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📢 FEMA Disaster Assistance Teams are in Kosciusko!

FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) teams will be at the Attala County Coliseum May 4–9 to help residents affected by recent severe weather.

Hours:
Mon–Fri: 8 AM – 6 PM
Sat: 8 AM – 2 PM

Representatives will be available to assist with disaster aid applications and answer questions about available resources.

For more information, visit DisasterAssistance.gov or call 800-621-3362.

The City of Kosciusko was approved for MHC’s HOME Grant and is now taking applications from homeowners for the rehabilitation or reconstruction of homes located in the city limits.  There will be a public meeting at City Hall on 11/13/24 from 2 – 5pm to discuss details and answer questions.  Applications will be accepted at City Hall through 11/27/24.

Applications can be picked up from City Hall or printed here.

Search Parkway Cemetery records on your phone!

Need help finding a burial?  GPS walk to grave directions are available!

Parkway Cemetery Burial Search Direct Link

Burial Search QR Code Parkway Cemetery

A new ordinance was adopted on May 21, 2024 and is posted below.

ORDINANCE NO. 692

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 684

TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF HABITABLE SPACES IN THE CITY OF KOSCIUSKO, MISSISSIPPI

SECTION 1.  Section 2 of the International Property Maintenance Code of the City of Kosciusko is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit:

                        (H)       Section 404.4 of said code is hereby amended to read as follows: Kitchens and non habitable spaces shall not be used for sleeping purposes.

1. No motor vehicle or trailer including, but not limited to, travel trailers, recreational vehicles, mobile tiny houses, and/or motor coaches, shall be used as a residence or as living quarters except within and approved recreational vehicle park.  No recreational equipment, including, but not limited to: tents, tepees, yurts, and/or huts, shall be used as a residence or as living quarters.
2. All homes are to be site built with a minimum of seven hundred square feet and follow the International Property Maintenance Code for lighting, ventilation, and occupancy limits of each dwelling unit.  No storage building or like structure of similar build is allowed for residential habitation.

SECTION 2.  All provisions of Ordinance No. 684 not inconsistent with this amendment thereto shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION THREE.  This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect one month from and after its passage. 

SECTION FOUR. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to certified a copy of this Ordinance and to record same in the Ordinance Book; and to publish same one time in the Star-Harold Newspaper, a newspaper published in Attala County, Mississippi.

This Ordinance shall be codified as a part of the Municipal Code of the City of Kosciusko, Mississippi.

SO ORDAINED, ENACTED, AND PASSED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Kosciusko, Mississippi, on this the 21^st day of May, 2024.

Eight dogs found new homes on Saturday at the first event hosted by Tractor Supply in Kosciusko!  Stay tuned for information regarding future events!

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