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From YouTube: Biloxi City Council Budget Meeting Aug 3 2021
A
A
Outstanding
that
brings
us
to
the
council
report,
miss
newman
any
report.
Okay,
I
have
no
report,
mr
barrett
none,
mr
glavin,
none.
Thank
you,
ladies
and
gentlemen.
That
brings
us
to
the
public
agenda,
we'll
set
aside
three
minutes
for
each
citizen.
If
they
have
a
comment,
if
you
do
have
a
comment,
please
say
your
name
clearly
and
sign
in
if
we
have
a
sign
in
sheet,
but
speak
speak
your
your
name
clearly,
so
the
clerk
can
get
it
down.
Our
clerk
today
is
tanner
cook
there.
You
go
all
right.
Anybody
on
my
left.
A
B
B
Okay,
good
good
morning,
again,
I'm
sorry
good
evening.
You
guys
my
name
is
leo
carney,
I'm
a
resident
of
ward
2
keller
avenue
in
biloxi
really
just
wanted
to
to
address
the
council
today
regarding
the
the
budget
for
the
fiscal
year
and
part
of
part
of
the
focus
is
the
cares
act.
Funding
is
my
concern.
What
the
american
rescue
plan
act
funding
for
this
legislative
session.
The
last
time
I
spoke
to
the
council.
B
You
know
acclimated
to
employers
here
on
the
coast,
I've
just
started
a
501c4,
it's
a
non-profit
and
it's
called
a
american
descendants
of
slavery,
and
we
focus
specifically
on
issues
that
that
affect
our
black
community,
not
just
our
black
community,
but
our
community
as
a
whole,
but
we
do
put
an
emphasis
on
the
issues
that
are
specifically
affecting
this
community,
and
so
what
I
did
was
I
researched.
B
The
the
rescue
plan
act
and
I
saw
where
there
is
a
funding
for
a
workforce
investment
act
through
through
that
pro
through
the
the
care
that
american
rescue
plan
and
it's
a
it's
a
formula,
but
it's
but
it's
funded
by
grants,
but
this
formula
will
help
to
mitigate,
in
my
opinion,
help
to
mitigate
the
gun,
violence
in
our
communities
and
help
to
provide
a
vehicle
for
permanent
employment
for
young
adults
between
the
ages
of
16
and
24
years
old,
and
so
I
see
in
in
on
the
website.
B
It's
osa
mississippi.gov,
with
certain
allocations
of
money,
have
have
come
to
harrison,
county
biloxi,
public
schools,
the
city
of
biloxi,
and
there
are
certain
programs
that
that
non-profits,
like
myself,
can
start,
but
I
wanted
to
kind
of
partner
with
the
city
and
with
some
of
you
guys
in
in
helping
me
to
be
able
to
achieve
those
goals.
So
that's
all
I
have
for
today.
Thank
you
guys.
Thank
you.
Thank.
D
So
james
pennington,
I
think
most
of
you
probably
know
back
bay
mission,
I'm
the
new
executive
director
been
there
a
few
months.
I
am
a
son
of
mississippi
and
we're
here
to
advocate
on
behalf
of
back
bay
mission.
We
really
want
to
continue
to
partner
with
you
partner,
with
biloxi
partner
with
the
council,
especially
around
rehabs
kind
of
improving
our
neighborhoods.
We've
had
a
long
history
of
that,
and
so
we
were
hoping
that
our
funding
could
be.
We
had,
we
lost
some
funding.
D
C
Obviously,
but
we
have
got
a
lot
of
people
still
calling
for
help
and
with
the
amount
of
money
that
we
have,
you
know,
distributing
the
money
and
and
trying
to
come
up
with
construction
budgets
nowadays
is
pretty
hectic,
so
we
try
and
do
and
spread
the
wealth
out
as
much
as
we
can
and
help
as
many
as
we
can,
and
so
we
just
need
those
little
bits
of
extra
money
to
kind
of
spread
the
wealth
a
little
bit.
C
There's
tons
of
people
calling
us,
as
I
said,
and
we've
got
a
lot
of
people
to
hurricane
the
data
still
needing
help,
but
we
really
really
do
need
those
funding
to
to
help
these
homes
be
more
sustainable.
E
E
A
A
The
subject
matter,
today's
meeting
is
to
discuss
the
fiscal
year
22
budget.
I
know
that
we're
looking
at
specific
departments
today
and
mr
mayor,
you
can
start
with,
I
think,
we're
we
said
we're
hoping
to
get
through
all
of
these
police
fire
administration
executive
legislative.
I
don't
know
if
we'll
get
to
community
development
today
or
not
or
how
many
of
those
we'll
get
through,
but
we
can
start
on
either
of
those
that
you
like,
mr
mayor,
it's
all
yours.
F
Let
me
say
it:
I
think
everyone
should
have
a
little
summary
sheet
and
it's
you
know
across
the
line
by
department,
but
I've
highlighted
a
couple
of
things
that
I
want
to.
F
First
of
all,
congratulate
and
thank
jody
and
diane,
and
all
the
department
heads
for
crunching
these
numbers
on
where
we're
going
to
be
as
far
as
revenues
against
expenses,
I've
highlighted
some
things
that
I
want
to
make
a
little
note
that
the
second
piece
of
paper
is
the
revenues
we
discussed
in
a
prior
workshop,
and
you
know
if
we
just
look
at
the
bottom
line.
I
said
it
works
out
pretty
well.
F
I
thought
that
the
as
discussed
as
this
proposal
is
from
expenditures
that
the
that's
within
a
million
dollars
of
being
revenues
equal
expenses.
So
I
think
y'all
did
a
pretty
good
job
in
in
grinding
down
where
we
need
to
be-
and
I
don't
know
whether
by
design
or
just
turned
out
that
way.
One
thing
to
note
in
this
this
piece
of
paper
that.
F
In
the
the
expenditure
workshop
list
towards
the
employee
account,
the
budgeted
positions
have
increased
32
positions
and
that
the
breakdown
at
that
at
that
level,
you
know
you
can
see
significant
amount
of
change
to
the
police
department
and
public
works
and
parks
and
recreation.
We
talked
about
beautification
and
those
14
or
15
positions,
or
new
folks
they're,
going
to
be
able
to
do
the
things
that
we
didn't
so
that
that
resulting
increase
in
not
only
the
wages.
F
If
you
see
the
highlighted
part
that
increase
in
those
personnel
and
as
compared
to
last
year's
budget
is
1.7
million,
the
rest
of
the
other
end
of
the
page
is:
is
the
increase
in
the
capital
equipment?
That's
you
know.
Everything
from
fire.
Trucks
to
lawn
mowers
is
about
2.4
and
then
put
my
glasses
on
2.4,
almost
2.5
million
and
looking
at
the
above
it
in
the
the
very
consolidated
thing
with
regard
to
non-departmental.
F
There's
an
increase
in
642
thousand
dollars,
so
bottom
line
you're
increasing
the
budget,
the
expenditure
budget
by
5.2
million.
But
if
you
compare,
the
total
general
fund
for
fy
2022
is
68.69
million
as
compared
to
the
revenues
in
what
we
projected
in
our
fireworks
was
67.79
million.
F
So
that's
pretty
close,
you
know
those
are
you
who
pay
attention
to
fund
balance
and
cash
and
everything
within
a
million
dollars
of
being
a
balanced
budget
again,
but
we'll
we'll
in
a
position
right
now
with
regard
to
the
existing,
you
know,
the
fund
balance
will
be
enough
that
that
would
not
matter
a
great
deal
to
moving
forward.
If
you
were
to
adopt
these
budgets,
as
is
okay,
so
it's
a
pretty
good,
pretty
good
start.
F
F
G
F
G
F
We
supplemented
that
with
people
with
you
know,
contract
engineers
too,
and
we're
still
in
the
budget
mike
correct
me.
If
I'm
wrong,
we
have
a
the
director
of
direct
of
you
know.
A
manager
of
engineers
too,
in
this
budget,
is
that
that
right,
it's
in
the
budget,
okay,
so,
but
we're
all
right
as
far
as
going
in
you
know,
with
christine
some
of
the
departures
we
had
as
well
as
some
of
the
inspecting
kind
of
engineering.
Folks
that
we
have
this
is
this
is
a
a
budget
that
can
be
supported.
F
F
D
E
E
A
Let's,
let's
start
with
the
police
department,
all
right
so
and
looking
at
and
looking
at
the
police
department,
we
we
currently
have
184
employees,
you're,
proposing
203
employees,
that's
a
gain
of
19
positions
in
the
police
department.
Is
that
correct?
That's
correct!
Let
me.
F
Let
me
achieve
all
that
if
I'm
wrong,
I
think
some
of
our
analysis
and
where
we
needed
to
be.
I
think
we
had
right
this
moment.
128
sworn
officers
129,
if
you
account
for
part-time.
H
F
H
I
G
H
H
H
F
K
J
G
The
one
to
execute
you,
I
know,
we've
had
a
lot
of
problems
the
last
year,
so
with
the
animal
control
did
you
had
more
traps
and
more
animal
control?
People?
That's
been
a
big
issue
with
the
couch
and
everything
pretty
much
everybody's
ward.
So
I
was
just
wondering
what
we
do
about
the
animal
control
we.
G
I
mean
you
know
the
time
we've
been
having
different
errors,
have
been
a
lot
a
lot
of
picking
up
cats
and
that
so
and
people
had
to
complain
a
lot.
You
know
because
they
just
seem
to
be
more
and
more
right.
So
I
didn't
know
I'd
asked
you
before.
If
there's
anything
else,
we
could
do
for
the
person
actually
feeding
the
cat,
that
of
the
problem
and
it's
affecting
the
whole
neighborhood.
I
don't
know
if
there's
any
laws
anywhere
anything
else,
you're
seeing
in
another
city,
that's
something
we
could
do
here
to
control
it.
H
L
Right,
mr
damon,
just
mister
chief,
why
you've
got
the
mic.
I
I'm
not
sure
that
I
understood
that
conversation.
Are
there
laws
against
feeding
stray
cats.
H
H
F
In
eighth
grade
that
count
is
up.
L
Now,
chief,
the
county
has
a
an
animal
control
department.
Don't
they.
L
I
mean
we
pay
taxes
to
them.
They
get
a
lion's
share
of
our
money,
so
we
can.
We
can
certainly
ask
the
the
other
thing.
I
wanted
to
ask
just
out
of
curiosity
from
an
accounting
standpoint.
How
do
we
value
adding
officers?
Is
there
an
algorithm
that
determines
what
what
is
added
to
our
budget
preach
officer,
for
example,
and
I
am
not
a
proponent
of
writing
tickets
or
anything
like
that.
L
H
L
H
You're
talking
about
the
the
the
fine
amount,
yeah
that's
set
by
the
judge,
I
mean
that's
something
we
can
look
at,
but
that's
well.
L
I
mean
if
every
officer
averages
so
many
arrests
or
so
many
tickets
every
year,
not
based
off
a
quota.
The
reality
is,
they
do
write
them.
That
is
a
stream
of
revenue
and
every
time
you
put
more
offers
on
the
street
they're,
eventually
going
to
write
another
ticket
or
more
tickets.
That
creates
revenue
at
some
point.
It
does
take
that.
F
Into
account,
it
creates
a
receivable
net,
so
it's
based
on
ground
conditions
in
the
court.
It
does
not
always
translate
into
collectible
so
that
that's
an
issue
and
george
brought
that
up
a
couple
of
times
and
we
looked
at
the
number
of
citations
trending
based
on
ground
conditions.
So
you
know
how
many
sites
we
will.
We
were
about
80,
maybe
60
of
citations.
So
that's
not
a
a
real
valid
way
to
offset.
You
know
controlling
you
know.
Well,
there.
L
F
We
collect
that's
a
the
impact
of
more
patrolmen
on
the
ground,
hopefully
avoiding
tickets,
but
you
know
you
know,
increase
in
public
safety.
I
think
that's
the
the
reason
we
want
more
boots
on
the
ground
to
prevent
these
kinds
of
things,
and
I
think
that
was
a
result
not
so
much
the
dollars.
L
F
You
know,
as
we
finalize
the
revenue
part
of
the
deal,
that's
where
in
in
the
revenue
control
here,
that
number
could
be
offset,
could
increase
that
number
right
now.
I
think
we
had
four
or
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Is
that
right
diana?
So
I
mean
if
you,
if
you
think
that
those
five
more
patrolmen
would
generate
another
hundred
thousand
dollars.
We
can,
you
know
in
essence
offset.
I.
L
A
A
It's
a
general
and
I'm
not
that
worried
about
the
police
department
when
with
overtime
because
we're
pretty
close
to
what
we
budget
there,
the
fire
department
is
always
under
budgeted.
At
least
it
has
been
in
past
years
by
quite
a
bit,
but
I
just
wanted
to
check
on
the
on
the
police
department
see
if
that's
the
case,
just
kind
of
trailing.
Mr
deming's
comments
yeah,
I
don't
think
anybody's
looking
to
add
additional
police
officers,
so
we
write
more
tickets.
A
Having
said
that,
though,
the
biggest
concern
I
heard
this
year
campaigning
was
that
it's
feeding
in
the
neighborhoods-
and
I
think,
that's
kind
of
just
all
through
the
city
blowing
through
stop
signs,
not
stopping
at
intersections
so
it'd
be
great
if
it'd
be
great,
if
every
once
in
a
while
on
a
regular
basis
would
be
better
if
we
could
have
an
officer
in
neighborhoods,
just
monitoring
the
speed
and
issuing
citations
as
needed.
But
that's
that's
a
big.
F
Concern
for
probably
most
constituents
and
it's
variable
year
to
year-
you
know,
especially
against
last
year
versus
a
year
before
last.
I
think
you
know
we
had
three
or
four
events
that
impacted
the
overtime
with
regard
to
you
know
cruising
scraping
in
the
other
events,
so
I
think
roughly
we
were
talking
about
200
000
in
overtime
in
this
past
year,
so
this
these
five
additional
officers
should
reduce
that
somewhat
percentage,
some
proportional,
but
it.
H
A
I
I
do
first
of
all
I
am
an
advocate
of
writing
tickets
for
speeding
it.
It
is
something
that
is,
that
is
just
it
overwhelms
our
neighborhoods
and
and,
like
the
council
members
have
said
paul,
particularly
we
get
a
lot
of
calls
speeding
in
our
neighborhood.
Somebody
almost
hit
my
kid.
You
know
so
I'm
yeah,
I'm
all
for
increasing
the
personnel
in
that
is
the
training
in
personnel
here
or
is
it
in
contractual
services?
I
I
F
H
We
we
that's
kind
of
kind
of
touch
and
go
right
now,
we're
not
sure
we
really
can't
buy
any
vehicles
right
now
we're
trying
to,
but
we
can't
get
them
right.
We.
D
H
Enough
for
this
year
we
may
have
to
come
back
towards
the
end
of
the
year
and
do
a
budget
amendment
because
we'll
see
how
many
of
them
we
hire
that
we
can
get
on
the
road
pretty
quick
and
then
how
many
of
them
are
going
to
go
through
the
academy
and
then
through
the
480
hours
of
training
that
we
have
at
the
department.
So
it
could
be
close
to
the
next
budget
year
before
we
actually
get
all
of
them
on
the
road.
So.
H
I
You're
good,
so
on
on
that
point,
is
there
any
other
special
equipment
that
we
we
need
to
have?
We
may
not
wish
list,
but
we
need
to
have
we
added
it.
I
Radiating
is
there
any
other
special
equipment?
I
mean
you
see.
What's
going
on
with
new
orleans,
I
mean
just
today
we
heard
about
bourbon
street.
You
know
there
was
a
mass
shooting
in
bourbon
street
and
the
chief
there
said
we
don't
have
enough
officers.
Don't
have
enough,
you
know
power,
we
don't
have
enough
equipment.
H
To
cover
all
these
areas,
we're
looking
good
with
equipment
and
as
far
as
we
just
recently
bought
some
riot
gear
just
to
be
prepared,
so
we
have
about
a
couple
of
dozen
sets
of
that.
We'll
probably
buy
a
little
more
of
that,
and
then
we
have
some
some
field
force,
training
scheduled
with
us
in
the
county
and
a
few
of
the
other
cities,
and
that
that's
basically
riot
control.
We.
F
Sorry,
I
need
to
cut
you
off
in
the
middle
of
this
capital
item
that
was
about
it
went
up
by
about
three
hundred
and
twelve
thousand
dollars
from
325
000.,
so
capital,
unless
you
was
1.6
right
now
because
of
the
things
we're
adding
1.9.
F
E
J
And
personnel
as
far
as
vehicles
go
because
I
know
that
we've
pushed
this
down
the
road
a
couple
of
years
in
the
past.
How
many
new
vehicles
are
we
are
we
getting
and
is
that
that's
in
capital
outlay,
correct,
21,.
H
E
We're
trying
to
to
get
between
20
and
25
of
our
fleet
replaced
at
the
police
department
every
year,
so
that
everything
doesn't
get
more
than
five
years
old,
because
these
guys
they
run
24
7
almost
so
this.
This
budget
includes
not
only
replacement
of
of
existing
vehicles,
but
new
vehicles
to
for
the
new.
G
G
H
Yeah
for
forfeiture
days,
we
have
a
little
bit
of
forfeiture.
Money
left
over,
but
forfeiture
days
are
really
kind
of
something
of
the
past.
You
don't
see
those
big
forfeitures
anymore.
We
haven't
for
the
last
three
or
four
years.
Actually,
you
know
we're
one
time
a
big
forfeiture
would
have
been
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
off
the
interstate.
H
H
G
G
Right
now,
question
with
povo:
how
come
we
don't
get
a
breakdown
like
the
police
department
and
fire
department
like
like
that
about
to
fall
for
the
money
over
time
money
like
a
list
of
everything
we
used
to
give
us
that
we
had
everything
listed.
We
got
it
in
detail.
If
you
want
no,
you
said
we
never
get.
I
don't
ever
see
that
we
just
got
a
buck
amount
of
money,
but
if
it's
broken
down.
F
G
G
F
G
M
M
G
F
E
I
think
you'd
have
to
agree
that
with
this
budget,
where
biloxi
city
of
biloxi
is
refunding
the
police.
F
Right
below
the
fire
department
we're
staying
at
the
same
level.
I
think
we
actually
grew
that
personnel
about
32
000,
but
in
total
for
the
whole
department
there
was
some
equipment.
I
think
three
fire
trucks.
If
you
look
at
the
top
of
the
page,
there's
about
1.145
million
increased,
both
wages
and
salary
sales,
I
mean
personnel
services
as
well
as
equipment
in
the
capital
outlay,
which
is
about
net
change
of
about
800
hours
by
1.187
worth
of
equipment
right
and
that's.
The
bulk
of
the
increase.
F
F
A
Half
a
million
each,
what
is,
are
they
going
to
be
like
the
most
recent
ones?
We
bought
those
green
vehicles.
I
think
they
were
called
them.
E
N
At
we
will
have
to
replace
so
this
year
we're
looking
at
the
average
age
right
now,
even
with
those
two
new
trucks
we're
looking
at
13
years,
we
generally
get
about
20
years
out
of
an
apparatus
before
we
have
to
replace
and
we
can
put
that
in
a
spare
type
setting,
but
typical
buyer
standards.
We
go
about
20
years,
so
if
we
go
average
age
of
our
fleet,
it's
13
years
on,
doesn't
matter
if
you
look
at
engines
or
ladders,
so
we
bought
the
two
new
clean
cab
concept.
N
Everybody's
been
real
receptive,
so
we
were
going
to
try
to
go
back
with
that
with
our
cancer
prevention
efforts,
we're
going
to
develop
a
apparatus
committee
explore
different
options,
new
developments,
new
new
equipment
that
sort
of
thing
to
throw
into
them.
But
yes,
sir,.
A
Okay.
Thank
you,
mr
geyser
questions,
mr
glavin,
let's
start
on
your
end,
any
questions
or.
F
Let
me
get
something
diana
just
mentioned
too:
the
total
figure
for
the
equipment,
capital
items.
I
think
it's
about
175
000
per
billion
too-
is
that
in
part
of
that?
No,
and
so
that's
the
figure
in
addition
to
the
equipment
and
the
support
vehicle.
I
When,
when
we
built
the
the
new
fire
station
and
training
facility,
we
anticipated
that
other
other
fire
stations
or
other
cities
would
use
that
facility
for
training,
and
maybe
it
would
generate
some
some
revenue
for
us
is,
is
that
is
that
happening
or
or.
N
Typically,
we
are
not
generating
revenue
that
way
it's
more
set
up
to.
We
provide
them
a
service.
They
will
provide
our
us
a
service
site,
it's
saving
us
in
training
costs,
we
don't
typically
generate
or
the
way
the
state
is
set
up.
We
we
put
on
a
class
through
the
state
academy.
N
They
would
come.
We
invite
other
departments
to
come
in
and
do
it.
The
state
actually
does
the
billing,
so
they
will
separate
if
I've
got
seven
students
in
it.
We
pay
a
certain
amount,
it's
all
prorated
per
student.
What
it
does
allow
us
to
do
is
to
return
the
favor
to
departments
that
have
been
giving
us
pascagoula
allowed
us
to
put
five
of
our
students
in
a
thing
hazmat
training
over
there
free
of
charge.
So
it's
more
a
goodwill
type
deal.
I
All
right,
I
I
have
a
question:
is
there
anything
in
this
budget
that
we've
left
out
that's
essential
that
you
have
a
wish
list
that
you
need
the
council
to
be
aware
of.
N
But
no
sir,
I
mean
the
three
engines
would
be
a
great
step
towards
the
right
direction.
I
know
we're
gonna
have
to
replace
a
ladder
truck,
we
were
going
to.
We've
still
got
a
couple
more
years
in
that
life
of
the
ladder
truck
up
station
7
in
the
north
part.
N
I
N
Typically,
our
portables,
you
know
we
we
replace
as
needed.
I
know
we've
had
several
issues,
but
hurricane's
been
great
with
us,
so
we
just
kind
of
do
it
on
a
case
by
case
nick.
F
Yeah
as
far
as
cell
towers
being
down-
and
you
know,
you've
got
a
ability
to
avoid
you
know
our
equipment
being
down,
and
so
that's
a
pretty
good
deal.
It's
a
nationwide
first
net.
I
think
in
18
it's
an
att
sponsored
bill.
Yes,.
N
N
Yes,
sir
all
command
staff,
everybody
there
and
they've
been
great
as
far
as
the
first
net
capabilities
every
storm
that
we
had
come
in
from
an
ema
perspective.
N
They
would
call
me
tell
me
that
they
had
something
stationed
in
hattiesburg
and
they
could
have
us
set
up
city
communications
as
far
as
cell
service
within
a
couple
hours
pending
road
road
traffic
and
and
debris
that
sort
of
thing.
So
we
we've
really
been
pleased
with
them.
As
far
as
communication,
okay,.
E
Counseling
councilman,
I
just
want
to
point
out
just
to
make
sure
you
don't
miss
it.
We
talked
about
the
trucks
and
the
fire
stations
and,
as
you
know,
fire
station
number
seven
we
were
paying
paying
as
we
go.
That
was
a
lease
purchase.
Also,
the
two
fire
trucks
last
year
was
a
lease
purchase.
If
you
look
on
your
spread,
the
big
sheet
you'll
see:
there's
a
debt
service
category
and
against
the
fire
department.
You'll
see
that
the
debt
service
goes
from
531
0009
up
to
768
thousand.
E
A
Thank
you,
mr
leonard,
mr
barrett,
anything,
mr
deming
anything
mr
lawrence.
G
G
F
The
police
department-
let
me
say
this
about
this
process-
that
those
details
make
this
the
summary.
Okay,
it's
not
a
problem.
Well,
you
just
ask
for
it:
we'll
get
it
to
you.
Okay!
Anybody
else
wants
it,
we'll
get
it
too,
we'll
print
a
copy
of
it,
but
you
got
to
trust.
This
is
a
process
that
we
go
through
and
they've
been
grinding
this
stuff
out,
and
you
just
don't
make
up
these
numbers.
Those
numbers
that
you're
asking
for.
F
G
A
N
Overtime
is
staying
the
same,
I
think,
budgeted.
I'm
not
aware
of
what
we're
sitting
at
correct.
Currently.
A
Typically,
it's
been
about
400
000,
maybe
500
000
a
year,
and
it
usually
ends
up
running.
That's
what
you're
budgeted,
but
it
usually
ends
up
running
about
900
000
about
the
same
as
the
police
department.
So
just
a
heads
up,
yes,
okay,
all
right,
any
other
questions
for
the
fire
department,
mr
guns,
anything
I'll
come
back
to
you,
mr
monk,.
A
N
Well,
currently,
our
our
minimum
staffing
each
day
is
48.
We
currently
are
running
only
51
per
shift,
so
that
takes
as
soon
as
we
have
vacation,
fmla
workman's
comp
that
sort
of
thing
we're
getting
into
our
hiring.
N
It's
something
that
we've
been
doing
here
lately
we're
just
we're
working
on
recruitment
efforts,
we're
working
on
getting
hirees
in,
but
it's
a
struggle
with
the
current
situation
and
the
way
things
are.
N
Yes,
sir,
to
to
to
be
minimum
staff,
we
need
three
per
engine.
That's
11
engines,
we've
got
three
ladder;
trucks,
that's
three
people
per
ladder,
truck
we've
got
a
heavy
rescue.
We've
got
an
air
truck.
We've
got
a
couple,
other
support
vehicles
that
are
staffed
tankers.
That
sort
of
thing
out
in
the
count
out
in
the
wool
market
area,
to
provide
adequate
service
and
keep
us
at
that
fire
rating
of
two.
A
A
You
have
employees
who
are
trying
to
take
vacation
and
just
with
the
staffing
situation
being
what
it
is,
it's
it's
tough
to
make
it
go
and
stay
fully
staffed
or
as
close
to
being
fully
staffed,
as
you
can,
and,
and
particularly
folks
like
to
take
vacation
when
they
feel
like
they
need
a
vacation.
But
it's
got
to
be
managed,
particularly
managed
under
the
circumstances
where
you
have
a
tough
time
staying
fully
staffed,
but
with
all
the
injuries
that
you
have
surgeries,
those
kind
of
things
associated
with
the
job
I
mean.
A
It'd
be
nice.
If
we
even
beefed
up
the
number
in
the
department
a
little
more,
you
need
a
few.
I
don't
want
to
say,
float
or
slack
something
you
just
because
people
are
always
absent
for
one
reason
or
another
and
they're
legitimate
reasons,
they're
absent,
but
that
results
in
more
more
overtime.
Let.
F
Me
say:
one
of
the
challenges
in
in
the
in
the
police
department
is
to
give
somebody
a
weekend
off,
not
just
and
that's
when
all
of
the
apartments,
but
you
got
as
nick
was
talking
about
there's
so
many
pieces,
so
many
personnel
per
equipment
and
you've
got
so
many
people
that
are
scheduled
vacations
and
people
get
sick.
So
I
mean
it
is
a
challenge
in
both
of
those
because
it's
the
bulk
of
where
we
are
the
numbers
of
you
know,
items
that
need
to
be
scheduled
and
rotated.
F
A
Right,
it's
just.
I
know
it
becomes
a
morale
issue.
Thank
you.
That's
the
only
point
I
wanted
to
make
which
department
do
we
want
to
go
to
next
administration.
G
H
Some
of
them,
some
of
them,
will
have
25
years
in
excess
of
25
years.
Some
of
them
will
have
maybe
21
years,
but
they
had
four
years
of
military
and
that
can
count
towards
their
retirement.
So
someone
will
do
a
full
25
years
and
some
will
stay
so
it's
kind
of
hard,
but
we
have
about
14
that
we
could
lose
if.
F
We
do
lose
them.
You
know.
Part
of
the
drill
is
that
we
will
advertise
for
the
replacement
of
that,
so
the
total
figure
is
in
the
whole
budget.
So
I
mean
that
that's
your
consideration
that
we'll
lose
so
many,
but
we'll
also
do
in
the
middle
of
the
year
advertising
as
needed.
Right
right.
That's
right!.
H
G
H
Nothing,
we
don't
have
anything.
We
we
hired
three.
The
other
day
looks
like
we're
going
to
end
up
with
two
of
those
one
of
them
went
out
right
after
she
was
hired
with
an
illness,
and
I
don't
think
she
is
going
to
come
back.
N
Yes,
sir,
as
far
as
available
to
retire
we're
looking
at
at
least
probably
25,
that
could
go
right
now,
if
not
more.
You
know
that
was
due
to
the
big
hiring.
When
we
annexed
will
market,
there
were
large
groups
that
were
being
hired,
they're
coming
available,
because
that
was
the
98
99
time
frame.
Just
like
chief
miller
said
you
know,
they've
got
four
years
of
of
leave
or
military
time
or
they
worked
at
another
department
and
and
came
over
as
a
lateral.
That
sort
of
thing.
E
I
I'd
like
to
pipe
up
one
little
thing
here
when
I
talked
to
the
fire
department-
and
I
think
both
chief
davis
and
chief
geyser
would
agree
with
me
on
this.
The
number
one
number
one
problem
that
I
hear
from
the
rank
and
file
firefighters.
Is
they
don't
get
enough?
They
can't
take
time
off
because
our
staffing
is
so
tight.
E
Now
we
talked
about
putting
an
additional
15
firefighters
and
that
would
be
five
per
shift
into
the
budget
they're,
not
in
the
budget
right
now,
although
they
we
intend
to
have
those
15
additional
firefighters,
we
will
be
applying
for
a
safer
grant
and
it's
100
funded
for
three
years
and
we're
applying
for
50.
We
will
be
it
and
the
council
will
be
approving
our
application
for
a
safer
grant
to
add
15
additional
firefighters
they're,
not
in
the
budget
and
we're
right
now,
but
we
intend
to
do
that
this
year.
J
One
more
question
of
these
179
that
were
in
the
budget
this
year
I
met
last
year
and
for
the
upcoming
year.
How
many
of
those
do
we
have?
How
many
vacancies
of
that
179
are
there?
I.
N
Think
I
think
listed
we
have
eight,
it's
not
counting,
it.
Hadn't
been
updated
for
chief
boney,
and
things
like
that.
I
think
we're
looking
at
ten
vacancies
have.
G
E
Yeah
I
had
a
session
with
chief
geyser
and
chief
davis
earlier
this
week
where
we
talked
about
training.
The
fire
academy
is
so
backed
up
that
we
we
can't
get
anybody
into
the
fire
academy,
so
we've
got
our
own
in-house
training
going
on
and
that's
one
of
the
things
we
can
do
because
you,
you
helped
us,
buy
a
training
tower
and
we've
got
a
fire
station
7
with
a
training
complex
in
it.
So
we've
got
facilities
that
we
didn't
have
before.
So
we
can
do
the
training
in-house.
G
E
The
safer
grant:
that's
a
federal
grant,
we'll
pay
for
three
years
at
a
hundred
percent
and
then
we
pick
it
up
yeah.
I
understand.
E
F
F
So
that
was
a
push
and
we
a
part
of
that
public
works
budget
which
is
going
from
66
to
76
folks
increased
by
about
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
the
wages
and
salaries,
but
there's
a
significant
amount
of
equipment.
F
But
you
know
overall,
the
budgeting
increased
by
a
million
dollars
about
one
million
and
fifteen
thousand
dollars
and
capital
equipment
for
public
works
was
eight
hundred
and
twelve.
No
excuse
me
nine
and
sixty
eight
right.
168
thousand
it
went
up
yeah
up
up
by
968.
A
F
In
case
you
haven't
been
specific,
but
you
know
that
was
some
of
our
ideas.
We've
got
to
along
with
parks
and
recreation,
we've
increased
about
15
people
to
get
out
and
keep
biloxi
clean.
So
that's
a
you
know
a
strong
impact
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
with
this
increasing.
You
know
the
number
of
folks
32.
I
think
in
total
to
make
sure
we
we
keep
this
place
safe,
friendly
and
beautiful.
The
whole
budget
will
reflect
that
a.
A
Couple
of
questions
right
off
the
bat
looking
at
the
contractual
there's,
a
decrease
of
437
thousand
dollars.
What
accounts
for
that.
E
So
that's
all
the
drainage
and,
as
you
remember,
hampton
lane,
for
example,
that's
that's
how
public
works.
Does
those
jobs
it?
It
basically
has
come
we're
contracting
out
to
these
conferences.
F
Let
me
jump
into
mike,
I
think
a
lot
of
that
was
based
on
the
the
reduction
in
budget
from
hcua.
Okay,
the
garbage
the
is
that
the
garbage
sanitation,
which
was
the
garbage
pickup
okay,
that
has
been
reduced
by
that
amount.
Okay,
so.
A
F
Both
there
and
parks
and
recreation
we
kind
of
kicked
up
some
things
where,
if
it's
easier
to
contract
these
services,
we've
actually
implemented
about
a
hundred
thousand
each.
So
if
it's
cheaper
to
you
know,
buy
the
maintenance
of
a
ballpark
or
or
you
know
whatever
it
that's
in
the
budget
too.
So
you
know,
if
we're
able
to
do
this
in
a
you
know,
a
more
effective
way.
That's
in
the
budget
that
would
be
found
in
in
the
contractual
services
with
a
major
reduction
at
430.
E
That's
just
what
billy
ray
asked
us
for.
He
asked
us
for
five
more
bodies
in
each
of
his
north
and
south
crews.
So
when
but
we're
in
addition
to
those
bodies,
we're
adding
a
substantial
amount
of
new
equipment
and
I've
got
that
equipment
list.
But
we're
talking
about
some
special
mowers
that
reach
out
and
can
do
ditches,
talked
about
bucket
trucks.
We're
talking
about
backhoes.
F
There's
an
increase
in
parks
and
rec
by
four
people
and
then
10
in
in
utilities.
We
haven't
really
decided
on
the
reorg
to
address
something
very
specific,
but
there
probably
some
some
creative
thinking
when
it
comes
to
scheduling
and
using
contractual
services
to
offset
what
we
need
to
do.
We've
got
to
touch
these
properties
and
touch
these
assets.
You
know
in
a
you
know
a
more
timely
fashion
based
on
the
season
of
the
year
and
what
we
can
do
to
improve.
F
Like
the
ball
field,
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
turf,
putting
turf
out
there
that
will
offset
some
of
these
things,
but
that's
a
you
know
significant
about
750
000
to
actually
put
the
turf
where
we
can
attract
more.
You
know
sports
tourism
situation,
but
there'll
be
some
offset.
You
know
to
not
having
to
maintain
that
sort
of
thing
too,
but
we're
having
some
conversation
about
that
right.
L
Have
we
had
just
has
miss
bell
discussed
with
you,
irrigation
and
correcting
some
of
the
problems
with
the
pops
ferry
sports,
complex
area.
I
think.
F
But
let
me
let
me
jump
into
these
14
bodies,
along
with
the
you
know,
the
the
ten
that
he
already
has.
You
know
maybe
subject
to
some
reorganization,
we're
going
to
really
take
an
operations.
Research
attack
on
that
and,
coupled
with
what
we
can
do
to
you
know
like
the
ball
fields,
do
the
things
we
do
that
will
attack
attract
these
new
things.
So
there
may
be
some
significant
reorganization
how
we
cut
the
grass.
F
Part
of
it
yet
part
of
it
would
be
parks
and
rec.
That
will
be
you
know,
but
the
whole
thing
you
know
is
with
beautification
and
doing
the
things
we
need
to
do
so.
You
know
we've
got
a
significant
amount
of
of
new
streets
that
were
done.
That
requires
attention,
and
you
know
right
of
ways
that
are
done.
That
requires
attention
and
we
need
more,
more
horsepower
more
manpower
to
do
what
we
need
to
do
right.
L
I
think
there's
there's
some
there's
some
resources
in
different
departments
that
we
can
use-
and
I
was
talking
to
members
from
some
of
the
other
departments
about
using
those
assets
and
we'll
talk
later
about
maybe
tapping
into
that.
I
don't
know
if
it's
appropriate
for
this
budget
session
right
now,
but
I
know
nathan
and
I
were
discussing
today-
he
he
was
talking
about
the
added
capital
for
public
works
and
we
also
talked
about
adding
more
contractual
labor
to
help
do
some
of
the
routine
stuff.
My
question
is
contractual
laborers.
Is
that
appropriate
for
easements?
F
Everything
is
on
the
table,
whatever
the
most
effective
way
to
touch
what
we've
got
to
touch
in
a
timely
manner.
So
you
know
if
we
actually
go
turn
for
a
couple
of
fields
and
that
you've
got
five
or
six
people
that
are
no
longer
cutting
the
grass.
You
are
doing
those
activities
and
we're
going
to
shift
them
to
doing
the
things
it
may
be.
They
may
lie
in
the
parks
and
recreation
department,
but
the
whole
aspect
of
that
operation
is
going
to
change.
F
E
E
It's
and
you
got
to
feed
them
yeah,
but
it's
it's
it's
worth
considering.
Could.
F
H
And
yeah,
we
can't
even
do
that.
We
probably
it's
by
charge
now
now
that
he's
reimplemented
a
covet
regulation
source
by
charge,
the
the
the
inmates
that
you're
talking
about
we
have
to
put
an
officer
through
a
training
program
before
they'll.
Let
us
take
them
and
then
they're
completely
hours
once
we
take
them
away,
so
they
have
to
be
monitored
constantly
yeah.
F
L
But
it's
it's,
you
said
so,
regardless
of
how
absurd
I
think
that
idea
that
they
have
to
be
arrested
and
biloxi
is,
when
you
say
it's
by
charge,
what
does
that
mean?
Yeah.
H
The
only
he'll,
naturally
by
law
he
has
to
take
felony
charges
regardless,
but
on
misdemeanor
now
I
think
they'll
take
they'll.
Take
stalking,
there's
about
five
different
misdemeanor
charges
is
all
that
they
will
accept
right
now.
So
like
trespassing,
they
will
not
accept
anybody
for
trespassing
and
he
has
that
right,
but.
F
That
pool
is
not
like
it
used
to
be
is
what
I'm
trying
to
say
that
that
prove
opportunity
with
regard
to
using
some
of
that
labor,
you
know
you
used
to
see
it
all
over
the
place,
especially
the
interstate.
You
know,
on
the
interstate
picking
up
garbage
yeah.
J
J
H
So
I
can
only
guess
I
think
part
of
that
probably
is
you
know,
once
somebody's
in
the
in
the
county,
jail
the
city
or
the
county
are
still
responsible
for
them.
Whoever
made
the
arrest
so
we're
responsible
for
their
medical
bills.
If
they
get
injured
in
the
jail,
it's
not
it's,
not
the
county
or
the
board
of
supervisors
is
absolutely
the
city
that
arrested
them.
So
in
in
his
defense,
he's
probably
you
know.
H
G
Lawrence-
and
I
know
you've
been
talking
about
this-
a
lot
for
the
beautification
is
this
going
to
be.
This
is
all
they're
going
to
do
things
that
crew
you
hiding
they're,
going
to
take
care
of
the
city,
keep
the
highway
clean,
the
streets,
clean.
F
Whatever
needs
to
be
cleaned,
that's
additional
to
what
we
have.
We
got
a
crew
in
the
north
and
crew
in
the
back
within
public
works,
but
we're
adding
10
more
folks.
Five
in
each
crew
plus
equipment
plus,
you
know
whatever
supplies
and
services,
to
keep
it
running.
That's
in
this
budget,
the
ability
to
use
the
10
new
folks
are
in
the
budget.
G
It's
probably
one
of
the
biggest
complaints
I've
had
in
the
last
five
or
six
weeks
is
make
sure
the
city
cleans
up
the
city.
That's
you
know,
that's
a
big
thing.
I
keep
telling
me
you're
setting
up
the
program
to
do
that,
so
we
got
to
make
sure
we
have
that
follow
through
on
that
you
know
when
the
streets
not
clean
and
the
yard's
clean
and
people
get
upset.
You
know
something
somebody.
N
N
F
One
of
the
workshops
that
this
is
going
to
be
an
uplift
as
far
as
money,
and
it
is-
and
it's
primarily
to
do
that.
You
know
the
increase
in
in
labor-
is
to
do
that.
You
know
in
both
parks
and
recreation
utilities
and
policing
fires
to
to
keep
it
safe,
friendly
and
beautiful.
That's
you
know
that's.
This
is
a
result
of
trying
to
do
what
you
just
talked
about.
G
A
All
right,
mr
dimming
question
or
comment
I'll
come
back
to
you.
G
Q
G
F
We've
looked
at
the
base
in
each
one
of
these
departments
and
done
some
adjustment
and
we
had
to
push
up
some
stuff
too,
so
the
increase
in
you
know,
I
think
the
numbers
that
you
said
are
reflected
in
in
the
in
the
up
y'all
correct
me.
If
I'm
wrong,
we
have
all
right.
We've
uplifted
some
of
those
that
you
know
this
is
a
competitive
market
people.
F
You
know
we
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
go
from
the
ground
up
now
and
talk
with
mr
president
of
our
council,
head
in
in
things
you
know
where
we
roll
through
coming
from
october
1
to
january.
There
may
be
some
especially
if
we
want
to
really
in
you
know,
increasing
in
some
of
the
things
ending
the
year
with
the
you
know,
15
to
16
million
dollars
in
fund
balance,
then
between
october
1-
and
you
know
we
could
really
get
these
across.
F
You
know
utility
crew,
one
two
and
three
and
supervisors
as
well,
as
you
know,
police
and
fire,
but
you
know,
we've
got
to
have
some
really
reflective
of
how
we're
going
to
do
not
only
this
year
but
five
years
down
the
road
there's
some
things
that
we
kicked
around
as
far
as
you
know,
a
little
bit
better
stepping
you
go
by
a
year
if
we're
actually
in
a
mode
where
we
can
afford
to
give
a
bump
from
one
step
to
the
other.
F
We
kind
of
define
the
job
steps
in
each
one
of
these
job
classes,
and
we
would
probably
you
know,
have
some
recommendations
after
october
1.
F
to
answer
the
question,
though
we
have
uplifted
some
of
all
of
these
you
know
base
levels
to
to
to
get
to.
You
know
an
acceptable,
a
competitive
rate.
We
want
people
to
work,
we
want
people
to
be
happy
to
work
and
we've
done
a
little
bit
of
that.
We
could
always.
You
know
we
can
do
better
if
the
numbers
show
us
that
we
can
afford
not
only
this
current
year,
but
two
or
three
years
down
the
road.
F
It's
a
complex
kind
of
a
animal
that
we've
tried
to
put
together,
but
we're
going
to
do
it.
I
think
we're
looking
the
insurance
committee
met
yesterday,
and
this
is
all
part
of
you
know
the
big
picture
on
what
we
can
do.
So
we
can
some
people
you
know,
would
rather
have
the
the
rate
versus
the
benefit,
and
I
think
that's
a
challenge
we
have.
I
don't
know
if
we
can.
You
know
attack
that
and
be
successful
in
the
next.
F
F
G
To
and
we'll
meet
again
monday
yeah
and
we
can
constantly
make
sure
we
stay
on
top
of
that
yeah.
Thank
you,
mr
damn.
L
While
you're
on
the
topic
of
pay,
the
administration,
you
guys,
are
really
good
at
giving
us
graphs
and
charts
and
data
showing
us
how
competitive
we
are
with
the
other
cities
when
it
comes
to
water
rates
or
sewage,
or
things
like
that,
is
there
any
information?
Do
you
have
it
and
if
you
do,
can
you
provide
it
to
us
showing
us
where
we
are
at
as
a
competitive
basis
regarding
ocean
springs?
Gulfport
in
the
cities
around
us
for
everybody's
pay?
Well,.
F
I
don't
know
that
all
of
us
are
around
we.
I
know
what
we
pay
and
I
know
a
big,
significant
part
of
compensation,
the
real
compensation,
but
some
people.
You
know
I
know
gulfport
and
I
know
ocean
springs.
You
know
they
don't
do
what
we
do.
They
don't
do.
You
know
you
don't
work
a
month
and
get
you
know
what
1.5
days
of
vacation
anywhere
except
in
biloxi.
So
how
do
you
dollarize
that
you
know
you
can
work
a
year
and
get
18
days
of
vacation?
Now?
How
do
you
download
you
take.
L
L
F
So
I
mean
to
look
at
the
whole
compensation.
Those
are
things
that
you
know
are
part
of
the
deal,
and
you
know
you've
got
six
days
of
18
days
of
vacation
six
days
of
sickly,
plus
everything
else.
I
mean
we
can
get
that
together
and
say
where
we
are.
I
don't
know
how
to
compare.
You
know
what
ocean
springs
does
or
gulfport,
but
we
can
certainly
do
that
for
for
us.
Okay,
thank
you.
J
Yes,
I
have
several
comments
and
some
questions
as
well,
so
we're
hiring
in
public
works,
we're
hiring
10
new
employees
and
five
of
those
will
be
with
the
north.
Five
will
be
with
the
south.
J
J
J
If
five
of
these
aren't
going
to
be
dedicated
to
the
north
and
and
and
not
to
mention
that
at
least
five
weeks
out
the
year,
which
is
10
percent
of
the
work
time
of
these
employees,
they're
pulled
to
the
south,
which
is
10
percent
of
the
work
time.
That
work
should
be
taking
place
in
the
north
they're
pulled
to
the
south.
For
events
such
as
mardi
gras
cruising
the
coast
scraping
spring
break.
J
Whenever
seats
need
to
be
pulled
out,
the
singer
theater
they're,
pulling
seats
out
instead
of
mowing
the
grass
digging
the
ditches
and
those
things
that
need
to
be
taken
place
in
our
ward.
That's
ten
percent
of
the
year!
So
not
only
are
we
extremely
short
staffed
for
what
is
a
huge
area
of
our
city,
disproportionate,
we're,
also
being
they're
also
being
pulled
to
the
south.
J
Now
I'm
encouraged
to
see
that
we're
getting
some
of
this
equipment,
because
there's
many
times
that
we
need
equipment
and
we
can't
use
it
because
it's
being
used
in
the
south
and
we
don't
have
access
to
the
vacuum,
trucks
and
things,
and
so
my
point
being
is
18
years
ago
we
had
double
the
workers
in
the
north
that
we
have
now,
and
so
we
need
an
increase
in
workers
that
are
going
to
be
working
in
the
north
on
a
consistent
basis.
Right
now,
we
are
so
far
behind
on
everything
up
there.
J
F
Again,
this
is
an
operations,
research.
What
do
what
needs
to
be
done
when
they
need
to
do
it?
That's
the
first
thing
where
it's
in
you
or
it's
in
your
water
anywhere
we've
got
a
pool
of
things.
We
will
reorganize
such
that
it
gets
done
in
a
timely
manner.
We
may
have
10
or
15
people
from
the
south
being
there
to
do
a
certain
thing
at
a
certain
time.
That's
what
where
we
need
a
little
bit
of
operations
input,
I'm
not
saying
you
know
just
because
they
call
it
the
north
and
the
south.
J
F
Workers
that
work
from
the
south
are
coming
out.
Let
me
say
this,
let
me
say:
you'll
have
an
opportunity
and
we'll
have
the
opportunity
to
say
what
needs
to
be
done.
If
mike,
you
know
you,
and
I
know
we
see
him
every
every
thursday
morning,
he
knows
what
he's
got.
You
should
not
have
the
manpower
to
do
it.
What
is
it
going
to
take?
Can
you
buy
it,
or
can
you
you
know?
Can
you
pull
it
from
other
things?
I
want
a
pool
of
of
labor,
a
pool
of
of
services
that
can
be
provided.
J
J
And
then
my
second
question
is:
I
got
a
I
went
and
met
with
mike
and
he
gave
me
a
list
of
things
and
I
think
I
see
all
these
things
on
that
list,
but
just
to
verify
we
are
buying
an
eight-yard
dump
truck
and-
and
I
did
go
ahead-
so
a
dump
truck
a
backhoe,
a
vacuum
truck
and
the
tractor
with
the
arm.
So
we
are
getting
all
that
equipment,
the
mowers
and
some
mower
okay.
So
as
far
as
equipment,
that's
fine
and
then
my
my
next
thing
is.
J
I
would
like
to
see
not
just
we'll
look
at
it.
I
would
like
to
see
a
portion
of
contractual
services
allocated
to
cleaning
easements
in
my
ward-
and
I
know
it's
like
this
in
every
ward,
throughout
the
city,
we
have
areas
that
just
aren't
draining
we
in
my
area.
It
was
annexed
in
1999
and
there's
easements
that
people
can't
keep
up
I'm
talking.
These
are
major
easements
people
would
have
to
go,
buy
commercial
grade
equipment
to
keep
these
easements
clean
and
not
one
time
in
22
years
have
these
easements
been
clean?
J
They
have
trees,
four
foot
around
growing
in
them
and
trash
is
backed
up
because
of
the
trees
growing
in
the
bushes
growing.
In
them,
the
silt
that's
filled
them
in,
and
so
I
want
us.
I
would
like
to
see-
and
I'm
proposing
that
we
set
aside
for
peop
to
hire
a
company,
because
our
guys
can't
do
it.
We
can't
keep
up
with
everything
that
we
have
to
keep
up
with,
even
with
10
additional
people.
F
Both
places
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
contractual
services.
For
that
specific
reason
now
it
needs.
Maybe
it
needs
to
be
more
if
it
needs
to
be
more
to
do
the
things
we
do
to
free
up
and
make
our
labor
be
able
to
service
those
things.
You
know
we'll
come
back
if
it
needs
to
be
200
000
for
each
department.
We'll
do
that.
But
right
now
we
did
plan
on.
You
know,
buying
some
services
where
we
can't
provide,
and
that's
all,
but
you
know
the
whole
thing
is
to
figure
out.
F
We
need
what
are
our
needs?
What
needs
to
be
done?
When
does
it
need
to
be
done?
You
know
in
the
springtime,
that's
the
the
beauty
of
doing
some
contractual
stuff
is
that
you
know
you
can
tell
them.
I
need
it.
This
date
do
the
scheduling,
but
it's
a
tremendous
amount
of
scheduling
challenge.
That's
gonna
have
to
be
done
with
within
our
organizations.
Q
The
most
nathan,
all
he
had
to
do
is
come
and
say
hey.
I
need
this
over
here
done,
it's
the
same
principle
as
we're
doing
with
the
drainage
system,
where
we
get
the
money
out
of
contractual
services
in
order
to
have
it
repaired
and
it
could
have
came
any
time.
You
could
even
call
me,
and
I
could
have
just
had
the
money
transferred
to
the
north.
Well,
if
I
had
to
one.
E
Me
answer,
I
will
tell
you,
let
me
add
something
to
you.
It
was
a
surprise
to
me.
I
said
on
the
development
commission
harrison
county
development
commission
and
I
just
learned
in
our
last
meeting
that
they're
doing
cleaning
by
contract
they've
got
two
contractors
doing
ditch
claiming
to
augment
their
staff,
and
I've
asked
to
get
some
some
information
on
that,
because
that
that
might
be
something
we
could
do
with
it.
Another
separate
contract
just
buying
it.
J
And
there
may
even
be
some
some
grants
out
there,
some
match
grants
or
something
we
could
get
money
from
this,
but
I
mean
you
know
it's
something
that
I
email
you
and
bring
to
your
attention
regularly
of
these
issues
that
we
have
and
I
have
a
list
and
I
just
printed
out
some
of
them.
I
was
just
asking
for
issues,
and
this
is
just
of
emails
of
major
drainage
issues,
because
our
culverts
are
collapsed
or
they're
not
clean.
D
J
The
ditches
are
setting
lower
than
the
culverts
and,
and
things
need
to
be
regraded.
The
ditch
hasn't
been
cleaned
out
for
years,
and
the
list
just
goes
on
and
on.
We
have
major
major
drainage
issues
throughout
our
ward.
It's
not
just
in
one
area,
it's
throughout
the
ward
and
and
it's
something
that
we
have
to
address,
because
if
we
don't
it's
just
going
to
continually
get
worse
and
worse
and
worse
and
and
it's
something
that
we
have
to
address
and
take
care
of
well.
F
We're
attacking
it
as
we
as
we
feel
like
we
have
the
utilities
to
you
know
to
go
forward
with
it,
keep
in
mind
the
world
market.
You
know
master
plan.
You
know
two
of
those
big
projects
were
part
of
this
deal
that
you
know
the
infrastructure
water
sewer
that's
coming
down,
so
I
think
four
millions
of
the
the
possible
24
million
will
be.
You
know
based
on
that
that
the
master
plan
to
address
it
just
a
whole
lot
of
stuff
to
do.
F
We've
got
to
organize
it
so
that
we
can,
you
know,
get
a
grant
if
it's
through
the
you
know
the
information,
the
1.8
billion
that's
coming
down,
but
we
just
gotta,
you
know,
quantify
it
and
then
figure
out
how
we're
gonna
do
it
all
right?
That's
all.
I.
I
Mr
gravin
questions
I
have,
I
noticed
that
in
contractual
we're
reducing
437
000
personnel,
we're
increasing
for
104.
F
I
My
next
question
mayor
would
be
our
interlocal
agreement
with
the
county.
We're
talking
about
our
budget.
You
know:
do
we
need
to
press
the
county
to
use
their
resources,
to
give
us
some
assistance
and
and
coordinate
those
efforts
because
they
have
equipment,
they
have
personnel
and
it
seems
like
when
they
get
on
it.
They
can
go
to
their
yard
and
get
all
this
equipment
and
come
through
and
blaze
a
trail.
I
mean
it's
like
desert
storm,
sometimes
if
they
want
to
yeah.
It's.
I
A
Q
I
I
got
you
well,
they
shouldn't
back
out.
If
they
backed
out
we
we
are
calling.
You
know
we
ought
to
have
a
conversation
right
mayor.
It's
not
an
argument,
it's
a
conversation
that
we
need
to
have
with
them.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
it's
enough,
because
police
and
fire
are
certainly
priority,
but
public
works
is,
is
a
big
priority
too,
and
I
mean
it's
not
getting
getting.
I
I
mean
it's
getting
more
difficult
to
maintain
everything
that
we're
having
to
maintain,
especially
with
population
increasing
with
us
now
making
commitments
to
will
market
and
all
our
awards.
It's
not
getting
any
easier,
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
right
number
is
in
here.
If
we
need
to
look
at
increasing
some
things,
then
we
need
to
do
that.
So
that's
all
I
have
thank
you.
O
Yes,
I
had
a
couple
of
things.
I
think
somebody
touched
on
the
pay
and
basically,
what
we
were
talking
about
in
in
the
pay
was
we
were
billy
ray
was
losing
a
lot
of
men
and
I
think,
a
year
ago,
if
not
a
year
ago,
two
years
ago,
I
asked
about
seeing
if
we
can
start
with
the
new
minimum,
bringing
their
salaries
up
a
new
starting
salary
and-
and
I
was
asking
to
see
what
would
it
take
and
how
much
money
would
that
be
to
start
them
at
maybe
15
an
hour.
O
Nathan
bear
brought
up
something
about
the
workers
you
haven't
met,
maybe
17
18
workers
well
over
the
past
six
or
seven
years.
You
know,
I
don't
think.
We've
had
really
any
workers,
I
had
to
request
to
have
them
come
down
and
and
of
course,
there's
no
fault
of
the
city
because
we
had
oscar
render
who
was
supposed
to
take
care
of
that
area.
But
at
the
end
of
the
day
I
would
have
to
always
request
to
have
people
come
down
and
do
a
cleanup
because
they
simply
wasn't
doing
the
job.
O
So
now
we're
still
now
fast
forward,
our
surrender
is
gone
and
I
still
have
to
be
in
the
mode
where
I
have
to
have
people
to
come
on
down
the
vision.
Come
on
down
the
vision,
come
on
down
the
vision,
come
on
down
the
vision,
come
on
down
the
vision
and
at
a
point
where
I'm
almost
begging
to
bring
crews
to
come
down
instead
of
having
a
normal
rotation.
O
So
it
goes
back
to
saying
that
we're
very
short
on
workers.
So
maybe
we
may
need
to
look
at
the
possibility
of
bringing
a
contract
in
just
to
get
it
all.
Good
and
cleaned
up
where
our
people
can
can
have
a
chance
to
get
a
good
rotation
going
when
we
can
get
people
hired
in
so
we
can,
it
can
run
a
whole
lot
smoother,
but
right
now
we
do
have
issues
in
that
area.
O
I
have
streets
now
that
have
not
been
touched
since
oscar
linda's
pulled
out,
and
so
you
know,
basically
they
just
don't
come
down
and
and
we
we're
going
to
have
to
have
workers
to
get
in
that
rotation.
So
we
have
to
have
an
answer
for
that
at
at
some
point
in
time.
O
I
think
you
mentioned
we're
having
a
truck
we're
buying
us
a
sweeper,
we're
not
how
many
sweepers
do
we
do.
We
have
currently
have
we.
O
E
O
Yeah
because
you
know,
of
course,
a
lot
of
times
when
I'm
writing
and
I
write
a
community
all
the
time
and
I
haven't
seen
one
in
a
while.
So
I
don't
know
if
we.
Q
O
Didn't
see
a
lick,
so
it
it
boosts
us
to.
You
know,
maybe
consider
getting
one.
So
we
can
increase
the
sweeping
because
there
are
streets
that
have
a
lot
of
sand
that
still
on
it
and
things
like
that.
Yeah.
Q
O
Q
F
Okay,
councilman,
let
me
add
too,
I
think
we
all
recognize.
We
got
a
challenge.
Okay,
and
you
know
if
it
takes
a
couple
hundred
more
thousand
into
this
between
now
and
then
to
get
you
know
more
frequency
on
that
or
contract
to
the
handle
of
ditches.
We
could
come
back
with
this.
You
know
before
you
know
the
next
phase
we'll
get
some
detail
on.
F
What
is
it
gonna
take
to
double
what
we're
doing
you
know
those
things
and
if
you
want
to
put
20
instead
of
10,
you
know
it's
all
part
of
the
deal.
We've
got
a
challenge
to
meet.
You
know
this
year
as
far
as
keeping
this
place
where
it
needs
to
be,
you
know
we
were
hit
by
zeta.
We
were
hit
by
covey.
We
were
hit
by
this,
but
now
you
know
it
seems
to
have
some
ability
financially
to
attack
it.
But
you
know
it's
gonna.
F
It's
not
gonna
take
a
weak
heart
if
it
costs
us
another
million
to
use
in
fund
balance,
but
the
job
needs
to
be
done,
and
you
know
we're
in
a
position
to
to
to
do
that.
I
just
don't
want
to
make
a
mistake
and
hire
too
many
versus
a
you
know:
double
some
contractual
stuff,
because
our
commitment
to
personnel
are
going
to
be
over
five
years.
F
N
O
Schedule
or
a
plan
of
action
yep
because,
like
I
said
that
that
rotation,
that
we
that
we
had
not
sufficient
yeah
well
once
oscarinda
pulled
out
and-
and
you
know
the
challenges
we
faced
with
that
over
the
last
eight
seven
eight
years.
Well,
you
know
now
that
they're
gone
right
well,
baby
now.
F
You
know,
as
I
drive
oscar
indus
work
and
billy
ray
was
the
first
one
to
indicate
you
know
we
had
a
number
of
design
agents
and
all
they
had
to
do.
You
know
you've
seen
grass
growing
through
the
cracks
of
a
new
street,
a
new
curb
right
and
billy.
What
was
it?
Construction,
sealant
it's
really
been
in
there
is
that
right.
F
It
is,
but
I
mean
from
the
design
we
should
have
put
stuff
in
there
to
keep
it
from
from
doing
that.
It
wasn't
done
you
know,
but
and
now
we
see
that,
but
now
we've
got
to
handle
it.
You
know
we
got
to
do
the
same
thing
on
highway,
90
and
the
bridge,
and
so
I
mean
that's.
The
whole
idea
is
to
figure
out
what
we
know
what
we
got
to
do.
We
got
to
keep
it
clean
and
it's
going
to
take
dollars
and
people.
O
Right
right,
so
so
again,
you
know.
Plan
of
action
is
what
I'm,
what
I'm
more
or
less
looking
at,
especially
to
get
that
rotation
going
or
or
at
least
get
it
cleaned
up
initially,
and
even
if
it
takes
putting
a
few
contractors
in
the
budget
just
to
get
the
first
year
out
the
way
where
we
can
move.
Q
Yeah,
we
do
have
a
contractor
that
cuts
a
lot
of
the
city,
lots
and
it's
called
guff
breeze,
and
sometimes
we
have
to
go
behind
them,
but
we
usually
make
a
call
to
them
and
then
the
next
couple
of
days,
they'll
they'll
cut
it.
We
just
got
through
cutting
division
and
the
on-ramps
going
up,
I-110
and
they're
supposed
to
cut
everything
in
between
the
fences,
which
is
the
highways
property
they
didn't
cut
it.
We
got
complaints,
send
them
over
there,
cut
it
clean
it.
F
F
O
J
F
There's
a
tremendous
amount
of
logic
to
that.
You
know,
and
I
think
you
know
again
the
commitment
to
get
this
place
clean
and
hopefully
we
do
our
job.
People
will
do
their
job
and,
and
we
won't
have
the
need
to
do
those
things.
I
can't
argue
that
fact.
You
know
it
can't
be
argued
so.
Q
Vacant
season,
I
think
it's
about
eight,
eight
or
nine.
That's
just
in
one
division
of
public
works,
632.
A
Right
and
any
vacancies
in
water
and
sewer,
I
have
almost
seven
in
water
and
sewer
so
you're
down,
15,
guys
right
now
or
ladies
whatever,
okay
and
the
police
department's
down
the
fire
department's
down
everybody's
down,
okay,
mike
the
thought
on
the
drainage
ditch
between
the
enclave
and
audubon
place.
I
know
you
and
I
talked
at
one
point-
maybe
of
contracting-
that
out
to
have
that
cleaned
periodically.
A
I
I
don't
know
if
you
plan
to
pursue
that
or
not,
but
but
I
mean
it,
it
would
take
something.
That's
a
headache
I
know
off
to
mr
allen's
play.
I
will
say
mr
allen
will
do
whatever
he's
got
to
do
he's
great
about
that,
but
he's
only
got
so
many
people
it.
He
only
has
so
many
dry
days
to
work
recently,
it's
hard
to
catch
up,
but
just
that's
a
thought,
a
stray
electron.
You
might
want
to
look
at
that.
A
Mr
mayor,
I
heard
you
say
we
can
get
through
this
budget
and
then
look
at
you
said
everything
except
compensation
schedule,
but
that's
what
you're
talking
about?
Basically,
the.
A
A
good
thought,
because
I'm
I'm
sensitive
to
what
mr
gein
said.
I
remember
mr
allen
basically
stating
must
have
been
several
months
ago.
He
can't
keep
people
with
what
we
pay
him
to
start
with,
and
just
in
in
looking
as
a
mississippi
municipal
league
puts
out
a
a
salary
survey
every
other
year.
I
think
the
latest
one
that
they
have
is
2019
and
as
a
member
we
we
have
access
to
that.
I
don't
think
the
2021
salary
survey
is
out
yet,
but
it's
it's
voluntary
on
the
parts
of
city
some
cities
participate.
A
Some
don't
but
it'll
give
you
a
paint,
a
picture
of
how
competitive
we
are
anyway.
Okay,
you
want
a
break
for
the
day.
We've
got.
G
Q
He
was
looking
for
me
to
give
me
an
application
which
he
worked
in
guffport
and
he
just
wanted
to
change
and
come
to
work
for
biloxi
and
he
was
making
12.50
an
hour
as
a
heavy
equipment
operator
over
there
driving
a
dump
truck
got
his
cdls
got
his
hazmat
license
and
everything
took
the
application
took
it
back
to
the
office.
I
asked
jerry
lynn
to
go
ahead
and
run
a
background
check
on
him,
so
I
could
try
to
get
him
in
and
hire
that
biloxi.
Q
I
think
they
plugged
some
new
numbers
into
the
budget
at
12.50,
rather
than
11.75.
Q
A
A
F
Go
right
up
to
six
o'clock
when
we're
supposed
to
have
it.
So
I
you
know
we
let's
take
a
break
and
and
come
back
at
six
and
whatever
you
want
to
do.
Well,
we
gotta.
A
Get
up
yeah.
A
Council
meeting
at
six,
mr
lawrence
has
done
the
dealers
thing
whatever
they
do
so.
F
Let
me
say
this
before
we
adjourn.
Let
me
do
some
analysis
on
what
we
can
get
done
contractually
in
the
next
workshop.
We'll
come
back
and
update
this.
Maybe
you
know
it's
just
a
figure.
You
know
if
it's,
if
it's
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
more
we'll
add
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
more
to
get
the
stuff
done
that
we
talked
about
felix
talked
about
the
sweeper
talk
about
ditch,
you
know
cleaning.
If
we
can
identify,
there's
some
folks,
I
think
turf
masters
or
something
for
football
fields.
A
number
of
things.
F
Let
me
do
a
little
research
more
since
it
seems
to
be
so
my
appetite
to
buy
it
versus
grow
it
right.
So
we'll
we'll
we'll
get
that
for
you
next
goal
right.
Next
we
meet
on
this
the
subject:
okay,.
A
Before
we
adjourn,
we've
got
our
next
budget
meeting
next
tuesday
at
following
our
no,
we
don't
we're
off.
We
do
have
a
budget.
A
Meeting
we
have,
we
have
a
budget
meeting,
only
no
council
meeting
next
week,
a
budget
meeting.
That's
at
1
30,
I
believe,
yeah,
to
cover
more
departments
all
right.
That
being
said,
I'll
invitation
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn
someone
who's
moved
by
mr
lawrence.
Is
there
a
second
a
second
second
by
mr
barrett?
Thank
you.