 3 (term expires 11-17-2021)
Charles Reid – Ward 4 (term expires 11-17-2022)
COUNTY APPOINTEES:
Skip Graeber – Beat 1 (term expires 11-17-2019)
Luke Gable – Beat 2 (term expires 11-17-2015)
Henry Dorsey – Beat 3 (term expires 11-17-2016)
John Starling – Beat 4 (term expires 11-17-2022)
Chico White – Beat 5 (term expires 11-17-2018)
Clarksdale Coahoma County Planning Commission
Created: 6-3-1949
To be placed on the agenda for the Planning Commission Contact:
The City Clerk’s Office
Post Office Box 940
Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614
662-621-8142
MEETINGS: Second (2nd) Tuesday of the month at 3:00 p.m. in council chambers at City Hall
CITY APPOINTEES: Appointed for four (4) year term
Orrden Williams – At Large (term expires 8-12-2023)
Kinchen O’Keefe – At Large (term expires 8-12-2023)
VACANT – At Large (term expires 8-12-2018)
Buck Falls – Ward 1, Chairman (term expires 8-12-2022)
Laurie Webb Bullock – Ward 2 (term expires 8-12-2022)
Rev LC Tyler, II – Ward 3 (term expires 8-12-2024)
S. L. Blackburn – Ward 4 (term expires 8-12-2023)
City Employee Advisory: Melvin Miller, II
COUNTY APPOINTEES:
Maurice Campbell
Greg Spencer
Roosevelt Wallace
County Employee Advisory: Richard Dickson
Clarksdale Municipal Election Commission
MEETINGS: On call at election time
CITY APPOINTEES: Appointed for four (4) year term
Rivers Humber – At Large (term expires 7-2021)
Sanford Johnson – At Large (term expires 7-2021)
Anne Clark – At Large (term expires 7-2021)
Clarksdale Housing Authority Board
Director: Benita Howard
Post Office Box 908
Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614
662-624-8030
MEETINGS: Quarterly on the Third (3rd) Wednesday of January, April, July, and October at 2:00 p.m. at Clarksdale Housing Authority, 2401 Sixth Street, Building 9.
CITY APPOINTEES: Appointed for five (5) year term
Kerry Lee – At Large (term expires 07-30-2022)
Wayne Winter – Ward 2, (term expires 07-30-2024)
Roosevelt Howard – Ward 1 (term expires 07-30-2023)
Willie Pole — Ward 3 (term expires 07-30-2025)
Joseph Howard – Ward 4 (term expires 07-30-2021)
Clarksdale Municipal Separate School Board
Dr. Joe Nelson, Superintendent
Post Office Box 1088
Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614
662-627-8500
MEETINGS: Third (3rd) Thursday of the month at 5:00 p.m. at Thomas E. Shaw School, 135 Washington Street.
CITY APPOINTEES: Appointed for five (5) year term
Bishop Zedric Clayton – At Large (term expires 03-01-2025)
Sandy Stillions – Ward 1 (term expires 03-01-2024)
Joan Morris – Ward 2, (term expires 03-01-2023)
Delores S. Harris – Ward 3 (term expires 03-01-2022)
LaFiesta Roland – Ward 4 (term expires 03-01-2026)
Clarksdale Public Utilities Commission
Created: 7-20-1989
416 Third Street
Post Office Box 70
Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614
662-627-8499
MEETINGS: Second (2nd) Tuesday of the month at 4:15 p.m.
CITY APPOINTEES: Appointed for five (5) year term
Shirley Hicks – At Large, (term expires 10-01-2025)
George Miller – Ward 1 (term expires10-01-2021)
Jimmy Humber – Ward 2 (term expires 10-01-2022)
Adrian Allen – Ward 3 (term expires 10-01-2023)
Don Mitchell – Ward 4 (term expires 10-01-2024)
Delta Blues Museum Board
Created: 1-30-1979 with the Public Library
Separate City Entity: 4-19-1999
Director: Shelley Ritter
1 Blues Alley
Post Office Box 459
Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614
662-627-6820
MEETINGS: Second (2nd) Tuesday of the month at 6:00 p.m.
CITY APPOINTEES: Appointed for five (5) year term
VACANT – At Large (term expires 4-19-2019)
Dr. William Booker – Ward 1 (term expires 4-19-2025)
Tom Jones – Ward 2, (term expires 4-19-2021)
Ralph Simpson – Ward 3 (term expires 4-19-2022)
Lera Kinnard – Ward 4 (term expires 4-19-20238)
Clarksdale Park Commission
MEETINGS: Second (2nd) Monday of the month.
CITY APPOINTEES: Appointed for five (5) year term
Curtis Kemp – At Large (term expires 9-08-2025)
Joel Litton – Ward 1 (term expires 9-08-2021)
Barbara Morris – Ward 2 (term expires 9-08-2023)
Desi Monix – Ward 3 (term expires 9-08-2022)
Birley Gipson, Jr. – Ward 4 (term expires 9-08-2024)