LulaMississippi

Town of Lula

Town Hall & meetings

Who to call, when the Board meets, and what Town Hall handles.

Contact

Reach the Town Clerk

Call (662) 337-4579Monday to Friday, office hours Send a textFastest for a leak or a street light out Email the ClerkOpens your mail app

Board of Aldermen

Meetings and public notices

Form
Mayor and Board of Aldermen — code charter, Miss. Code § 21-3-3
Composition
A mayor and five aldermen
The mayor
Presides over meetings and votes only to break a tie
Where
Town Hall, 352 Fourth Street
Special meetings
Notice posted publicly at least one hour beforehand
Minutes
Recorded within thirty days and open for public inspection
Meetings are open to the public.

Under the Mississippi Open Meetings Act the Board sets its standing schedule on its minutes, keeps minutes of every meeting including action taken in executive session, and makes them available within thirty days. Ask the Clerk to see them.

Services

What Town Hall handles

Water and sewer

  • New connections and disconnections
  • Meter problems and low pressure
  • Billing questions and payment
  • Leaks and burst mains

Building and business

  • Building permits before you build, add on or move a structure
  • Privilege licenses for a new business in the town limits
  • Signs and driveway cuts onto a town street

Streets and grounds

  • Potholes, ditches and drainage
  • Street lights and signage
  • Garbage, brush and bulk pickup

Records

  • Board minutes and ordinances
  • Public records requests under the Mississippi Public Records Act
  • The annual budget and audit

Elsewhere

Handled by the county or the state

Schools
Coahoma County School District
Property tax
Coahoma County Tax Collector, Clarksdale
Land records
Coahoma County Chancery Clerk, Clarksdale
Sheriff
Coahoma County Sheriff’s Office — for emergencies dial 911
Highways
MDOT — U.S. 61 and U.S. 49

Getting here

Finding Lula

Lula sits near the northern line of Coahoma County. U.S. 49 runs southwest of town and leads ten miles northwest to the river crossing at Helena, Arkansas. U.S. 61 runs east of town and leads eighteen miles north to Tunica. Southbound the two join and reach Clarksdale, twenty miles south.

Open directions352 Fourth Street, Lula, MS 38644