Board authorizes funding for a law clerk and sets court administrator salary

The Tunica County Board of Supervisors on May 29 approved a request from the circuit court to authorize funding for a law clerk position and to set the salary for the court administrator.

County staff presented an order from Circuit Judge Linda F. Coleman asking the board to appoint and set the salary for a law clerk and to set the salary for Teresa Thigpen as court administrator at $74,300 per year plus benefits. The judge indicated the law clerk funding had not been in place for more than two years and sought county authorization to restore funding.

The board voted on the request and the motion carried by voice vote. Meeting minutes record the board's approval but do not show the law clerk's start date or the effective date for the court administrator salary in the excerpt provided.