The commission will oversee recruiting, evaluating, and promoting employees strictly on the basis of performance and qualifications, the mayor’s office said.

Jackson Mayor John Horhn (D) is relaunching the city’s Civil Service Commission in hopes of increasing the public’s trust while instilling fairness in city government.

The commission, which was inactive during the administration of former mayor Chokwe Lumumba, aims to ensure that city employees are managed based on merit, efficiency, and integrity.

When being sworn in, Horhn promised city residents that professionalism and fairness would return to City Hall. He admitted that sometimes city employees forget who pays their salaries.

“You, the taxpayers, are their bosses,” he said.

Mayor Horhn said Tuesday, “We are determined that J

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