Dear creator and creator of all in whom we find our strength, grant us wisdom to take the right measure of time to listen intently, learn the issues that affect our coastal community, and wisely steward our national natural resources that we call home.

May we balance progress with preservation, and may our decisions honor the people who live here, the visitors who come to share in our bounty and the lands and waters that sustain us.

Bless our council as stewards of Biloxi's future, guide our conversations with humility, patience, and integrity, protect our shorelines and ecosystems, and nurture hospitality that welcomes countless visitors with safety and respect and gratitude.

In unity, we strive to serve the common good.

Amen.

Amen.

And to the republic.

All right.

So it will require a verbal vote for every measure that we vote on tonight.

All right.

Do we need a motion to suspend the rules?

I'll make that motion.

Second.

All right.

Made by Mr.

Tisdale, seconded by Mr.

Creel.

Any discussion?

No.

All in favor?

We got a vote by the voice.

Yeah, boy.

That's right.

All in favor.

No, all in favor?

Wayne, start us off.

Well, voice vote.

Voice vote.

Oh.

Yep.

Yes.

State your name and then your Gray, yes.

Okay, thank you.

Marshal, yes.

Mike, yes.

Glad and yes.

Creer, yes.

Tisdale, yes.

Shoemaker, yes.

All right.

The clerk would read the revisions.

To the consent agenda, we are substituting item 5e resolution confirming and approving the oath oath of office for Dylan Davis.

Deputy Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Biloxi, Mississippi, and correlated purposes.

Need a motion to approve the agenda as amended.

So moved.

Got a motion by Mr.

Tisdale.

We have a second by Mr.

Creel.

Any discussion.

None on my gotta take the votes.

Mr.

Gray, you start us off.

Gray, yes.

Marshall, yes.

Nail, yes.

Gladvin, yes.

Career, yes.

Tisdale, yes.

Shoemaker, yes.

All right, let the record show it pass unanimous.

We'll get into the presentation agenda.

Mayor's report.

Yeah, thank you, Mr.

President.

Welcome everyone to cruising week in Biloxi tomorrow and fighting early by four o'clock in the morning.

I think they'll be around.

So uh I think uh a number of uh great uh things are happening.

Uh I showed a lot of a lot of activity up and down.

So uh I would uh hope that everyone will have tomorrow's you know energy and and good time.

Um I forget let me ask you to spread the expenses of uh the Biloxi travel expense card to the minutes and uh do we give you a couple of updates.

Uh we've been in engaging with him on a number of occasions, and I think uh last week we're notified of a successful uh outcome to one extent or the other on the uh uh lighthouse pier.

Uh the 1.2 million dollars that we were uh proposing as far as as was cost was mitigate our actually uh uh driven down to 519,000 dollars.

We took the second uh fourth second appeal and we were successful in I think raising that up by 358,000.

The total amount from FEMA without mitigation is I think 873,000 in a few pennies.

Uh our next step as far as replacement of the uh the peer would be to submit a revised or mitigated uh uh peer uh design that would be uh reviewed and approved for the additional mitigation.

Uh our next step as far as replacement of the uh the peer would be to submit a revised or mitigated uh uh pier uh design that would be uh reviewed and approved for the additional mitigation so you know if we're very very very successful we would get the 850 873 thousand plus another eight hundred and seventy three thousand to do the concrete pair the flow through decking those things that we were uh asking for additional costs so we would just re replace the peer ones so at this point uh again through the engagements of of a lot of folks you know including and and still could if you get a little bit more uh uh uh uh consideration there you know through our congressional delegation uh we're gonna proceed with that as well as uh we were uh supported by the you know the the the state of Mississippi and in particular MEMA with our second appeal of our uh infrastructure Katrina infrastructure uh asked for the two for the completion of the last two parts of the project and um we'll hopefully be successful with that and there's a number of uh things going on uh in in that arena so those two things you know one real good thing we can uh you know we got additional funds it's not as much as we wanted but it's something that we can work with so our next step as far as the peer is to submit some plans revised uh the to they can review and say where they'll give us the uh eight hundred and seventy thousand plus uh a figure we hope there'll be another eight hundred and seventy thousand coupled with uh probably a couple of million to do the things we need to do to to rebuild that pair one one more one last time so uh and I think uh Rick I think that concludes my report right that concludes my report all right question real quick so would that be with the existing plans or would uh the plans that see more engineering are that's our next step is to meet with Seymour engineering in in our in our group to to you know go by the the the final design that we would submit to them it may or may be may not be with some of the bells and whistles that we talked about you know bottom line that we were hoping for 2.2 and we got one point you know seven so to speak we may be able to uh uh uh engineer uh some reduction in things but without really giving up the whole functionality of uh of the the new technology flow through decking uh concrete pairs concrete pilings and and that sort of thing that would be Dr.

Tisdale's plan B we would just go with the the plans and I be B C O Danky so that concludes my report all right thank you mayor there being no departmental reports uh we'll move to council reports Mr.

Gray first I'd like to welcome back Mr George Lawrence altered reality Bruin had a clean up from porter to Kyvet Street Mr.

Weaver attended it looked like a very good turnout did a great job just so many events we can't try to get to them all.

The skate park had a big event too Saturday looked like they had a real good uh turnout there.

October the 18th we got the armament prep still need volunteers to help us with that so um and if I get Mr.

Jamie Lee come on up can you give us update on the signs for the parks.

For the parks yes.

Um good evening council um we had a design that the mayor approved that the sign shop is now working on and they are fabricating one of those signs a prototype if you'd call it that we can put out and try to make sure we get everything correct on those parameters height things like that and then once we do get that and it's approved finally by the mayor and everything then we will begin putting those signs out at places that we do need those signs.

Let me jump in and so you know the signs you see as you exit I 110 on the Bay view that would be the shape and just you know uh reduced to six foot across or whatever in in the open space.

So that's sort of a design that we'll implement as we replace signs across the board.

Okay.

And um can we get some no alcohol beverages at at all the parks the one on Banackey they uh they sit underneath there and drinking and maybe no dogs allowed at them.

No alcohol you know and I don't know if we can do a curfew on the parks you know because the homeless has been going going in there that one and the lighthouse park you know they've they've always in there so if we can get something you know at least if there's no signs up I mean Chief Miller can give me something to work with.

So if we can get something, you know, at least if there's no signs up, I mean Chief Miller can give me something to work with.

You know, if they ain't no signs, they gonna do that.

No dogs in there because a lot of them has been going in there, putting their dogs in there and locking the gate and using it for their own kennel and it's designed.

Um we ever get anything figured out on the on that little walkway for um Anakie Park, the Hornsby Park.

No, sir, but we will check it out and give you an update very soon.

Okay, yeah, we get that.

And is Miss Labata here.

Oh, okay.

All right.

Um, that's that's all I have for now till she comes back.

All right, thank you, Mr.

Gray, Mr.

Marshall.

I'm sorry, what come back to me.

Come back to you, okay.

Mr.

Mr.

Nail.

Okay.

Uh Jamie, I was gonna ask you something.

Um the update on the um bathrooms at Hill of Park.

Uh we recently met with a contractor to look at the replacement of the roof at the one by the basketball courts.

I'm just awaiting for that quote to come back.

Um, because of course, before we start investigating, fixing the insides, we want to make sure that we have the roof fixed.

And as soon as we look at the options on that, then we hopefully we'll begin on the inside of the bathrooms.

Uh the structure seems to be still um pretty sound, so we think we can look at some options of just replacing the fixtures, looking at securing that um existing building that is there by the basketball courts.

We can't do that in-house.

We got to get a contractor.

Well, the roof, the roof, we there's a lot of structural uh roof damage that we will have to get replaced for that.

Yes, sir.

So that will have to be.

And look, on the frames of Wheeler Park, I think they're gone.

I don't think we have printed Hill Apart there.

I was I was talking with um with Rachel about it, and we are investigating to see if if there is anything left with there with that.

And there's a um there's actually a homeless girl living in there.

Home.

Yeah, you know where you know where the um the the trailer that's in there, the container, shipping container?

Right.

She's living under it.

Okay.

So Chief might want to check that out.

Uh yes, sir.

Oh, and then uh I was asked um engineering something.

Thank you, man.

I'll get you back.

You need your steps.

You need your steps.

Hey, I was just wanting to know on the sidewalk.

Yes, that you have what is the problem.

They they pulled off to go do some other job, uh, some other work they had going on, but I actually it's on my list.

I need to find out and get them back out there.

I mean, they they came like three times and did a little bit of work all three times.

And I I need to have a conversation with them with it once again.

And everybody tells me it's the city of Bloxy, and I'm like, we gotta get away from that's that's the way we work.

Yeah, nope, I agree completely.

I agree.

That should that job should have been done like one day forward and everything.

Yeah, one day.

I agree.

I agree.

All right, thank you.

Welcome.

Hang on, we'll just stay right there.

Oh, the yes, sir.

Oh, you know?

You got some.

No, that's Mr.

Groy, you forgot.

Okay.

All right.

Uh can you can you work on an estimate for the paving for uh Keller Avenue, Comfort Street, and Lee Street?

So we can maybe try to figure out how to find the funding, maybe start up a hot dog stand.

I mean, I don't know, something to get the money.

Where are we at on the and where we at on the road and bird repairs?

Have we looked at it any farther?

Oh uh, we haven't really looked at it any further.

Um it's we can pull up a cost estimate, do a cost estimate on that if you'd like.

Um but right now there's no funding, so we haven't really moved forward with anything.

But if you'd like a cost estimate on that, right.

That would that way in case we do happen to find some funding somewhere.

We kind of know what we're looking at, what we need to do.

I'll be glad to.

All right, thank you.

One more thing.

Can we close the meeting out on um behalf of uh Bobby Irby, um, long time Block City Woolmarket resident and uh Mr.

A Bear, hey uh Mr.

Mozai Abear, uh Marine, he just passed away battling you know different issues, but Councilman, when when the time comes to uh uh uh to recess or adjourn, we'll give you that privilege to close the meeting in their their memory.

But Councilman, when when the time comes to uh uh uh to recess or adjourn, we'll give you that privilege to close the meeting in their their memory.

All right, thank you.

Let's take out one more.

All right.

All right, on the Baldwater property.

I think that we need to write them up.

They're not paying attention to what somebody if if nobody's telling them nothing on Irish street going over the tracks, it's terrible.

And I I just don't think that um they they're talking you know, they're even trying anymore.

I mean, can we write them up?

Like we look like we do everybody in Biloxi, we write them up.

Would you ever could take a look at what violations are doable?

Jerry's probably gonna show us some pictures later on of some properties that need to be cleaned up.

They're gonna look like town green compared to Broadwater.

We'll look at it.

Okay, thank you.

Is that it?

Yep, that's it.

All right, Mr.

Creel.

Uh at this time, if if I could, if it's the proper proper time, I'd like to present a um a workshop uh for um immediately following the 130 p.m.

council meeting on the um uh 21st of October with the subject matter of meeting uh to discuss the memorandum of understanding among Harrison County, Mississippi, the city of D'Aberville, the City of Biloxi regarding Save Our Sound Coalition Fund and the financial obligations of the City of Bluxi.

So that'll be immediately following the 130 uh council meeting on the Tuesday the 21st if it if it's approved.

With no objection, we'll go ahead and schedule that meeting.

All right.

Thank you, Mr.

Creel.

You got something?

Yeah, so um the pure question is good.

Uh any update on the Sanger as far as the carpet, uh anything anything inside or any update on on that.

Yeah.

I actually emailed them today, and they're supposed to get me, they're uh gonna get with their manufacturer and get me an estimated shipping date.

She said I'll probably hear back from them tomorrow.

Okay.

On the shipping date for them.

So that's on the carpet.

And then what about the and I don't know the proper term, the things that hold the lights, uh the flywheel?

The flywheels that hold the is that anything on that.

Um the things that hang and some of the things that we're we're using as from the replacement of uh uh I mean we had some donations on some curtains as well as that's right the the uh the battens.

There's about 10 buttons that we have saved that we'll rehang.

Overall, you know, as far as the goal of the Sanger, there's something uh I think Christmas on the Avenue, we're hoping to have an event on that Saturday.

Uh I think 19th is a Friday, 20th.

But to do something if we're successful in in having carpet installed, it's that's how close we are.

But the you know, the the curtains and the battens we have in our possession, we just gotta hang them and the original uh curtains too are part of there.

Uh the the uh we've got some uh audio, I mean, actually not audio, but uh uh sound system stuff uh that we can you know put in place for that thing.

But our goal is to have something uh in December 20th, yeah.

Okay.

Perfect.

Thank you.

Uh as far as public works andor um the administration, thank you guys, man.

Pops very road looks great from uh from start to finish.

Um the easements, the sidewalks uh from from Pass Road all the way around Cedar Lake and even into uh uh up to Gay Road.

It it looks uh it looks uh amazing and great job, especially for this time of year with uh the amount of cruisers we have that are on those streets.

So thank you guys for for taking care of that.

And last but not least, uh next Tuesday is our off Tuesday, so we'll have a Ward 4 meeting at Margaret Sherry Library at uh 5 p.m.

It'll be in the same area where we vote.

Um Jerry Creel, our community development director has agreed to uh come as well as uh Superintendent Marcus Boudreau will be there to say a few words as well.

So uh look forward to seeing you there.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilman.

Mr.

Tuesday, thank you, Mr.

President.

Uh Christie, you don't need to come up.

If if you would could you work on a cost estimate for the infrastructure issues on Pine Grove Avenue, that's in the Briarfield subdivision.

And uh again, the the county has some paving dollars available, and there's been a lot of trench work done with apartment complexes, short-term all that stuff.

So anyway, if you could give me some idea of what that cost would be, and uh because that's that's gonna have to be taken care of before we pave anything out there.

And the second thing is uh for all of you who received an email from me, my FEMA is not broken.

Thoughts and prayers, thank you.

Apparently they work, but my FEMA is not broken.

I will say I'm terribly disappointed in that scam that they were only asking you to send in two 100 Apple gift cards from Amazon.

I thought I was worth more, but on the open market, apparently not.

But since everything's relative, I don't I don't know what these guys are worth.

They may be worth 50 or 100 bucks, but uh I received the number of calls and text and uh how many gift cards?

Thank you for all of that.

I'm not telling anyway.

Uh just wanted to get that out there.

That concludes my report.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Tearsdale.

Mr.

Shoemaker.

Uh yeah, could you come back to me, please?

No, I'm just kidding.

I was ready to have to do it.

Oh, so ready.

28th October at 6 p.m.

It's a Tuesday night.

We're gonna have our annual talker treat at the Eagle Point Park.

So hopefully attendance will be up a little bit this year.

It was down a little bit for the trunks last year, so hopefully we can get some more volunteers to come out and hand out candy.

And on November 13th at 6 p.m.

at the Woolmarket City Center, I'll be having a ward seven uh board uh board seven ward meeting at uh again six p.m.

on November 13th.

And that's all I have.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilman.

All right, Mr.

Marshall.

All right.

Uh Jamie.

Yes, sir.

Okay, on the um Henry Bank Park, I noticed that the guys are out there um can't be beat fence, we're doing the fencing.

Uh came out pretty good.

Um we're looking at the gates.

Do we have an idea when you're gonna do the gate fixed?

We got one gate fixed without the other gates.

The other gate I will want to say is located at Hiller Park.

We removed it when it was damaged and put it there, so we'll look and see what it would take to get that other gate back on there.

Okay, you have a time frame.

Couple weeks.

Okay.

All right.

Oh man, uh getting the park so we can close it, lock the gates.

Do you have a plan we can walk through and show me how you plan to do that?

Yes, sir.

Okay.

I like to be able to schedule that so we'll know.

I have citizens that are concerned.

Uh we do know that the uh the park rules are we have a closing time and things like that.

We want to make sure that uh not just saying we're closed, but we want to lock the gates on that park.

Um signs are going, we do need signs that are they're gonna be saying no smoking and uh no drinking, no alcoholic beverages rather, and uh gonna need the dog signs.

I want to go on and get them up as soon as possible.

The reason why I'm doing that because come January, I'm gonna be working with you and the police department to start enforcing the rules of that park.

Um basically, you know, having the laws, having the rules there and not enforce them didn't really doesn't really help.

But I'm talking to people as I walk through the parks, letting them know that come January, you know, they're gonna have to be no that these um these ATs are no longer be tolerated.

Uh I think they just forgot.

Oh, I appreciate you getting the fence up and everything.

Appreciate you, Mr.

Weaver getting the fences up and everything.

And the parks, the guys be working pretty good on cleaning and everything.

It's just a matter, you know, it's not their fault.

You know, they're they clean, come at do the same thing again.

Uh also remind the guys when they're cleaning anything that doesn't is not attached to that park, take it with them.

Like yes, this morning, it was boots.

Somebody left just took the boots off.

Um any clothing aisles that they find, take it with them.

Anything that's not attached to the park, take it with them, furniture, whatever.

Take it away.

All right, thank you.

Uh Mr.

Mayor.

Uh the thing of theater, did you get I was trying to hear, I didn't, I don't know.

I probably misunderstood, I didn't hear it.

Did you give a time when we could start booking the singer theater?

No, I didn't give you time.

Uh we're hopeful that uh the first event, which would be uh uh a uh Christmas related kind of video, uh will be uh you know, first opportunity to walk into a Sanger that has uh you know most of the bells are whistled.

No, I did not get a time to start booking it again.

Do you have a time maybe?

No, not at this point.

We're examining what some of the patch that we've explored together on on as supported before with regard to vendors and and uh booking not only the Sanger, but some of the other uh venues that we have.

Bate um uh Mr.

Greg uh named out several streets in his ward that need to be paved um before I go through the trouble with naming other streets in my ward I just want to make sure I heard you clearly when you stated what is is there any do we have money for paving roads uh not so that is a no okay so hopefully some our internet use tax money will be coming in soon um I'll be able to I think you do have a published list at this point on who as far as the list we had as we ended the last year you still have that list that you can go out to them these are the things that are on the radar not that there's a you know there's ability to uh prioritize and and uh give each ward uh uh each council person to uh say this is you know number one number two maybe revise the the the sequence of events should the money pop up and uh be allocated uh at least understand that this is top to the bottom we we can provide that list to everybody at least the last uh iterations of that we just updated uh not that long ago when do we do the uh uh uh contract again for uh paving to be redone okay so I mean within the next two months okay and that that uh that I think it winds up with a X amount of tons of uh asphalt that they would put in place so you know if the budget says how many tons did we do?

Two thousand tons I don't remember off the top of my head how much so I think we kind of have an idea of what it would take the bid we're asking these vendors they come up with the best price so they can install X amount of thousands but I think it's two or three thousand tons uh and you know you can do the arithmetic I think four inches time the the feet times uh a factor uh uh what whatever type of uh uh asphalt because they are different options on that so it's it's a matrix that we would uh and we would put together but at least get the the the list of what where we are what was requested in prior year or years on on where we are and then we can update that list and then we'll work it down.

Mr.

Vite the question was do we have funds for paving these roads he just mentioned and the roles that I want to talk about too not at this time no sir.

No that conclude your report that conclude your report does that conclude your report yes sir all right thank you sir all right I got a few things uh first I also want to acknowledge uh my my former colleague on the council George Lawrence he's looking so much happier these days big smile on his face he's more up in his step uh you look pretty good you look pretty good there uh councilman lawrence uh good to see you um want to report happy to report this past weekend we had another 70 team uh baseball event uh I was out there both Saturday and Sunday despite the rain we got most of the tournament in uh and it was just really really good to see all those cars filling up the parking lot and all the teams that were from Florida Alabama Mississippi uh Louisiana uh it just good it's a good thing.

Um Jamie I'm gonna ask you a couple of questions if you don't mind because I know uh just over a week ago uh you provided some uh statistics to all the council members that you had a similar tournament and according to the numbers from coast of Mississippi it generated four or five million dollars is that correct is that the numbers that you saw that was yes sir and we had participants they said somewhere around six thousand seven thousand we don't six to sixty five six six to five hundred six thousand five hundred games I would guess this tournament this past weekend was as as uh successful as the uh previous one yeah yes sir well it goes to show you in the past if we would have had the amount of rain that we had uh on Sunday that tournament would have been canceled those everybody would have been going home early and so the investment we made in our youth in our parks uh is certainly uh giving the rate of return that we we expect thank you Jamie yes um also I don't know if I could get this I'm but I'm I'm gonna request it from the administration uh what is the commercial water rate uh for like Sherwood trailer park do we have that information can I get it what is it the commercial uh the water rate per thousand gallons or whatever they charge if I can get that they just want to compare their bill because there was uh there was a discrepancy in our previous year or previous couple years where they got audited and they had to pay a little bit of money to because they were charged the wrong rate.

What is it?

The commercial uh the water rate per thousand gallons or whatever they charge.

If I can get that, they just want to compare their bill because there was uh there was a discrepancy in our previous year or previous couple years where they got audited and they had to pay a little bit of money to because they were charged the wrong rate.

They're concerned, they they think that they're paying about the same and they just don't want to get a surprise at the end of the year or another audit.

So I just want to compare that to their bill.

The other thing they reported is that they tried to pay their bill online.

We use a service to allow folks to pay their bill online.

Not at this point, but they there can be a draft hit your sign up for a draft.

And the problem they ran into with that is the water bill is too high.

They said they won't accept the draft because what they're paying uh exceeds, I guess, one of their limits.

Is anybody aware of that?

I'm not aware of it.

They don't want to accept your money because you're trying to pay them too much.

I'm not aware of it, but what we are doing investigating some some and there's some some uh mechanism that our uh supplier Munis uh uh Tyler Technology has uh a very specific set of interfaces that we have to it's not like getting PayPal to do the things that you know if you want to pay it you with your check and PayPal and no uh percentage of of like you would have credit card.

Sure.

We are investigating that it's gonna take some you know effort from Tyler.

Uh Rachel's not here today, is she?

Uh well we can give you an update on it.

Okay, there's something we're looking at that would make things easier.

Much like I think the uh the Powell Company, Mississippi Powell has a very graceful interface to to pay you know a whole sequence of things and and uh uh without a lot of you know uh uh rigamoro.

Sure.

But uh again, there is a challenge with our uh our software company that provides utility billing and the ability to interface with uh the third party uh payers.

Well, I'm just I'm just reporting it so y'all can investigate it further.

She did say, however, she could go down to the water company and pay your pay them with a check or whatever, and but she likes the convenience of doing that from home.

Yeah.

All right.

Um public works.

I'm also gonna shout out not only for the uh great work that y'all did along Pops Ferry Road, but also along Hudson Cron, old Highway 67, and and of course Cedar Lake.

Uh there's a misnomer, I think.

Certainly we make a big push uh as cruising the coast comes to town, but I I try my best when I see them out and about throughout the year.

I mean, I look look back, there were some posts in June and July that I posted and earlier where Public Works was out there in the middle of the heat and they were doing their job as well.

Um I understand there's some exciting things.

I'm not gonna steal uh the administration's thunder, but I understand we got some things coming down the pike that are pretty exciting as it relates to public works, and we'll hear about that later.

Cruising the coast, you hear those uh engines rubbing out uh uh outside this morning.

Um I got a report there were 9,000 cars registered.

I just got a text uh literally two minutes ago from Woody Bailey.

Uh he said there's over 9,500 cars that are registered.

I think the the record is just over 10,000.

So we may be uh on track for a record.

We'll see.

Um, I'd like to ask uh my colleague uh when we adjourned today if you could add Roland Weeks.

Uh he lived in Biloxi along with his uh wife, he's a longtime publisher of what eventually became the Sun Herald.

It was the Sun, it was a morning newspaper, and it was the Daily Herald, which was the other counterpart to it, and then uh they combined it later and became uh the Sun Herald.

All right, the last thing I got.

I attended a public uh a public meeting with the Sound uh coalition to hear updates and significant progress uh with the efforts that we've been making over the last several years.

I I appreciate my colleague uh Councilman Creel for calling for a workshop to do uh a little bit more deeper study in this.

Um Councilman Creel also is championing uh the new beautification commission, and I applaud him for that and and his vision for it.

I I feel like I've championed the Sound Coalition on many fronts.

On tourism uh with the Mississippi Hotel and Lodging Association with my friends in the seafood industry.

I grew up on Oak Street, and I didn't have blisters on my hands, I had calluses on my hands, working in that trial shop, making those nets, repairing the nets uh for those shrimpers and fishermen along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

I also used to go when I was a little kid with my my father down in Plackman's Parish, uh down in Terrabone, down in all those uh Louisiana parts, and he'd bring them a ruler with our name on it and our information, our address and phone number, and he would talk their language.

He could talk their language with the best of them and develop some uh strong relationships.

And you know, it doesn't break my femur, but it certainly breaks my heart to see uh the erosion uh of the seafood industry and our fishermen uh when we used to have thousands of fishermen come to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and now we just got a handful.

And I and I only say that um for a couple reasons.

I was disturbed by the uh WLX uh jumping out there, and I I believe it was misinformation.

They they made it sound like we were uh allocating or expensive 250,000 a year.

That is incorrect.

We have a restricted fund for the Save Our Sound Coalition that we've put 250,000 in, and they're able to, and that's an agreement with Harrison County, the Iberville is participating, and it's an agreement that they can draw from that account.

And um, they've never drawn, it's about a hundred thousand is the most, I believe, right at a hundred thousand in any given year that they they've uh that we've expensed from that account.

I got some points I'm gonna just read off in a minute.

Um it was also reported that we budgeted 500,000 in overtime for the police department.

That's not entirely true.

We budgeted 787,000 in overtime for the uh police department.

But that's the reason that we're having this workshop is to get all the facts clear and uh have some clarity, and and I hope my colleagues will look at all the information, because I don't know how many meetings y'all have been to, how many Save Our Sound Coalition meetings that y'all have been to.

I know uh Councilman uh Tisdale's been to a handful, but I don't know how many that y'all have been to to see the work that this coalition has done.

Two thousand nineteen, two thousand twenty, they opened the spillway twice in one year.

That that has never ever been done.

And I I think I asked one of my council members in one of our uh previous meetings, did he know how many hundreds of gallons or hundreds of thousands of gallons or how many millions of gallons?

And I it was just kind of a test.

It wasn't millions of gallons in those two years.

The first opening, it was 10 trillion gallons of polluted river water that came into our Mississippi Sound, and we know what the effects are were.

It devastated our oysters, it devastated the marine life, it devastated the shrimping and crabbing industry, and the tourism industry.

At the peak of the summer, we were dropping occupancies in the 40% uh range, and and I hope Linda Hornsby, our executive director, will come to our workshop and she can kind of give you those numbers.

And that doesn't just affect those owners uh that have a stake in it.

It affects those waitresses, it affects those desk clerks, those housekeepers, uh, everybody that depends on tourism and the related uh businesses uh, you know, that that depend on our tourism industry.

What else happened?

Beaches were closed.

You had signs on the beach saying beaches closed because of what?

Because of algae blooms.

And the psychological uh damage that that did is irreparable.

So I only say this, and I'm gonna spend a little time on it because I know without Biloxi's leadership, without Bilexi's leadership, who was affected and impacted probably more than any other coastal city along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

I don't think I think you would have seen the uh spillway opened again.

We be we came within inches this past year.

They were projecting, in fact, they were in the media, they were saying that they anticipated the Mississippi River to exceed uh the height and that they were gonna have to open those uh spillways again, but they didn't.

They were within inches.

In the past, it was only their projection, it would be two and a half feet from from the flood stage.

They'd go ahead and open it because they said they anticipated it, that it was going to be so much flood water that they needed to do it.

They've paused this time within inches.

So I hate to see how it would have affected this week when we were in the middle of a cruising the coast, what it would have looked like if they would have opened the spillway and it would have affected us like in 2019 and 2020.

We have reports that all the oysters are coming back.

They're coming back.

It's it's been one of the banner years where they're projecting we're gonna be able to have a great oyster harvest.

They would have opened that spillway, we wouldn't be having an oyster season this year.

So, you know, I spent some time this weekend, and I'm about to wrap this up, and I apologize for the time, but we hey that's nothing for these meetings.

They usually last about three hours anyway.

Um spent some time, I had about 50 or 60 points.

I actually trimmed it down a little bit.

It's about 19 or 20.

But Biloxi should be proud of our contribution to the advocate advocacy it has supported thus far with the Mississippi Sound Coalition.

They've gotten some real results that I want to remind everyone here.

The coalition won a major lawsuit for Biloxi in Harrison County against the U.S.

Corps of Engineers that in effect has a now listening to our concerns, whereas they wouldn't even talk to us before.

And again, all these meetings.

I attended meetings in Baton Rouge.

I intended meetings in Plackman's Parish, Bay St.

Louis, Long Beach, Pass Christian, M.

Biloxi, DMR building, Gulfport, and in Jackson, Mississippi, and even in Vicksburg.

So I'm going to continue and try to wrap this thing up.

And I'm so passionate about the work that these good people have done.

And the they've actually got a grant, and I'm going to talk about uh the effect of a grant that they were able to secure.

Coalition wrote a lengthy objection to the application of the Corps of Engineers permit that Louisiana's Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority had applied for to build the mid-Breton Sound diversion that would have dumped millions of gallons more in the Mississippi River and into our systems.

They were wanting to do the diversion so they could develop land so they could commercially develop it so they could get rich.

The Coast Coalition stopped that.

This is a huge win.

It would be a step backwards, and we would not be prudent.

It wouldn't be prudent for us now to be perceived as not supporting this effort.

Our support enabled the coalition to write applications and obtain from Mississippi's legislator a GO Mesa grant.

Did y'all know that?

Did y'all know that we were able to write you use this uh coalition effort to write a grant, a Go Mesa grant?

You know what that grant was?

It was over a million dollars for scientific studies to educate and inform the Corps on what really is happening to our sound and how to change the way they use the Morganza and the Bonnie uh Carrie Still spillways.

The grant is also funding a contract that the coalition entered into to install the first ever, first ever water quality gauge at the Wigaleys.

Y'all know where the rigales is?

No.

Some of y'all do.

That's right before it gets here into the sound, the wriggle is that's where all that water comes in uh Lake Ponson train and then empties into uh the Mississippi Sound.

Anyway, uh the grant work also helped to jump start communications, including getting broad national media attention, database building, and the website.

Y'all been to the website?

Have y'all been on the website?

Save our sound website.

Let me give it to you.

You ought to do some homework in advance of this meeting on the on the 21st.

The website is Save Our Sound Mississippi.org.

If you haven't gone to it, please do.

Every everything is there.

It accumulates information daily and is now a valuable resource to all things related to this issue.

All due in part to Biloxi's contribution to this effort.

And the latest result of the advocacy, the the coalition drafted and presented to Congress a proposed congressional bill that will elevate this problem to the national level.

Anyone heard of the Northern Gulf Estuary Protection Act?

Y'all heard about it?

It's a 33-page act.

Advise you to try to go get a copy of it.

If you want to get see what the work that we're doing with the Coast uh Coalition.

The Act will protect Louisiana, Mississippi, and Louise and Alabama's seafood and tourism industries from harmful polluted Mississippi River water.

It would take a holistic approach to managing the massive 31 state Mississippi River basin.

In case some don't know the mechanics of our contribution, Biloxi has an agreement with Harrison County along with the Ivorville to help fund this work.

The coalition is actively working to recruit participation from other cities.

And in fact, all of us, every one of us here, if we're real serious about making a difference, should reach out to our counterparts in other cities and enlist their help in this important effort.

Have y'all done that?

Y'all reached out to our counterparts and told them how important this is.

Bloxy's willing to take the lead, but we need you to help us.

By the way, this is a fight.

It's a fight for our way of life, our seafood industry, our tourism industry, and our boating and recreation in the sound.

Another opening like this in 2019 would once again kill the oyster industry, cause tourists to run to other states, like they did the last time it was opened this way.

And I'm sure y'all have been out to the islands.

Anybody been out to the islands, Horn Island, Ship Island?

Anybody been out?

No, I've seen the pictures on Facebook.

Don't smile, Wayne.

I've seen you out there.

It's beautiful, isn't it?

Talk to Captain Lewis Scametta.

Talk to him when the spillway isn't open.

You got beautiful water out there, crystal clear water, pristine water that people just uh you you're so grateful.

Where why would you go anywhere else?

The spillway opens again, you won't see it that way.

It's plain and simple math.

We talk about math on the budget and everything, but if all those things happen again and the flooding was one foot or one inch away, the effects on uh Biloxi's pocketbook, the seafood industry and the tourists that provide taxes to the Mississippi desperately needs uh will go away.

This is a return on our investment.

It's not just a feel-good environmental issue, it's far from it.

Biloxi is a leader, whether people think so or not.

And we need to remain at the forefront in investing in this vital lifeline to our livelihoods.

It's been said that this is a David and Goliath issue, and we've hit Goliath right between the eyes at least a couple of times with some uh successful litigation.

That concludes my report.

I have one thing to say on this.

It's not it's not that we just want as a councilman, I'm sure we can all agree, we just want everybody else to pay their fair share.

We don't, you know, we pay so much at it whenever we're struggling to get roads paved and things paved.

It's just that we want Long Beach, Pash Hersham, Waveland, we need past Gulch Springs.

All of them should be paying their fair share.

Let's go talk to them.

Let's go talk to them.

But you can let's not stop this right now and come so far.

I mean, we're we're putting 250,000 in it, and they're not putting anything in it.

You know, Dowville's putting some hats off to them.

At least they put in some and not nothing.

We got a hundred million dollar Gold Mesa grant out of these efforts to be able to get the scientific data to get the core engineers over in Louisiana that never looked our way ever.

Right.

They just opened those, they opened them up.

They didn't they didn't care what Mississippi said.

They do now.

They do now.

They do, but they're also benefiting from the Go Mesa grants and all that stuff.

So they can afford, I mean, if they put 25,000 in there, and we wouldn't have to put as much in there.

That'd be a help for us.

Let's go talk to them, Wayne.

I I agree.

Let's reduce our amount.

I'm I'm look, I'm serious.

I'm saying don't eliminate it.

So so we bring the number down.

I don't know what that number is, 150, but you know, whatever it is.

And let's go talk to our counterparts.

Have we done that?

Question.

Question.

Just real quick, just a point of order.

Is Council comments, question answers, or is it is it council comments, first of all.

Second of all, this is what we call for the workshop, so you could you could use that at the workshop.

I understand your passion.

We're all passionate about the mission of Save Our Sound.

What we're not passionate about is us being under the financial obligations that we're currently under.

That's that's it.

We're not questioning the work that they do.

We're not asking them to stop doing the work they do.

We applaud their efforts.

Every one of us up here do.

None of us are saying that we want that coalition to end.

What we're saying is based on our budget deficit or shortfall, based on our budget and where we are, we're asking for assistance.

And if you read the ordinance, which I'm sure you have, it states other public and private entities will step up to provide funding.

I haven't never seen another.

I don't even know what the zip code is because it doesn't exist.

Right now, we're the ones that are under the financial obligations with the county and city of Diaborville.

I'm not questioning the efforts of the count town coalition.

I'm not questioning your passion.

What I'm questioning is is there a way for us to simply revisit, reassess our financial obligation.

The financial obligations that we're under right now was put in place with the previous council.

It's only fair for the four new members of this council to be able to sit down in a workshop and reassess and revisit what you guys put in place many years ago.

Simple as that.

You asked me a question, so I'm going to try to answer it.

Well, my question was is council comments question and answers, or is it comment?

I'm trying to answer that.

So each councilman has a council report.

You can speak on any subject that you want.

If you want to ask that uh councilman a question during his uh council report, we've allowed that.

We've done it when the mayor uh gives his report, we've we've done it when the councilman gives his report.

So yes, it is allowed.

And yes, despite a workshop being called, if you have the passion and if you have the knowledge and you want to share that during your council report, you do have the right to do that, and you should do it.

You know, so to answer your question, yes, you you have a council report to give.

I have a council report to give, and you can give it.

We've seen it.

We've we've seen the passion from uh Mr.

Marshall, we've seen the passion from all of us up here.

But I'm when I see some stuff get into the media.

Before we have a workshop, I thought I'd set this the record straight tonight a little bit, because again, six years ago, that spillway was open.

And we've been holding these meetings with the Coast Coalition, and I have the only one up here that I've seen at those meetings have been uh Mr.

Tisdale.

I've seen people local fishermen, I've seen the tourism industry, I've seen the chamber members, I've seen other cities, and I and again, like I stated, if we think other people, let's go talk to them.

If you want to reduce it, uh I didn't say let's not reduce it.

We didn't know what amount was the appropriate amount when we uh discussed, and we established an account.

But we don't pay 250,000 a year to the uh Coast Co uh coalition.

We don't do that.

I didn't say you did, but it's out there and it was uh reported in the media, and when it gets out there, then people think that that we're paying 250,000 to uh the Coast Coalition to to the attorneys.

And that's why I sat down and I outlined a lot of stuff, and this was actually not a lot of stuff.

This is just uh uh probably a tip of the iceberg of the work that they do.

Talk to Moby uh Salange, talk to Mississippi State who's done the studies, talk to the scientists and talk to the legislators that are getting involved.

We got letters that are coming from the Corps of Engineers thanking us for our work.

Never been done before.

They ignored us.

And we got more work to do because again, if they think it's not important to us and they and and they can do anything they want, we're not gonna stand in their way, then they'll go ahead and open it up again.

So anyway, uh I'm concluding my report for a second time.

All right.

Wait.

Wait a minute.

I want the I want the agenda to reflect that Marsha was not involved in any of that.

Thank you.

Well, let me try a third time at this thing.

I I've I've spoken to some of our local fishermen, and they have agreed.

I think I may have even reported it at one of my previous uh uh my previous uh council reports.

They want to take you guys out on a on a working shrimp boat.

I don't know how many will go.

I don't know how many will be uh step on a boat and and see the see what the life of a fisherman is on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

But I hope when that day comes soon that y'all step on that boat and see see what a working shrimp boat looks like.

I'll stop working on a shrimp boat when I was 10 years old.

I know what it is.

All right.

Well, I'll take you up on that.

They may hire you.

Um we'll move on to, and I apologize for the length uh of all this stuff, but we'll move on to the public agenda.

What you got?

For the sake of all those in attendance here.

Uh Mr.

and Ms.

Martin concerning item four A on the agenda, have expressed a desire to withdraw their application and would like to speak first if y'all would give them the opportunity to do that.

With with no objection, uh I'd like to move to the policy agenda and item 4A.

So they they would leave citizen comments.

What's that?

I think you're saying to give them the first citizen comment.

Oh, the first citizen comment.

Okay.

All right.

We'll uh now open it up to public comment, citizens' comments.

We have a total of a lot of time, 45 minutes.

You have three minutes.

Speak on any uh topic that you want to.

This is not question and answer on the citizens' comments uh section of our agenda.

Easy.

All right.

State your name, address for the record.

My name is Jared Martin.

I live at 13813 of the College Street.

Uh hold up, sir.

Your microphone's not registering.

Okay.

That again.

My name is Jared Martin.

I live at 13813 of Collins Street, Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

I'm representing our property at 287 Iroquois.

Um just like to state that we feel our application that we've followed all the processes in place within the city, the guidelines through the improvement strategy plan for construction or East Beluxy, the whole deal.

Um, but at this time we would like to request to withdraw for tonight with the ability to resubmit at a later date after we take a look and try to readdress some of the issues that seem to be an issue.

All right.

Anyone have any objection to him withdrawing the application tonight?

Director, you have any objection?

Council members, y'all have any objection for him withdrawing make make a motion.

What's that?

All right, when we get to it, we'll take the appropriate all right.

We'll take your advice under consideration when we get to the item.

We'll we'll consider tabling it or or withdrawing it.

Okay.

Okay.

Thank you.

All right, you're welcome.

All right.

Anyone on my left, your right?

Come on up.

Get to you next.

Right fast, Mr.

Sebastira.

Write fast.

Uh that's true on game.

Uh somebody has mentioned it.

Uh do you have showing everything?

Over the last two years, I've got to wait.

I suppose we're uh there's money.

It was checking out.

A lot of people looking at a lot of us.

Um pass goes back.

Sorry.

One of them was a domino struck, the other one when he put they were going very slow, and I was trying to figure out what they were doing, and they were trying not to damage their vehicles and trees hit the roof.

That was mainly from that just past uh where the Chip-fil A was gonna be and up towards maybe Iris.

But if you look actually we're hitting the top of the trucks, so comment, but probably don't want to.

Thank you, everybody.

And I appreciate the new council minutes.

Different view.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Sebastian.

Yes, sir.

Um I name is Ben Reder.

This is 2814 Avenue.

Um actually live in St.

Louis.

The last three months I've had the pleasure of visiting.

I've come down a week of some.

And from where can I live on the way out of ISIS?

In my visits to this group, at an incredible time, local me once or twice.

Uh my job is as a business consultant.

Hired me recently, help her now, it's from that.

I work with a lot of investors national.

And thank you for sharing some of the challenges you face here.

Um as I went to visit the league in this seat, they have owners like Dr.

J, Lamarck Jackson, Tucker, and in their horse racing league, they've got teams actually.

That's the new team.

After one trip down here, I guess.

Um I did not come to pitch that.

I can't do myself.

And not just discuss that.

I see what I got my hands full.

Um Chris just like the best I have seen.

And this opportunity some of my business people from the midwest out here for business.

And I it is it is undervalued national.

So we want to come back.

Listening to the challenges that you shared with me.

I've got some ideas.

Um just put is I I managed to watch uh you actually.

If I can be a value as a community, my business at work individually with the teacher.

I want to be a resource.

I'll continue my work with my client, I'll turn.

But I've got so much more.

I say I'm gonna ring the time to this week.

Thank you for that.

Okay.

Anyone else on my left, your right?

Raise your hand to be recognized if you want to come up and talk.

Anyone on my right, your left?

Anyone on this side of the room?

Anyone in the back of the room, raise your hand to be recognized.

Yes, sir.

I was here to do with some other issues, but it looks like it's been taken off the uh table, so it's been withdrawn uh the item of the agenda.

But I did want I did it before the meeting publicly name, sir.

Oh, I'm sorry, Mariana Barbier.

Um, I'm gonna turn it here on the coast.

I represent the county sheriff's department, and I want to give this shout out to Chief Miller.

Uh yeah, sir.

Name and address, address.

Uh B 2701 24th Avenue.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um I understand that Chief is retiring, and uh, I have interacted with Chief for the last 10 years representing Harris County Sheriff's Office.

Let you all know that how well respected he is within the law enforcement community here on the coast.

He has certainly made below proud.

And uh I told him privately, but I think he deserves to have that shout-out done publicly.

So thank you, Mr.

Thank you.

Did I miss anyone?

Anyone else uh have second thoughts they want to come up and talk about any subject on your mind?

There being none.

Uh citizen comments is now closed.

Move on to the policy agenda.

Ordnance to approve a zoning map amendment for the change in zoning district classification for a parcel of land from its present zoning of RS5 high density single family residential to LB limited business identified as 287 Iroquois Street.

This was motioned by Councilman Creel.

It was seconded by Councilman Shoemaker.

There's been uh is this the one that they want to remove?

Councilman Creel.

If it's appropriate time, I'd like to make the motion to withdraw this uh item.

Is that the appropriate correct to withdraw?

Okay.

Do we need a second?

Yes.

So would it be a shoemaker?

Shoemaker uh we need to do it by vote.

So you make it.

Yes, sir.

Shoemaker will second.

Second, okay.

Quick question just to clarify the withdrawal based on the applicant.

It they they've requested it to be withdrawn.

It's not something the council is doing based on applicant requests, we're withdrawing it all.

Okay.

It's withdrawn.

If it if it's comes back at a later time, I believe they would start the process first.

Okay.

Perfect.

All right.

We'll we'll take the votes on the recommendation to withdraw.

Motion withdrawal.

Gray, yes.

Motion to withdraw, yeah.

Gray, yes.

Neil, yes.

Glad in yes.

Creel, yes.

Tisdale, yes.

Shoemaker, yes.

All right.

Sounds like 6-0.

Move on to the resolutions.

Resolution dedicating the point cadet plaza pavilion in honor of George W.

Lawrence.

Chair and attain a motion.

So moved.

Moved by Mr.

Creel.

Second.

Second by Mr.

Gray.

Discussion, Mr.

Creel.

Well, if I could call Mr.

George up real quick and uh just that way we can all get a look at him and get a couple words in and know.

Listen, the guy he grew up in the area.

Um he lived on that corner for a long time.

I believe he was got married around 1962, if I'm not mistaken.

Um so he's he's been he's he's an old-timer been in that neighborhood on that corner for as long as I've known him.

Uh many festivals, many fado does.

Uh he and Miss Georgia were down there uh cutting a rug.

So uh it it it couldn't be more fitting than to uh bring him back home and uh dedicate this uh pavilion.

It'll be point cadet plaza, George Lawrence Pavilion, and uh I couldn't be more humbled than to uh bring that up.

Just don't talk us out of it with me.

I was sitting back there and thinking 24 years ago, the young lady on the side of me said, How do you feel sitting on this side of the counter?

David Fayard and I got elected in 2001.

We went to a couple meetings in June.

I sure like sitting on that side looking this way, but you can hear way better.

Back there, hopefully.

I thought you were gonna get the phones fixed.

I mean and the ball on my 100 app of card back.

Yeah, you went there.

You're not gonna use it.

Anyway, the the council.

Thank you.

It's a great honor.

As a former councilman, uh would have said accept this honor because it goes with me and all the people in the city of Bloxy, all the people in Lord One.

Takes a lot of people to get anything done.

Not just one, it's all of it.

I'm sitting around here.

The only person was here when I was got elected in 2001 was uh Chief Miller, who back then ran the drugs and prostitution.

Not legally, who is after a whole bunch of them, right?

Oh, munch in jail, but that was I got started.

He's the only one.

Some of them not even here anymore.

But it's as far as an honor like this.

Um I really do.

Makes me feel good.

Uh started on the that uh pavilion and 1959 stationed in the National Guard.

That's what we did our training.

So I lived there 50 years, the CPU Museum, everything for sixty-six years.

I've never left that block.

So anyway, I can't get more appreciative than what y'all are doing for me.

Thank you.

All right, don't go anywhere.

Don't go anywhere.

Mr.

Gray, you have the floor.

Mr.

Gray.

I think he couldn't have been named after a better person.

Ms.

George Family Man, he's all about Bloxy and the point.

He's all about Bloxy and the point.

So congratulations.

Thank you.

All right.

Yeah.

Mr.

Tisdale.

George.

Excuse me.

George, I want to congratulate you.

I didn't realize you could sit in the council chambers and keep your mouth closed this long in a council meeting.

Want you to know that.

I also want to point out that we have four new council members.

And uh now Kenny's the old man on the council.

And uh, you know, everybody, but not the oldest.

Everybody.

Everybody wants to tell you what to do, but nobody wants this job.

Very few people want this job.

It takes a little bit of courage to do it.

You have to have a thick skin.

Otherwise, you cry yourself to sleep every night, and then not many crybabies up here.

Everybody's just trying to do the best they can to do that year after year.

For how many years, George?

Twenty-four.

That's a long time.

It's well deserved.

Congratulations.

Shoemaker, you got anything?

Shoemaker, you look you away.

Yeah, I just couldn't hear.

I can't hear you hardly.

You got anything to talk about, George?

Yeah, George, congratulations.

We didn't get to work together long.

But uh, really, you've been around a long time, done a great job, and uh perfect person to have your name there.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Great.

Any other comments?

I can't wait to go down there and see the sign up.

All right.

Mr.

Marshall, I'm coming back to you.

You got anything?

Mr.

Joe, I didn't get a chance to serve with you, but I've been trying to uh follow in your footsteps.

Thank you.

All right, George.

I I I lovingly nicknamed George the Godfather of the council.

He looks the part, he's Italian, he looks the part and everything.

But before I got elected, uh George lived right up the street from the Four Points by Sheridan.

I was the general manager there.

And he I got the chance to come down there and uh he'd have uh some some uh sweet tea, I think, is what he had, and uh I'd listen to him and Fayard and others uh talk about uh what's going on in the council, and then uh about a year after that uh I got elected and we had a few uh only three of us uh for the most part would have some council meetings down there.

I want to applaud again my my colleague on the count council, uh Jamie Creel.

We came up to a solution because we the first thing we were gonna do, George, we had this beautiful statue that we had picked out, and we had the right spot.

It was gonna be right on the side of the uh the golden fisherman over there, but it cost too much.

We didn't have any money in the budget, so we we figured we put the sign up uh, you know, anyway.

The city has a sign department, so we're good there.

Well, congratulations, uh my friend.

You you you've been great to us, and certainly when we first got elected, your wealth and wisdom uh certainly appreciated, and I'm sure it will still be for years to come.

Enjoy your retirement.

Mr.

President, let me let me let me jump.

I've sent my two cents.

We talk about drinking.

I was a uh sweet too.

We moscow mule, didn't we?

I didn't know.

Tell him what I told you when you first walked up here.

We did.

So I think uh Jerry was right there.

Three three of us.

I see George, I never so I thought I'd say this, but I miss you.

We love you, Cap.

We love you.

That's right.

Yeah, short term.

That's right.

We love George.

We love you.

George, you can come back every council meeting for three minutes.

Every council meeting.

That's I guess we'll call it.

And a lot of stuff y'all are talking about uh ring the bell, uh the ballparks being fixed, 6.1 million, the same got six million.

Just got to get that finished.

Uh Port Avenue, it's been a tough fight.

I mean, it takes a lot to do it.

We always tried to rebuild it back with the concrete where we stand, and that's been one of the biggest fights trying to get the money to do that.

Don't do any good.

Is this the Connor Gentler, George?

Uh is this the Connor Gentler, George here?

Yeah, that's uh I'm trying to be nice.

Paul Tony, you better be nice tonight.

Thank you, George.

Like that bring back all the things you were doing.

It's still happening.

That's still going on for the city.

So to y'all, uh the mayor, do the best thing for the city of Bloxy and the people in the city.

That's our job.

We work for them.

That's right.

Yep.

Thank you.

All right.

We've got a vote.

Mr.

Gray.

Gray, yes.

Marsha, yes.

Neil, yes.

Glad and yay.

Yes.

Tisdale, yes.

Yes.

Sounds like it's unanimous.

Congratulations.

I know, right?

I don't know if they had a lot of stuff too.

I'm not in touch with you to know the right place.

I think it did that.

All right.

Go ahead and continue.

Resolution appointing Lara Alley to the Biloxi Beautiface Beautification Commission for a term beginning October 7, 2025 and ending October 6, 2028.

Chair entertain a motion.

So moved.

Moved by Mr.

Creel.

Do I have a second?

I'll second.

Segment by Mr.

Gray.

Discussion.

Mr.

Creel.

So as we all know, this beautification committee has been talked about, tossed around a time or two or ten, but um come to find out.

It's it's it's been on the books for a minute.

And um, so we're just trying to revive it and get it back started.

I know the mayor and administration has uh uh anti-litter uh campaign going on, so uh based on the parameters of this uh beautification committee, one of the things that falls under it is an anti-litter campaign.

So I believe uh once we get the other six voting members uh appointed and confirmed, they can grab this uh campaign and help walk it down the street and uh and and get the ball rolling amongst other things that we'll have within the uh the term of the of the deal.

The uh beautification commission is uh there to advise and coordinate with all city officials, agencies, and civic groups with regard to the development of a comprehensive beautification plan and shall conduct citywide educational programs, anti-litter and cleanup campaigns in coordination with proper officials, agencies, and groups.

The commission shall advise and coordinate with the building official with regard to all housing code enforcement.

So um that I wouldn't uh invite my colleagues to help support uh Miss Lada Alley.

Uh and then once we get the vote, I'd if if possible, I'd like to get her to uh say a few words.

Mr.

Gray, you have the floor.

You second it.

Yes.

Um this is something the the people has asked for on a campaign trail to bring this back, and they would like to see a beautification crew also that can help beautify Bloxy coming into Biloxy whenever they get off our one of our exits, and that's what they're asking for.

So um I can't wait to see what this committee does.

Okay.

Any other comments?

Any other comments?

I I just want to make one because Mr.

Sivestro uh made some comments uh earlier.

Whether uh if there's not enough spots to appoint all the people that want to be on this commission, there's always a spot for volunteers.

So just because you may not be an official beautification commission member, um, doesn't mean they're gonna need help.

Uh I don't know where this is gonna go.

I I I think it's gonna go in the right direction.

I I think if we get the right people on here and they got the right um outline of uh responsibilities, uh I think it'll go in the right direction, and we'll we we should give it a go.

So I again I appreciate Jamie for championing this cause.

Uh I hope you pick up that torch and and ensure it doesn't uh go out.

And uh that we'll be real proud of you for carrying that torch, because this is a my I think it's a monumental effort uh to get it off the ground, and if it gets off the ground the right way, it'll have a big impact.

Um other comments?

You want to call Ms.

Laura?

I'll let you do it.

Call her up.

Uh Ms.

Burns, uh Miss Alley, would you like to come up real quick and say a few words?

Uh I know where's a lot of burnage, but she's since been married, so it's a lot of burnage alley.

So I wrote a little something.

Um I don't like a whole lot of attention, so I'm really nervous.

Says who.

Uh you want to look into the you want to look into the camera.

I'm gonna put my glasses on.

Good evening, city council members, residents, and friends.

I am truly honored and humbled to stand before you today as the first appointee to the City of Biloxi beautification commission in nearly 50 years.

To be a part of a legacy that hasn't heard new voices in half a century is both inspiring and a profound responsibility.

Biloxi is a city of history, heart, and beauty.

Its streets, parks, and waterfronts are more than just public spaces, they are reflections of our community spirit.

Serving on this commission will allow me to work to preserve and enhance that spirit, ensuring that our city continues to shine.

Residents take pride and visitors are welcome.

I'd like to thank the city council, Jamie Councilman Jamie Creel in particular, for entrusting me with this important enroll.

This appointment isn't just about one person, it's about the collaboration, vision, and dedication of everyone who loves Biloxi as much as I do.

I'm committed to listening, learning, and contributing that will make Biloxi not only beautiful but extraordinary.

Together, we can honor our past, celebrate our present, and create a vibrant future for generations to come.

Thank you for my heart for this incredible opportunity.

Now let's get to work, Belixy.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, we've got to vote for it first.

We gotta vote first.

Do I sit here while y'all vote?

Yeah.

All right, let's go ahead and start.

Mr.

Gray, where are you?

Yes.

Marshall, yes.

Neil, yes.

Claudin, yay.

Creel, yes.

Tisdale, yes.

Shoemaker, yes.

All right, that's unanimous decision.

Congratulations.

All right.

Item D.

Resolution granting conditional use approval to the to authorize an existing single family residence to be utilized as a short-term rental for the property identified as 130 Ducate Street.

Chair and Tana motion.

So moved.

So move.

Moved by Mr.

Creel.

Do I have a second?

I'll second it.

All right.

Second by Mr.

Gray, Mr.

Creel.

Yes, sir.

This is uh in the same neighborhood we visited.

Um and Ms.

Creel, if you can confirm we visited one here on this uh street.

I want to say it's uh actually uh adjacent to this house that we approved uh two or three weeks or two or three meetings ago that um met the requirements for the uh short-term rentals.

It's right there next to in the filling station in the uh behind uh mugshots and patio 44 within walking distance of downtown and the um entertainment district.

So uh I would just urge your support.

And correct me if I'm wrong.

Okay.

Does that conclude your report?

Question.

Do you have anything else to add, Mr.

Creel?

Uh we've y'all have approved a number of short-term rentals in this same area.

I was talking to Mr.

Creel.

Oh, yeah.

So the the other thing is by it it has more than adequate parking.

I think it only requires two parking spaces, and I believe they have five.

So it has more parking than what's required.

And um uh the the owner and or manager um uh the grandson will be living in close proximity to where if there is an issue, someone can be there within half an hour if if not less.

So uh that as far as I know, according to point of commission, they met the requirements.

Anything else add, Mr.

Jerry Crew?

Mr.

Gray?

No, I have nothing.

Anyone else?

Nope.

Yes, just a quick question.

Um I'm not supporting this again.

It my position has been that this is in an established neighborhood.

Um and we had a similar case, maybe uh close to this location, maybe about three weeks ago.

I'll voted the same way, so I'm just being consistent.

If this was a long uh commercial card or in a in a business district, something like that, I'd be fine with that.

But under these circumstances, I can't vote for it.

Thank you.

All right.

Any other discussion?

We'll start with Mr.

Gray.

Gray, yes.

Neil, yes.

Yes.

Tisdale, no.

Shoemaker, yes.

Pass 6-1.

Next item.

Resolution granting conditional use approval to allow an auto repair and service facility to be located within an MB neighborhood business zoning on property identified as 1899 pass road.

Chair entertain a motion.

Yes.

I'll second that.

All right.

Motion by Mr.

Nails, seconded by Mr.

Tisdale.

Mr.

Neil, do you have the floor?

Well, uh, we're going to we need this in this neighborhood.

I think they're going to what repair tires and work on cars.

It'll it'll be uh auto body work, auto repair without body work.

Uh no painting.

No, no paint.

And the conditions that went before the uh planning commission with the approval was that they would not be doing any repairs outside.

They would not block Wall Street, which is on the east side, and that all of the cars being held for repair would be held in the rear of the property.

This is the old classy chassis building.

All right.

Mr.

Tuesday.

I attended the planning commission meeting and and heard that everything that was said.

I I have uh no problem with this at all.

I'm glad to see the building being used, and I certainly welcome uh the owner and into that neighborhood.

Thank you.

Any additional discussion?

No.

There being none call for the question, starting with Mr.

Gray.

Gray, yes.

Marshall, yes.

Neil, yes.

Tisdale, yes.

All right.

Passage unanimous.

Move on to item F.

Resolution authorizing accept acceptance of the risk management insurance program for the city of Balexi.

I'll make that motion.

All right.

Motion by Mr.

Tisdale.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Second by Mr.

Creel.

Mr.

Tisdale.

Uh yeah, I don't know if the administration has anything to add, but uh basically there's an increase in property insurance.

Um 41,000 dollars, uh, which is an increase of about six percent.

And uh we heard Mr.

Bordeaux, uh I think last last week, uh the last meeting, which was two weeks ago, who went through all of this, and of course we all got a handout and followed it.

So uh that's a pretty good rate compared to what it was last year and the increase that we might have expected, but which didn't materialize.

So I have no problem supporting this.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Tisdale and Mr.

Creel.

Nothing further.

Anyone else have any questions on item F no one has any questions?

Call for the question, Mr.

Gray?

No, no question.

Call for the vote?

Yep.

Oh, Gray, yes.

Marsha, yes.

Neil, yes.

Tisdale, yes.

Shoemaker, yes.

All right, that got rubber stamped.

Class is unanimous.

Item G.

Resolution requesting termination of a lease agreement at the term of expert expiration pertaining to resolution 587 22, authorizing entry into an out lease agreement with the United States Postal Service for the third floor of the post office.

Also to request that the employees are relocated to city-owned locate locations that is suitable.

Chair, entertain a motion.

Motion.

Have a motion.

Do we have a second?

I'll second for discussion.

Second for discussion by Mr.

Creel.

Um, Mr.

Marshall, you have the floor.

I received the letter that's from the mayor stating that um they have intentions of doing uh moving out of the building closing leaf.

Um as far as I'm concerned, that's great.

We're glad to hear that.

All this is gonna do is just put us all on the same page.

We're all gonna be doing it doing the same thing.

We're gonna come out at least.

Um I've I had this done as broadly as possible to give the city as many options as possible.

Um the main goal was to stop paying for uh uh rent for a billing when we already have spaces available.

I understand that the administration is either gonna go on and do it, like I say they just basically puts us all on the same page.

All right, Mr.

Crew.

Yeah, just to add further, um I believe this resolution was on the agenda prior to us receiving the email, so it's just basically states basically what the email says in accordance administration.

They've been working on this for approximately the past two months.

So it as Councilman Marshall said, it just puts us all on the same page and we can move forward.

Any other discussion?

Yeah, I'd like to say something.

All right, Mr.

Gray.

I'm in the administration for for listening to us and listen to the people about trying to move move our employees out of some of these buildings that we're paying high rent to try to save money.

We own a building.

It only makes sense to go in there and move them into those buildings as long as our employees are safe at the building they're going to.

That's all I have.

Thank you, Mr.

Gray.

I uh I just got a comment on this and and uh I understand the intent is to ensure that we're going to uh move our employees out of that building and uh save some money and move them into another building.

Um I was aware of of the mayor's plan to do this, and it's another reason, in my opinion.

If we're gonna start putting resolutions on without talking to the administration first, then we're gonna have these resolutions put on that probably a conversation could have avoided it.

Uh not to say it's wrong, but I think the intent is is the same intent that the mayor and the administration has on the action that they're trying to take.

Um I I would just you don't have to do it.

You can put resolutions on and not talk to the administration if you have an idea, but sometimes picking up the phone, talking to the administration is a good thing.

Communication is always good.

And I think the mayor's had an open door.

I think Rick has had an open door, and and that's the channel that we've established is to start with them and to go through with these great ideas that we all have.

So um I like it.

I like the the path that the mayor was taking, and and I certainly like the intent.

You're thinking the right way, of course.

And um, so I just that's my two cents.

Any other discussion?

Yes.

Uh yes, sir.

Communication goes both ways.

Absolutely.

Every member of this council has had this conversation repeatedly since I know because I've been here.

I know this conversation was going on before I even got here.

Okay.

So for the mayor to not have communicated that they already got the have intentions to do that prior to me putting this on the agenda.

Uh that's not my fault.

It's not like I woke up one morning and did this.

Okay, this is not something that was blind-sided anybody, didn't come in out the blue.

If he had that intention, he could have said that to us when we went through budget meetings when we was when we was putting out the budget amounts.

This could have been stated then.

There are many opportunities.

Open door policy goes both ways.

This is an open door here, also.

So if he wasn't if he had that plan, he should have came forward.

I commend him for what he's doing.

I respect him.

But this puts us on the same page.

We're on the same path, we're going the same direction.

You are right.

Better communication.

I believe that communication could have came from the other side.

And then would have stopped and say, hey, I got this thing going, we're gonna move out of there, and it would have been the end of it.

But no one here knew that except for you.

Sounds like and him.

So that that's what your communication ended at.

I I can't disagree with anything that you said, Councilman Marshall.

If y'all both walk through the door, then that helps.

But you know, if we both don't walk through the door, then stuff like this happens.

Um call for the question?

Mr.

Gray.

Gray, yes.

Marshall, yes.

Nail, yes.

Glad and nay.

Yes.

Tisdale, yes.

Motion passed 6-1.

Next item.

Resolution authorized entry into a facility rental agreement with the United States Air Force ban and approved and approving a waiver of facility rental fees.

Chair entertain a motion.

I'll make that motion.

Made by Mr.

Tisdale.

Do we have a second?

Oh, second.

Thank you, Mr.

Creel.

Discussion, Mr.

Tisdale.

Yeah, I'm trying to um consistently uh in the past voted against waiv facility rental agreements, but this is the United States Air Force ban.

That's why I'm supporting this facility rental waiver.

There are others on the uh uh agenda uh tonight, and I'll vote accordingly there.

But I'll support this because it's the United States Air Force ban.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Tisdale and Mr.

Creel.

Uh not to mention I to uh concur with the opposition of the fees being waived, however, um United States Air Force and a free concert.

So uh yes, I I would concur and urge support.

Very good.

Any other discussion?

Any other discussion?

Call for the question, Mr.

Gray?

Gray, yes.

Neil, yes.

Glad and yay.

Creel, yes.

Tisdale, yes.

Motion passes unanimous.

Item I resolution reauthorize an entry into a rental facility agreement with the Mississippi Department of Employment Security and approving a waiver of rental facility fees.

Due to the to due to a change in dates.

All right.

Chair I attend a motion.

Uh I'll make the motion.

Made by Mr.

Creel.

Do I have a second?

I'll second it.

Second by Mr.

Gray, Mr.

Creel.

Yes.

So quick question.

Um I'm looking at age that we just approved.

It's uh a reduction in fee for 3,000, and then this is a reduction uh for 5,000.

It's the same venue if I'm not mistaken.

So what what's the difference in in the cost?

So the two-day rental two-day rental.

So so the 5,000 is is for two days as opposed to the one for okay, thank you.

All right.

There's a change in date.

They were proposing to do that this month, and they're moving that forward because they have worked with Engels, the power company, several others from the Department of Employment Services to get this program up and operational to offer jobs in the energy department.

That's what this is for.

And they moved that till uh the fall.

Okay, is this an annual deal that we do for them all the time?

Or no?

Not to my knowledge.

Okay.

So it's this is a one time, this is the first time they've had this at this level, yes, sir.

Okay, thank you.

And this is from the governor's office.

I think it's been at the Coliseum in prior years, so state versus the button yet.

That's it.

Mr.

Gray?

Yeah, only thing I say is um I just hope they can bring plenty of people to fill up our hotels.

Yeah, and that's one of the reasons, Councilman Gray, in which they move that from the October time frame until later on in the uh spring.

Right.

That's all I have.

Any other discussion?

Uh and you did say this is kind of to recruit to see if they can create some jobs as well, or this is a job for basically for energy side.

So it's not only bringing in individuals to hire, but also bringing in individuals as far as companies and corporations.

Gotcha.

Okay.

Call for the question, Mr.

Gray.

Gray, yes.

Marshall, yes.

Neil, yes.

Glad and yay.

Creel, yes.

Tisdale, no.

Yes.

All right.

Resolution passes 6-1.

Need a motion?

Uh are we going to go in the executive session here?

Or you want to go after consent?

Okay.

I need a motion on the consent.

I'll make that motion.

Moved by Mr.

Tisdale.

Second.

Second by Mr.

Creel and Mr.

Tisdale.

I have um.

Yes, I have one question on item K, Christy.

And this is just uh the lingo.

I'm not familiar with the lingo.

This this has to do with um uh relocation and reinstallation of whatever and uh whatever in LSCTU is for use with the VT supervisory control and data acquisition, the SCADA.

I just have no idea what that is.

I'd like to know what a voting on.

So basically that's the tower that's on the top uh of uh Main Street, the old water department.

Right.

That's the tower that communicates with all the lift stations and wells and tanks and communicates back to our servers.

Gotcha.

Thank you.

That's all that's all I have.

Thank you.

All right, Mr.

Creel.

Oh, okay.

So maybe here a minute.

Um right.

Let's see.

On item B, uh the sponsorship proposal with uh Christmas on the water.

Uh with these sponsorships and and the um non-departmentals that we do, do we get a follow-up audit?

Not necessarily an audit, but a follow-up on their expenditures and what that money is was used for uh on an annual basis or for any non-departmental sub for example, he says he's marketing Bilexi.

Do we know what where he spent it, what he would he used it on and where it went or I uh can answer that?

I don't know.

I I don't think they do anything formal, but uh we request it.

Yeah, I mean I'm I'm for the thing.

I was just wondering that if we could get some backup to where we have reconciliation.

I think it's fine to as we do it, and if this passes, we can say we wanted we want a uh follow-up report on how many people attended, just some right, yeah.

Just to justify that way, if he comes back next year and needs more money, then that way he can justify it.

It's gonna work for him as well.

Um item G.

Chief, just real quick, and it's not formal, it's just this this Walmart grant is is there an amount that you're searching for?

Is it up to or is it even included on how much is yeah?

They have a set amounts.

I think this one, if I remember correctly, is a thousand dollars.

Thank you.

And then it goes to shop for the car.

Yeah.

Uh let's see here.

Um item I so on item I on the surplus property that we put out there that we voted for previously that goes out for sale.

Do we get a follow-up once it's sold, what it was like a reconciliation of what was sold, what the amount of money it was and what what is brought in?

Yeah, it comes with the items that we put with that.

We have surplus, so with the there'll be a report back on what it sold for.

Right.

So we do get a item on the interest.

Yeah, we should come back to us.

Okay, perfect.

Perfect.

Um, let's see here.

On O.

So looking at this uh lease agreement, I believe it's for four years, and um we the city is responsible for the water.

Is there a power generator, a power hookup for this uh vessel?

Uh that, and and if there is, do we do we pay the power?

Do they pay the power?

I'm not sure.

No, this isn't this this is basically the the pontoon vessel.

It's not it's not on power.

It's it's going to be occupying a slip.

I know we're covering the water.

I didn't know if it had power that needed to be hooked up, and who, if it does, who pays the power.

Uh there's no power to my knowledge, but uh I'm fine with an amendment that if there is power that they would pay power.

That they would be.

Okay.

You want to make that amendment?

Right.

Oh, and and just really quick one more question before I make that amendment is does this pontoon is it required to move at the billfish tournament as well with everyone else, or is it out of the scope?

I don't know.

It's out of I think it's actually been in that spot for a number of years and kind of under the radar.

We didn't have any sort of a slip agreement with it.

Okay.

So I don't know when the proper time to make the amendment would it be.

Right now.

Right.

So if I could make the amendment uh according to legal counsel advising if there is a a power bill that it would be uh the responsibility of the Mississippi uh University Research and Extension Center.

I'll second it.

Second.

Item O.

Oh.

All right.

Discussion, Mr.

Crewe.

Uh uh, I don't think there's any further.

I think we're good there.

If there's a power bill, they got it.

All right, Mr.

Tisdale.

Nothing to add, thank you.

You want to have any discussion on the amendment?

No.

Nobody?

Okay.

We'll vote on the amendment.

Mr.

Gray.

Gray, yes.

Neo, yes.

Yes.

Tisdale, yes.

Uh shoemaker, yes, I'm sorry.

All right.

All right.

The amendment uh passed.

Uh when the proper time comes, we'll vote on the consent agenda.

This item has been amended.

All right.

Um, real quick on item Q.

Uh, I see we're changing some things here.

I guess my only question I see one is less expensive than the other.

I guess my question is the viability of one versus other.

Is is one just as good or is one not accessible or why why the difference?

Yes.

Uh one they're just as good as the other as long as they're the gradation is the same.

We did meet with or we did discuss it with MDOT.

They do allow crush concrete instead of 610.

So it's an acceptable substitution.

It's not a whole lot of money, but it's a little bit, and every little bit counts.

So absolutely, it's 30 36,000.

So yeah, we'll take it perfect.

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

Um, item U.

So smoke and the sound.

Uh I'm all for this.

I mean, smoke in the coast, I apologize.

Sounds not coming back, smoking the coast.

I'm all for this event.

My only question is the in-kind contributions that we're doing with the uh with the barricades, the stage and all the things.

Is there any way we can assess a value to that so that way we can we'll know what our end-con contribution to this to this event is?

$3,500.

35.

Perfect.

Perfect.

Thank you.

Uh okay.

Uh item C C.

If I could, I'd like to propose amendment at this time.

Uh currently with this um resolution.

It is uh we we have decreased and um main arrangements with uh key impact to uh decrease the monthly amount of um and not to mention he's gonna provide us with monthly summaries.

The um uh the only amendment I would like to input and add to it is that a the monthly summaries are distributed to the council for review, and b that he would be accessible to us at a meeting either via phone or in person to where if we had council questions, he would be um able to uh answer the questions if if available if he's if if if available, like I said, it doesn't have to be um uh in person, it can be via phone.

It doesn't have to be at that meeting, it could be at a subsequent meeting, but based on the summaries that that that it just says the the agreement says that he submits a summary.

I I just wanted it to also be said that he submits the summary and the summary is distributed to the council and then added where at a subsequent meeting thereafter he is available to uh to address any questions anyone may have.

Everybody understand the amendment.

Anybody have any question on Councilman Creel's amendment?

Okay.

Do I have a second?

I'll second it.

Second by Mr.

Gray.

Yes, I have no comment.

All right.

Any additional comments?

No additional comments.

No comments from Mr.

Gray.

Anyone else have any comments on the amendment?

Okay, we'll call for the question, Mr.

Gray on the amendment.

Gray, yes.

Abstain.

Okay.

Mr.

Marshall abstains.

Nail, yes.

Glad and yet?

Crew, yes.

Uh I'll vote in favor of the amendment since it clarifies the responsibility of the consultant and reporting to the council.

Thank you.

Mr.

Shoemaker.

Sorry, y'all.

I'm on mute again.

Shoemaker, yes.

Okay.

All right, let the record show it's uh 60 and 1 abstain.

All right.

That is again on the amendment.

Uh, when we but at the proper time, we'll vote on the consent agenda, and this item uh is amended.

Any other items?

Uh that's it.

This is the last one.

All right, uh covered a lot.

Anybody else have any items they want to speak to?

Yes.

All right, Mr.

Gray.

Um, I'd like to bring Mr.

Kenny Foreman up on item U.

Give him a little letting let him give us a little insight about this if we can.

Yeah, good to see you.

Thanks for hearing us.

Uh so my name is Kenny Foreman.

I represent the crew of Neptune.

Also represent Fighting Foundation 501c3, a charitable arm of the crew of Neptune.

Are you speaking of Mike?

Can he?

I'm sorry.

I apologize.

Is that better?

You're fine.

All right.

Um, so smoke of the sound, we have coming up.

Uh excuse me.

I'm doing the same.

I did the same thing.

I apologize.

It's me.

It's me.

So smoke and the coast.

Uh we'll be back.

Coinciding the same weekend of thunder over the sound.

We are a proud community partner, meeting the Trident Foundation and the crew of Neptune with that event.

As part of that event, we will be actually donating uh physically cooking and delivering uh close to 900 meals for that weekend.

Uh, we'll take care of all the volunteers, uh, the dignitaries, as well as the pilots and crews and whatnot uh for the event that weekend.

Um what we're looking for is we're we're part of our event with uh with uh excuse me, Memphis Barbecue Network uh is partnering with us to do a barbecue event where we'll be bringing in uh professional pitmasters from all over the United States.

Uh we'll also have some local events that will include uh kids' events, uh backyard events, all that sort of thing.

All proceeds that we that we're able to to bring in will be used for uh our charitable arm of Neptune, which will be the Triton Foundation.

Um we are 100% volunteer-based.

We make no profits off of what we're doing.

Uh and these funds will specifically be earmarked for uh disaster relief efforts.

Um with government budget cuts, uh FEMA, for example.

We don't know what what's going to be available to us when we have the next big big event down here, and we all know it's gonna come at some point.

So organizations like ours are going to be critical uh in in those times of needs.

These funds will go 100 percent towards uh helping local uh our local community, and um so basically what we're needing is assistance with with the barriers and uh we'll have local uh excuse you we'll have uh live entertainment um we obviously will we'll um we'll need lighting.

Uh we've submitted the list of the request of of what we're gonna need for that event, and uh again, we would appreciate any help that the county on that yeah last year the event was very good.

Uh I know it was kind of different.

It was a Neptune event, but I'm glad to say it went over to Triton.

I mean, y'all do great things, y'all raised a lot of money last year, I believe, cooking hamburgers and stuff like that.

So I'm glad to see y'all took the wheel on a different approach.

How many people you think uh is going to show up to here?

Well, being that it's it's in line with uh with the the current event, you know, we're looking at probably upwards of 10,000 people that'll be coming through our event that weekend.

Um we also plan to have uh uh viewing viewing area for the uh for smoke of the sound.

Uh so there's really no there's no telling.

It could be it could definitely exceed that, but I'm very comfortable with 10,000.

Right, yeah.

That's all I have.

All right, Mr.

Tuesday.

Yeah, uh sorry, but it kind of uh flip the switch.

I'm thinking this would be a special event.

You know, the this would be classified as a special event, so you've got to follow a procedure to determine roughly what the number of folks are who are gonna show up to determine whether it's a tier five or a four, three, two, or a one, depending on the crowd that it draws.

So excuse me.

Go ahead.

It's on the Great Lawn at Harris.

We've uh within the confines of Harris.

Okay.

So it's does that we would still need to know that though, would we not, Chief?

Right, just because the logistics involved and how many officers are required and what all is going on in the city, where officers are deployed or anything.

So just if you know, be sure to follow up with that as soon as you can with the police department.

Thank you.

Any other comments?

Nope.

Thank you, sir.

All right.

Who who's next up?

Mr.

Marshall.

Any items on the concern?

Discussion.

Oh me to come back to you.

Actually, I'm going, I think everybody got everything covered.

I'm good.

All right.

Mr.

Nail, you got anything on there?

Uh thank you.

All right.

Mr.

Schumacher, you got anything?

Sir.

All right.

I got uh question on an item.

Um this is item F.

And this is the police department uh budget.

$50,000 uh looks like a grant.

Twenty thousand of it is for overtime.

Only for the bomb squad.

This can only be used for the bomb squad.

Bomb squad, but it it it can go into our police department for the bomb squad over time.

That's right.

Okay.

Any others for supplies and and different things as well.

Grant we've gotten for many, many years because they may respond as far as you know the other side of the other side of Mississippi, they could go to New Orleans.

Gotcha.

Was this accounted for or we just found out about the grant?

We didn't know if we were going to be awarded it, so it wasn't part of the budget.

That's just that's how it is.

That's right.

I understood.

I just want to that's good.

That's good.

We get a little extra land there.

Um I'm assuming the other ones we didn't anticipate those either.

Though those weren't in the budget either.

But item G and H the Walmart one.

I'm not really worried about the Walmart one, but particular time of the year, so you just have to kind of follow the okay.

All right, that's all I had.

No big deal.

All right, there being uh no other questions on the consent.

I'll call for the question to uh approve the consent and then afterwards we'll go down the line with the exceptions.

So uh we'll start with Mr.

Gray, approve the consent.

Gray, yes.

Marshall, yes.

Neil, yes.

Glad and yes, career, yes, Tisdale, yes.

All right, and now we'll ask for the exception starting with Mr.

Gray.

A and C C A and C C all right.

Mr.

Marshall, any exceptions?

C C D D.

Did you get those?

D D.

Darrell Darrell, D D.

D is in dog duty.

D.

D.

Okay.

All right, Mr.

Nail, any exceptions?

I'm good.

All right.

I have no exceptions, Mr.

Creel.

You have any exceptions?

Exceptions is a D D Mr.

Tisdale.

Any exceptions?

A and C C.

All right.

Mr.

Shoemaker.

No exceptions.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Uh consent agenda with the exceptions uh have been the uh revisions have been amendments have been approved.

All right.

We now uh let me get through this uh executive session.

I need a motion uh to go into closed session for the purpose of purpose of examining the necessity to go into executive session.

I'll make that I'll make hold up to discuss a um potential litigation with the Biloxi Shuckers and rental of city facilit facilities.

Is that adequate?

Yes, all right.

I'll make that motion made by Mr.

No, Mr.

Tisdale, seconded by Mr.

Creel.

Uh we need to go down the line.

So Mr.

Nail.

Any discussion, by the way?

Any discussion?

All right, Mr.

Nail.

We're trying to go into executive session.

Oh, okay.

All right.

Mr.

Gray.

What what are we asking?

Going into executive session.

Oh yes.

All right.

Yes.

All right.

Creer, yes.

Tizdale, yes.

Yes.

And Gladby, yes.

All right.

Wait, we're not ready.

We're not finished yet.

Yes.

Oh, you didn't say nail, yes.

Nail, yes.

All right, we got you.

We nailed it.

All right.

All right.

Uh Chair entertainer motion uh to conclude the closed session and reconvene and in an open meeting.

I'll make that motion.

I'll second.

All right.

Made by Mr.

Tisdale, second by uh Mr.

Creel.

Any discussion?

There being none, call for the question.

Mr.

Gray.

Great, yes.

Gray, yes.

Gray, yes.

Marsha, yes.

All right.

Neil, yes.

Glad and yes.

Creel, yes.

Tizdale, yes.

Shoemaker, yes.

All right, very good.

Now I need a motion uh to go in for the council to go into the executive session.

I'll make that motion.

Second.

All right, made by Mr.

Tisdale, seconded by Mr.

Creel.

Any discussion?

There being none, call for the question.

Mr.

Gray.

Gray, yes.

I said a lot of yeses, but you're abstaining or or what?

You break it out in half.

Marshall, yes.

Thank you.

Neil, yes.

Wouldn't even close.

Where'd my nail go?

Is he curled up in the corner going to sleep?

Past his bed.

All right, gentlemen.

Um chair and a motion for council to conclude the executive session and reconvene in an open meeting and that no action was taken.

I'll make that motion.

Made by Mr.

Tisdale.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Second by Mr.

Creel.

Any discussion.

There being no discussion, we'll call for the question.

We're going back into regular session.

Okay.

Yes.

Yes.

Again, no action was taken.

We'll now open it up to code enforcement hearings, but before we open it up, I'll I just want to clarify some things.

If the director uh has a case and he says that the case is resolved, there's no other action that will be taken.

I kind of misstepped it at our last meeting.

And the reason being when there's no action taken, that means there is nobody here to speak on their behalf.

And so what you can do if you have a question about a case in here, you can request them to go relook at the property, but let that be after the meeting has concluded.

So I just wanted to clarify that point of order.

All right, director, we'll go ahead and open it up.

Okay.

Item A, Don Lynn Langson, 356 East Drive, that case has been resolved.

Item B, Harold Danny Regal, 346 Porter Avenue, that case has been resolved.

Item C, Ty Duong Life Estate, 306 Penny Avenue, that case has been resolved.

Item D, High Van Wynne and Ben Van Wynn, 526 Division Street.

This property is still in violation.

Is there anyone here to speak on behalf of High Van Wynn and Ben Van Wynn?

526 Division Street.

Good.

There being no one, this case is closed.

Item E, Calvin R.

Moffitt, 575 Esther's Boulevard.

That case has been resolved.

Item F Deborah A.

A.

Blee.

1702 Ridgeway Drive.

This property is still in violation.

Let me explain what this is.

We've gotten a number of complaints about this blocking visibility at that intersection.

The ordinance says that you can't have anything in the 30-foot site triangle that is between three feet and uh seven feet in height.

That that visibility has to be cleared.

And this is in the site triangle.

We've gotten a number of complaints about it.

Okay.

Is there anyone here to speak on behalf of Deborah A.

K.

Albie?

1702 Ridgway Drive.

There being no one, this case is closed.

Item G, Florida and Carsendale Ish, 288 Howard Avenue.

That case has been resolved.

Item H, Hollywood LLC, 1628 Hollywood Boulevard.

That case has been resolved.

Item I, Classic Designs, LLC, 392 Shell Street.

That case has been resolved.

Item J, Wentlands, 1031 Holdings, LLC, 1744 Pass Road, that case has been resolved.

Item K, Biloxi MHC LLC, 1718 Pass Road.

That case has been resolved.

Item L James E and Judith H.

Thomas 10420 Live Oak Drive.

That case has been resolved.

Item M, Bruce E.

King Trustee, 10318 Pen Oak Drive.

That case has been resolved.

Item N, Krueger Properties, LLC, 10326 Pine Oak Drive.

That case has been resolved.

Item O, Richard F.

Okolinouski, 307 Forest Avenue.

Chair entertain a motion for a 14-day extension.

Do I have a motion?

I'll make a motion.

Made by Mr.

Gray, do I have a second?

I'll second it.

Second by what's that?

All right.

Second by Mr.

Nail.

Discussion?

None.

None.

Anyone else?

All in favor, Mr.

Gray?

Gray, yes.

Marshall, yes.

Neil, yes.

Glad yeah.

Creel, yes.

Tisdale, yes.

Shoemaker, yes.

Okay.

14-day extension granted.

Next item.

Item P, Maul Van Trin, 341 Crawford Street.

That case has been resolved.

Item Q, Aldrey Griffith, 225 Baptist Alley.

This property is still in violation.

That vehicle.

What's a cruiser?

Anyone here to speak on behalf of Audrey Griffin?

225 Baptist Alley.

There being no one, this case is closed.

Item R, Vu Van Wynne and High Thai Lee, 178 Oak Street, that case has been resolved.

Item S, Who Van Wynn and High Thai Lee, Zero Oak Street, that case has been resolved.

Item T, Duck M and High Thy Lee, 289 Fourth Street, that case has been resolved.

Item U, Elliot Spears Estate, 427 Raynor Street.

We would ask the counsel for a 90-day extension on this property.

They are trying to resolve some title issues on the property, and then their plan is to put it up for sale.

So with the wood grant us 90.

Chair and motion entertain a motion for a 90-day extension.

I'll make the motion.

Moved by Mr.

Creel.

Do I have a second?

I'll second it.

Second by Mr.

Nail.

Discussion, Mr.

Creel.

Um, it looks like they need 90.

I'm good with it.

All right.

Discussion, Mr.

Nail.

Uh I hope they get the title straightened out so they can sell it.

All right.

Any other discussion?

There being none, we'll call for the question.

Mr.

Gray.

Gray, no.

Marshall.

Come back to me.

Mr.

Nail.

Yes.

Your name and your vote, please.

Your name and your vote.

Nail, yes.

Glavin, yay.

Creole, yes.

Tisdale, yes.

Shoemaker, yes.

Coming back to you.

Oh no, Kenny.

Can I can I redo my vote on urban?

Mr.

Gray would like to change his vote.

To a yes.

All right.

Mr.

Gray is yes.

Yep.

Mr.

Marshall.

Marsha abstain.

Abstain.

Okay.

Marshall abstain.

So we got 601.

Item B, Joseph Albert Yochum, 761, Bay Breeze Drive.

First of all, it's still in violation.

And this is a uh excuse me, Mr.

Creel.

We're good.

Okay.

Continue, Mr.

Creel.

This is a this is a structure that was damaged by fire.

It's in the Bay Bree subdivision.

Yeah.

One thing I would like to point out is that uh there have been concerns that maybe D.R.

Horton was still involved in the structure.

D.R.

Horton is not involved in the structure.

It is strictly Mr.

Yochum as listed, but it is still in violation.

Is there anyone here to speak on behalf of Joseph Albert Yochum?

761 Bay Breens Drive.

There being no one, this case is closed.

Item W, Philip H.

Sass Revocable Trust, Zero Railroad Street.

That case has been resolved.

Very good.

Code enforcement is now concluded.

Move by Mr.

Tisdale.

Second.

Second.

Second by Mr.

Creel and Mr.

Tisdale.

Not a thing.

Mr.

Creel.

Concur.

Okay, we'll start with Mr.

Any other discussion.

Can we get Mr.

Walt Rode up?

I'll give him the report.

I think this $671 is about five to six days away in the in the last stages.

We'll be uh expecting some I think on the 23rd's agenda about 300,000 hours worth of uh claims.

So we'll be you know uh not 60 days ahead, but when we get that within four or five days, we'll uh uh put us in a mode that uh we can we can move forward.

We're expecting 60 days uh continual mode and uh we need to put some pressure on Mima in order to uh stay 60 days ahead because nothing has changed, nothing has been um additional put on it uh for whatever reason, but there's six hundred and seventy-one thousand dollars in uh four or five days away.

Thank you, Mayor.

Any other discussion?

No, it's all I have all in favor or excuse me.

We'll call for the vote.

Mr.

Gray.

Gray, yes, Marshall, yes.

Neil, yes, Glabinier.

Creel, yes, Tisdale, yes.

Shoemaker, yes.

Very good.

Um motion passes.

Uh Mr.

Gray, you have the floor to uh kind of wrap things up here.

Move the move to uh we'll uh adjourn.

Yeah.

I'd like to uh close in honor of Mose Abear, um business owner, uh Marine, and uh Mr.

Bobby Irby, a uh figure of the the city also in Will Market.

Well known, well liked uh man.

So I'd like to close in their honor.

And Mr.

Roland Weeks.

And Mr.

Roland Weeks.

Okay.

Uh good.

Uh all in fair or we'll go ahead and uh that motion do I have a second.

Second by everybody.

Second all right.

Um now we'll take the vote of the verbal votes.

Gray, yes.

Marcel, yes.

Neil, yes.

Lavigny.

Yes.

Tisdale, yes.

Yes.

Thank you, gentlemen.

We are now adjourned.

Have a happy uh cruising the coast.