On May 12, 2026, the Biloxi City Council held a workshop to discuss the allocation of Mississippi Infrastructure Modernization Act (MIMA) diversion funds and a potential general obligation bond for various infrastructure projects. The meeting included public comment, a detailed review of project lists, and discussion of funding constraints and priorities.
I can get a motion uh to approve the uh minutes. So moved or approve the agenda. Approved the agenda. So moved. Thank you, Mr. Tisdale. I have a second. Second by Mr. Rob. I mean Mr. Creel. You look like a Rob to me, but sorry about that. Um before we get started, yeah. I'm gonna ask uh as a courtesy, Mr. Uh Dane has asked to uh say a few things. If you can just come up we'll vote on the agenda. All in favor, those opposed motion carries. Now, if I can ask Mr. Dane to come up, state your name and and address. Uh we'll give you about three minutes to speak. Uh just goes through two now. Put me on to on this particular agenda item we have. You know this thing was first to see this right. See that memorial is first thing that I came, I'll look at the lighthouse. Very impressive when inside visitor center or visitor labor's pattern. And then I'm going across the street. I remember the first thing I went to Disney left 35 years ago. How clean. So a simple little thing, like a garbage can where people come, keep it clean, get a you know, make sure, but I see over there they're overflowing, they're dirty. That's an impression that people when they first come here see. That's your Vortex sort of a blocky. Make it your shining star. We're doing oh look how clean this is. These people that's so important. A little simple little item, and it's not expensive. You know, what's a top of a garbage can cost to clean, paint or something? Get a can of cane. Those are simple things you can do. And I thought there's so many ideas to be creative, also to generate more money to apply for items like the library. I can help with that. I've done it all across the country. I raised millions of dollars for cities who have no money, get creative. We brought out our flag. I told you last week. We brought out our flag. We raised a fundraiser, we took a picture, sold it for a dollar. 80,000 pictures posted were sold, donated to the USL. Think they were happy? Absolutely. There's a lot of ways, what I'm saying.