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Mayor's Initiatives
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Mayor Samuel L. Jones
Mayor Samuel L. Jones is serving his first term as Mayor of the great City of Mobile. Mayor Jones is a native of Mobile.
His top priorities as Mayor of the City of Mobile are:
- Keeping the citizens and visitors safe
- Accountable, efficient, and effective city government
- Preserving the historic beauty of the city through strict litter enforcement
- Providing top-notch citizen service for easy access to city government
- Providing an excellent workforce for current and prospective employers
Before being elected as Mayor, He was a four-term commissioner from the state's second largest county. He helped pioneer the city/county partnerships evident in the construction of Metro Jail and Mobile Government Plaza.
He is a graduate of Central High School and attended Florida Junior College and Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida. He attended Alabama Interdenominational Seminary and was awarded an honorary doctorate. He spent nine years in the United States Navy during which He served as a Flight Deck Troubleshooter for A-7 aircraft aboard the USS Forrestal and as an Equal Opportunity Officer, Race Relations Education Specialist, and Community Services Coordinator. He served as executive director of Mobile Community Action, Inc., (MCA) from 1980 - 1987. As head of MCA, He supervised 240 employees and a $5 million annual budget.
He is a member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Prichard, Alabama.
His affiliations include:
- Past president of the Association of County Commissions of Alabama
- Former member of the National Association of Counties Board of Directors
- National Association of Counties Election Reform Steering Committee
- Co-Chair of Renewal 90 Educational Initiative
- Served on Steering Committee - 1988 Education Funding Referendum Initiative
- Served on Steering Committee - 1992 Education Funding Referendum Initiative
- Served on Steering Committee - 2000 Education Funding Referendum Initiative
- Former member of the Alabama Sentencing Commission
- Judge, Alabama Court of the Judiciary
- Former member Judicial Inquiry Commission
- Past member of the Alabama Port Authority
- Former member of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
- Former board member of the United Way of Southwest Alabama and Past Campaign Chairman
- Founder of the Mobile County Community Development Partnership
- Founder, Prichard Federal Credit Union
- Former Chairperson of Envision Mobile/Baldwin
- Underage Drinking Task Force
- Member, 100 Black Men, Mobile Chapter
- Chaired 1998 United Way Campaign, raising $7 million
- Macedonia Baptist Church, Director of Christian Education, Sunday School Superintendent
Mayor Jones currently serves on the following Boards of Directors:
- Mobile United Steering Committee
- The Board of Trustees for the University of South Alabama
- Mobile County Governmental Utilities
- Mobile County Communication District (911)
- Volunteers of America
- Maritime Center of the Gulf of Mexico
- South Alabama Regional Planning Committee
- Mobile Senior Bowl Committee
- Emeritus, Community Foundation of Southwest Alabama
- MLK Redevelopment Corporation
- Chair, Metropolitan Planning Organization
His awards include:
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- Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Man of the Year
- 1996 Alpha Phi Alpha Citizen of the Year
- Johnnie M. Leatherwood Leadership Award, Bay Area Women's Coalition
- The Humanitarian Award, Satsuma High School
- Honorary Member, Alpha Beta Kappa, Southeast College of Technology
- United Negro College Fund Meritorious Service Award
- Named Alabama Honorary Colonel by former Governor Jim Folsom
- Named Alabama Honorary Colonel by Governor Bob Riley
- National Black Police Association Community Service Award
- Knights of St. Peter Claver #172 Leadership Award
- Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance Community Service Award
- Blacks in Government Community Service Award
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award
- Mobile Minority Business Advocate Award
- Sickle Cell Association President's Award
- U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Advocate
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