Quitman County board meeting listings show conflicting recurring dates

Quitman County’s online calendar is pointing residents to a Sunday morning meeting that may matter more than the date suggests: the Board of Supervisors is listed for May 18 at 9 a.m. at 220 Chestnut St. in Marks, and the county says public participation and involvement is highly encouraged.

The catch is in the county’s own listings. One event page says the board meeting is recurring every third Monday. Another board-meeting page shows a nearby session on June 1, 2026 and labels it recurring every first Monday. That mismatch leaves two different calendars describing the county’s central governing body in two different ways, even though both entries identify the same 9 a.m. meeting time in Marks.

For Quitman County residents, the schedule matters because the Board of Supervisors controls some of the biggest county decisions on the books. The county says one supervisor is elected from each of the five districts to serve a four-year term. The board adopts the annual budget, sets the annual property tax rate, establishes policy goals and objectives, and appoints the county administrator who runs daily operations.

The current roster on the county site lists Sheridan Boyd of District 1 as vice president, along with Greg Thomas in District 2, Johnny Tullos in District 3, Manuel Killebrew in District 4 and Jeremy Moore in District 5. Those are the officials residents will see handling county business at the courthouse in Marks, where the county also keeps contact information, office listings and meeting pages online.

The timing is unusual enough to raise a practical question for people in Marks, Lambert, Crowder and Falcon: does a Sunday 9 a.m. session make it easier to attend before the week starts, or does it limit turnout by asking residents to appear on a day when many people are off work, in church or traveling? The county’s own page encourages participation, but a weekend meeting can still shape who has time to speak during the public portion.

That makes the meeting worth watching for the issues that hit daily life first, especially spending, roads, taxes, public safety and county services. Quitman County’s website also posts a 2023 audited financial report, road and grant documents, blight-elimination proposals, a hazard mitigation plan and other county records, all signs that supervisors’ meetings can quickly turn into decisions with immediate effects.

The stakes are easy to see in a county of 5,364 estimated residents, down from 6,176 in the 2020 Census, across about 405 square miles. Quitman County was created in 1877 from parts of Tallahatchie, Tunica, Panola and Coahoma counties, and Marks, once called Riverside, became the county seat after the courthouse in Belen burned in 1908 and a new courthouse opened in Marks in 1911.

For anyone who wants to follow county business closely, the key details are simple: the board meeting is listed for Sunday, May 18, at 9 a.m. at 220 Chestnut St. in Marks, and the county says public participation is encouraged. The unresolved part is the calendar itself, which shows recurring meetings labeled both first Monday and third Monday, a discrepancy the county should clear up if it wants residents to know when the board actually meets.