Mayor George Flaggs Jr. is looking to the public for help setting his future goals for the city.

He said Monday he will hold the first of five community meetings across the city 6 p.m. June 25 at the Kings Community Center. The announcement came at the start of the meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. He said later the second meeting would be either at the YMCA on East Clay Street or at the Vicksburg Housing Authority.

“I’m going to hold one meeting a month for five months,” he said.

“I want to find out how you (residents) want the city to work for you,” he said. “I’m going to take all the questions and all the answers as related to what you want me to do as mayor of this city to move the city forward for the next two years.”

Flaggs said after the meeting he wants to get ideas from residents about moving the city ahead as he and the board enters its third year in office.

“I will take any questions on any position I’ve taken in the past,” he said. “I just believe in transparency. If the people want me to set the city of Vicksburg on top of the Mississippi River, I’m going to try and do my best. All I have is my desire to make Vicksburg the best city it can be. I’m going to leave it better than I found it.”

The meetings mark the fourth time Flaggs has held a public meeting with residents to get their opinions on issues facing the city.

In January, Flaggs met with residents at the City Hall Annex in a live televised meeting to discuss his plans for the city and take questions about city operations. In April, he held a public meeting on the proposed sports complex for the city in which the city’s Fisher Ferry property was discussed as a possible site for the complex.

On May 21, Flaggs discussed his plans to amend the city charter and June 8 opened a city work session to the public for the board’s discussion on the charter.