City picks for three boards

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The NRoute Transportation Commission, Vicksburg Main Street Program and Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau all have new members on their boards due to replacements named by the Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen Monday.

• Rose Carson was selected to fill the term on the NRoute board vacated by John Wayne Jabour, who died Jan. 25 and had served as commission president. Carson’s term will expire Feb. 19, 2014. The NRoute Transportation Commission has five members.

• Rocky Smith and Chris Patel will replace David Maggio, federal employee and history enthusiast, and Elmerree Bradley, supervisor of the Mississippi Welcome Center. Mayor Paul Winfield said Smith and Patel are in the hotel industry. Maggio’s and Bradley’s four-year terms had expired in August 2009. The VCVB board has 11 members, with five appointed by each the city and county and one joint appointment. Maggio had been board chairman.

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• City Clerk Walter Osborne will fill the city’s spot on the Vicksburg Main Street Program board, filling the post vacated by Lamar Horton, who was fired as the city’s human resources director in December. Main Street has nine board members.

Winfield added the appointments to the meeting agenda Monday, and made all the nominations. South Ward Alderman Sid Beauman was absent from Monday’s meeting, leaving North Ward Alderman Michael Mayfield to second the nominations and approve all appointments.

All three boards are made up of volunteers.