Meeting archive

The Record

Every word said at the Jackson City Council meetings in our archive, transcribed, indexed, and searchable. Find who said what about a parcel, a contract, or a dollar figure, then jump to that moment in the video.

Meetings archived

Hours of video

Words on the record

105,284

September 2026

Jackson City Council special meeting

September 25, 2026

Special City Council · 28 min · 14 items indexed

The Jackson City Council held a special meeting on September 25, 2026, to handle year-end budget adjustments and several agreements. The council approved a $29,966,223 interdepartmental transfer to close out the FY2026 municipal budget, with funds moved from personnel services in police and public works and other categories to cover insurance, JTRAN, and other needs. The council also approved a $1,947,008 appropriation to the Jackson/Hinds Library System and accepted the Jackson Airport Authority budget for FY2026-2027. Additionally, the council authorized the mayor to execute a torch relay agreement with the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympics, making Jackson a host community, and approved a memorandum of agreement with the DEA for participation in a state and local law enforcement task force. All items passed 4-0.

Jackson City Council special meeting

September 8, 2026

Special City Council · 3 hr 57 min · 28 items indexed

The Jackson City Council continued deliberation on the FY2026-2027 municipal budget, which must be passed by September 15. The council approved several amendments shifting funds toward police and fire, including $438,000 more for JPD and $156,000 more for fire personnel, while reducing Public Works, Planning, Administration, General Government, and IT personnel lines. The total general fund budget stands at $113,250,961. The council did not vote on final passage, recessing until Friday at 10 a.m. to allow legal review of bond documents before potentially reducing the city's reserve to fund additional fire and police hires.

How the Record is made

The Wire pulls each meeting from the city's own video archive, transcribes it with speech recognition, and has its research desk index what was discussed, who spoke, and what the votes were, using the published agenda for item names. Speech recognition mishears names and numbers, so treat the transcript as a finding aid and the video as the record. Every timestamp links to that moment in the original video. Last updated September 29, 2026.