I'd like to uh welcome everyone to uh March 3rd, uh our our meeting for the first um meeting in March.

If I could have everyone rise, and I'm gonna ask one of our state championship uh soccer players, Kobe Martino.

He's uh going into the seminary if he would come up uh to the front and he if he would do the prayer and Nick Garzer if you'd lead us in the pledge after he concludes the prayer that's a good sign.

Is it on?

In the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, come Holy Spirit.

Lord Jesus, thank you for this day.

Thank you for letting us all come together in this community.

Thank you for giving us the blessing of being able to play the sport.

Lord Jesus, I ask that everything we do today honors you and is in your will.

Lord Jesus, we give you all of our praise, and with all this, we'll say our Father, our Father, who weren't in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

As it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread.

Lead us not to temptation, but deliver us from evil.

All right, good job.

Thank you, Kirby.

Thank you, Nick.

Uh the chair entered attain a motion to suspend the rules.

So moved.

Moved by Mr.

Creel.

Second.

Seconded by Mr.

Tisdale.

Any discussion?

None.

All in favor.

Those opposed.

Clerk would read the revision.

To the consent agenda, we're adding 5M.

Resolution authorizing entry into temporary birth rental agreement with American cruise lines.

Okay.

Chair entertained a motion to approve the agenda as amended.

So moved.

Second.

Moved by Mr.

Creel.

Second it by Mr.

Tisdale.

Any discussion?

None.

All in favor.

Those opposed.

Motion carries.

Mayor's report.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Welcome everyone.

I see some.

We got some champions in the house, and we got some sports coaches and friends and family.

So it's a great pleasure for me to welcome every one of you.

We're we're proud of what you've been accomplished.

And we're going to start with the ladies first.

The women, would you please come up?

I'm going to read a proclamation.

That's awesome.

I'm not going to go over here.

You get on both sides, right?

Okay.

Very good.

This proclamation on behalf of myself and city bo the city council this proclamation, whereas the St.

Patrick Catholic High School women's soccer team has earned the title of 2026 Class 1 Mississippi High School Activities Association State Champions for the fourth consecutive year.

How about that?

While also securing their sixth district championship.

Whereas the team completed the 2026 season with an outstanding 19-4 and 4 overall record, including a perfect 10-0 district record, and ranking number 10 in the state of Mississippi.

This historic success was achieved through countless hours of dedication, discipline, teamwork, perseverance, led by a largest senior class in program's history.

And where the team consistently demonstrates faith, character, unity, sportsmanship, putting God first and representing their school and the city of Biloxi with excellence and pride.

Now, therefore, I Andrew Fofo Gillich, Mayor of the City of Biloxi, do hereby recognize and commend the St.

Patrick's Catholic High School Women's Soccer Team for the exceptional achievements and for the honor that they have brought to our community as 2026 class one state champions.

Congratulations.

Well done, well done.

Thank you.

Well, people are thinking good.

And coaches and supporters.

Again.

All right.

This proclamation.

St.

Patrick Catholic High School men's 2026 Class One Mississippi State Champions completed a historic 23-3 season, setting a new school record for wins, capturing the district championship with a perfect 10-0 record.

Going undefeated at home.

The team establishes the team established itself as among the elite programs in Mississippi.

Their dominance extended beyond class one, earning signature victories over Ocean Springs, Brandon, and Clinton High Schools.

While hot scoring opponents 95 to 14 throughout the season.

Whereas six seniors will continue their careers at the collegiate level, including Cameron Messer, Coast Player of the Year.

This championship season set a lasting standard of uh humility, toughness, and excellence.

Now, therefore, I Andrew Fofo Gillich, mayor of the city of Biloxi do Hibot proclaim and recognize and commend the St.

Patrick's High School, Catholic High School men's soccer team for their exceptional achievements and for the honor that they have brought to our community as 2026 Class One Mississippi State Champions.

Congratulations.

That's it.

Thank y'all.

You're not doing enough of them lately.

Okay.

Couple more things on my report, but uh see if I can read this successfully.

On March 9th, 2026, the City of Bloxy will begin a little program called Inmate Litter Program.

The program will be overseen by and run by the Bloxy Parks and Recreation and Bloxy Works Public Works Department with the assistance of the Bloxy Police Department.

The city will work with with the Harrison County Adult Detention Center to obtain crew a crew of nonviolent vendors to perform public service work.

The engineering department and parks recreation departments will together will work together to to uh program schedule it to schedule the program and both departments will have crew leaders overseeing the inmates.

The city will provide highly visible vests and bags and pick up and drop off the MH each day at the Harrison County and Harrison County will provide meals and clothing.

The police the police will schedule and coordinate weekly contraband checks.

This program will add another avenue for the city to provide clean, safe, and aesthetically pleasing roadways and facilities while allowing inmates the opportunity to give back to their community.

The program will use existing employees to oversee and maintain the program.

And uh if you may have some questions, we have some notes and Rick and uh recruit people will answer it if you need to.

So this would be I think the first municipality that's uh to do this because I think a state's uh statute was allows this.

And uh, but uh it's different than the trustee program that the counties use.

But this is uh something we should uh you know, two, three, maybe four crews will help extend uh some of the manpower that we already are using in that area.

Any questions on that?

Mr.

Cruz.

I think that's a great job um uh utilizing the uh the the inmates that we house out there at Hash County.

Uh so currently we have two employees that have been trained, and we uh uh possibly send in two additional employees, or how many do we have that been through the training currently?

Currently public works has about six, and then they have two.

So we have eight.

But we're only working well the way we start this out March 9th.

From uh we're gonna do two people, two inmates per two employees, try to get them comfortable with the program.

Then we'll break it out to where we have public works, we'll have two going on, and parks and rec will have two teams going on.

That will be one city employee with approximately three of the inmates that are working up to do the litter programs.

And those will be broken up in between north, south, east, and west Biloxi so that we're able to take care of all of the the quarterly and grass cutting that we're doing.

So this team will be out front, then we can utilize what we were using from the litter program, moving them back to weed eaters and the lawnmowers and to start cutting grass, which we plan on starting that.

Councilman Nail, uh, I'll go ahead and answer that question.

The middle of the month of March, we'll start cutting grass, sir.

All right, thank you.

Okay, so uh and this will help alleviate uh some of the uh contract and temporary services that we that we need as well.

Perfect.

Hey, thank you and thank you.

Thank the council and the mayor for making this happen.

Well, and let me tell you, I think uh one thing maybe not eliminate extend what we need.

There's a lot of work to be done.

So I wouldn't say eliminate, we need to have uh more force on the ground, you know, force multiplier, we hope.

Well, but a lot less on the provo when we have these uh inmates.

We're not paying.

Correct.

Anyone else have any questions regarding the program?

All right, Mr.

Mayor.

They are the inmates going to actually be cutting grass or just picking up paper.

No, they're just gonna be part of the litter program.

Okay.

Able to cut the grass, but no.

This will be just for a litter program that they'll be able to pick up.

Okay, thank you.

Very good.

Credit card.

Okay, credit card.

Let's do the credit.

Wait, we've got a couple of events too to uh talk about uh on the fourth of July, that 250th anniversary, uh red, white and black.

We've got a 10,000 dollar grant to produce red white and Biloxi, an American celebration, 250 celebration.

And that's gonna take place at the town green uh on July 4th from 5 to 9.

It has the music and uh uh couple of the acts and so forth, but I think we've got do you have a copy of that?

Do they have a copy?

Okay.

And then possibly another 5,000 will be used to uh if we get this star stripes and seafood honoring uh uh our founding for this.

So uh and the last part of my report, I think, is to uh ask the council to uh spread the expenses of the Biloxi Tribal Expense Credit Card to the minutes.

And uh that concludes my report.

Thank you, Mayor.

I'd like to uh just point out it was nice to start this meeting out recognizing the girls and boys state champions, and I'd like to thank everyone out in the audience for uh those of you uh who stood and gave those boys and girls uh a round of applause.

Thank you uh for filling their hearts uh with with the spirit of Biloxi and what we stand for.

All right, we'll go to council reports, Mr.

Gray.

On March the 9th, uh me and Mr.

Marshall's gonna have a combined ward meeting at the uh civic center on Howard Avenue.

So hopefully we can get everybody come out for that.

And um I know it's time to start cutting grass, so it's it's getting high.

Hopefully we get some uh get the weed killer man back out there, start hitting some of this stuff.

So I that's all I have.

Thank you, Mr.

Gray, Mr.

Marshall.

Mr.

Nell.

Um hey, I want to thank uh Dan Quavis with uh Harrison County.

I don't know if any bit bad he's been out to Hill Apart lately, but we got four brand new picnic tables and five benches.

And uh they look real nice, they're gonna be nice.

And then um the uh baseball fields, I said last week that I wanted to make a dog park out of one of them, but I can I changed my mind.

I think we need to have both softball fields operating, and maybe bring back girls' softball and men's softball, have the concession stand open and have hamburgers and hot dogs and make Hiller Park great again, like it used to be.

And um uh talk to Jamie and the splash pads are gonna be fixed here soon so kids can come out there and start getting wet.

And uh that's that's it concludes my report.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Neil, Mr.

Crew.

All right, let's see where we start here.

First of all, um next Tuesday, um March the 10th at 5 o'clock, we'll have a ward four uh meeting at the Margaret Sherry Library.

Um just so you know, I know that's election day, but the elections for for this election they have moved to the Presbyterian church.

So they don't use the library for this uh for the uh state and congressional election.

So we will still hold the meeting at uh five o'clock uh next Tuesday uh ward four meeting.

Um I'd be remiss if I didn't wish uh Dr.

Jerry Atkins uh happy 91st birthday.

Uh that's a pretty good accolade right there.

Um and then moving into some more fundamental stuff.

Um so we all receive our Keith Heard report for the month of January, so thank you for that.

Uh just some questions on his report.

Um he included in his report that uh we did lose the appeal on the um on the FEMA uh appeal back in uh January, January 14th.

From what I understand, and and I may not be correct, but the way I understand it is it was 11 million, and because we did not receive that money, we did not complete those projects with FEMA.

So if that's the case, I believe FEMA holds that against us for future projects.

Since we didn't complete that, we would have to I believe they hold that money against us for future disaster projects.

Is that not correct?

Okay.

Well, so the better position we so we've lost two appeals.

I don't know how a worse of a position we could have.

Um and if it's 11 million that's held against us.

Okay.

So we feel that we're out with uh that uh we were in a position to get closer to the output.

Uh problem so there's more recourse that we could pursue.

Would that be under a third?

Okay.

Um additionally, in his report, he had mentioned um other funding that could possibly replace uh the FEMA, which is the word of grants, and also the congressionally um directed spending.

Uh the my appropriations right through appropriations, and that's the uh community project funding.

under a third okay um okay in additionally in his report he had mentioned um other funding that could possibly replace uh the FEMA which is the word of grants and also the congressionally um directed spending uh the appropriate right through appropriations and that's the uh community project funding however the only issue we have appropriations right and those deadlines are coming up quick like March the 20th um so that's that's my only hesitation there is the deadlines on there um I see where he got 2.7 million for uh from uh M Dot for the widening of uh uh Shriner matching up match up and place it count uh 2.76 was the first uh money that we included some of our match up uh oh one seven two three from uh to the ground one seven three more seven so we need the match foot for the other okay all right um and and I know there's there's some special match credits that we can use but we'll we'll get into that um but thank you uh and I appreciate this report it's actually detailed and and has some great information so thank you uh that that was his report for January um all right so in the B news the uh article came out to where we're going to um no longer send the uh B news out every month we're gonna cut it back to four months um and I understand the um the the the budget uh budget constraints however just to make sure everybody's on the same page all right so we we budgeted or this council in the budget was 290,000 that's already been put in this budget for the B news keep in mind there's advertising that comes along with that that these guys have sold that gets a hundred thousand credit so if you look at it it's it's a hundred and ninety however we still have to even if we cut the B news out we still have to mail out four times a year a mail out that's mandated that will cost us about 80 grand.

So now you're looking at the 100,000 plus the mandate of 8000 when you get down to it it's about 10,000 a month that we send out to every household in Biloxi.

The best part about that is through social media I think we can all agree that there's some good some bad and some that most of it is uncontrollable that we can put out there.

However this newsletter that goes to every single household is nothing but positive message nothing but great information on this city nothing but the projects that we're doing it's nothing but great information that we put in every household in Biloxi.

If you break it down to 10,000 a month that's about and five thousand is on postage I think it's a great deal we us council have put it in the budget 2900 it's budgeted through the end of the fiscal year.

I think we would be remiss if we didn't reconsider the decision and keep it going on a monthly basis if nothing else allow these uh Cecilia and John to up the advertising to see if they can possibly sell more ads and then that way it even offsets even more I I think taking it away from every household on a monthly basis especially as long as if we've been doing it would be a vision of cutting more services and I I just I would think if if we can just reconsider that decision and I I'll I'll leave that there.

Let me address one thing that 8000 would be additional advertising as part of those four uh printing cop right and I would hope that the hundred thousand advertising obligations that we and I'm assuming we're gonna explore that and make sure some of the advertisers and then uh correct me if I'm wrong so you might give them a response on that as far as the the quarterly versus the monthly advertising was any uh any of those uh problems uh as far as advertising a little yesilia come up to the front thank you so it will so it will be a little bit of a challenge going from having advertisers advertising each month um and going to all addresses like you said and going to four times a year and we've been trying to work with the advertisers to offer a little bit more um benefit to their advertisement um but there's only so much we can do with having digital and online but we're working with them um we already have lost one um but we've got a couple confirmations that they're gonna continue so we're still working with it so so by going to quarterly and having nothing and strictly online we we've lost one advertiser okay so they'll get advertisement in the pub in the digital publication too yeah and we we're expressing that and we're letting them know the other ways of by putting it on digital how we're gonna be able to do additional links you know so they will have a little bit more benefit and a little bit more reach but again something that's gone out since 2018 and changing and that goes to every single address in Biloxi and changing to just online which we've always been doing online.

Okay.

So get advertisement in the pub in the digital publication too.

Yeah, and we we're expressing that and we're letting them know the other ways of by putting it on digital, how we're going to be able to do additional links, you know, so they will have a little bit more benefit and a little bit more reach.

But again, something that's gone out since 2018 and changing and that goes to every single address in Biloxi and changing to just online, which we've always been doing online.

Um it's a little bit more work for us to try to get those advertisers to stay, but we're trying.

And and keep in mind, if you don't live in Biloxi, you don't get this newsletter.

It is only two City of Biloxy residents.

So I I I just think I'd be remiss if I didn't mention if there's any way we can reconsider it at least to the end of the year to give you and John or even anyone within the city more time to actually instead of losing advertisers, maybe pick up a few more to uh even offset even further uh the money.

So no thank you.

Creel, can I ask a related question for this?

Uh so we're we're gonna print it quarterly.

Are we still going to send it out digitally monthly?

That's correct.

So those average and and you already answered the other question.

So advertisers right now it goes out uh in print version.

Uh the digital version, they'll be able to put their link on there so people can connect.

So that but that value added thing is what you're looking at.

Um I understand the the reasoning, you know, that that y'all are wanting to cut back and analyze the cost savings, but uh I think that question that Councilman Creel is raising, we want to make sure that we don't go backwards and it's actually costing us money because of the loss of advertising uh money or or or funds.

That was the only question I had it, just to ensure that it was still going out digitally on a monthly basis.

Thank thank you.

Thank you.

Uh and last but not least, uh Lux Youth Basketball, March Madness City Championships.

Uh tomorrow, March 4th, uh games at 6 p.m.

There'll be six and seven-year-olds, seven p.m., eight, nine, and ten-year-old championships.

You've got uh on March 5th, you have the same thing, six and seven uh with 11, 12 year olds at 6 p.m.

and um uh and and then again at uh 7 p.m.

So uh just come out and support our youth.

So thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr.

Crew, Mr.

Tisdale.

Yes, I uh just like to state that I agree with Mr.

Creel's position and his perspective on B news.

I think it's great that it goes monthly to every household in uh in the city of Biloxi.

Um I do want to announce the next Ward 5 meeting is scheduled for the last day in March.

That's a fifth Tuesday in March, March 31st.

That's 5 30 at the Snyder Center.

I'll remind folks again as we get nearer to that day.

Also, the Biloxi High School boys and girls basketball teams are playing tonight in the semifinals in Jackson.

Uh the girls game may have already concluded.

Uh they lost.

We got an update.

They loved, yeah, and they lost by six.

Well, the boys on the other hand are gonna be I think they begin at seven or seven thirty, so hopefully we'll we'll get better news.

Anyway, congratulations to them for getting getting this far.

They have a good girls program uh and the boys' program, and Cebra Windham is retiring at the end of this season.

The only other thing we want to mention is that we need to finalize our list of projects to be funded with either the bond issue money or MIMA MIMA funds.

We've uh stated that we're going to borrow up to $18 million, but we've never really nailed down a figure exactly what that figure will be in bond money.

And I think using these MIMA dollars as a source of revenue, if we schedule it carefully, we could reduce that uh bond amount quite a bit.

So it's at some point uh Mr.

President, we need to get together and narrow down these projects so we know what's happening where and when.

So uh that concludes my comments at this point.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Tisdale, Mr.

Schumacher.

Uh just a few things.

I'll echo what Councilman Creel and Tisdale said regarding B news.

I that we've been doing it, I think eight years now, and I just think if we have any way to keep it, I or at least throughout the year, I think that's uh really the best thing to do, and the only thing really to do.

I know we need to save 290,000, but at the end of the day, I know the city's in uh financial, having financial issues, but just cutting that all together.

I don't know if that's the way to go to save the money.

That's just my opinion.

Secondly, um Keith Heard, and I and I appreciate the report we finally received.

Uh and I know especially uh for Ward 7.

There's some some talk, and he mentioned the uh word of grant.

And I think that uh if I'm not mistaken, we've been talking about that for a couple years.

And and maybe he's still talking about it, and I know these things take a long time to actually there's a lot of red tape and understand that and everything that goes into it, but at what point do we find out really other than what he said?

Because what he said, I've known for probably a year.

He's telling me nothing different about this grant and what we've already known.

And he doesn't have to tell me verbatim everything he does.

But honestly, what he put in here, quite frankly, I could have wrote myself, and I hadn't done any of this, and I could have made this up.

This is just the basic information.

I mean, this is nothing, honestly.

It suffices, I guess what we said we wanted from him was a report monthly, and that's what we're getting.

But there's nothing in this.

This is just a bunch of words to me.

I want to know how far along are we?

What are we doing?

What's the holdup?

Are we gonna get it maybe?

Might we not?

Are we talking to this person and they're saying yeah?

I mean, it's this is whatever he wrote here, is is quite frankly just a bunch of words on a piece of paper.

Yes, sir.

Let me address that and and uh uh Christie can kind of confirm all along.

We had five million.

We got an additional five million that we will receive.

We've got five million and I asked for word.

We're asking for another five million, which would make 15.

Just the other day, they submitted uh uh a word uh asked for 60 million, and that was to offset some of the FEMA uh challenges, and that was and and talking to Congressman by myself Thursday night.

They said we turned that 60 million dollar ask in the other day.

So that's that's the word of deal.

The word of deal puts us in in a good situation too, and maybe not said in this one, but MDEQ, instead of putting the 25 percent match with that is, we will be looking for, and and that's what he refers to about uh Senator They Cochrane's uh ability to use uh offsets, you know, which would be a point eight.

That's what I referred to in one of the point eight percent instead of putting in the bond for 25 percent.

So that's in a nutshell how we describe word.

So that's and that 60 million dollar ass was just put in uh last week.

Just curious, was Keith Heard part of that?

Yes, he was.

Okay.

I I just you know it's just in and mayor, and I and I appreciate that because that's a whole heck of a lot more than what's in this report that's dated February 28th.

Again, it's and if I sound aggravated, it's because I'm beyond aggravated.

We have to go through this all the time with Keith Heard.

He's getting paid good money to do simple things.

I don't understand why he can't give report.

You just gave me a report, Mayor, in 30 seconds that's hands down far more than what's in the support we're paying him for.

That's my issue.

I don't know why he can't do it.

It's not your job to do it, it's Keith's job to do it.

And by God, I don't know why he can't do it.

It's simple.

Give us support on what he's done and what money he's getting.

I don't know what else we can't make it any more simple.

What are you doing?

What money are you getting for us and where are we at in the process?

You answered it in 30 seconds.

Thank you.

Lastly, is all I have.

Warmarket Road, the small bridge, um west of Hustley Road is still closed for repairs.

Probably gonna be out by another two, three weeks, possibly.

But so from Hustley Road west to Shriners is still closed.

And that's all I have.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Shoemaker, Mr.

Marshall.

All right.

Um prior meeting, I asked that uh the information on the water bill.

I asked that I get a copy of the letter that was sent out to everybody.

I never did get that.

I also asked a copy of the application procedure.

I got a lot of people calling me, ask me what about the about the application, what's on the application trying to and I I can't have a good conversation with it.

I was sent last week.

I believe did y'all get it?

Okay, I already checked my email again, but I got a problem also.

My email don't always come through this thing about uh uh it goes through some other system or whatever.

Yeah, quarantine, yeah, it's happening to me a lot.

And uh I don't know how we fixed that or is that a bug or something?

But my stuff getting quarantined left and right.

Okay.

Uh the next thing is the uh uh I'll I'll hand deliver a copy of it and put it in your box tomorrow morning.

Thank you so much.

All right.

Uh for the post office.

Um we discussed moving out of the post office a while back.

Can we get an update on that, Mr.

Weaver?

We'll be moving out in October, like we discussed.

Okay.

We already gave them a notification.

Are we planning to move?

I think in the contract if they got to give them a certain amount of time.

Have we done that already?

So we are still on track.

Yeah, we've got everything moving over to the public works department.

Uh Ms.

Lavata, Ms.

Bowl, and Ms.

Norton have already worked out all parking and everything else.

All right.

Okay.

Next is allocated and they're gonna start moving some of the harder, heavier stuff in the next month or so.

Okay.

All right.

The next thing is on the uh only reference to the venue, as far as Mr.

Creel's comments.

Uh I stand behind that a hundred percent.

Uh we need to keep that going.

I know we're trying to cut back money.

You know, we got a budget shortfile and all of that, but we're not gonna um I don't think we should be hurting the community with trying to do that.

Um the next thing is in reference to uh I'm I'm listening to I'm uh I feel bad that my fellow councilman keep out the talk about Mr.

Keith Heard.

Uh what's the process?

I know we voted, but some people on this council voted for it.

Is there a procedure to cancel that contract with him?

We've got a contract, yes.

I think it goes through a certain time period, so I think it's uh I think it goes through the end of this fiscal year, I believe.

What's the procedures that we retire?

We don't want to do this anymore.

I'll I'll research that and get back to you on that.

Okay, I appreciate that.

Um if you email it to me, can you on this until we say they get this fixed?

Can you make sure that I call verify?

I appreciate that.

Um I also want to reiterate that we're gonna be having the uh joint uh city council meeting on Monday the ninth, and it's gonna be uh one of the first time I think it's been done.

And it's gonna help out a lot.

We're gonna put work on working on our developing East Polexi.

Anybody can continue, we sure appreciate it.

That concludes thank you, Mr.

Marshall.

Got a few things uh just want to announce um Cedar Lake Power Equipment on uh 11378 Cedar Lake Road is is been open uh for the past month.

Uh Brandon Webb kind of runs that business.

Uh they're doing pretty good, but if you get a chance, stop by there.

Uh they got mowers and different power tools and everything, and I think they'll even open uh Mr.

Nail up uh an account uh with some credit.

What's that?

First one, the by weed weed a weed eater, okay.

First customer.

Well good.

Um also uh and this is just uh some some uh repair issues, maintenance issues, uh live oak on the bay.

Let me back up summer house uh Bay Cove Assisted Living.

Uh they have a road that uh goes into the assisted living uh facility and it's it's starting to wash out pretty bad.

If I can just get it inspected and just put it on the list and uh to whatever degree uh the damage is, if y'all just kind of get that on the radar.

Uh live oak on the bay, they do not have a homeowners association meeting, but they got a good neighborhood uh group uh that I talk to on a regular basis.

Uh they've asked me to uh see if the traffic committee can uh and I know how we feel about this, but if the traffic committee can look into uh speed tables and costing that out, uh I think they're going to be working on a petition and they'll be coming to a council meeting soon, uh, but just want to work with them.

I told them it's not an easy short process to get that done.

Uh, but it it may take some time, but I just want to get that on the radar as well.

And I work with them, Chief, and when they're ready or to pull the trigger and officially give something over to the traffic committee.

I want to get a formalized letter that they request that, and that's what I've asked uh from that group.

Um scoreboards uh at AJ Highway Sportsplex.

I know we've talked about them in the past.

Uh there's several uh of the youth uh promoters for the youth league uh that are reaching out and and now asking, can we put that on our radar?

And I know where we are uh on some of these uh uh financial uh challenges, uh, but that sportsplex, everyone uses that sportsplex.

It's not just award six facility.

Everyone, all youth sports goes through uh that sportsplex, whether it's uh basketball or baseball or softball or or other things, tennis is played out there as an adult league.

Uh there's travel teams that practice and there's tournament play out there, and that seems to be something coming to light.

I got some creative ideas uh that perhaps I can work with the administration on on the funding.

Um, but I would ask the uh council it in the whole scheme of things um if y'all could uh support as we move forward uh the concept of uh adding some uh scoreboards out there, the community would really appreciate your support.

Um the last thing I want to do, or second to last, uh is for us to recognize when we close our meeting today in memory of uh Tiny Shatnair.

Uh he was a long time Biloxi uh police worked for the police department.

He also worked for DMR.

Um I think I got my first ticket when I was 17 years old.

I think he wrote it.

I I think that's a true story.

Um but anyway, if we could close in memory of him, I'd appreciate it.

And then my remaining time, if I could ask Mr.

Uh Jason Steerman.

Uh as many of you may know, uh he he is the owner and operator of the sanctuary, but he's also involved in our community, and he has some information on tunnels to towers, and I'd like for him to uh spend some time conveying uh some of the information that he has.

Uh thank you my own calling today.

Okay.

Uh thank you, uh Mr.

Glavin, and thank you, Council, for giving me your time this evening.

Like Kenny said, I own uh the sanctuary and a couple of other businesses in Biloxi, and I live in uh Mr.

Tisdale's ward.

And uh I'm a sponsor of Tunnel to Towers, and I wanted to share a little bit of information with this council and with the city about exactly what um this organization does.

We just had a big fundraiser that Kenny was kind enough to come and speak at, and we had uh members of the police and fire department to come out and participate in some of our activities in January.

We were able to write a pretty big check to Tunnel to Towers ourselves, and we also motivated other um organizations, including Treasure Bay Casino to write checks to Tunnel to Towers, and we raised a lot of awareness and had a lot of fun.

I was at the uh board meeting uh Sunday with the rest of the volunteers for Tunnel to Towers, and we were going over the budget and the plan for the 5K this year and the stair climb that they do at Margaritaville uh to raise a lot of money and raise a lot of awareness.

Um and I want to just talk briefly about one of what exactly work uh this organization does and to remind everybody that that event is a lot bigger than just a fun run or a 5K.

It brings a lot of money and revenue to this city, but it also brings a lot of uh recognition to the organization.

And when they started that run, uh I think this is their 12th or 13th year, there was only about eight of these kind of um events going around the country.

Now there's like eighty, and we are in the top five as far as awareness right here in Little Old Biloxi.

So they're doing a lot of great work at that organization.

And exactly what they do is Tunnel to Towers gives mortgage-free homes to gold star families, uh families of fallen first responders, or uh they build smart homes without mortgages for catastrophically injured first responders and military.

They're a national organization, but I want to draw your attention to some statistics in the state of Mississippi.

Um Tunnel to Towers has bought uh or paid off mortgages for six families of what they call line of duty.

That means either a police officer or a firefighter that was killed in the line of duty in Mississippi.

Uh they've also built smart homes for four catastrophically under injured veterans in Mississippi.

They've also paid off the mortgage for one gold star family in Mississippi.

That's 11 families.

If you think about uh average house, is a couple hundred thousand dollars.

This is millions of dollars, and this changes people's lives, and it makes people's family not have to worry about things like how we're gonna pay the bills.

Um in this town, when Officer McKehen was killed, they gave uh his widow 40,000.

Um they just announced this week that they're gonna expand their program and they're gonna start paying college tuition for these families of these fallen heroes, and that means uh I want to make sure I get the names here.

Pascagoula fire captain, uh Jacob Latch and George County Sheriff's Deputy Jerry Malone's kids are not gonna have to worry about how they're gonna pay for school.

So this really is local and hits home, and this organization does incredible things.

Not to mention, you know, it makes people come out and show off and be proud to be patriotic and be American.

This 5K and stair climb is gonna bring a lot of business.

There's gonna be a lot of people coming here staying at our hotels, they're gonna stay after and have some dinner and hang out.

Um, they're gonna need gas.

They, you know, it it's another uh tourism event, but it is for a great cause.

And the reason that I wanted to talk to you all today is I've when we were going over the budget the other day.

One of the things that we need to come up with is the $2,500 permit fee for the city of Biloxi for this event.

The ordinance for special events is difficult to navigate.

And I know that a lot of it is intended to generate revenue for things that people profit from.

I would like to first of all thank you, Kenny, and you, Mr.

Mayor, and Mr.

Weaver for all of your support behind Tunnel to Towers and uh respectfully ask that we consider waiving that fee for this organization.

I think that there's a lot of other things that we can do to generate money, and $2,500 isn't gonna make or break the bank around here.

And I think it would go a long way.

I know what they will do if they don't have to pay this uh city that fee.

We're gonna use that money and it's gonna go right back into the great efforts that they do.

So I think that that's a reasonable ask.

And when that came up, I thought it would be a good idea to bring it to you all.

And I'd be happy to answer any questions if anybody has any.

I do know that they're fully certified 501c3.

They are one of the few charities that it's like 96% of every dollar that they raise actually goes.

They're a massive organization and they're very lean and mean and have very little overhead and administrative costs.

So the money goes where it's supposed to go.

Um I would respectfully ask that you all could consider that.

Thank you, Jason.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

All right.

That concludes my report.

We'll move on to the public agenda.

We'll finish with oh that's where you had now.

Okay.

We'll move on to the uh public agenda citizens' uh comments.

We have a total allotted time of 45 minutes.

This is not a question and answer uh segment.

Uh you can speak on any topic that you're allowed, be respectful, and um we'll go ahead and proceed on my right, your left.

Just raise your hand to be recognized if you'd like to come up and speak.

There being no one, we'll go to my left.

Yes, ma'am.

Good evening, counsel.

I'm Sarah Resky from the Harrison County Library System, and it's been a while since I've seen you.

I just came to give you a couple updates on some good and positive news from the libraries and especially you know the Biloxi libraries in particular.

This year, our staff have just really made a fabulous effort at ex improving and adding programs.

And all the branches have added all kinds of programs for teens, for adults, for youth.

It Biloxi Downtown, it's up 116%, the number of programs they have.

Margaret Sherry, it's up 39.

The only reason that's lower is because they already had a lot of programs.

So they're they're doing great.

West Biloxi is has doubled, and um at uh I got my initials wrong here at Woolmarket.

It's I it's up 300% for their attendance with that little our smallest little library.

So they're all working really hard, and I just wanted to share that.

They've got chess, they've got book clubs, they've got art classes, just something for everyone, pretty much at all the branches.

So we're very excited and we hope that that folks will come out, especially summer reading.

It seems like that's a long way away, but it starts in May, and that is a really key piece for us.

It helps prevent summer slides, so the kids, it motivates them to read, they get prizes, their phone programs, and we hope that if you if you have littles or you have grandchildren, please encourage them to sign up and and come visit the libraries during that time because it's a lot of fun.

The other piece is we we have gotten some uh not in the the magnitude of the grants y'all are y'all are doing, but we got a digital humanities grant that has allowed us to keep one of our staff that we thought we might lose after the last budget season, but we so we'll be digitizing the Henman collection and a couple of others that we've gotten these one we've got these wonderful resources that people have donated of of negatives and photos and things that now will be digitized and accessible to the public.

We also got a um an America 250 grant for over $15,000 that will also be local history.

We'll be digitizing the very old microfilm of the Sun Herald because those do degrade over time and you can lose that that resource.

So that'll also be searchable and accessible to the public.

But it's the the older version, you know, the older pieces.

And we were very fortunate to get a Carnegie grant because back in the day we had a Carnegie Library in Gulfport, so they sent grants to all the library systems in the country who used to have a Carnegie Library, even if they still don't.

So we use that to match the America 250 grant.

We'll also be having programs.

So we'll be inviting all to come to those.

And I think they'll be very enjoyable about Biloxi specific, it's the power of place was the theme.

And so Biloxi history.

So we hope you'll come enjoy those.

And just wanted to share that some positive things that we're up to.

Thank you.

Thank you for that excellent report.

Good.

Anyone else on my left, your right?

Yes, ma'am.

Many of you probably remember me from all the time I was last year.

I'd like to start off letting you know that I'm from Ward 3.

I've already addressed Mr.

Nell privately.

I've actually asked him to step down and let someone that's actually going to take care of or fill that seat.

With your name and address for the record.

Sally Kendall, Greater Southern.

Thank you.

As I was saying, he informed me that he didn't know of anyone that was against the Beauvoir villas when we're in here so many times with petitions and everything against them.

He informed me that there might be homeless people in the Broadwater.

Such a shocker.

Someone in his ward was written up for not complying with code.

When we have the Broadwater, it is literally a dump.

It is a refuse dump from the homeless.

So that's my answer to Mr.

Nail.

The other thing I'd like to address with you is again effective code enforcement, and you're here sitting tonight with a massive budget deficit, but you're discussing pay raises.

It seems to me that we brought so many people before you last year that have shown you his selective code enforcement.

That if you're the just a small guy out in on the street working his tail off to make a living, and your grass is half an inch too high, you're getting a citation.

But yet the Broadwater was a golf course, and it was allowed to be turned into a forest, which then was turned into the homeless encampment, end all homeless encampments, of which is now literally a toxic dump.

But yet when you talk to the code enforcement officers, they tell you straight out, both past and present, that if they've had the audacity to write a citation to the owners of the Broadwater, that it's made to disappear for Mr.

Creel and Mr.

Gillich.

This is nonsense.

We have come to you so many times about this.

We we literally can't leave our homes safely.

Thank you.

Anyone else?

My left, your right.

Mr.

Fresco.

Good evening, uh City Council.

Uh as you know, I'm Jared Fosco from 435 Cove Drive.

Uh I'm going to start out doing one of my usual things.

I'm actually going to read something to you.

Um, and it addresses Mr.

Shoemaker, some of the and and actually Shelley's comments as well from today.

Uh in the uh curtain ordinances for the city, section 9-1-13 says the following.

It shall be unlawful.

That's important, the term unlawful because we're talking about a criminal act at this point, a misdemeanor.

It shall be unlawful for an owner and or occupant of a lot or a parcel of land to permit or suffer the excess accumulation of litter or refuse upon a parcel of land or lot within the city.

It shall be duly uh shall be the duly duty, sorry, the duty of every occupant of a building or parcel of land to keep the premises clean and to remove there from all litter and refuse.

There's a there's an important line, and I think you understand exactly what we're saying here, but there's also another important line besides the unlawful part.

There's the part that says suffer, to suffer.

Okay, and why is that important?

Because the Oxford dictionary defines suffer as experience or be subjected to something bad or unpleasant.

Now, what does that mean for the broadwater?

What that means for the Broadwater is no matter who dumps it on their land, if somebody comes over and they dump garbage on your land, you're suffering it, but you are required lawfully to clean it up.

So the broadwater has been that way forever.

This code has been on the code for a very long time.

And to Shelley's point, um I'm I'm gonna name it out directly today since we're gonna talk about pay raises.

Uh I have talked to Tara Busby, and she hasn't talked to me in a while.

I probably know why.

Um, but she has not talked to me in a while.

But when I talked to her over a year ago, uh I asked her about the writing up of the broadwater in particular.

You know what she said?

She says, I've written it up a ton of times.

She told me I've written written it up over and over again, and I submit it, and it makes it to the mayor's office, and they make sure that it goes away, and that's what she's been told by Jerry Queerle, according to her, according to her words.

So somebody, either Shelley's or or sorry, excuse me, either Tara Busby is a liar, or Jerry Creel is a liar, or the mayor wants to address this, and somebody else calls him a liar tomorrow.

I don't know, but at the end of the day, that is exactly what the law says, and that is exactly the claim of the staff of this city has made to me that they've been written up multiple times and thrown out.

I'm sure that will be addressed.

Thank you.

Anyone else on my left, your right?

Umri Petrini.

1606 speech Bolivar.

And here today to have the protest against a raise.

Yes.

Criminal.

That's not appropriate to call him a criminal.

I would say that is my opinion.

And I'm expressing it.

Um that is a criminal.

He committed perjury.

And now for the record, please add I attached to the agenda, the lawsuit, the new lawsuit that I filed against April Raddy, another criminal.

The city is not named, and the city is not to pay for the lawsuit or the defense of it.

Uh I want to make that clear, and it's coming another one against our Diximafia criminoso.

Sir, don't make those allegations.

I I would say those allegations ask you to leave if you're gonna make those.

Right then should try.

So down, sir.

So down sit down.

Will you remove him?

Remove him.

Sit him down, gate, take him out.

Please remove him for interrupting these proceedings.

Sir, you may proceed, but please do so in the proper manner.

Well what does it constitute to be proper?

Would you would you answer that, please?

I I don't have an answer.

I think you're not going to be able to do that.

Why would you interrupt then if you don't have that answer?

For you to say that I am being unproper, you need to know what proper means, wouldn't wouldn't you say that?

Uh I would say don't don't be making those allegations publicly like this.

Why why not?

Who are you to tell me what to say and why not just saying that?

And and what that what do you mean that entitles you to?

Mr.

Tuesday.

Mr.

Petrini.

You're free to comment on the issues.

We this is really not a forum for personalities.

So I know you have an issue.

I would say that you probably or you wouldn't be speaking.

Thank you, sir.

That that is an issue that I am discussing the perjury.

It is an issue.

That I filed in your lawsuit against a municipal judge that committed forgery.

That is there for everyone to read.

That is not me saying those are all official documents.

There is a criminal group running the city, and that is that person there.

That is that person there.

That is that's enough, Mr.

Petrini.

You want to state that that's your opinion, you may do so, but don't you think?

Yeah, but is my opinion because there hasn't been a judgment yet, of course.

Okay.

But he's free to deny, you know, I've been here naming.

Your time is up.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Thank you.

I'll be here next week.

Anyone else on my left, your right would like to speak.

Public comments.

Uh one I'm sorry.

All right, Mr.

Kavanaugh.

Hopefully I'll uh quite as never mind.

Um I I do want to speak about the same issues, but from a different perspective.

I I really would like to talk about the economic cost to this city for the state of the broadwater property and numerous other properties along uh the beach, all commercially zoned, all prime for development that have nothing's been done for a number of years, as we all know.

And the amount of tax revenue that this city is not getting property tax revenue because these properties have languished um on the um west uh between Rodenberg and um the broadwater property itself.

There's two eighty acres of vacant land.

And we all know why the major contributor to that is it's the broad water property.

It's a massive piece of property.

I've already mentioned in previous meetings thousanding property tax.

The Broadwater.

That's Andrew Corp, who owns the property, who has developing this beautiful Gulfport Town Center at the corner of 49 and 90.

Andrew Corbett.

I think it's just kind of a really that Andrew Corp is doing this beautiful development that owns the Broadwater property and is not doing a thing about it.

I just mean that just I think we progressive on a community development front.

At least some sort of incentives.

You know, there are ways to get things done.

Holiday in across from the Bees Road from our gas station with the liquor store.

Okay.

17 taken out as of that for the gas station and the liquor store, and across the street, they're building a hundred and thirteen room all of the in Gulfport.

A tail of two cities.

Why is that?

They they suffer Katrina just like we did.

Yet they appear to be coming back stronger and better.

And I just don't I just don't get it.

I don't see the development part of community development.

Yeah.

I see little developments here and there.

No focus on commercial commercial property.

I don't understand or you know.

Rezonings are very controversial, but nobody's proposed anything on any of these side.

I think what's forever.

All these problems.

Nobody's just my point.

And and I think that you know we need to do a better job in development in this year.

Thank you, Mr.

Kavanaugh.

Thank you.

Anyone else did I miss who would like to speak?

Raise your hand to be recognized.

Anyone?

Um we will be going into executive session.

Chair entertain a motion.

So moved.

That the council go into closed session for the purposes of examining the necessity to go into executive session to discuss.

We can discuss um the Mason case, Oscarinda case, the Patrini case, Airbnb case.

Second by Mr.

Tuesday discussion.

None.

All in favor.

Those opposed.

Motion carries.

Seconded by Mr.

Tuesday.

Discussion.

All in favor?

Those opposed.

The motion carries.

I need a motion to go into executive session.

So moved.

Move by Mr.

Ruill, seconded by Mr.

Tuesday, discussion.

All in favor?

Opposed.

We're in executive session.

Well, I guess the on the cards.

Good gracious.

My phone has been blown up.

Listen.

Oh no.

I think I'd sent you all.

I think I'd sent you all that about what's up.

David's classes?

I think that included the history.

You got to be a four phone.

Yeah.

I'm good to go.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay.

All right.

Chair entertain a motion to uh for the council to conclude the executive session, reconvene as an open meeting.

So move.

Move by Mr.

Creer.

Second.

Seconded by Mr.

Tisdale.

Uh just wanted to note uh that no action was taken in executive session.

So we're now back in regular session.

Oh, all in favor?

Those opposed.

Motion carriers were now back in regular session.

All in favor.

All in favor, gentlemen, would you all in favor of coming out of executive session?

They didn't see your hands.

Thank you.

All right.

All right, we'll go uh to the policy agenda.

Resolution authorizing entry into facility rental agreement with Mississippi Rural Water Association for the Bilexi Civic Center.

All right, this was moved by Mr.

Creole and it was seconded by myself.

Mr.

Creole.

All right, so um I think we got the math correct, the math's good, so it's a reduction of uh thirty-five hundred.

Question I have is um is this a one or a three-day conference that they're that they're doing?

It's a four-day conference.

Okay, great.

The reason why I asked that question is how many of our employees do we have going to this conference?

Quite a few, and we have to pay 100% for quite a few to go.

We have to pay the fee that they charge a hundred percent for them to attend this conference.

So but yet they're coming to us asking for a thirty-five hundred dollar discount, and we're paying full price for our employees to attend the conference.

Yeah, there are there are some of the so yes.

Right.

There are there are free components of this conference, but there also are our paid trainings that we go to that are required.

This this organization is the one who does the training for water and wastewater certifications statewide.

Correct.

So municipalities from all over the state come to this.

So yes, we do pay for certain um training classes that will be offered at this conference.

Right.

So we pay so if someone from Clinton comes down, we're paying the same thing that someone from Clinton is paying.

Yes.

Correct.

Someone from Clinton is not getting they're not reducing their their facility fee for for the training.

So that's just my take on it.

Um that's my discussion.

We're paying for our employees to attend these classes, yet they're coming to us and asking for a reduction in facility fee.

So uh that's my discussion.

Thank you, Mr.

Creel.

Any other comments?

Any other comments?

Call for the question.

All in favor.

Those opposed.

Motion fails.

Is that four or three?

So it failed three.

Next item.

Resolution adjusting compensation for director of the fire department.

Chair entertain a motion.

I'll make that motion.

Thank you, Mr.

Tisdale.

Do I have a second?

Thank you, Mr.

Neil.

Mr.

Tisdale.

Yes.

Um, as I cor as I recall, correct me if I'm wrong, when we went through the budgeting process for this fiscal year that we're currently in.

Um we included these pay raises that are on tonight's agenda.

Is that accurate?

Yes, sir.

You're correct.

Uh thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Weaver.

Uh that being said, this is uh not some new amendment to the budget.

This is already in this year's fiscal budget.

I voted to approve the budget and I'll vote to approve this salary increase.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Tisdale.

Mr.

Naley, you have anything to add?

I think that um, you know, it's been what since 2023.

Did y'all have had a uh director's hand raised?

Yeah, 23?

Yes, sir.

Yeah.

I'll I'll approve this.

The raise.

All right.

Any other questions?

Or comments?

Gotcha.

Mr.

Creel.

So just to clarify, uh, following up with Mr.

Tisdale and Mr.

Weaver said that it it is included in the budget.

I just want to make it aware that in the resolution it is not included in the resolution that it's included in the budget.

I just want to make that point.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Creel.

Um Chief, uh we did include this in the budget.

Um probably should have uh put this resolution forward earlier, but here we are.

Uh like to commend you for for your leadership.

I think if you look at Biloxi's fire department, it's rated tops in the entire state.

Uh you and your men should be proud of that.

Uh so I'll be uh supporting this as well.

Of course, one one thing to add.

Mr.

Creel wants to add something.

One thing to add.

So Chief, I I do commend you as well, and and not to mention uh all of your efforts and the uh young men and women that that that are on your team, uh, what they do for the city is uh is is wonderful and and do a great job and they're committed.

Uh I just want you to know my vote today does not reflect on anything that uh on you personally and or your department.

Uh uh support your department 100 percent.

Anything else?

No, I want to echo what what Ms.

Krill said.

Um I just think I would I would like to make a motion to table a subject call, but I know I won't get the votes.

But I mean I just think it's what what the financial situation the city is in right now.

I would like to hold off on all raises, but that's just me.

All right.

Any other questions?

Call for the question.

All in favor?

Those opposed?

Motion carries four to three.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Next item.

Resolution adjusting compensation for director of community development.

Chair and attain a motion.

Again, I'll make that motion.

Thank you, Mr.

Tisdale.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Thank you, Mr.

Marshall.

Mr.

Tisdale, you got the floor?

Um, this was discussed and included in our current fiscal year budget.

This is not an amendment to the budget, adding money to the budget.

This is already budgeted and was discussed earlier when the budget was amended for this fiscal year.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Tisdale.

Mr.

Marshall.

No further discussion.

Thank you.

I do have one more comment and I'll recognize whoever else wants to speak.

Mr.

Creel, same thing.

And not only are you running community development, economic development, you're wearing the hat of uh of our arborist uh for quite some time and historical archives.

You know, so normally we have people in those positions, and you've taken over those roles.

And um this was indeed, like Mr.

Tisdale said, budgeted.

So it's no new something new that we're adding.

This has already been allocated uh to this year's fiscal budget.

Uh Mr.

Crewe wants to be recognized.

Uh okay.

Uh yeah, so um again in this resolution, it does not include uh that it is in the budget.

Uh just for clarification.

Uh Mr.

Cro, please, my vote today does not reflect any any of your efforts for you or your department.

Um you and I had a conversation when we first got here, and it's uh you can't make everybody happy, and I I think you make most people upset.

So but it it's unfortunate, and it's a it's a position that you take on and you uh could provide due dealing to stay in do it and day out, and we appreciate your direction, and I know those that work with you appreciate it as well.

So thank you.

Any other comments?

Mr.

Gray.

Yeah, I mean, I think both of y'all do wonderful jobs, and it's nothing to do with either one of y'all.

I got a computer won't even work.

But I mean, I just think that right now just a hard time and yeah, we just you know, it's just we just need to watch how we do it.

I mean, I would like to make a motion, subject call, but I know we ain't gonna get it, but it's nothing to do with either one of y'all.

Nothing.

It's not personal.

I mean, I uh I like both of y'all.

That's all I have.

All right.

Any other comments?

Uh I just to clarify, you're just saying you would like to make a motion.

You're not saying you're making a motion.

All right.

Just want to clarify, because some people may interpret that differently.

Uh there being no other uh comments, we'll call for the question.

All in favor?

Those opposed?

Motion carries four to three.

Consent.

Need a motion on the consent.

Second.

Made by Mr.

Creel, seconded by Mr.

Tisdale.

Mr.

Creel.

Uh so let's see.

So item A and B, uh, Chief.

I'm assuming that's what's the uh for the forklift on the drug forfeiture.

So is that two forklifts or is it one forklift with the trade in or it's what it's one fork lift, the old fork lift is uh non-operational.

That'll be auctioned off.

Now the battery and charger, I think we bought a year or two ago.

They're gonna use that in this new forklift uh at the warehouse.

Okay, and that's paid for with the drug forfeiture money.

Yes, sir.

Perfect.

Thank you.

Uh item H.

And I'm I'm Peter, I'm assuming that's that's with you.

I quick question is is it is there a cost for the insurance policy?

Uh no, it's just something they require, and we just add it into our uh our normal insurance.

These are that I think it's that Elvis jacket and those three items that have been there for probably 20 years now.

So but there's uh just checking on to see if there was a cost for for the rider.

Um and then at the appropriate time, I'd like to make uh an amendment to uh item.

Okay.

Would you like to make that amendment now?

Sure.

All right.

Um section two and item.

Uh after facility, I would like to include and or Pops Ferry Causeway Park.

So it would read the mayor acting on behalf of the City of Alexis hereby to authorized to negotiate and exchange a temporary birth rental agreement with American cruise lines for birth rental at its Lee Street facility and or Pops Ferry Causeway Park for the first time.

I'll second that.

I'll second it.

Any discussion on the amendment?

Any discussion on the amendment?

No.

We're going to vote on the amendment.

All in favor of the amendment.

Those opposed.

Motion carries unanimous.

So the only other we'll leave it on the consent right now as amended and then we'll uh vote on the consent and then get the exceptions.

Okay.

So the only other thing I would like to add to item in is the no parking uh signs along causeway uh by the bridge so we could um alleviate that's a request, not an amendment.

Well no, that was discussion.

Okay.

Yeah.

All right.

We'll move on to Mr.

Tisdale.

I have nothing.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Shoemaker.

I have nothing.

Mr.

Neil.

Mr.

Marshall, I'll come back to you.

Wait a minute.

I'll come back to you.

I have nothing.

Mr.

Gray, all right.

Mr.

Marshall.

I have nothing.

And I have nothing.

Okay.

Uh all in favor of the uh consent.

All opposed?

Motion carries any exceptions.

Mr.

Gray?

No.

Mr.

Marshall?

Nine.

Mr.

Nale?

Mr.

Creel?

None.

Mr.

Tisdale?

None.

Mr.

Shoemaker.

And I have none.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Code enforcement.

Item A on the agenda.

May T.

Lorong 355 Bowen Street.

This is in Ward 2.

That case has been resolved.

Item B, Odie Mae Johnson, 675 Swine Lane.

This is in Ward 2.

This property is still in violation.

Is there anyone here to speak on behalf of Odie Mae Johnson 675 Swan Lake?

Have you talked to anybody, Mr.

Creel?

No, sir.

We have up now.

Code enforcement may have talked to somebody, but I've had no communication with them.

Okay.

Have you in the past?

Have we had any problem with this property before?

Um it looks like it's been neglected for a long time.

I was looking to see if we had gotten anything back from our notice that we sent.

And it it doesn't appear that we got anything back from the owners, you know, a uh return receipt or anything like that on the certified mail.

I can make the motion that we uh 30 days.

Okay.

All right.

There's a motion for 30 days.

Who seconded it?

Oh, sorry.

Uh seconded by Mr.

Tisdale.

Uh any additional discussion on on the motion?

It's given time.

Uh I'm gonna try to reach out to them also.

We're all right.

Yes, sir.

There being no other discussion, all in favor.

Those opposed?

Motion carries for 30 days.

Next item.

Item C, Angela R.

Juzang 417 Alicia Drive.

This is in Ward 4.

We're asking for 30 days on this.

She's actually doing a remodeling job there, and there's a big pile of lumber out beside it, but she agreed to get a dumpster today, and so we would recommend 30 days.

Mr.

Creel, can you make that motion?

I'd like to make the motion to extend 30 days.

I drive the second.

Seconded by Mr.

Tisdale.

Any additional discussion?

None.

There being none call for the question.

All in favor?

Those opposed.

30 days granted.

Okay.

Item D, Tone B.

Hun.

339 Kivit Street.

This is in Ward 2.

This property is still in violation.

Is this an empty lot?

It's an empty lot, but you can see all the debris that's there that needs to be removed.

Yes, sir.

Mr.

Cru?

Is that um is is the slab in violation or no?

Uh no, we usually leave slabs at grade level alone.

Okay.

Because they can be used for other purposes.

Perfect.

Thank you.

Is there anyone here to speak on behalf of tone B?

How you pronounce that last name?

Home 339 Calvet Street.

There being no one, this case is closed.

Item E, Ho Man Done, 391 Main Street.

That case has been resolved.

Item F, Steps Coalition 274 Holly Street.

That case has been resolved.

Thank you, Director.

Code enforcement.

Now closed.

Need a motion on the routine?

So moved.

Second.

Moved by Mr.

Tisdale, seconded by Mr.

Creel.

Mr.

Tisdale.

Nothing.

Mr.

Creel?

Nothing.

Any other discussion?

All in favor?

Those opposed?

Motion carries.

Like to uh motion that we adjourn uh in memory of Tiny Shay Mayer.

I'll second.

I think we'll all say those of you who didn't know Tiny.

And I would just those of you who didn't know Tiny, he was a hard man to miss.

He was a good fella.

Yeah, he was a good fella.

We'll officially take the votes, though.

All in favor?

All in favor.

Opposed?

Motion carries.