Boards & Commissions
The City of Ocean Springs has several boards and commissions to which persons are appointed annually and during vacancies. These boards and commissions include:
- Annual Appointments
- Building Board of Adjustments and Appeals
- Civil Service Commission
- Coast Transit Authority Representative
- Election Commission
- Historic Preservation Commission – meets at 7:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month
- Library Board
- Museum Commission
- Ocean Springs School Board
- Park Advisory Board
- Planning Commission – meets at 7:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month
- Special Appointment
- Taxi Board
- Tree Committee
- Wastewater Representative
- Zoning and Adjustment Board
- Cemetery Board
- 9-1-1 Commission
Please click here to download the Boards and Commissions Application.
Annual Appointments (terms expire June 30, 2012)
- Dogan & Wilkinson; City Attorney
- Culumber, Fletcher Harvey & Assoc.; City Auditor
- Nate Wilson; Emergency Management Director
- Daryl Dryden; City Prosecuting Attorney
- Matthew Mestayer; City Judge
- George Murphy; City Judge Pro Tem/City Prosecuting Attorney Pro Tem
Building Board of Adjustments & Appeals (5 year terms)
- Wayne Anderson; June 30, 2016
- Paul Campbell; June 30, 2013
- Shane Jackson; June 30, 2016
- Dan Resch; June 30, 2015
Civil Service Commission (6 year terms)
- Martin Reeves; June 30, 2012
- Pamela Cox; June 30, 2014
- Denise Jones; November 30, 2014
Coast Transit Authority Representative (5 year term)
- Cindy Ladnier; June 30, 2015
Election Commission (4 year terms)
- Robert W. Smith; June 30, 2015
- Don Abrams; June 30, 2015
- Christopher “Stopher”; June 30, 2015
Historic Preservation Commission (4 year terms)
- Douglas Wyatt; June 30, 2015
- Charliene Roemer; June 30, 2012
- Larry Semski; June 30, 2015
- Lori Brannon Carter; June 30, 2013
- Susan Mueller; June 30, 2014
- Joanna Worch; June 30, 2014
- Dr. William Pontius; June 30, 2013
- Brian Baker; June 30, 2015
- Cecelia Baker; June 30, 2015
Library Board (5 year terms)
- Joey Rice; June 30, 2015
- Judy Dalgo; June 30, 2015
- Margaret Reynolds; June 30, 2013
- Kenneth R. Flottman; June 30, 2014
- Julie Scruggs; June 30, 2016
Museum Commission (4 year terms)
- Joey Rice; June 30, 2013
- Marc Poole; June 30, 2015
- Maybelle Bowers; June 30, 2012
- Margaret Reynolds; June 30, 2012
- Pat Pinson, PhD; June 30, 2011
Ocean Springs School Board (5 year terms)
- Michelle Smith; February 28, 2015
- Sharon Walker; February 28, 2013
- Tim Taranto; February 28, 2014
- Dr. Lena Melton; February 28, 2012
- William H. Lee; February 28, 2016
Park Advisory Board (5 year terms)
- Greg Descher; June 30, 2015
- Lisa Chapman; June 30, 2014
- Robert Briggs; June 30, 2012
- Robert Dalgo; June 30, 2016
- Mike Davis; June 30, 2015
- Keith Zirlott; June 30, 2014
- Allan Vermeulen, II; June 30, 2014
Planning Commission (3 year terms)
- Dennis Warren; June 30, 2013
- Brian Fulton; June 30, 2014
- Rickey Authement; June 30, 2014
- Mary Marr Beckman; June 30, 2013
- Karen Chance; June 30, 2013
- Thomas Reynolds, Sr.; June 30, 2012
- Charles Rivers; June 30, 2012
- Brian Sanderson; June 30, 2012
Special Appointment (term expires June 30, 2012)
- John Gill; Mayor Pro Tempore
Taxi Board (1 year terms)
- Catherine Gautier; June 30, 2011
Tree Committee (5 year terms)
- Melanie M. Allen; June 30, 2015
- Mollie John Pontius; June 30, 2015
- Kenny McClain; June 30, 2012
- Helen Effinger; June 30, 2016
- Willis White; June 30, 2013
Wastewater Representative (Government Appointment – 6 year term)
- Brad Bradford; June 30, 2017
Zoning & Adjustment Board (3 year terms)
- Wayne Anderson; June 30, 2013
- Michael Smith; June 30, 2013
- H.B. “Barry” Zuber, Jr.; June 30, 2012
- Bobby Edwards; June 30, 2012
- Jennifer Leigh Schmidt; June 30, 2012
Cemetery Board (5 year terms)
- Vacant; June 30, 2014
- Bridgette Vaughn; June 30, 2014
- Ernest Pettis, Jr.; June 30, 2014
- Dr. William Pontius; June 30, 2014
9-1-1 Commission (4 year term)
- Martin Reeves; June 30, 2013
