That's all I have.

Thanks.

Thank you, Council.

Mr.

Green.

Yeah.

I want to thank works in part correctly for uh going very well in cleaning up the city.

I mean getting a lot of phone calls and emails about uh how everything's talking about tape shape.

Yeah.

Thanks for doing the likes at the skateboard.

I got an email about that.

And a few things we got that um children's grade comes up on December 6th with Christmas on Warner.

We have that weekend.

Um we have the Christmas on the avenue coming up pretty well if they should be starting a build low neck range, extra net ring down there now in the uh few more shades.

So that's uh that's gonna be nice.

That's all I have.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um just real quick, we had our second uh beautification commission meeting uh this past week.

Uh uh we uh elected officers and we uh do have a quorum with more um four members uh lot of our mention Alley is the president Stacey Hayter's vice president and Vincent Creel was the secretary of the treasurer.

Um we do still have three remaining appointees uh and nominations are waiting, but uh these guys have really uh uh hit the ground running um with the uh doctor media program and not the road, adopt an area.

Um they're they're out there beating the streets and um and you can get the people on board and uh get them fired up to uh help unify the city.

So we look forward to uh the remaining three uh nominations and getting the full community together uh along with uh the community sponsors that these these guys are on here now are out there reaching out to so with that uh concludes my thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Um I just wanted to ask you if you uh is there any way we can get one of those uh speed limit signs, you know the windows put down about uh on Greater Avenue on the uh on the east side of green.

We come over.

I think a lot of people start to use that road more because of the community street, and I'm gonna get a lot of complaints about speeders.

We'll we'll want this weekend and we'll pass it on to the uh commission.

Yeah, how hard is it to get a uh children that play with his children right there?

This is regular time you might do it to do it all.

We have electricity children's flashlights on the okay I think and then um the playground equipment at Tanglewood.

I got a couple pictures sent to me that are rusted.

Might want to check out and uh put up something up here.

Oh, we had a good time at the Doctor Side, giving out food and chief and uh Tim Dell.

Can't wait to do that again.

And uh Mr.

Tisco thank you, Mr.

President.

Um right, they didn't have the special needs Thanksgiving the other that was this bad Sunday is sponsored by parks and there's the recreation department.

They probably had 100 200 there was a lot of there was a lot so it was very well attended that's an annual event.

Uh Mr.

Creel, a couple of things if you don't mind.

One is the the status of I think it's the Moffitt Road that would be uh just off the back road.

Is that I I think that's the name of the what we vacated there.

Is that property for sale?

I understand it is, and I I've not done that because something people better negotiate with you in contact on um and again that's you're not gonna couple conversations about that, and it's just that we do what we're supposed to do when a developer comes in and says this is what I plan to do, and the city has to rezon it or uh approve the conditional use in some instances, and then whoever the original developer was decides he's he or she's going to sell it or do something differently or it just sits there and nothing happens, and and I know you and I have had the discussion about conditional zoning, and I I understand that, but also it bothers me.

And I I understand that, but also it bothers me.

And I don't know how to address this issue.

Is that a good thing?

The city does their part within the developer.

There always is a reason the market changed.

The markets change this big one.

But I wouldn't it'd be great.

Maybe straight up you can check into this.

So that we know how to I guess words in this with the intent being that we're it's not conditional zoning, but maybe you know two years if some milestone has been reached, then the new zoning would revert to the old zoning.

In other words, to see some progress rather than just re-rezoning that.

Nothing ever happens.

I don't want to get into a big discussion now because it's Thanksgiving.

We talk about later if you like.

Okay.

The uh other thing is I sent you a picture of sign or two online hour.

We only review property and sign.

Okay, thank you so much.

Um thank you very much, Jerry.

I appreciate that.

Uh hope everybody has to say memorable Thanksgiving with their family and friends, and if you're traveling, just be very careful on the road.

Thank you, Mr.

Tuesday on Mr.

Marshall.

Uh we're getting ready for uh Thanksgiving.

I'm hoping everybody have a great Thanksgiving.

Um I want to have an opportunity to address it at another time.

I want to bring this topic up for uh our fellow council members.

Uh I've been getting a lot of calls about the church that's down at the um by the lighthouse.

And I would like to maybe get together, maybe the president be form a little small three-member committee.

We can get together, try to figure out a way for religious organizations.

Um they're not trying to make money, they're just they're just there, preaching God's word.

So we need to find out what can be done so it'd be more clear that way we can give them a clear answer.

Uh the second thing is that uh we do have a policy or ordinances that for these special events that they were talking about.

Um that we're gonna be talking about later.

Each one on last meeting, I requested that those who are requesting um uh fee reductions, I think facility rental fee reductions.

I requested that each one who's who requested it to show up.

The reason for that was simple.

A lot of times I look at this, I don't know who these people are, and they're asking us for my citizens' money.

And for me to honestly do that, I need to know who you are, what you're gonna do for the community.

In regards to those those unit, those uh organizations that are requesting, uh, so it'll be clear as to how I stand.

There are certain organizations that actually go out into East Paloxi.

I can speak clearly for East Beluxy, and like the second liners, they adopted Henry Beck Park.

They're here today because they're they have a um uh an event coming up to ask for a fee reduction.

So we need to work on those.

It's a different between, I guess what I'm trying to say is it's a difference between a group that doesn't give back to this city versus uh organization who's formed who is actually formed to give back to this city.

If an organization comes in, they're from out of town, they don't give anything to our community, they're not investing anything in our community, they're just gonna take from our community resources.

I think I will give more weight to an organization like the uh nonprofit that legacy organization, nonprofit that's working with Memorial Hospital, Memoral Hospital just made a major investment in our community.

And I want to do anything I can to make sure they stay here.

And we need to, as we re as we talk to these people, we ask that they show up.

Let's evaluate them on what they are doing for the citizens so that we can get a dollar uh value out of what they're investing, their time, their resources, their efforts, and when they do things in nonprofit, they're actually not making any money.

And there's a difference between a group that's saying, hey, we are nonprofit, but we're gonna be throwing out a big Christmas party to celebrate versus organization that's using our facility to raise money to give scholarships to children in East Beloxy or anywhere in Beloxy, and anywhere in Beloxy want to go to go to college.

Those are two things that we need to look at.

So if we need to redefine our ordinances, I think we probably should kind of be if I'm asked that the president kind of figure out a way we maybe have another little small meeting to say that's that's that's how we're gonna prioritize these.

Um we're gonna keep going.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Marshall.

Um well, first thing, and I'm I'm gonna kind of go off of what uh Mr.

Marshall said in his uh council report.

I'll go ahead and appoint that uh committee now.

Mr.

Marshall, Mr.

Gray, Mr.

Creel, would you all be willing to serve on this uh new beginnings church committee?

All right.

If y'all would just get together and uh just maybe make it part of one of your um subsequent council uh reports, which I'll come up with, that would be great.

Um the other thing uh all this goodwill is great.

Thank you for the uh your report, Mr.

Nell, Mr.

Chisdale on what happened out there with the Thanksgiving dinner uh at the same day at the same time, actually.

Uh the Seashore Mission uh was doing a Thanksgiving uh meal distribution uh with the help of the Trident Foundation, and uh we got to serve several several uh of the citizens out there, they were real happy uh to get a meal, and it was just good to see uh the interaction with our community.

Um I don't have a lot uh more on here, so uh we'll go ahead and conclude uh all our reports uh and move on to our our citizen comments.

So citizens comments is now open.

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

There's not a big crowd today, so if you go over the three minute threshold for a few seconds, uh we'll go ahead and be lenient on that today, but only for a few seconds.

Uh we'll start on my left, your right.

Anyone would like to address the council?

Anyone on my right?

Anyone in the back of the room?

Citizens' comments is now closed.

We'll move on to the policy agenda.

If the clerk could read the resolutions, resolution granting vacation of an unimproved public right-of-way for various addresses adjacent to Division Street, Porter Avenue, and Cherokee Street.

Chair, entertain a motion.

I'll make a motion.

Motion by Mr.

Gray, do I have a second?

I'll second it.

Second by Mr.

Tisdale.

Mr.

Gray, you have the floor.

Yeah, we we have a lot of a lot of places like this.

I guess way back, I guess they use them for easements for utilities and stuff.

And uh I guess that's what this was designed for.

So I'm I don't have a problem with it.

All right, Mr.

Tuesday.

Uh Jerry, just really one question.

It's usually these uh easements are north and south.

This one kind of goes through a block uh with a number of twists and turns.

But it it is noted in there that Mississippi Power has an exiled uh existing utilities within that area, right?

So if one of if those property owners want to use that property, they have to be cognizant that they're still Mississippi Power utilities.

That's correct.

And does the who notifies the property owners under those circumstances?

Okay.

What happened is two years ago except for the power company line was removed out of this.

It's it's actually a dedicated but unimproved right away.

You would never know that it was there.

The only thing there's the power line.

So uh what happens is that the utilities that may still be in there, they don't really object to us removing the right-of-way designation, vacating that, provided that we maintain an easement there for them to be able to get in there and service their life.

And they have what's called, even if it's not a written easement, they have what's called a prescriptive easement or an easement by necessity that allows them to get in there.

Now, if you went out there to look at this particular property, you'd never know that there was anything in there because there are sheds built over it, there are trees in the middle of it, everything else.

It's never been improved with uh asphalt or anything like that.

All right, thank you.

That's all I have.

All right, there being no other comments, uh call for the question.

All in favor, those opposed, motion carries unanimous item B.

Resolution to grant final subdivision plat approval for baby's town home subdivision.

Chair, entertain a motion.

So moved.

Moved by Mr.

Creel.

Do I have a second?

I'll second it.

Second by Mr.

Gray, Mr.

Creel.

So the final plat is is does this include the rezoning as well from this is the one that goes to the PDI?

Is that they did this as a PDI way back in the beginning when they first got started?

So that's already been taken care of.

What's happened now is they got preliminary plat approval with that.

They put all the utilities in underground, and after the utilities are in underground, to the satisfaction of the city engineer, they come back to the council to get final plat approval.

So if this final plat is approved today, it gets filed in the courthouse, and after that we can start issuing permits to build the town homes down there.

Okay, so just a few questions.

Yes, sir.

They have to have sidewalks.

Sidewalks.

Also the changing zone, it says also that these were long-term rentals, correct?

That they're using them for.

That's typically left up to the developer what they're going to do with them.

But my understanding is that yes, they're going to be long-term rentals.

All right.

So that my I guess my final question would be if if they're long-term rentals, and they can't sell them individually.

If they have to sell them, they go out and sell the whole the whole project, correct?

Not individually.

No, sir.

It is a it is a subdivision.

It's a subdivision.

They subdivided the individual lots, so they can't sell them individually.

Yes.

Okay.

And so with the with this, they could do short-term rentals as well as long-term rentals, or short-term rental.

No loud.

Okay.

Thank you.

Mr.

Gray.

Do on these houses or are they going to be brick siding?

Do we know that?

They'll have they'll have brick and then they'll have uh hardy play.

Uh if you've seen what's being built off of Eisenhower down here, uh, or the ones that are built on uh the bees road right behind the convenience store, it'll look like those.

Okay.

That's that's uh that's good.

Um we need like I said, we need more development like this down in this area.

So I mean, I welcome them.

Um like Mr.

Marshall said, yes, this we have the infrastructure, we have the new roads, we have everything.

Now we just need some people to come in and build.

So uh I'm ready for them to get started on this.

That's all I have.

Thank you.

Mr.

Crew, just one more question.

So if you can in 20 words or less, the difference between the PDI and the RM30, because I I've read in the planning commission meetings where there was some residents that were concerned about the the new zoning change and devaluing their property and whatnot.

Okay.

A PDI is not a zoning change.

A PDI is overlaid.

In other words, the underlying zoning is still there.

But what the what the PD does, that's the new term for PUD that was from years ago.

What that does is that allows the developers flexibility about setbacks and those kind of things to allow him to increase density.

And uh the PDI was specifically written for East Biloxi, uh, the eastern part of Beluxi to allow those people to do some in field construction that uh might not work in another area where uh they didn't have this kind of room, you know, that they would be limited based on this.

So the uh plan development in field is just what it says.

It's for in-field projects to come in and to be able to utilize smaller pieces of property, but be able to get maybe greater density or or more flexible setbacks.

So how would this project how would one consider this project devaluing their their adjacent property?

I I can't imagine that happening.

Uh I mean most of the property around here is vacant anyway, other than the retirement across the street, but uh these are these are gonna be nice town homes.

Okay, market rate.

Perfect.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Yeah, I just have a couple questions.

I would have a comment also when you get through.

Oh no, go ahead.

Thank you.

The maintenance bond, I know it's 32,000.

What exactly does that cover?

Well, that covers uh in case they damage one of our uh utilities while they're putting in the underground.

That's what that is, and that just basically goes away after the the project is done, the infrastructure is put in.

And then the subdivision bond, I'm assuming is something similar to that.

Well, what happens is is if there's city utilities, roads and sidewalks used to discover if they have the intention, a developer has the intention of dedicating those utilities over to the city at some point.

What that does is kind of guarantees those utilities to through the first one, two or three years that that development's there, so that there's developer money available to fix those things rather than city money having to repair it.

So basically we approve if this is approved today, they build the houses.

At some point the city will take over, I'm sure the streets, the drainage, the sewer.

And it if they request that, they would have to come back to the council and ask y'all to agree to that.

But all of these utilities are on their property.

Uh you know, this is not your typical subdivision like we do with single family houses.

Okay.

So uh we had we had that request come up one time before about the lost garden bill is down on DeBees Road, and they actually were asking us to take over their utilities, but the city saw no advantage to taking over their utilities down there.

So uh and I don't see any advantage to us taking over their utilities down here.

So as of now it would be incumbent upon the developer.

And then there's that bond of 129,000 if there was an issue that related to anything with the city, that bond would help cover any monies we had to spend.

That's my understanding.

A little closer to that, because the bonds are held or uh or made through the engineering department while the construction is underway.

So Miss Labata, is that yes, that's correct.

So the the first bond we have is um a bond for their asphalt.

They asked not to put their final layer of asphalt until the townhomes were built, which is very common.

That way with construction trucks and stuff that they can put it when they're done building, they can have a nice clean layer of asphalt.

So that's what the first bond is for.

The second bond is our maintenance bond that we hold for two years.

So if anything that they have dedicated to the city, you know, if they hit uh fire hydrant or anything like that, that we have that kind of as our warranty to that developer to go back and fix anything for the first two years, and then after two years we release the bond.

Okay, so if they didn't for some chance, some reason they did not, we could use that bond to fix any any or repair any issues or any damage.

Yes, if they didn't come in and fix it under their warranty.

Right.

And then after two years, then it does that is it the city's issue or is it still the developer's issue?

So it's it dep it's it'll after two years, no matter what happens, it's the city's issue.

Okay.

So but if we had like a random car come through and hit a fire hydrant, that wouldn't be a warranty out of the developer.

That would be the cities.

But if somebody building the house in there hit it, you know, their their builder hit it, then it would be their their responsibility under their warranty.

And this may not be anything we need to discuss now, but I just see in Woolmarket some of the drainage and nothing regarding you.

I mean, I know some things were different some years ago, it seems like, but what I've seen in Woolmarket drainage, this is there's always issues after these subdivisions, and after the city takes over, we've always got drainage issues.

So I don't know what we can do, and we can talk about it another day.

But I think that's something we may need to, I don't know, maybe as a whole or in general uh you know, whoever at some point come up with some maybe some new um requirements or guidelines for that moving forward.

But we can talk about that later.

Thank you, Director.

Thanks, Director Creel.

That's all I have.

Mr.

Bate, Mr.

Libate.

Yeah, I almost got away, then uh I've uh uh I thought I heard Mr.

Creel say they got to come back to us before they turn over utilities to us.

But you're saying they don't or do it depends, and actually I was trying to read back on this one because I couldn't remember if they were dedicating utilities to it, because sometimes they dedicate utilities to us and sometimes they don't.

So I was trying to look back on this one and see if it were or not.

But Gary said now that uh yeah, let me throw my two cents on this game and watch this thing day by day go up and probably go by there every day.

This is on a scale one to five, five being the best.

This is close to a five on if we could replicate this a number of times, because it's a tight, well done uh uh construction.

This would be 27, 28 homes, 27.

So that's population that's gonna be there.

If we could replicate that 10 times on these, but we would be way ahead of the curve, I can promise you.

It's high, the drainage naturally goes towards Palace, and then uh you know, the Pine Street where it sits at.

So just throwing my two cents, as I said, if you were to one to five, it's closer to a five than way closer than a one.

So I mean, it's uh it's well done.

And whether they dedicate the utilities or not, it's it's uh not a big stretch one way or the other.

And I knew we did have one of our engineering inspectors out there during construction to watch the utilities being installed.

So um, and I couldn't find it real quickly just sitting up here trying to read it, but um we would be okay.

I if it if we don't accept utilities with this plot, I would be I would be comfortable recommending that you that we do um because we had an inspector out there.

Some of them we don't, uh like the Debes Road, because they came in and um didn't want to accept the dedicate to the city at the beginning, but this one we did have an inspector out there.

And it does represent the first of a repopulation effort.

I mean, that's no reason for him to come back and do that.

They had some uh some some vision on uh what the potential is on that in you know from uh Oak, you know, from the point from Myrtle Street all the way to Oak Street, so it's a pretty good deal, in my opinion.

Thank you, uh Mr.

Mayor.

Um you're saying it's a one to five.

Um I'm I'm I'm almost gonna say the same thing.

He's he's probably thinking we consider to be a 27 and 27 houses.

Yeah, we're not questioning that.

We just want to try to find out about the dedication of the of the streets.

You know, and I know that every chance I get, I remind anybody and everybody.

We don't need to go up nor cutting down trees, building rows.

We already got roads, got everything we need.

We got over a thousand empty lots, and this is gonna take twenty-seven of them away.

So we're getting there.

One day, Mr.

Mayor.

Now, let me let me let me respond because I do you know that property belonged to the housing authority sitting there uh without use for a bunch of years.

And this was the first where they said we want a part of this redevelopment.

So it wasn't taking somebody's lot, it was actually uh uh uh reusing of the you took the housing authorities property, and that's that was what was amazing about the uh uh this opportunity.

I didn't mean to cut you off, but uh through them.

I'm not saying we took anybody's pocket.

I'm saying that of a thousand empty lots we have in East Biloxi.

We just took twenty-seven and put it gonna build some houses, and that's all we want.

As far as East Bluexia goes, War one and War 2 100% behind it.

We just wanted to make sure about that's all it is to it.

So that is a home run.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor, for being behind it, and we're gonna keep moving forward.

Mr.

Wayne.

On this road, we got to understand there's only one house.

That's all we have on this one road.

So we're adding 27.

And like the mayor says, there's a lot of land that's empty around there that developers can come in and get there's probably what two blocks, three blocks right there that uh that's empty.

So any developers don't need a bill, we got the spot for y'all.

Y'all come on.

Thank you.

That's all I have.

Thank you, gentlemen, for that.

Thank you.

All right, call for the question.

I I think we I don't hear a lot of negative on this uh development, so we'll call for the question.

All in favor, those opposed, motion carries unanimous.

Move on to item C.

This was moved by myself and seconded by Councilman Marshall.

Um it was tabled uh for one week.

Uh do we need to make a motion to bring it off the table or just discuss it?

Okay.

We'll just uh go into discussion with it.

Uh this was uh reduction of facility rental fees by the uh Gulf Coast Biloxi uh boxing academy.

And uh is there anyone here representing that group?

Sir, if you come up, please and uh you have the microphone, state your name, your position, and tell us why you're making this request and a little bit about your organization.

Thank you, sir.

Hi, I'm doing my name is Jonathan Hopkins.

I'm the head coach of Gulf Coast Boxing Academy.

Um I've been there for like maybe three, four years now.

They got passed to me to the guy before me like four.

Located in Govort, but have kids from everywhere, all the cities.

And um travel with um actually like the region champs right now.

And we're going out now is our turn for the people to come to us.

And we just want to make sure it's in a nice facility for them to be able to come in.

Um I do everything out of my pocket, I don't charge, you know.

That's life.

Um I have maybe anywhere between 20-30 kids all the time.

Um and we just we're together every day.

Uh pretty much uh it's a nice building, you know.

And uh when the people come from out of town.

How does this affect these kids?

Um this experience.

Tell tell us about that.

Um discipline, it gives them something to look forward to.

Um discipline it gives them something to look forward to when the people are coming here we travel a lot they get to see a lot and I just stuck in the neighborhoods and not just the bottom neighborhoods all neighborhoods is kids that need help in the bottom bottom in the suburbs and just traveling okay family every day um I got one more comment and then I'll turn it over to councilman marshall who seconded this uh Mr.

Marshall wants to challenge you to a uh charity boxing event and if he wins if he wins you gotta pay the full price if you win we'll give you that reduction.

Would you agree to that sir?

Yeah right now okay Mr.

Marshall you got the floor what they say about politicians there we go.

All right um I've never heard of you I'm from East Biloxi and I know a lot of kids over East Biloxy we don't have a gym over in East Biloxi.

We're trying to work on that but um do you have you reached out to any other organizations over in East Bux anywhere?

Can't say I really do all I'm um not really like top team maybe other buildings to work with us um like I said we're we're kind of new start off small but now it's getting bigger you know and uh okay the reduction in facility for that day what do you plan to do that day?

Uh have a sanction event boxing event um where people um like I said we're the region champs so they come from everywhere California everywhere are you selling tickets what are you gonna do with the money when you sell the tickets um try to make enough get a new floor have a building that's 50 60 years old which building is that county's uh actually sponsored this tours off guard their fire station um the guy who had it before me had it a very long time so we're kind of just sitting with left uh I want to get the boys all type of stuff new no they're they all turn into your kids at some point I have grown ups too but for the most the kids they turn to so how do you plan to evolve how do you how do you plan to involve Biloxi in this well I have fighters from Biloxi I got two that's right around the corner you know I take care of them I crank my car up I blow my car up for them I make sure they're good uh I treat them like my own son you know uh I can only do so much are you paying yourself are you paying yourself by paying myself yeah okay so the money you get and the money that the money that you're gonna be making you're gonna just put it right back into developing your program getting your facility built up and so and that's gonna be in Gulfport and Bluxy that's in Gulf buildings of GoPro actually sponsored me well the guy who had it before me was sponsorful Gulfport so pass that he passed it to me that's the one I got but it's not I have people from everywhere.

Okay I appreciate Beloxy 100% anything you're doing for East Beloxy I'm gonna stand behind it 100% I'm told East Beluxie this is what the building is speaking of is in this man's war so I'm gonna turn over to him how how are you reaching out to I mean it's just for local local kids or just uh uh uh UFC event uh amateur amateur at our amateur I'm the uh I'm the only sanctioned not the only sanctioned building but I'm under USA but I'm the only building under USA boxing here but our kids are from here ocean springs that's why I didn't name port boxing club coast it's everybody um and we've been the chance for like two three years rank up to go to Kansas go here and there so it's for our boys but um I just want when the people come in town to come see our buildings no good but it's listen so they come in I want them to come into something nice I want them so the next time I throw up can't summon the money would go for loves new this and that and pay for the next have to pay for sanctions things like that our boys our boys that feel like um we invest anybody else out of town you know um they're they're nice and pretty well how many how many how many boxers or USC fighters you got or you know amateurs here in Biloxi Deshaun Wicks and uh West and they both stay like just right around the corner that's just that's not including uh guys that's not signed up for US boxing got a little kid in Connor I drive all over right well I mean we don't mind supporting our youth I mean that's we've all as kids we all played up around here so I guess I guess question is why do you pick Bloxy and not Govort because that that is your where your GMS most people try to do that.

I drop all over.

Right.

Well, I mean, we don't mind supporting our youth.

I mean, that's we've all was kids, we all played up around here.

So I guess I guess question is why'd you pick Bloxy and not Gov Port?

Because that that is your where your gym is.

Most people try to do that.

So that that's I guess that's gonna be a lot of our questions.

Bloxy.

Well our uh We got the hotel rooms here for those uh boxers that are coming in from out of town.

Yep.

That's like that'd be that's part of the that's that helps me get them there, the national chance.

I just regular like the big guys to make the big show.

Honest uh Alan Belcher do a show here once.

Helped them.

Have my boys in there, you know, sell them piece uh this, that, and other nice facilities.

I don't want to lie anything.

That's what I just always have my eye on it.

Like I'm able to get there.

Mayor.

I mean, you could say that it's the best building around.

That's why we do here.

We do the best building, that's what we do.

Yeah, mayor, hold on one second.

That's all I have.

Uh Councilman Creel wants to challenge Alan Belcher.

So that'll be the other charity event.

But he does have a question also session.

How many total students do you have?

Not necessarily from Bilexi, just total.

Uh I want to say 25.

Okay, thank you.

Like we're outgrowing.

Like I have to have some outside, some inside and switch it out.

Talking about like everyday students.

Like out of the 25, like eight of them that go out and fight.

Every kid doesn't want to fight.

Right.

Councilman Tuesday, I mean we'll get to the mayor next.

Yeah, I just I just want to explain my vote on these facility rental agreements there, several of them, and that is I'll be voting no on each of these.

I'm sure they're fine organizations.

I don't doubt that, but based on our budget discussion from workshops and everything this summer, it was a couple of months ago.

So I just wanted to explain my vote on these items.

Thank you.

Mayor.

Yeah, I I would like to uh voice my two cents in in support of boxing here.

You know, boxing got a long history in Biloxi.

Going back to 1910s, 1915s.

Gulf states, Gulf States tournament was a a national kind of tournament.

We had the AAU nationals in 78 and uh a lot of great a lot of great tradition here and really have not over the last four or five years had organized amateur boxing.

So I'm welcoming the opportunity that to showcase our little cultural part of uh uh uh boxing was big.

Boxing, you know, what was uh part of uh uh something that was special.

So uh I would pass it some of me guess at more.

Big time in in in uh in Gulfport, but we also had Toronto's a lot of different, but there was all that same group older than me.

I'm old, but he was a lot older than me.

But literally uh it was uh it was part of growing up Biloxi is to you know to wrap your hands and get in that ring for a little bit, and it really is a big experience.

Even if you fight two times, if you get in that ring one time, you can understand what it takes.

So I'm I'm in support of this.

It's not a whole lot of money, but it's a great place and it's a great venue to bring this science back.

Thank you, Mayor.

I want to wrap it up with this.

We we tabled this uh resolution for one week requesting that you uh come and appear and kind of educate us a little bit.

You've done that today.

I'm sure you'd rather be in your gym working with your boys and all that kind of stuff, but uh it does have a lot of benefits other than just uh an event that's happening in Biloxi that at the current time has about two, maybe three uh boxers from Biloxi.

Uh Biloxi Rose King at one time uh promoting events in the Coliseum frequently.

And it was events, small events like this that uh caused our reputation to grow.

We even had Olympic uh trials here and uh amateur boxing.

Uh I mean it was it was uh sought after, seen by millions on TV and all that good stuff.

Oh yeah.

That's right.

So uh it goes beyond just reducing uh uh facility fee.

It gives that experience.

That's the answers we were seeking.

Does this uh help the youth?

You mentioned that one of the things that I heard you say, they're like your own boys, and and I and I can see that in your eyes today.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And it it's far reaching when you have those other amateurs coming from all over that get to see a piece of Biloxi and they don't know what Biloxi is until they get here and they get to tell everybody, and I think it just kind of uh uh gets the word out and it helps us in the long run, uh attract visitors and boxing enthusiasts, and it helps our our community.

Neil what what is the oldest that's gonna be fighting uh there's gonna be fighting at the event you want to know like yeah okay I used to box he wants to know if there's an age requirement so no no no no I mean the oldest one is that's that's gonna fight at the button I want to say probably about 40 so 40 yeah no we it goes up to like you can beat them you can beat them at the master class you can beat them most of them are gonna be young most of them okay how many ballots you think is going to be just fifteen I just want to everybody in get everybody out have a good time you know I want to say about 15 yeah box when I was uh 10 yep there you go all right thank you sir thank you for kind of educating us call for the question on item C all in favor those opposed motion carries six one to one five two I'm sorry shoemaker and Tisdale balanced now I know why the officers are here escort you two out of here all right we'll continue continue on resolution authorizing facility rental agreement with Woolmarket Elementary School and approving a waiver of facility rental fees for the Woolmarket City Center Chair entertain a motion I'll move it sorry moved by Mr Sheraker seconded by Mr.

Gray Mr Schumacher I just it's it's a good event I think um they help us we we we're helping them they help us in return I think it's kind of back and forth amongst us and them so I think it's just something we should do because they help us tremendously at the same place actually Mr.

Gray I have nothing all right anybody else there being on call for the question all in favor those opposed motion carries six one next item E resolution authorizing facility rental agreement with the legacy business league and approving a reduction of facility rental fees for the Bloxy Civic Center.

Okay chair and ten a motion so move moved by Mr Marshall do I have a second second mr creel mr marshall anyone here representing them good my name is Angie Juzang and I'm wearing multiple hats today um I'm the vice president of marketing and community relations with memorial health system I'm the immediate past chair for goodwill of South Mississippi uh and I am the chair for Legacy Business League which is the organization that is asking for the reduction in fees today.

I we gave you a packet and hopefully it answers some of the questions that you were um posing to the gentleman before me.

Um we have had this event as a freestanding event for the last five years not counting the um assistance that I provided um probably uh about 15 uh years ago um helping my brother Gilbert Mason Jr.

um start the uh Charles Drew blood drive for the MLK coastwide committee um but five years ago all of these organizations plus many more collaborated to have it at um the the Coliseum the City of Biloxi was a sponsor at that time um and since then we moved it from there to the Orange Grove Community Center um and we quickly outgrew that the city of Biloxi was actually on our materials and a sponsor doing those years as well last year was the first year we had at the Biloxi Civic Center and it was perfect for the um the organizations and the vendors and retailers that that this um this event uh helps to accommodate um so we're hoping to have it in February of this year that was the first time that the Bloxi Civic Center was available and we still feel like we need um that room and that space um we had about 500 participants um 500 plus participants we do register individuals so we can capture some demographics and we had volunteers from um sororities fraternities various civic organizations that helped us um do the registration hand out the food um distribution that we did um this year we added retail vendors uh and they sold items uh small out in the the the lobby area and it was one of our largest participating um events in terms of 80 80 plus vendors um goodwill and memorial um give monetary and in kind uh donations um and legacy does the um sweat equity and provides you know smaller um uh contributions to the expenses and we've been in in business um uh we were a 501c six we went through a rebrand in 2019 but we've been in in existence since 2013 for those um businesses that need to give money to a 501c3 we have an account set up with the Gulf Coast community foundation um on page three it shows other um things that we did that day um we gave out uh 500 children's books those were provided to us by goodwill 150 bike helmets that is something we've done um all uh five years well this would be our fifth year

We went through a rebrand in 2019, but we've been in existence since 2013 for those um businesses that need to give money to a 501c3.

We have an account set up with the Gulf Coast Community Foundation.

Um page three, it shows other um things that we did that day.

Um we gave out 500 children's books, those were provided to us by Goodwill, 150 bike helmets.

That is something we've done all uh five years.

Well, this would be our fifth year, uh, and that those are donated by the Memorial Hospital Foundation.

One of the things that we um added this year because of the food insecurity in the area was to um procure 5,000 pounds of food.

We did have to pay for that through feeding the Gulf Coast, and Jeffrey Hullham with uh extend a hand feed of friend uh was the one that helped us facilitate that distribution.

Our hope is to double that this year, and that will be where some of the money that we save from the rental fee can transfer to to purchasing more of those items.

We actually want to purchase some more of the bike helmets as well, and we do um bike safety and and such there.

Um the Memorial Foundation is as out of the inventory for that.

So, one of the things that Memorial Health System really, of course, we are um good stewards in the community, and we have a graduate medical education program where our residents um help with our health fares uh just about every Saturday, and they attend this event, but we have a requirement to uh provide services to uh people of a particular socioeconomic levels, Medicaid, Medicare, um, and a lot of the categories that you see in this packet, they have requirements to show our joint commission.

So they um they participate throughout the year, and that's part of my job is to create opportunities for them.

So we're very proud of this event because every area that you see was manned by two or three memorial staff members, and they were able to take one-on-one time with individuals in the community in addition to providing glucose screenings and blood pressure education.

We did have a partnership last year, a very much um it was much more robust um uh youth experience, the Gulf Coast Um Boys and Girls Club of the Gulf Coast led that effort.

They, of course, they're the largest um youth development organization on the coast, and so um Kiva Scott, um, she's uh one of the founders of Legacy Business League, and she has been with us since the beginning in terms of supporting um this event.

I'm not sure we have not received confirmation if they're gonna do it in 2026, but we were very proud and pleased with their participation last year.

The next page shows that the number of vendors.

I I think this is really you know, I'm I'm I'm partial to this, but I think it's pretty impressive given the number of health for fares that um I touch each each year.

Um taking that experience, we were able to build partnerships and get people really excited about this event, make um to make it very interactive.

One of the cool things we we we set out to do was to create an experience, right?

And so um we compartmentalize the room in um different categories.

So we have jobs and careers and entrepreneur support on one side, um, we have mental health and wellness, um, uh health and wellness, mental health services on another, financial empowerment, housing assistance, we have a section for senior services, it's compartmentalized into veteran services, of course, the youth experience and then legal services, um, where we do expungement workshops as well.

So, what's neat about it is that people can go in and get the service that they need rather than you know, a lot of um fairs, they'll they'll make you kind of go to every booth and sign off so you can get a door prize at the end.

Um, we created it to where it's very well the signage is is is there and people can get in and in and out.

Um, one of the first times we had this, we had a couple come in.

Um, I greeted them at the door, and it it couldn't have been 10-15 minutes, and they were they were leaving, and I said, Oh, did you not have a good experience?

And they said, No, the opposite.

We are we came down from Wiggins, we saw the um advertising of who is gonna be here, and we have been trying to get this one nonprofit on the phone for months, and we needed housing assistant, and so we came right in, got what we needed, got our our bag and our our door prize, and and and left.

And I think that that speaks volumes to what we were trying to create.

Um, and so uh it it you know, it's a job and a health fair, and then we compartmentalized the rooms.

The next page kind of shows how the city of Beluxe was highlighted just last year, and it's not everything that we printed.

We had uh, you know, obviously flyers, posters, we had um the volunteers went out and and put put signage up in barbershops and um beauty shops, um, even at Dollar General and and um you know just different places, people were very open to having signage about this, and I think that attributes um to the success and the traffic because we do a grassroots effort.

Um y'all were included in all of our radio ads, um radio mentions.

We had um our board members and other participations, like the CEO of Goodwill, um, go on WLOX and WXXV, and you were mentioned there.

You all were on our collateral material, like the bags that we handed out, um, and we do that every year.

Um, and so the last page just shows you again how the the the categories are are um the resource experts in all the areas that we have.

Um we did uh like I said, door prizes, and we gave out free hot dogs and hamburgers.

Um that is uh the sheriff's department actually helps us with that, um, and they were donated by um Nico Foods.

Um and this is can it has typically been in conjunction with three other events.

Um we're gonna continue to have those this year.

One is more of an entertainment, but also has panelists and a guest speaker.

Last year we had the CEO of Southern Company, who was the first African American um to lead that organization.

He was our keynote speaker, um, interspersed with entertainment.

Actually, a lot of them were were from Biloxi.

Um, and then we also have a cultural um a celebration of arts and culture at the Oral Keefe Museum every year.

Um, and we will continue to have that as well.

It may not be in January.

Um, we're finding that we want to kind of break free of uh other events and and not be in competition with them.

We want everybody to be successful.

So again, this is the first date that the Bloxy Civic Center was open, so that's why we grabbed this one up.

But we're looking at um probably possibly again moving those other events back too, but but we'll have those.

All right, thank you, Mr.

Marshall.

On your radio ads, what you tell me is this first let me make sure I'm hearing you correctly.

You know that's not to write you a check for anything, are you?

Not but just asking you so every time you mention this event, you mentioned City of Biloxi.

Absolutely did.

Okay, every ad that you put in any type of periodical, our city you're promoting the city of Biloxi, okay.

That is correct.

Okay.

Also, how many um people attended last year?

500 plus.

500 plus.

Mr.

Mayor, how many people can we get in that place?

Four easily 17.

All right.

So that's what they're building.

The bill is the use of that bill is just for that.

So I'm okay with that.

What I need to know also is um you're seeing that I'm seeing him memorial hospital.

Okay, you work for Memorial Hospital.

I do.

I'm the I'm the Vice President of Marketing.

I've been there for six years, and prior to that I was with Garden Park for nine.

So doing that during that one day, you're gonna have a job fair?

It's a job and um well, as you can see, it's it's more than than that.

It's it's mental health services, it's it's multiple things, and it's not just memorial.

Melina Healthcare was there.

We have several different medical clinics.

Belinda Alexander comes out and does breast cancer awareness.

Um, so yes, it's it's and even our people, our memorial uh career HR comes out and they set up on the job fair side.

Okay, all right.

Um Do you have social media?

Oh, yes, that's our primary way of getting information out.

So are we gonna be are we gonna be featured permanently on that also?

So we have what's called presenting sponsors and then support sponsors.

The city of Biloxi is a presenting sponsor along with um uh the people that I've said Hancock Whitney Um and WJZD.

So we've done we do interviews on WJZD in support of Rip Daniels.

Again, we go in WLOX and XXV, and we vote um the City of Biloxi there as well.

Okay, so by you being there, your organization putting this on with the other organization by us helping you to do this, you're able to open the doors for the vendors to come in.

We're talking about memorial health system, we're talking about Renaissance, community loan fund, SMPD, all these are there because of the fact that we're helping you to get that facility for that day to reach out to the community.

Am I am I understanding that correctly?

100%.

And I mean, there's there are health job fairs throughout the coast, like I said, it could be every Saturday.

I again my my job is to fill those requests for memorial, and I can keep my staff busy and the residents busy every year.

The magic about this particular event is the collaboration that we have with those individuals who are also putting on these events.

When we come together and we use our resources, um when we use the the the power of their social media, we create we even create ads for them to use that say I'm I'm a vendor, and so we send it out to individuals who can utilize their social media and their contacts, and that's why I think this is so successful.

I I think that um those who who put these on for their own organizations, I think it's admirable, but for whatever reason, there the traffic isn't what it needs to be.

So I I spent six months research searching and going to almost everyone physically myself and looking at the pros and cons of what people did and and then asking them say, hey, will you join forces?

And let's let's do one big one.

Let's make this the biggest one on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, continue to have yours, but at least once a year, let's all get together and just create that energy and give that um give the resources out that we need.

So the biggest one by doing this, you're we're gonna be like the biggest one on the cost, right?

I I based off of my experience.

I've not seen anything bigger.

We like it when it's big in the East Biloxi area in Biloxi period, but okay.

I'm good.

All right, Mr.

Cruel.

Just uh one question that and I you've said it, but I just I like to hear it again.

It's open to the public and free to the public.

100%.

All of the events that we do.

The only the only other question I have is that's two is the math.

So according to the line item, it's this is a reduction of fifteen hundred, and then in the dissertation, whereas the rental fee is three thousand, and then down underneath it says the fee is being reduced to one thousand six hundred.

There's a there's a about that myself.

There's a hundred dollars missing somewhere.

So is it are we reducing the fee by fifteen hundred to make it a fifteen hundred dollar rental and or is the deposit that was my question?

That's normally what y'all have done.

Maybe yes.

The equipment fees are included in there for the hundred dollars, yeah.

So that's what that is.

We have audio visual hookup is a hundred dollars is what we charge for that.

Okay.

Just want to make sure the math was correct.

Thank you.

Are there any other comments?

I do have a question, though.

So does that does that mean that we've we've already paid the $1,500?

So does that mean the just the rental fee is what would be reduced?

All right, thank you.

Uh call for the question.

Well, I'll make sure I'm here.

You are paying the fifth, you are paying $1,500.

We've already paid $1,500 deposit, and so we historically we've gotten that back in addition to having the fee waived.

But what I hear y'all saying today is that it will only be the additional fifteen hundred, and I will take what we can get.

No, I'm on I'm trying to make them here.

Um I want to make sure I'm clear.

The fee is three thousand.

Yes.

We're gonna take away fifteen hundred, correct?

So you're gonna give the city fifteen hundred.

That's a deposit.

Okay.

With once they get the facility back, if it's clean, they get that deposit back.

Okay.

So we pay that they're gonna be receiving would be the one hundred dollar equipment fee.

That's why it's sixteen hundred dollars remain, correct?

No, the fifteen hundred dollars will be a refundable deposit once the facility, once the facility is returned.

So if the council approves the waiver of fees that will owe the city sixteen hundred dollars, fifteen hundred for the rent, and then a hundred dollars for the AV, which would be a fifteen hundred dollar reduction off the three thousand.

So you're gonna still over $1,500.

I've already paid it, keep it.

Uh technically, she's getting the fifteen hundred back that will be applied to the fifteen hundred dollar balance plus the hundred dollars uh the audio visual.

They'll a hundred dollars for the audio visual.

So they'll pay sixteen sixteen hundred.

So they're just yeah, there's a deposit, the deposit will be applied to what they owe.

No, the pause would be refunded.

Okay, but they have to pay for the fifth for the fifteen hundred dollar balance.

Like I said, if this passes council, um the legacy would owe the city sixteen hundred dollars, and that would cover the rental of the reduction rental plus the AV fees, then once the foot once their event is over, there's no damages, of course, and the facility is clean.

We will issue them a refund for their fifteen hundred dollar deposit that will get that back.

You're clear, okay.

All right, all in favor opposed six to one resolution authorizing entry into facility rental agreement with second launders bodyguard club and approving a reduction of facility rental fees for the Bloxy Civic Center.

Authorizing entry into facility rental agreement with second launders, Lodyguard Club, and approving a reduction of facility rental fees for the Biloxi Civic Center.

Chair entertain a motion.

Somebody make the motion.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Second by Mr.

Marshall.

Thank you, Mr.

Marshall.

Anyone here speak on behalf of second liners?

Good afternoon.

If you just state your name and your role with the organization.

My name is Tampa McGee.

I am the business affairs manager for the Second Linus Martigrat Club.

So Male Gillich and members of the city council, I am glad to be standing sitting here in front of you to give you a little bit of information on the second lineers and why we would like to have the reduction in fee.

I'm here to speak on resolutions F on the policy agenda regarding the nonprofit rate of the $1,500 for our organization.

And we also hold the 5013 C with from the IRS.

The Second Linus Mardi Ground Club was founded here in Biloxi and has proudly served this community for 31 years.

Each year we provide scholarships to graduating seniors across Mississippi, South Coast.

To date, we have awarded over 100,000 to deserving youths, especially those who are at risk.

Our annual scholarship ball blends the excitement of the Montagras season with the spirit of giving as we raise funds to support community outreach and educational opportunities.

In addition, our initiatives includes Operation Center for Children's School Supplies giveaway, senior dinner, Thanksgiving, Turkic Drives, and support for our local food pantries.

We also support the Bat Bay Mission, the boys and girls, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

This event that we're having is one of our annual fundraisers.

It is expected to draw more than 500 attendees from across the southeastern United States.

These guests will stay in Biloxi Hotels, dine in our restaurants, and enjoy the many amenities our city has to offer.

Therefore, we respectfully ask for your support and approval of this resolution.

That's all I have.

Any questions?

That was some good stuff, Mr.

Marshall.

You agree with Mr.

Korea.

Mr.

Korea.

So if the date I'm looking at this date, it's Memorial Day weekend.

Yes.

So do you have room parts already for your event at any here?

Okay.

I my only suggestion is it's going to be a sellout weekend and the rates are going to be high.

Second one, and it is on that Sunday for Memorial Day.

Um, so if I could with the administration, when if we could go forward with these, um, when we have fee would request such as these that we apply non-departmental funds throughout the year, if we could add these with that, so that way we can get a total at the end of the year.

So when we look at non-departmental allocations next year, we can take that into consideration as far as the fee reductions.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Very nice uh presentation.

Thank you.

Any other comments?

Yes.

Um, in reference to the second line, um the name of the organization is the second, actually, it's the Biloxi second liners.

Mardi Gras.

However, don't let the word Mardi Gras fool you.

Uh, as far as East Biloxi, this this organization has adopted Henry Bake Park.

Um, this organization has provided scholarships for young people all throughout Biloxi, not just East Biloxi, but all throughout Biloxi.

Uh, this organization is uh speak up, I couldn't hear you.

What was that?

What you said there.

This organization has provided scholarships for young people all throughout.

East Biloxi and Biloxi.

Outstanding.

This organization also has sponsored food giveaways.

If you ask this organization to appear, they uh they show up in drugs.

This organization has never ever turned any of the churches down in my community or throughout Biloxi.

If you call this organization and say, hey, we're gonna need some help at the nursing home.

You're gonna probably see Carlo out the Carlo out the Carlos.

So don't let it don't think that they only work for Mardi Gras.

They just happen to be a Mardi Gras Club, but they also have adopted Biloxi and East Biloxi to go out throughout the year.

So any funds that we have extended to them, extended to them through the um through our budget prior to this is already allocated, allocated to other things that they're doing.

What they're doing right now is also just raising money for those types of continue to do those things in the community.

So this is what I consider to be a working organization.

Uh this now for our uh organization that's that just passing through, coming through and using our facility.

This is this is this is our organization, and I'm gonna be supporting this.

Thank you, Mr.

Mosha.

Any other comments?

There being none call for the question, all in favor.

Those opposed, motion carries.

Six to one.

Five to two.

Five two.

I'm sorry, five two.

Next slide.

Resolution authorizing facility rental agreement with mental health association of South Mississippi and a preventative reduction of facility rental fees for the Bloxy Civic Center.

Chair entertain a motion.

So move.

Second.

Second by Mr.

Gray, Mr.

Creel.

Is there someone to speak?

Okay.

Afternoon.

My name is Kay Denal, the executive director of the Mental Health Association.

Um I want to just start by saying mental health is an issue that seems to be growing not only in our community, but around the around the country.

Um statistically, one in five individuals experiences some sort of mental health challenge.

And that can be anything from anxiety, um, which can come from a lot of stress, a lot of different issues, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia.

So there are many different diagnoses.

And you think one in five.

So when you're in a restaurant, when you're in a at a concert, or you're in this room, there are people in this room who are having challenges.

Um what our organization tries to do is we try to connect with people, try to get them to some different resources, help them understand what's out there, what their challenges might be to get to those resources, and how can we assist them?

So we have um we have our homeless a homeless outreach program.

We have um people who work out in the community with people who are literally living on the streets.

And I know all of you have seen people in Lexi who are living in the streets.

So what our staff does is they initially just try to start that conversation with someone, um, which can be really difficult because people have had all sorts of experiences that led them to that moment.

Um I truly don't believe that someone just wakes up and says, Now I'm gonna live.

Um something happened to them, something got them there.

It could be, you know, I've heard people say, Well, I feel like my family's one paycheck away from ending up there, and that certainly can happen.

Um, we look at things from a I haven't walked in that person's shoes type of mentality to give people respect to give them the opportunity to trust someone enough to help them get the resources that they need.

So they might start with giving them a bag of hygiene items, maybe some you know, some food, things like that.

Try to help them get a copy of their birth certificate.

You know, people are walking around with uh everything their own in a bag, usually, so they lose things, they may get assaulted in some way, and so now they have to start over.

We've had people that we've we've taken the DMV multiple times or ordered their birth certificate multiple times because it's just hard for them, especially if they're experiencing some sort of mental illness.

Um, so we have that program and and ultimately we're trying to get people into housing, um, get people into treatment, get them to a place where they can make a difference on their self and eventually make us a difference in our community and start to give back and get back to the place that they they originally came from.

Um have um a program that is a day program for adults 18 and older to come to to be able to be with other people who also have mental illness.

Um it's sort of like a senior citizen center, but it's for people who have mental health challenges.

Um it's a fun place to be, but also an educational place to be.

Um today, for instance, we have two individuals that um we're trying to help them get their ADA um clearance with Coast Transit Authority so that they can have better transportation to get to the doctor or wherever they need to go.

CTA doesn't always travel in places where people can just walk down to the bus stop, and two particular individuals don't they may not be able to get there on their own.

They may end up someplace that they never intended.

So we really think that they are deserving.

So even little things like that we try to help people with.

We also hold some classes.

Um we recently did um we're certified to teach a couple of national programs.

One is mental health first aid, which is um it's all about learning what signs and symptoms and risk factors and things to look for in someone, and then also how do we help that person?

How do we even approach the subject?

How do I say to someone, are you thinking about suicide?

That's very difficult.

So we have the class has scenarios where you can actually get in groups and talk about well, what would I do in this situation?

And it's they're real situations.

Um the last couple of classes that we did were for um emergency responders, and then of course we've done for the the general community, but we want to grow that.

Um, we're looking at doing some with faith-based leaders.

You know that a lot of people go to their um you know, to their pastors or you know, those leadership to try to get some guidance, and sometimes people don't really have all of the information or feel comfortable when it is a mental health issue.

So mental health substance use crises, there's a lot of things happening in our community that we try to um like I said, come at it from a strength space, strength-based and a personal-based um look on folks and realize that again we haven't walked in their shoes, we don't know where they've been, but we want to try to find out and get them to a different path.

So, quick question.

If I could can you tell us more about this reduction in facility fee that you're asking for and what it's for and what it does and the aspects of that.

Thank you.

So our event is called Don't Worry Be Happy.

Um, this is actually 26 will be the 18th year, I think, that we've had the event, and um, we've been at Biloxi Civic Center for probably the last year.

Okay, thank you.

I'll lose track.

Um, Mayor Gillich has been to the event several times.

I know several of you have as well.

Um it's a night where we bring people together.

We try to raise awareness, but we also try to have to make it fun.

Um and so that night we honor some people from the community who are doing good things, and we also give out a humanitarian award.

Um a couple years ago, Susan Hunt was the recipient of that.

I know you guys know everybody knows Susan.

Um last year, but Jostel it received that award.

Um we have local restaurants like um let's see, Half Shell Oyster House has participated, um, Scarlet Pearl Casino, some of the other casinos, um, ground zeros been a part of that.

So it's a lot of different things happening that evening where we can bring people together just to learn more about um and support the fact that people are um having some mental health issues in our community.

It helps us, those waiving those fees.

It it is a fundraiser for us, but what is happening what happens is we have grants, they don't always cover everything.

For instance, we're required to file taxes just like everybody else, um, and it's expensive for the CPA to to do that.

Well, the grants that specify we have to have these audits, don't pay they only pay um usually it's eight to ten percent of the bill, and so then how are we gonna pay the rest of that of something that we're required to do?

So there's a lot of things that aren't covered under grants that this fundraiser helps fill in those gaps, and so the waiving of fee will just help us to be able to have a great well-attended event every year.

I can attest to it.

Great causes and many people across the coast as far as vendors and wanting to help are there, and it's great to have them in our civic center.

So that was my next question.

Uh uh, how many people attended last year approximately?

I think it was around 350.

350.

Okay.

Perfect.

Thank you.

Probably more than I have nothing.

Uh chance or everything I'll needed.

Thank you.

All right.

Any other comments from the council?

Mayor, anything?

I'm good.

Support.

Oh, I'm good.

Call for the question.

All in favor.

Those opposed.

Motion carries six one.

Thank you.

Next item.

Resolution authorizing facility rental agreement with Mississippi Rural Water Association and approving a reduction of facility rental fees for the Point Cadet Pavilion.

Chair entertain a motion for discussion.

I'll make a motion.

Motion by Mr.

Gray.

Second for second by Mr.

Neil.

Mr.

Gray.

Is anybody here with the uh councilman?

We reached out to the water association and the uh Xavier University, and based on Thanksgiving week, if we could possibly even table this, I'll allow that uh asked y'all to take a look at that and maybe bring them back.

But Jamie and them reached out to them, and uh thanks for weak they could not be here.

Mr.

Gray, will you make that motion?

Motion uh table this all right.

There's a motion to table item H.

Is there a second?

Second, second by Mr.

Nell.

Discussion.

All in favor, those opposed uh five two opposed to table.

I get that correctly, and we'll table it until our next uh meeting.

Uh item I chair entertain a motion to table.

You mean to read it first?

Do we need to bring it?

Do we need to bring it?

Chair entertain a motion for discussion.

So moved.

All right.

Move by moved by Mr.

Crew.

Do I have a second?

I'll second it for discussion.

Mr.

Creel.

Um I will let this young lady speak, and then I I just have some housekeeping questions.

Hi, I'm Peggy Gibson.

We're proud graduate of Beluxe High School, nice class of 1970, where where we just celebrate our 55th year.

I'm also a graduate of the university, 1974.

A graduated two-late MBA program in 1975, and a graduate of Northwestern University School of Minnesota in 2021.

Uh I am a proud entity of Clara Rhodman who uh provided an avenue for me to get an education while I was attending Luxie High School.

Because of that, updoors for me in my life, and I like to be able to get it back.

So the Mystic South Coastal University living in the so what we want is by the scholarship event that we can raise enough money to be five thousand dollars scholarship back to students in Mississippi, so they can I want my proud universities so yeah, Miss Rodman was uh was a precious soul herself.

So um the question I have and I guess based on a previous item, the math doesn't math to me.

So the fee was 1900, the reductions nine fifty, but the reduced fee is still twelve fifty.

So I'm assuming there's something else in that that we're charging for.

Correct.

That that's kind of in the same situation, like except this has two pieces, well, two different add-ons, one being a dance floor and one being the kitchen usage.

That is a additional cost to that rental.

Now the rental is cheaper than the first one due to the fact that this is only a ballroom A versus a full ballroom.

Full ball.

That's that's what when you said this, okay.

So that's and I may have missed that.

Is that in the dissertation?

If you go in, does it does it list all of the additional add-ons with the with the additional amounts?

Okay, yes, sir.

It does.

Okay, perfect.

Thank you.

Uh uh you got any other questions?

Okay.

Okay, I got a few questions.

Uh first one being how many attendees on on this event?

Do you serious?

We're hoping for 300 minimum.

Okay, and and how many days is the event?

One night.

Or just one one night, okay.

All right.

Uh that's all I have.

Anyone else have any questions?

Uh yeah.

The uh thing you're gonna talk about three five thousand dollar scholarships, which we will raise 18.

15,000.

Okay.

You have an event in Biloxi.

You asked in Bilexi to help you.

Uh will you do any type of advertising?

Of course.

We will be advertising Mr.

Biloxi would be one of our sponsors.

Okay.

So you thought some of you have our logo and everything on it?

Right.

Also graduates as well.

And then up a group Facebook page to continue to advertise it.

And then uh use the bent bright uh funds due to L tickets to it.

Okay.

Okay.

No, no, where what city to go?

Mississippi.

Avi original.

Target the scholarship.

So you don't have to be from Biloxi.

Oh no, we can't do that.

Target it to me.

It can't be just from East Biloxi.

I'm from East.

I didn't say East Beloxie.

Okay.

But you had my mind.

I apologize.

I apologize to my colleagues.

It's okay with two of them going to East Blue.

I apologize.

Well he was right though.

We got the best students in East Beloxie.

We got the best educators in East Beloxie, and we need to get some more East Bluxi students in Xavier.

How many times did I say East Beloxie?

All right, with that, we're gonna call for the question.

All in favor.

Those opposed.

One, two, three, four to three.

Motion carries four to three.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Um need a motion on the consent.

So move.

Moved by Mr.

Creel.

Do I have a second?

Second by Mr.

Tisdale.

Mr.

Creel.

No questions.

Mr.

Tisdale.

Oh item F.

This deals with uh the canine who's retiring.

And um, I know that we had discussed this, but we didn't memorialize anything uh at the time about if we didn't do that because we'd need to have some guidelines to do something, excuse me.

But uh, and you said you might have the money in your budget, always a safe answer.

Maybe maybe so uh but what we had talked about, maybe setting aside if uh a dog was retired and adopted by a Biloxi police officer and was responsible for that dog for X number of years.

Uh we talked about, but really didn't act on setting aside some money or budgeting some money, uh maybe not to exceed a certain figure per year, and then a cumulative total for like five years to help that officer with the vet bills and medication, whatever might whatever else might be required of that.

So I just if if we could, could we check into that?

And uh it maybe if the administration could put a resolution together on that, at least bring it to the council we could vote on if there's enough support and it would come out of the police budget.

We we wouldn't allocate any more dollars, and the budget may not permit that this year.

That's but I'd sure love to see a resolution sometime in the next several weeks, maybe, maybe in December, early January, we'd at least take a shot at it.

All right, I'll work with Chief Miller on that.

All right, thank you.

On item on item H there's uh uh items H and I are both um resolutions related to Neil Schaeffer, and in part of the resolution in a section of the resolution, they break down the hourly rates.

Yeah, and then in uh item H they give you the hourly rates for 2024 and 2025, and then resolution I they give you the rates for 2026 and 2027.

I'm assuming in resolution H that the hourly rates shown should be for 26 and 27 also I would guess unless you're this is I'm just thinking it's a typo.

I'm sure I thought all the rates are going up.

I think it was three percent, and that that being the case, I think those new rates in item in resolution H where they show the that's all is just maybe it's a scrivener's area error, but I'm thinking I don't need to know last year's rates or this year's rates, it should be next year and the following year to cover the two years, right?

Yeah, or this year's rates, it should be next year and the following year to cover the two years, right?

But it's all related to the RPR services for right for 2026 and 2027.

So if somebody will just make that note, I don't know that it's significant.

I just caught that.

That's all that I have.

Thank you.

All right.

Any other comments about the consent from anyone?

Item C.

Mr.

Neil.

Um the surplus, is there any way we can look into getting a public option back to give people a Biloxi a chance to buy some of their own stuff back?

On the government, we can take a look at that and see.

Um I'll get a detailed list of what's going on with that and kind of lay out a plan.

And I've talked with Chief Miller before, and it's really been more troublesome than it has been beneficial.

But we'll take a look at it and see, and I'll put the numbers together of what it's gonna cost us versus what we think we're gonna get out of it, because at the end of the day, we at least need to break even on our cost and analysis.

Well, I I think too as far as being able to bid on something.

I think that the you know the the internet way of doing this thing allows you to do that.

I don't know if you have to to uh get on to whatever we're trying to surplus with enough uh uh credentials to allow you to bid on those items.

It does, it allows anybody to bid unless it's something that's uh public safety just for public safety, then only other public safety agencies can bid on it, but majority of it is open to the public.

Yeah, but when you see it in a truck and crank it up, you'll get a lot more money for them than on internet.

Yeah, but we did some opportunity to do that too, and you uh uh on certain occasions.

There is uh anyone else want to comment on yeah, I got you have all right, Mr.

Shoemaker.

We'll come back to Mr.

Gray.

I was just gonna echo what Councilman Tisdale said regarding F and the um retired police canines, and that's all I have to say.

Okay, thank you, Mr.

Shoemaker, Mr.

Gray.

I I got a question for B.

I don't know if that'd be a Walt or Christy question.

But is it B?

Yeah, uh Born here the camera system.

I mean, I know this is the video the videoing of the uh Howard Avenue sewer.

Right, right.

I mean, do we have our own video equipment to do this?

We have utilities, but for this particular one, I mean there's a third party.

I think we got a couple of bids.

Is that not well uh quotes?

This is the cheapest one.

That's all I just say if we had our own equipment, but I understand.

Utilities they do have some video, but not you know the capacity.

Not what we need for this.

Okay, that's all I have.

All right, thank you, gentlemen.

We'll vote on the consent, and then I'll get the exceptions uh afterwards.

All in favor of the consent agenda, all opposed.

Motion carries unanimous.

We'll go for exceptions, Mr.

Gray.

None, Mr.

Marshall.

Mr.

Neil, none, Mr.

Creel.

No exceptions, Mr.

Tisdale, none.

Mr.

Shoemaker, and I have no exceptions.

Move on to code enforcement.

Thank you.

I want to make a motion.

I'm kidding.

Item A, Tyler Smith, zero destiny plantation boulevard.

This property is still in violation.

Anyone here to speak on behalf of Tyler Smith?

Zero Destiny Plantation Boulevard.

There being no one, this case is closed.

Item B, Rebecca June Humphreys Estate, 175 Bill Morrison Drive.

This property is not resolved, but it's sold.

So we have to resolve it and start over with the new owner.

So we're gonna be doing that.

No actions required by the council.

Uh item C, Cicely Blair, 154 Crawford Street.

That case has been resolved.

Item D, Dean Prosperities LLC, 281 Strangy Avenue, that case has been resolved.

Item E, Mark Raymond et al.

171 Clayburn Street, that case has been resolved.

Item F, NRD'd LLC, 121 Hopkins Boulevard.

This property is still in violation.

What's the violation?

It's overgrown lot, neighbor complaint.

So anyone here to speak on behalf of NRD LLC.

121 Hopkins Boulevard.

There being no one, this case is closed.

Item G, Jerry L.

Scott Estate, 177 Daisy Street.

That case has been resolved.

2793 Fernwood Road.

This property is still in violation.

Any comments?

Yes.

I think that they have on Fernwood Road.

Is this is this the one near the western end, or is it the South Mississippi AIDS task force building?

Do you know?

I'm not sure, Dr.

Okay.

Has anybody spoke spoken on these cases?

That's one of the things we go over every morning before these cases come to y'all.

Have we had any contact at all?

No, none of these four that we have on here today.

Uh returned any of our calls or responded to any of our mail that we sent out.

Okay.

Uh uh I'd make a motion to give them an additional 30 days, and I'll try and get in touch with them.

Um motion by 30 days by Mr.

Tisdale.

Is there a second?

Seconded by Mr.

Nail discussion.

So how long has it been in violation?

Uh I think this is the first time it's appeared.

It has.

We haven't had it before.

It typically typically it takes about two months from the time that we start a case to where it comes before the city council.

There are certain steps that we have to follow.

So it's been in violation for at least two months.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

Um just a note for my colleagues up here.

I've tried to get in touch with somebody this week with open doors, but it's Thanksgiving week, and that's what I'm attributing it to.

So all right.

There's a motion for 30 days that's been duly seconded.

Uh uh any other discussion.

All in favor?

Opposed.

Motion passes 6 1.

No.

Mr.

Creole in opposition.

Four three.

Four three can Wayne and Jamie and David.

Four three.

Okay.

Four to three for the extension of 30 days.

Yeah.

All right.

Move on to the next case.

Item I, Robert N and Jeremiah R.

Daly, 216 Roden Bird Avenue.

That case has been resolved.

Item J, John and Edith Garcia, 402 Clay Street.

That case has been resolved.

Item K, Jack D.

Vincent Jr., 376 Mayo Street.

This property is still in violation.

Is there anyone here to speak on behalf of Jack D.

Vincent Jr.

376 Mayo Street?

There being no one, this case is closed.

Moved by Mr.

Tisdale.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Second by Mr.

Gray, Mr.

Tisdale.

I defer to Mr.

Gray.

Mr.

Gray.

Well, yes.

Mr.

Walt.

Giving something to do.

Council.

Just yet, say if we got any money coming in.

Yes, sir.

Um hopefully we got a couple hundred million.

We're trying.

They would only listen to us.

Yeah.

In great shape.

Currently, uh, we have 307.7,000.

Uh sorry.

We have 241.3,000 that's in step four or five.

That's the finance voucher.

It's been there for four days.

We should see that into our accounts within the next eight to ten days.

And that's followed by an additional nearly 308,000.

That three of five.

That's been there for six days.

So um, yes, sir.

We've got uh several hundred thousand dollars coming in or shortly, followed by another three hundred and eight thousand.

Yeah, we're burning at about a half a million a month.

So we're burning at about a half a million, so we should be receiving you know at least half a million a month for the next two or three months.

Right.

Now this money is already allotted for something.

No, it's a reimbursement of bills we've already paid.

And then in order to pay with the next bill when we next hits the docket, they'll fall in line to kind of keep us at least 60 days ahead of uh to cash flow it.

All right, that's all I have.

Any other discussion?

All in favor, those opposed, sure.

I get them.

Motion passes unanimous.

Chair entertain uh a motion to recess, moved moved by Mr.

Tisdale.

Adjourn.

Adjourn.

I'm sorry, to adjourn.

Yep.

Do I have a motion to I make that motion?

All right, uh Mr.

Tisdale.

Do I have a second?

Second by Mr.

Creel discussion.

All I'd like to say is have a very happy Thanksgiving to everybody on the council, the mayor, our directors, our team Biloxi, and all the citizens out there.

Happy thanks.