The resignation of Michael Mayfield was accepted Monday by his fellow Warren County supervisors, clearing the way for the board to start the replacement process when it meets July 5.

Mayfield, who has represented District 2 of Warren County since 1996, was elected North Ward alderman for the City of Vicksburg June 7.

Mayfield will join incumbent Mayor Laurence Leyens and incumbent South Ward Alderman Sid Beauman in taking oaths of office at 5:30 p.m. July 1 and will take office July 4.

“We have made some historic and serious decisions,” Mayfield said of his tenure on the board as he officially told fellow supervisors he planned to resign from the board as of 5 p.m. June 30.

“We have butted heads, but that has been just business,” Mayfield continued, pointing out board members he has served with have always been congenial.

Mayfield said he is proud of accomplishments as a supervisor, including the policy to promote county employees from inside the system. “I have been pleased with their service,” he said.

He also went on to thank the voters of District 2 who voted to put him in office three times.

Mayfield’s resignation sets the process in motion to pick his successor.

At the board’s official meeting July 5, it will officially notify the Warren County Election Commission a special election has been called for Nov. 8.

At the same meeting, supervisors will officially authorize Chancery Clerk Dot McGee to place an advertisement in The Vicksburg Post inviting applicants for the temporary appointment to file an application in the form of a resume with McGee’s office by 5 p.m. July 12. Those interested must be registered voters and residents of the district.

The four supervisors said they will narrow the applications to four or five and call those people in for face-to-face interviews. They hope to have replacement seated by the board’s first meeting in August.

The person picked by the board will serve until the special election is certified. The winner of the special election will take office with the certification of the election and serve the remaining time on Mayfield’s term, a little more than two years.

Mayfield defeated incumbent Gertrude Young in the Democratic Primary and two independents in the general election.