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From YouTube: City Council Meeting 3 3 2020
Description
Biloxi City Council held a regular scheduled meeting on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. at Biloxi City Hall. Items included Mayor Gilich proclaiming March 2020 as Irish Heritage Month, and a discussion on the Coast Transit Authority. To see the agenda, visit https://www.biloxi.ms.us/agendas/citycouncil/2020/030320/030320agenda.pdf.
A
Let
us
pray
Heavenly
Father.
We
come
this
evening
saying.
Thank
you.
We
thank
you
for
today
we
opportunity
to
approach
your
throne
of
grace.
God
we
pray
now
that
you
just
bless
this
meeting.
We
thank
you
for
the
city
of
Biloxi
where's
that
you
allow
everything
that's
on
the
agenda
to
edify
the
citizens,
a
Biloxi.
Can
we
just
thank
you
for
all
the
leaders
of
Biloxi
and
their
staff?
We
just
love
you
for
this
opportunity
to
come
before.
You
tonight
now
bless
this
meeting
that
everything
will
be
done
to
bring.
A
C
B
D
To
the
policy
agenda,
we're
substituting
item
4b
ordinance
to
amend
the
leisure
and
Recreation
districts
to
provide
a
process
for
special
event
permits
on
the
consent
agenda,
remove
item
5c
resolution
to
approve
interlocal
agreement
with
harrison
county
and
remove
5d
resolution
to
approve
analytical
agreement
with
harrison
county
for
tax
assessments.
Thank.
B
E
E
E
F
Thank
you
for
being
our
grand
marshal
Oh
what
two
years
ago,
now
all
right!
Well,
you
did
have
you
ever
run
your
DNA
because
I
didn't
know,
I
was
Irish
and
so
I
ran
I.
Did
the
23andme
and
I
find
out
that
I'm
more
than
a
third
Irish
and
my
husband's
been
rubbing
it
into
me
that
I'm,
not
you
know
Irish
with
that
O'keefe
name.
So
you
know,
I
was
pretty
excited
to
hear
that.
Well,
we
want
to
thank
you,
but
I
would
also
like
to
introduce
our
grand
marshal
Chuck
Kelly.
G
Marching
Society
has
the
2020
Grand,
Marshal
and
colleague
we'd
like
to
encourage.
We
wanted
the
community
to
come
out
and
support
all
since
we
celebrate
our
Irish
culture,
our
heritage.
Please
refer
to
the
Hibernia,
marching
society
website.
We've
got
several
events
upcoming,
going
up
to
the
parade
a
luncheon
parade,
so
we'd
certainly
like
to
encourage
everybody
to
come
out
and
eat
drink
and
be
Irish
thanks
guys.
Thank
you.
E
B
C
E
C
E
C
E
J
Park
the
plans
are
because,
as
you
know,
councilman
is
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
a
budget
for
that
the
plans
are
to
resurface
and
stripe.
The
tennis
courts
to
replace
the
playground
equipment
to
do
some
additional
plantings
to
get
rid
of
the
big
tall
pine
trees
and
do
some
additional
plantings
and
to
put
up
well
they're
gonna
restriped
it
for
pickleball.
In
tennis,
same
courts
do.
C
You
have
any
plans
back
on
putting
lights
around
there,
bigger
light,
not
by
the
tennis
courts.
I'm
talking
the
talk
is
so
something
else
we
could
look
at
because
a
lot
of
them
go
out
there
not
as
much
they're
doing
a
warmer
town
again,
but
you
have
to
have
lights
not
just
on
the
tennis
court
on
that
on
the
grounds
itself.
C
J
The
week
we
can
sit
down
with
you
and
engineering
and
go
over
the
conceptual
plans,
and
actually
we
have
to
get
moving
as
I
told
parks.
Today
we
don't
suspend
this
bond
money
within
the
Covenant
periods
and
we
start
earning
interest
on
it.
We
get
in
trouble,
so
we
need
to
get
this.
This
is
2019
bond
money.
We
need
to
get
it
spent.
C
Just
want
to
make
sure
we
were
fouling
up,
I'm
busting
in
and
I'd
like
the
bench
in
the
park
is
gonna,
be
big
too,
something
that
we
want
you
to
complete,
that
I
could
be
needing
for
anyway.
That's
we
just
talked
to
you
about
the
reflecting.
You
said
you
don't
handle
that
I
know
in
haba
bill
that
we
have
any
money.
We
can
pave.
I
have
a
bill
under
where
the
railroad
track
to
the
freeway
stop
time.
C
The
bottom
is
going
to
be
to
go
under
the
construction,
but
I
just
didn't
know:
cuz,
that's
a
coming
out
of
keeps
the
gate.
You
know
they
go
down.
That's
at
the
Main,
Street
and
I.
Just
think.
There's
a
lot
of
bumped
in
you
know
a
couple
streets
in
an
area
right
there
that
they
need
paid.
I,
don't
know
if
we
have
to
look
at
that
up,
make
sure,
but
with
some
money
somewhere
to
get
that
done.
K
K
I
wanted
to
also
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
homeless
issue
on
Calvet
and
Division
Street.
Some
of
our
residents
have
been
calling
in.
So
that's
something
that
we
may
want
to
just
thought.
Looking
at
in
addressing
those
that
that
homeless
issue
out
there
and
of
course,
I'm
gonna
stay
on
top
of
the
infrastructure
issues
and
just
do
two
by
by
weekly
meetings
after
the
directors
meeting
on
Monday,
so
I'm
gonna
schedule
that,
after
that,
with
the
Mike
Leonard
and
do
tomato.
That
concludes
my
own
comments.
J
My
head
of
engineering
is
at
home
repairing
her
house
after
a
fire.
However,
the
good
news
is
that
we've
awarding
the
contract
for
the
remember
with
the
problem
we
had
councilman
with
most
of
the
streets
in
your
ward
did
not
require
milling
and
replacement
they
required
ceiling
and
restriping,
which
would
give
us
another
10
years.
J
On
the
same
pavement,
we
didn't
have
a
contractor
willing
to
do
that,
to
pay
from
Warren
picking
and
landscapers
and
all
the
rest
of
the
guys
that
we
they're
there
they
were
ending
and
replacing
it
was
gonna,
be
more
expensive
necessary.
We
can
do
a
lot
more
streets,
so
we've
just
it
open
beds,
have
an
apparent
low
bidder
or
in
the
process,
probably
at
your
next
council
meeting
will
award
the
contract
for
that.
Paving
he's
got
and
we've
got
a
long
list
and
seeing
a
lot
of
Ward
for
paying
for
them
to
get
started
great.
B
L
I
wanted
to
thank
mr.
Leonard
mr.
creel,
mister
I,
guess
it's
captain
Bromley
lieutenant
Moran
thinking
who
did
I
forget
we
had
Kevin
Coggan
was
there.
There
was
somebody
else
about
Christi,
Kelly
Hicks,
thank
them
for
coming
to
the
ward
meeting
and
speaking
on
various
topics,
and
mr.
Leonard
did
double
duty.
L
Not
only
did
he
make
his
own
personal
comments
and
I
assume
those
of
the
mayor,
but
he
also
filled
in
for
the
city
engineer
who
was
and
did
a
good
job,
and
it
was
a
good
support
about
things
so
I
wanted
to
thank
those
individuals.
The
next
thing
is
I
just
wanted
to
check
mr.
a
bite
on
this
tree
mitigation.
Bank
that
was
mentioned
at
the
last
council
meeting.
L
M
L
That's
a
guy
field,
greener,
already,
no
pun
intended.
The
last
thing
is
mr.
Leonard
just
wanted
to
check
on
the
the
Wellness
Show.
The
road
show
we're
again
we're
looking
at
getting
folks
involved
and
I
know.
You've
been
looking
at
that
we
hadn't
gotten
it
off
the
ground
yet,
but
I'd
like
to
be
invited.
We
need
to
get
busy
on
that
and
to
allow
us
to
collect
some
data
and
the
more
monthly
data
we
can
accumulate
the
better,
we'll
be
served
when
we're
looking
at
making
decisions
at
budget
time
here
in
a
few
months.
H
First
of
all,
I
just
want
to
talk
about
a
development,
that's
in
Ward
6
and
it's
off
a
Popp's
Ferry
Road
called
Camp
David
not
to
be
confused
with
rusty,
david's,
pier
and
boat,
and
all
that
good
good
stuff.
But
gentlemen,
is
Mark.
Parrish
I
got
an
opportune
to
tour
the
facility.
Today,
development
is
coming
along
nicely.
H
It's
gonna
have
72
our
V
pads
in
a
clubhouse
and
a
nice
pool
area
and
places
for
folks
on
the
river
to
pull
up
to
this
facility
and
really
enjoy
it
so
hats
off
to
his
entrepreneurship
and
what
he's
trying
to
develop
there.
So
it's
really
something
to
behold
and
also
in
the
same
vein,
you
know
I'll
be
having
a
ward
six
town-hall
meeting
on
Monday
March
16th,
Camp
David
will
be
one
of
the
keynote
speakers
with
mr.
mr.
parish.
H
H
It's
gonna
be
at
the
Innovation
Center
Monday
March
16th
at
5:30,
and
my
wife
will
be
hard
at
work.
The
night
before
making
pusher
otters,
that's
a
little
incentive
to
get
folks
there.
So
we'll
probably
have
a
pretty
good
turnout.
Yeah
George
is
coming
now,
so
I
also
want
to
give
a
shout
out.
I
mentioned
this
to
Vincent
our
public
relations
person,
the
Geoffrey
Compton,
who
has
some
Biloxi
roots.
His
dad
is
Scott
Compton
and
Scott.
B
Barrett
Ward
3
is
gonna,
be
having
a
ward
meeting
in
April,
so
we
look
forward
to
that.
You're
probably
gonna
need
to
come
out
there.
Mr.
steiffel
and
also
I
want
to
reiterate,
since
there's
20/20
how
important
it
is
spread.
The
word
make
sure
everyone
fills
that
out,
because,
if
anyone's
missed
one
persons
miss
it's
about
$50,000,
that
we're
gonna
be
missing
in
state
funds,
so
make
sure
to
spread
the
word
and
we'll
move
on
to
public
agenda.
B
Where
we
have
citizen
comments,
each
person
is
allotted
three
minutes
each
to
speak
with
a
total
time
allotted
of
forty-five
minutes.
Once
you
reach
the
desk,
please
state
your
name
and
address
as
well
as
stated
aloud
for
the
record.
Anyone
on
my
left
that
you
you're
right
they
would
like
to
come
up
sure
come
on.
N
Good
evening,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
my
name
is
Jeremy
Eisler
I'm,
a
resident
of
Ocean
Springs,
but
I
work
in
Biloxi
and
my
wife
runs
more
Community
House
in
Biloxi
and
I'm
here
to
speak
to
item
5a
on
the
agenda,
which
is
as
I
understand.
It
I
believe
forty
five
thousand
dollars
has
been
requested
in
funding
by
CTA.
N
I
am
all
in
favor
of
CTA
I.
Think
public
transportation
is
wonderful,
but
what
I
wanted
to
make
the
board
aware
of
is
the
fact
that
all
of
the
social
service
agencies
and
pretty
much
in
Harrison
County
that
residents
of
Biloxi
need
to
access
to
get
benefits
like
TANF
child
support
certificates,
child
support
enforcement,
the
wind
job
Center,
where
they
go
to
apply
for
jobs
and
to
get
job
training
they're
all
located
on
Seaway
Road
in
Harrison,
County,
Seaway
Road
is
3.5
miles
long
and
it's
not.
N
Unless
something
has
changed
since
the
last
time
I
checked
it
is
an
on
a
bus
route.
So
if
you
are
someone
who
needs
those
services
which
means
you're
poor,
it
means
you're,
probably
a
single
parent
head
of
household,
which
means
you're,
probably
a
woman
and
in
Harrison
County.
According
to
the
statistics
that
that
I
viewed,
it
means
that
you're,
probably
african-american.
You
certainly
have
less
access
to
a
car.
If
you're
african-american
according
to
the
American
Community
Survey,
you
can't
get
there,
there's
no
sidewalk
on
Seaway
Road.
N
So
if
you
decide
you
want
to
walk
from
the
nearest
bus,
stop
which
is
I,
think
approximately
four
miles
away
at
some
Three
Rivers
Road
Seaways
3.5
miles
long.
If
you
want
to
walk
to
get
to
any
of
those
benefits,
you're
putting
your
life
in
risk,
if
you
want
to
pay
for
an
uber,
I'm
sure
everyone
here
is
used,
uber,
it's
not
cheap
and
if
you're
someone
who
isn't
receiving
TANF
because
they
can't
get
there,
you're
not
likely
to
have
the
money
for
an
uber.
N
Participants
that
receive
assistance
from
from
HUD
must
not
just
refrain
from
discrimination
but
take
actions
to
undo
historic
patterns
of
segregation
and
afford
access
to
opportunity
and
according
to
HUD.
This
includes
addressing
housing,
related
barriers
and
access
to
education,
employment,
transportation
and
jobs,
among
others,
and
that
is
because
HUD
wants
people
to
be
able
to
have
decent
lives
and
move
into
higher
Opportunity
Zones.
N
And
how
are
you
going
to
do
that
if
you
can't
get
access
to
job
training
or
job
applications
or
job
searches
or
child
support
enforcement
or
TANF,
and
right
now,
you
can
do
that
if
you're
a
poor
person,
so
I
would
encourage
you
to
support
CTA.
But
I
also
would
encourage
you
to
condition
that
support
on
CTA
establishing
a
shuttle
I
mean
it
could
be
an
on
demand.
O
N
For
people
who
need
to
access
those
services
from
the
closest
bus
stop
or
it
could
be
a
regular
shuttle
or
they
could
simply
add
a
bus
route
I'm,
not
a
transportation
planner,
but
I
think
that
equity,
fairness
and
also
the
city's
obligations
under
as
a
recipient
of
HUD
money
means
that
this
council
needs
to
take
some
steps
to
ensure
that
people
can
access
those
services
and
right
now,
there's
no
way
for
them.
To
do
that,
you
know.
Perhaps
you
could.
N
B
O
Coming
today
when,
if
you
may
remember
back
when
we
gave
our
budget
request
in
August
September,
you
were
able
to
grant
a
portion
of
what
we
asked
for
to
help
fund
a
computer
really
large
computer
replacement
program
that
we're
doing-
and
you
told
us
to
come
back
about
six
months
later
so
I'm
doing
that
I'm
here
with
Tara
Morgan
who's,
the
manager
of
the
Margaret,
sherry
branch
and
Dave
Vincent
who's,
the
chair
of
our
board
of
trustees
to
to
make
that
request
to
you.
I
just
want
to
recap
quickly.
O
We
are
we're,
starting
with
68
computers,
that
we
have
in
all
the
branches
in
Biloxi
they're
running
Windows
7,
which
is
no
longer
supported.
So
it's
a
risk
security
risk
and
functionality
problem,
many
them
or
eight
years
old.
We
were
able
with
the
money
that
you
gave
us
last
year,
which
was
$12,000
and
combined
with
some
additional
system
funds.
We
replaced
17
computers.
That
leaves
us,
this
doesn't
include
monitors
or
any
of
our
laptops
that
we
use
for
labs
and
classes.
O
P
L
M
Kevin
Coggan
Coast
Transit
Authority
I,
want
to
address
mister
iyslah's
comments
about
the
service
to
the
social
service
agencies
on
the
Seaway
Road.
We
discontinued
service
out
there
about
three
years
ago
because
of
very
low
ridership,
and
we
moved
that
service
out
on
dido
Road
in
the
ridership
picked
up
about
three
hundred
percent
I
have
met
personally
with
a
group
of
that
work.
M
Group
of
the
agencies
out
there
to
come
up
with
a
solution,
identify
exactly
what
their
needs
are
and
come
up
with
a
solution
and
what
we
came
up
with
and
what
CTA
is
proposing
to
do
is
create
a
shuttle
service
on
Mondays
to
connect
the
Gulfport
Transit
Center,
which
connects
with
all
of
the
fixed
route
bus
service
on
the
entire
Gulf
Coast.
So
people
could
get
there
and,
as
you
well
know,
it
takes
a
local
money
with
federal
dollars.
M
There
is
no
hundred
percent
federal
money
for
transportation,
so
if
I
can
find
acquire
eighteen
thousand
dollars
a
year,
I
can
run
a
bus
out
there
once
a
week
on
a
Monday
and
serve
all
those
agencies
out
there.
That
service
is
in
Gulfport.
By
the
way,
is
it
not
in
in
in
the
city
of
Biloxi?
Certainly
Biloxi
residents
would
need
to
use
it,
so
all
of
the
agencies
out
there
and
all
the
money
that's
spent.
M
We
can't
seem
to
come
up
with
eighteen
thousand
dollars
a
year
to
serve
the
unmet
needs
of
their
clients,
so
I
just
wanted
to.
Let
you
know
that
we're
working
on
this.
We
have
a
solution
and
I'm
continuing
to
work
on
funding
for
it
I,
don't
think
the
local
government
should
pay
for
it.
The
state
agencies
get
a
lot
of
federal
money
that
they
can
use
for
transportation.
They
just
choose
not
to
put
the
money
up
to
serve
their
clients.
I
also
will
say
when
I
met
with
them.
M
But
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
to
you
that
we're
aware
of
it
we're
working
on
it
and
I
will
continue
to
work
on
it
at
the
state
level
to
see
if
we
can
come
up
with
the
local
match
for
the
federal
money
to
do
it,
I,
don't
think
you
all
should
be
paying
that
I
think
the
state
agency
should
be
paying
that's,
not
a
lot
of
money
and
it's
for
their
clients.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
B
Q
H
L
Yeah
I
attended
the
Planning
Commission
meeting
the
the
applicant
did
a
really
really
good
job
of
explaining
the
technology
that's
involved
and
what
their
plans
were
for
this
facility
and
as
I
recall,
chief
Miller
spoke
in
favor
of
it,
and
this
helps
us.
We
don't
have
a
firing
range
I,
don't
believe
in
the
city
of
Biloxi
and
it
was
I
just
thought.
It
was
well
thought
out
well-planned
a
lot
of
safety
features
as
I
recall
and
mr.
Creole
may
correct
me,
but
I
don't
think
we
had
anybody
speak
against
it.
L
H
C
C
C
I
said
we're
gonna
chop
that
one
route
go
down
to
two
days,
pretty
much
saved
apart
a
thousand
four
to
five
thousand
dollars
and
when
I
left
that
meeting
I
felt
that
we
pretty
much
agreed
on
so
I,
don't
really
know
what
it's
back
on
the
table
again.
This
should
all
be
done
at
budget
time.
This
is
not
budgeted,
she's
dead,
correct,
Mike
and
no
$45
budgeted
anyway
and
in
our
budget
for
this,
the.
C
C
Yeah
I,
just
don't
think
I
think
this
should
be
brought
back
when
budget
come
in
August
when
we
do
our
budget
and
put
it
on
a
table
find
out
when
we
cut
the
rod
at
how
many
people
actually
affected.
Did
it
really
change
a
whole
lot
of
stuff?
And
then
you
look
at
that
and
if
you
have
to
do
it,
then
at
that
time
you
put
the
money
back
into
the
budget
to
run
that
route.
But
right
now,
from
the
last
meeting
we
pretty
much
said
we
won't
do
that
until
a
budget
on.
C
K
Seeing
this
on
the
agenda,
I
thought
we
had
a
resolution
before
and
just
to
toss
it
up
this
quick,
it's
kind
of
shocking
and
I
can
remember
a
couple
of
years
ago
when
we
approved
some
money
and
we
ended
up
getting
a
route
cut
and
I'm,
just
not
ready
for
this
right
now.
I
think
we
need
to
take
this
in
a
more
discussion
before
we
move
us
forward.
Q
L
Thank
you.
As
I
recall,
there
were
two
entities,
that
of
the
council
when
we
approved
the
budget
and
after
some
discussion
we
said
come
back
to
us
in
six
five
or
six
months
and
let's
see
where
we
are
budget
wise,
see,
what's
happening
with
the
revenue.
Correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
gaming
revenue
is
up,
I,
don't
know
what
I
don't
know.
What
would
be
significant
I,
don't
know
exactly
how
much
it's
up,
but
is
it
up
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars.
J
L
That's
that's
true.
The
other
thing
is
I
was
looking
at
the
energy
cost.
I
just
tracked
that
stuff
for
several
years
and
this
year
we're
running
an
average
of
according
to
my
figures,
about
which
come
from
the
docket
we're
about
twenty
thousand
per
month
on
average
below
where
we
were
in
last
fiscal
year.
And
again
you
don't
know
what
the
next
six
months
is
going
to
hold.
But
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
we
look
to
be
about
a
hundred
two
hundred
twenty
thousand
a
head
on
energy
based
on
last
year's.
L
Docket
and
the
if
the
gaming
revenue
is
up
based
on
what
we
told
not
only
the
library
but
CTA
was
that
if
the
monies
they
are,
if
the,
if
the
money's
there
and
it
appears
to
be
there,
then
let's,
let's
look
at
CTA
the
difference
as
I
recall,
was
the
operating
cost
per
hour
or
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
mr.
cog,
and
they
can
increased
a
couple
of
dollars
per
hour
as
I
recall
again,
the
rest
of
the
world
costs
increase
and
folks
demand
a
little
more
money
for
their
budgets.
L
In
order
to
maintain
those
same
services,
we
do
a
very,
very
good
job
in
the
city.
Our
millet
is
not
increased.
I.
Keep
alluding
to
that
that
it's
and
I
think
one
of
my
councilmen
mentioned
some
months
ago
about
your
time
that
perhaps
the
city
should
look
at
investing
in
their
infrastructure,
investing
in
some
of
the
services
and
what
that
might
well
mean
would
be
a
millage
increase.
It's
just
my
personal
thought
in
the
middle
of
a
budget
year.
L
But
having
said
that,
is
the
money
there
to
fund
the
request
in
its
entirety
at
this
point
in
time
it
is
if
we
want
to
fund
a
portion
of
that
forty
five
thousand
dollar
increase.
It
really
doesn't
help
with
the
Beachcomber
line,
because
to
maintain
that
line
six
days
a
week
that
route
six
days
a
week,
it's
going
to
take
45
thousand
dollars
to
do
that.
So
the
alternative
is
don't
give
them
up
anymore,
cut
that
service
from
six
days
a
week
to
two
days
a
week.
L
So
all
the
folks,
however
many
that
may
be-
and
mr.
Eisler
point
is
well-taken,
including
some
of
those
who
don't
have
transportation
or
can't
afford
it.
I
have
to
go
up
and
hunt
down
highway.
90
no
longer
have
a
way
to
get
up
and
down
Highway
90
to
get
to
work
could
be
a
couple
of
hundred
folks
I'm,
not
that
familiar
with
the
data.
But
what
I
do
know
is.
It
looks
like
if
there's
not
enough
support
tonight
that
that
route
is
going
to
be
cut
from
six
days
to
two
days.
L
Any
tourists
who
are
in
the
area
that
like
to
make
it
to
a
casino
they
won't
be
riding
the
Beachcomber
folks
who
work
and
have
to
get
to
work
from
one
end
of
town
to
the
other.
They
don't
have
any
alternate
transportation
and
I'm,
assuming
if
they
did,
they
would
be
using
it
if
it
was
at
little
or
no
cost
will
no
longer
have
that
route
available
to
them.
L
Now
that
I,
guess
and
I
don't
want
to
put
this
regarding
the
library
I'll
just
say
one
thing:
two
things
really
one
is
our
cert.
Our
citizens
deserve
technology
that
makes
all
those
services
online
available
to
them.
They
should
have
hardware
that,
in
my
opinion,
shouldn't
be
more
than
five
or
six
years
old.
The
very
least
I
believe
we
heard
eight
years
old
I
mean
I'm,
getting
notices
on
my
computer
already
that
Windows
10
is
fixing
not
to
be
supported
anymore.
L
But
the
reason
this
has
come
back
again,
CTA
and
I'll
finish-
is
that
we
told
Mr
Coggan
to
come
back
and
let's
see
what
our
financial
situation
is
in
the
middle
of
the
year,
we
had
some
discussion
I
think
a
week
or
two
ago
nothing
was
resolved.
It
was
just
discussed,
but
here
we
are
today.
So
let's
fish
or
cut
bait
understanding
what
the
ramifications
are.
If
you
don't
want
to
fish,
Thank,
You
counsel,.
H
I'm
gonna
have
some
questions
for
mr.
Coggins,
so
I'd
ask
you
to
come
up
to
the
front.
If
you
don't
mind,
but
I'll
make
some
opening
remarks
as
well.
Councilman
Lawrence
is
correct
that
you
know
we
had
a
discussion
on
this
earlier.
You
answered
the
questions
honestly
in
terms
of
your
fuel
cost
in
terms
of
the
fare
increases.
If
we
had
that
opportunity-
and
you
know
which
you
could-
which
he
could
do-
councilman
Tisdale
brought
forward
this
resolution
today,
because
we
we
did
pledge
that
we
would
look
at
it.
H
Knowing
the
we
are
a
tourism
community
and
we
depend
on
those
routes
to
transport
people
from
Gulfport
to
Biloxi,
to
D'iberville
and
and
back
through
those
cities
and
portals
as
well.
So
we
have
a
responsibility,
you
know
to
our
budget
and
the
funds
that
we
have
available
to
be
able
to
spend
those
wisely
in
our
community
for
our
community
and
I.
Think
that's
why
we're
here
today
it
looks
positive
with
the
gaming
revenues,
but
those
are
not
certain
and
we
want
to
work
with
you.
H
We
want
to
work
with
CTA
to
see
what
that
that
balance
is.
Is
it
forty-five
thousand
that's
what
you're
telling
us
that
the
numbers,
forty
five
thousand,
to
continue
the
route,
so
we
got
council
members
up
here
that
that
either
have
to
make
a
decision
today,
I
mean
if
we
need
a
little
bit
more
dialogue
and
if
you
could
provide
that
timeframe
for
us
you
know.
Perhaps
we
table
this
so
that
everybody's
comfortable
with
this
decision,
we're
gonna,
make
either
up
or
down
councilman.
H
God
said
he
was
caught
off
guard,
he
didn't
know
it
was
gonna,
be
placed.
You
know
this
hastily
on
the
agenda
and
I
could
I
can
respect
that
and
that
people
may
need
a
little
bit
more
time
and
then,
if
that
number
is
firmly
45
thousand,
you
know
we
certainly
got
to
know
that
if
it's
a
lesser
amount,
it
would
be
beneficial
for
us
to
know
that
as
well.
So
it's
it's
tough.
H
When
you
talk
about
cutting
services
that
beachcombers
along
that
lifeblood,
you
know
highway
that
moves
people
to
a
lot
of
different
tourist
destination,
people
that
have
jobs.
You
know
the
people
that
have
you
know
depend
on
it
for
their
recreation
and
and
quality
of
life,
and
you
know
so.
This
is
a
pretty
pretty
big
decision.
You
know
today,
so
I
ask
you
for
some
of
your
feedback.
Listening
to
some
of
our
comments
today,
do
you
have
any
alternative
or
recourse
so.
M
So
a
few
things
I
was
here
for
the
budget
workshops
and
I've
been
here
several
times
since
then,
initially
we
were
invited
to
come
back
in
six
months
in
March
after
you
approved
the
budget,
and
then
that
was
changed
earlier
to
January
and
tried
to
get
on
the
agenda
for
January
meeting,
and
this
is
March.
So
it's
been
six
months
and
we've
been
paying
for
the
shortage
out
of
our
reserves,
all
the
other
cities.
We
serve
fully
fund.
What
we
asked
for
this
year,
there's
no
shortage
of
funding.
M
It's
you're,
paying
18
percent
of
the
operating
cost
is
what
we
asked
you
to
pay
for
the
service
we
provide
for
the
city
of
Biloxi,
that's
a
very,
very
low
number
regionally
in
a
Southeast
region.
It's
over
50%
cities
pay
over
50
percent
of
the
operating
costs.
Our
consumers
pay
a
much
higher
percentage
of
the
operating
cost
and
other
transits
do
because
they
pay
fair
zones.
They
don't
get
free
transfers
or
reduced
transfers,
so
they're
paying
a
dollar
50
every
zone
they
cross
so
their
percentage.
M
The
consumer
pays
of
the
operating
cost
there,
but
are
bearing
a
higher
burden.
We
go
out
and
try
and
get
as
much
state
money
and
as
much
federal
money
as
we
can
to
operate
your
system.
We
just
bought
two
brand-new
trolleys,
$250,000
each
we're
totally
federal
and
state
money
that
we
didn't
ask
local
governments
for
there's
44.
You
know
we
need
$45,000
to
balance
the
budget.
We
don't
have
any
more
time
to
wait.
I
can't
go
back
to
my
board.
You
know
we
were
asked
to
come
back
in
January
and
this
is
March.
M
My
board
is
waiting
to
hear
back
from
me
on
what
your
decision
is
and
we
can't
keep
delaying
it
and
putting
it
off
to
the
next
budget
cycle.
We
CTA
cannot
continue
to
spend
out
of
our
cash
reserves
to
subsidize
local
operating
shortfall
when
all
the
other
cities
go
for
tea.
Our
villain,
Ocean
Springs,
is
paying
what
we
asked
and
we
asked
them
for
more.
Just
like
we
asked
you
for
more
and
they
all
paid
more
this
year.
M
S
J
T
T
T
M
M
Till
you
implement
it
and
about
30
percent
of
overall
ridership
is
workers.
You
know
we
have
a
lot
of
low-income
workers
in
our
community
and
they
depend
on
that
to
get
to
work.
One
big
thing
that
Coast
Transit
Authority
offers
to
employees
and
employers
is
low-cost.
Transportation
allows
them
to
make
their
household
budgets
work
with
transportation.
If
you
have
to
wage
earners
in
a
house,
you
only
need
one
car.
The
other
person
can
take
transit,
very
cheap.
C
M
T
M
T
M
M
T
Q
M
M
M
Q
M
H
M
M
H
Q
Thank
you,
my
concern
is
you
have
to
balance
your
budget.
We
have
to
balance
our
budget.
I
know
dr.
Tisdale
pointed
out
some
savings
and
some
earnings
that
we've
created
this
year.
But
if
you'll
remember
we,
we
passed
a
deficit
budget
of
four
million
dollars,
so
whatever
we've
generated
hasn't
if
it
hasn't
increased,
if
we
haven't
generated
more
than
four
million
dollars,
we're
still
losing
money
this
year,
there's
no
way
to
get
around
that.
Q
We
are
working
on
a
savings
of
eight
million
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
projected
at
four
million
at
the
end
of
next
year.
If
we
continue
this
path
at
the
end
of
next
year,
we
have
nothing
in
savings.
Two
years
from
now
we're
in
the
hole
four
million
dollars.
So
we
can't
pass
out
more
money
just
because
we're
doing
a
little
better
on
gaming
revenue
and
I
I'm.
Sorry
I
hate
that,
but
just
being
a
fiscally
responsible
person.
If
we're
in
the
hole
four
million
dollars,
we
may
just
cut
for
a
reason.
Q
We
have
to
start
trimming
fat
from
a
lot
of
places.
Do
we
have
an
updated
balance
sheet
showing
us
where
we
are
with
our
expenditures?
I
know
we
have
some
savings
on
on.
We
have
some
revenue
generated
through
gaming
and
some
savings
from
from
our
cut
back
on
power
consumption,
but
where
are
we
at
on
the
sheet
as
a
whole?
Well,.
E
You
know
the
projection
was
that
your
budget
is
different
by
four
million.
You
got
more
revenue
more
expenses
than
you
have
budgeted
revenues
by
four
million
right
now.
The
actuals
versus
actual
revenue
versus
actual
expenses
shows
about
three
point.
Four
I
think
a
year
today
gained
a
loss,
but
that's
that's
actually
and
it
doesn't
pin
I
mean
it's.
It's
a
moving
target.
O
E
Q
So
we're
nowhere
near
getting
to
a
neutral
ins-and-outs
right,
I'm.
Sorry,
just
at
this
time,
I
know
we
told
you
to
come
back
in
six
months,
but
I
don't
believe
that
we
do
have
the
available
revenue.
We
don't
have
earnings
that
we
just
have
money
that
we're
trying
to
recover
from
what
we
plan
to
expand
on
different
things.
L
C
C
I
know
we
say
to
be
sending
everybody
to
prom
in
aid.
I
said
we
seem
to
be
sent
a
lot
of
people
to
prom
innate
I.
Just
wonder
how
many
of
you
that's,
how
taxpayers
money
going
to
the
day
I'll
bill
and
yeah
I'm
gonna
tape
a
they
don't
pay
that
much!
You
know
pay
down
like
what
we
paying.
That's
for
sure.
M
C
Q
U
L
First,
first
of
all,
I
want
to
make
it
clear,
I
think
the
button
the
mayor
and
the
administration
has
done
a
very
good
job.
Budgeting
I
want
to
say
that
upfront
and
if
I,
have
to
repeat
it
at
the
end,
you
nudge
me
and
I'll.
Repeat
it
again:
okay,
but
now,
let's
talk
about
past
budgets
this
year
we
said
that
we're
gonna
start
the
year
with
8
million
in
fund
balance,
basically,
okay,
cash
on
hand.
That's
right!
You
like
cash
you're,
a
cash
man,
eight
being
in
cash
and
we're
gonna
finish.
U
L
E
J
L
Understand
that,
but,
but
also
if
I
remember
correctly,
we
were
in
similar
circumstances
but
managed
to
finish
a
million
and
a
half
better
than
we
thought
we
would,
which
maybe
meant
what
we
weren't.
We
didn't
finish
as
deep
in
the
hole
as
we
thought
we
were
I
think
it's
another
way
to
look
at
it.
But
my
point,
but
my
point
is
this,
and
and
I'm
no
economist,
but
so
maybe
my
my
reasoning
is
flawed.
L
My
experience
is
that
regardless
of
the
budget
and
regardless
of
what
we
say
we're
going
to
take
in
or
what
we're
going
to
spend,
the
folks
who
apply
the
brakes
to
be
sure
we
don't
go
over
the
cliff
every
year
is
the
mayor
and
the
administration.
Is
that
accurate?
Okay?
Now
that
having
been
said,
cash
on
heads
is
a
cash
man,
he
watches
it.
He
can
tell
you
from
week
to
week.
God
bless
you
or,
as
those
good
Catholics
would
say,
god
bless
you,
okay.
L
My
point
is
here:
we're
up.
You
can
take
that
money
that
saved
we'll,
spend
it
on
something
else.
All
right
or
it'll
end
up
cash
on
hand.
At
the
end
of
the
year,
in
fact,
we
may
have
more
cash
on.
We
might
have
more
cash
on
hand
ending
this
year
than
we
did
the
previous
fiscal
year,
regardless
of
what
I,
what
our
budgeted
figures
were
correct.
L
That's
why
I
asked?
How
far
were
we
ahead
in
terms
of
cash
on
gaming?
We're
up
a
little
bit?
The
trend
is
looking
back
over
the
past
three
or
four
years.
The
total
from
all
the
casinos
has
increased
every
year,
all
right,
and
we
expect
it
to
increase
again
this
year.
I
can't
remember
if
we
budgeted
an
increase
in
gaming
revenue
or
not
usually
we're
conservative.
J
L
I
also
know
we
budget
conservatively
thanks
to
mr.
McEwen,
wherever
he
is
with
the
administration.
So,
having
said
all
that,
I
find
it
hard
to
believe
that
we
can't
if
we,
if
we
really
want
to
fund
this
route
and
that's
what
it
comes
down
to
do,
we
really
want
to
fund
this
route.
The
money's
there,
the
cash
is
there
at
this
point
in
time
to
fund
CTA
for
that
route.
That's
in
it
from
my
view.
That's
the
fact
of
the
matter.
Did
this
no.
E
E
Know
in
let
me
let
me
say
this
about
the
last
three
years.
We
were
very,
very
close
on
revenues
on
budgeting
to
actual
was
very
within
two
percent
I
believe
right
expenses
we've
stepped
on
breaks
and
not
filled
things,
so
we
were
actually
under
the
budgetary.
You
know
the
expense
part
of
the
deal,
and
we
expect
to
do
a
similar
thing
when
we
see
things
happening
so
I
mean
if
you
asking
me
a
question.
E
Q
Me
finish
mr.
mayor,
he
said
we're
on
our
way
back
up
we're
two-and-a-half
down.
We
projected
negative
four
we're
two
and
a
half
are
still
away
two
and
a
half.
So
it's
not
savings,
it's
not
earnings.
Yet
if
we
spend
it
on
this,
we
have
to
spend
it
on
something
we
already
plan
to
spend
it
on.
We
have
to
find
money
from
somewhere
else,
so
this
isn't
a
matter
of.
Do
we
want
to
fund
it?
Of
course
we
want
to
fund
it.
It's
a
matter
of.
Q
M
L
L
You
have
to
give
us
as
much
money
this
year,
we've
cut
our
expenses.
It's
it's
cheaper
to
operate
it
ain't
happening.
The
only
good
news
is
probably
the
fuel
costs
hadn't
gone
up,
but
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
the
man's
got
a
formula
he
plugs
in
every
every
city's.
Every
municipalities
numbers
it
spits
out
a
figure
there.
You
go.
That's
your
fair
share
there.
You
go.
That's
your
fair
share,
so
everybody
else
manages
to
pay
their
fair
share.
I.
Believe
I
heard
you
say
that
we're
45,000
is
us
paying
our
fair
share.
K
Own
I
respect
but
doctor
to
zeal
say,
but
it
seems
like
we,
we
found
ourselves
in
a
workshop,
yeah
and
and,
like
I
said,
I
thought
it
was
a
little
fast.
That's
what
I
said
at
the
beginning
and
I
thought
it
was
appropriate
to
table
this
and
have
a
workshop
on
it.
So
we
can
discuss
this
issue
because
dr.
Zeile
did
say
yeah.
K
H
All
due
respect,
we
are
in
discussion,
and
you
know,
if
you
don't
mind
cuz,
why
I
got
him
here
and
I
do
want
to
ask
this:
the
fuel
cost
and
we
may
get
into
this
in
a
workshop.
The
fuel
cost
savings
that
you've
had
the
last
six
months
five
months,
whatever
it
is,
does
that
go
into
your
reserves
and
then
you
pay
the
deficit
out
of
your
reserves.
Where
does
the
savings?
Because
that's
budgeted,
you
had
a
budget
for
fuel
cost
and
they're
lower
than
expected.
So
where
does
that
savings.
M
M
H
H
M
H
That's
why
we're
here
and
I'm
going
to
go
back
to
mr.
Gowens
calling
for
tabeling?
Yet
because
we
have
these
unanswered
questions,
we
have
a
formula
of
course
to
that
we
we
have
to
adhere
to
so
I'm,
not
saying
I,
don't
support
the
increase
or
the
allocation,
but
I
certainly
I
think
we
got
a
lot
of
questions
that
are.
Q
Q
Q
Thank
you,
I
think
that
will
give
us
a
better
ability
of
understand
to
where
we're
at
Kevin
I
get
that
you've
been
here
and
you've
asked
a
couple
times
and
I'm.
Sorry
that
we've
wasted
your
time
a
few
times
to
get
more
money
from
us,
but
I
do
need
to
make
sure
that
we
handle
our
budget.
Just
like
you
have
to
make
sure
you
have
a
your
budget
budget.
Q
So
if
you
will,
if
you
will
be
gracious
enough
to
honor
us
with
your
presence
one
more
time,
allow
us
to
look
at
our
budget
and
see
where
we're
at
see
what
our
actual
projections
really
are
for
this
year
and
where
we're
at
so
we
can
make
a
more
informed
decision
on
who
to
give
money
and
how
to
spend
money.
I
would
appreciate
that.
Can
we
do
it?
One
more
time
does.
K
L
I
have
a
comment,
and
here
we
are
we're,
kicking
the
can
down
the
road
again,
but
that's
all
we're
doing.
We've
discussed
this
I
mean
we
have
this
general
conversation
every
year,
as
mr.
Coggan
has
noted,
he's
put
out
what
what
the
cost
would
be
to
keep
this
route
going.
It's
not
changed.
We
are
answering
the
same
questions.
L
It
said
that
it's
taking
this
long
to
get
to
this
point
where
we
say
well,
give
us
a
little
more
time
and
I'm
curious
to
know
how
much
time
that
would
be
in
the
meantime,
keep
that
route
running
now.
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
what
CTA
or
the
executive
director
and
their
boards
gonna
do.
But
if
I
was
the
executive
director,
if
it
was
me
or
I
was
on
the
board,
I'd
almost
think
I
was
I
was
being
taken
for
being
a
sucker
Here.
Q
R
S
Q
Down
the
road
I
asked
for
specific
information,
because
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
making
an
informed
decision.
We
all
know
that
you
are
the
first
person
to
spend
more
of
everybody's
money
and
want
to
raise
taxes,
but
I'm,
not
on
board
with
that
policy,
and
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
responsible
on
how
we
handle
business
and
Biloxi.
L
Investing
in
our
city
and
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
now
you
you
you've
gone
off
on
a
tangent
and
I
appreciate
that,
but
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
if
we
had
to
put
up
with
the
casino
sand,
we
know
we're
supposed
to
get
this
money
or
the
state.
We
know,
let's
take
the
Secretary
of
State
we're
supposed
to
be
getting
at
one
point:
we're
supposed
to
be
getting
a
check
from
the
Secretary
of
State.
We
didn't
get
it
for
three
months.
L
Six
months,
no
make
that
a
year,
no
I
think
it
was
a
year.
It
was
almost
two
years
I
mean
here.
We
are
trying
to
tool
along
without
revenue,
we're
entitled
to
well
this
man's
not
entitled
to
revenue.
He
would
be
if
we
made
a
decision.
We've
put
off
this
decision
now
for
almost
six
months.
Paul.
What's
your
so
we're.
S
Q
Q
Q
K
A
few
comments
and
we've
been
jammed
up
before
and
and
and
I,
haven't
forgotten
that
and
that's
why
I
wanted
a
table
it
so
most
of
the
council.
That's
here
now
understand
what
what
what
has
happened
in
the
past
and
we're
looking
into
the
future,
and
we
just
want
to
cross
our
T's
and
dot
eyes.
That's
all
I'm
asking
before
I
make
any
decision
I'll.
H
H
O
H
A
decision,
if
you
have
to
get
the
ball
rolling
in
that
30-day
public,
you
know
comment
section
or
whatever
then
you'll
have
to
take
whatever
action
you
do
need
to.
We
all
want
to
work
in
the
best
interest
of
the
services
that
we
can
provide,
but
we
don't
have
the
votes
here
tonight.
I
would
certainly
support
mr.
guards
motion
to
table
continuing
on
a
workshop.
Mr.
Q
Coggins,
it's
not
that
we
don't
appreciate
what
CTA
does
for
our
community.
I
simply
want
some
more
information
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
the
right
thing
for
our
community
as
well,
and
so
that's
all
I've
asked
him
to
provide
me
with
with
the
balance
sheets
to
give
us
an
understanding
of
where
we're
at
financially.
When
you,
when
we
ask
you
to
come
back
at
this
portion
of
the
year,
it
was,
it
was
to
find
out
where
we
were
financially
and
so
that's.
My
only
request
is
that
you
you
work
with
us.