Quitman County posts summer Board of Supervisors meeting schedule

Residents who want to speak up on roads, drainage, taxes, and county services now have a clear date and place to do it: Quitman County’s Board of Supervisors is meeting at 9 a.m. in the courthouse complex at 220 Chestnut St. in Marks, with public participation described as highly encouraged.

The county’s events calendar lists Board of Supervisors meetings for June, then continues the schedule through July, August, September, October, and November. The meeting page says the board meets on a recurring basis every first Monday, and the June calendar includes meetings on June 1 and June 15. That steady cadence gives residents, vendors, county workers, and local watchdogs a way to track when decisions are likely to move.

The board is the governing body of Quitman County, with one supervisor elected from each of five districts to four-year terms. Its responsibilities include adopting the annual budget and establishing the annual property tax rate, two decisions that shape how the county pays for day-to-day operations and long-range needs. For anyone watching county government closely, that makes the summer schedule more than a calendar listing. It is the public’s standing notice of when spending, taxation, and policy questions can come before the board.

The county also places major offices at the same address, 220 Chestnut St. in Marks, where residents can connect meeting days with the rest of county government. County Administrator and Comptroller Beatrice Pryor is listed there, along with Chancery Clerk T.H. Butch Scipper, Circuit Clerk Teareathrea Keeler, Sheriff Oliver Parker, Jr., and Tax Assessor and Tax Collector Alice Crowder-Smith. That concentration of offices in one place makes the courthouse the county’s main access point for business and public oversight.

Quitman County’s small size helps explain why the notice matters. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the county’s population at 5,364 in July 2025, down from 6,176 in the 2020 census, when Quitman County ranked as Mississippi’s third-least populous county. The courthouse in Marks is tied to a longer local history as well: the county was created in 1877 from parts of Tunica, Coahoma, Panola, and Tallahatchie counties, and county history says the courthouse moved from Belen after a 1908 fire before the new courthouse in Marks was completed in 1911.