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
- 9-1-1 Commission
Please click here to download the Boards and Commissions Application.
Annual Appointments (terms expire June 30, 2010)
- Dogan & Wilkinson; City Attorney
- Culumber, Fletcher Harvey & Assoc.; City Auditor
- Kim Prentice; 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)
- Charles Evans; June 30, 2009
- Wayne Anderson; June 30, 2010
- Paul Campbell; June 30, 2013
- Shane Jackson; June 30, 2011
- Dan Resch; June 30, 2010
Civil Service Commission (6 year terms)
- Martin Reeves; June 30, 2012
- Pamela Cox; November 30, 2014
- Denise Jones; November 30, 2014
Coast Transit Authority Representative (5 year term)
- Cindy Ladnier; June 30, 2010
Election Commission (4 year terms)
- Nancy Wilson; June 30, 2009
- Don Abrams; June 30, 2011
- Lamar Bond; June 30, 2013
Historic Preservation Commission (4 year terms)
- Tina M. Warren; June 30, 2012
- Charliene Roemer; June 30, 2012
- Charles Burns; June 30, 2012
- Cooper Norman; June 30, 2011
- Lori Brannon Carter; June 30, 2013
- Susan Mueller; June 30, 2010
- Joanna Worch; June 30, 2010
- Dr. William Pontius; June 30, 2013
- Sue Jones; June 30, 2011
- Shirley Dye; Alternate Member (term not defined)
- Betty Milsted; Emeritus
Library Board (5 year terms)
- Joey Rice; June 30, 2010
- Judy Dalgo; June 30, 2010
- Margaret Reynolds; June 30, 2013
- Kenneth R. Flottman; June 30, 2014
- Nicole Learson; June 30, 2011
Museum Commission (4 year terms)
- Joey Rice; June 30, 2013
- Bonnie Mitchell; June 30, 2013
- Maybelle Bowers; June 30, 2012
- Margaret Reynolds; June 30, 2012
- Larry Cosper; June 30, 2012
- Sharon McQuilken; June 30, 2011
- Pat Pinson, PhD; June 30, 2011
- Betty Milsted; Emeritus
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
- Keith Crosby; February 28, 2011
Park Advisory Board (5 year terms)
- Greg Descher; June 30, 2010
- Lisa Chapman; June 30, 2014
- Robert Briggs; June 30, 2012
- Robert Dalgo; June 30, 2011
- Steve Gallagher; June 30, 2010
- Keith Zirlott; June 30, 2014
- Allan Vermeulen, II; June 30, 2014
Planning Commission (3 year terms)
- Ward Wicht; June 30, 2010
- Brian Fulton; June 30, 2011
- Rickey Authement; June 30, 2011
- Mary Marr Beckman; June 30, 2010
- Angela Alston Ross; June 30, 2010
- Thomas Reynolds, Sr.; June 30, 2012
- Charles Rivers; June 30, 2012
- Brian Sanderson, Alternate Member; June 30, 2012
Special Appointment (term expires June 30, 2010)
- James Hagan; Mayor Pro Tempore
Taxi Board (1 year terms)
- Vacant
- Catherine Gautier; June 30, 2008
- Vacant
Tree Committee (5 year terms)
- Helen H. Effinger; June 30, 2013
- Jim Williams; January 19, 2009
- Kenny McClain; January 19, 2012
- Susie Moran; June 30, 2011
- Willis White; June 30, 2013
Wastewater Representative (Government Appointment - 6 year term)
- Brad Bradford; June 30, 2011
Zoning & Adjustment Board (3 year terms)
- John White; June 30, 2010
- Dennis Warren; June 30, 2010
- H.B. “Barry” Zuber, Jr.; June 30, 2012
- Bobby Edwards; June 30, 2012
- Jennifer Leigh Schmidt; June 30, 2012
9-1-1 Commission (4 year term)
- James Hagan; June 30, 2013
