Mayor AJ Massey shares 2025 plans for Madison County
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson Exchange Club welcomed one local mayor to share their plans for the upcoming year.
‘Press on’ is this year’s theme for Mayor AJ Massey as he leads Madison County into 2025. During the Jackson Exchange Club in front of peers and residents he shared the plans he has for 2025.
“These are our plans of 2025 and I’m very confident in them we budgeted for $12 million for county road improvements. There’s over 700 miles of county roads, so $12 million will do a whole lot, but not everything. So if you have an issue let me know about it, but be patient,” said Mayor Massey.
Along with road improvement he mentioned that the county and city will work together to bring a children care center.
“But that money is going to filter through the children’s cabinet to help to facilitate either a land acquisition, hiring a consultant to get this project moving in the right direction. We can do with it what we need to as long as it’s to the end of it is building a child care facility in Madison County,” said Mayor Massey.
After a state lawsuit that issued counties millions of dollars across the state for opioids, he shared his plans to help those communities affected.
“So far, about $1.3 million is what Madison County received and we set up a committee. Sheriff Wiser heads that committee and they’re going to distribute nearly half of that money to go to work in Madison County over the next year. To make sure we can do what we can to abate the opioid use in our community,” said Mayor Massey.
Massey overall shared that he hates to share plans until they are in motion, however, he hopes to reconstruct the codes department and the juvenile detention center. Along with this, he hopes to possibly work with Jackson Energy Authority on plans on water expansion from Jackson to Exit 68.
He also spoke on the recent email from Jackson City Mayor Scott Conger.
In this email, Jackson City Mayor Scott Conger shared that he expects County Mayor Massey to pay for the road expansion in front of the new Pope Elementary.
“I think there’s an opportunity for everybody to win in this, I really do. I think Mayor Conger sees it from that avenue as well. Nobody wants to be the victim. At the same time, no one wants to take on the all the weight either. I think there’s an opportunity for the county to get what they need from the city. I think school obviously needs a school open and the city needs the road improved to take on the traffic from the new Pope,” said Mayor Massey.
Massey says that he didn’t expect the email to be sent, however, he says that thinks the two can figure out a way that allows everyone to win.
“That’s the good thing that citizens can be proud of is that Mayor Conger and I have open communication and I’m really optimistic we can get there and we can figure this out — something — with his governing body and my governing body, and the school system to feel like everybody is able to win. Ultimately, the goal is to get that school full of kids in August of next year,” said Mayor Massey.
Mayor Massey shared that 2024 was a great year for the county.
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