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Mayor wants ‘trial run’ of hotel/restaurant tax next month

Associated Press — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:08 +0000

GAUTIER — At the end of the this week’s Gautier City Council meeting, Mayor Tommy Fortenberry made a motion to use the June 4 ballot as a “trial run” for the 2 percent tax-levy issue. Fortenberry said he was concerned at the low turnout of the primary election and wants to make sure residents are [...]

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Council gives nod to borrowing for downtown baseball stadium

Associated Press — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:14:21 +0000

BILOXI — The Biloxi City Council has voted 5-2 on a resolution that could lead to the borrowing of $20 million for the construction of an athletic stadium. Councilmen George Lawrence and David Fayard voted against the plan. WLOX-TV in Biloxi reports Councilman Ed Gemmill told other council members that a downtown baseball stadium would [...]

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Council votes to limit public comments at meetings

Associated Press — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:18:47 +0000

MERIDIAN — The Meridian City Council is tired of local residents using the public comment period to talk about anything they want. The Meridian Star reports the council voted 3-2 this week restrict public comments to items on its agenda. George Pugh, a Meridian native who currently resides in Marion, said unless there’s been “some [...]

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Councilman says donation is legal, won’t repay money

Associated Press — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:39:32 +0000

TUPELO — A city councilman, who is running for re-election, says he will not return a $250 donation from Waste Management Inc. because there was nothing illegal about it. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Tupelo Councilman Mike Bryan accepted a $250 contribution in February from Waste Management, which currently picks up trash for the [...]

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Council approves new beer/light wine ordinance

Associated Press — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:41:26 +0000

HATTIESBURG — Hattiesburg City Council has adopted an ordinance to open downtown streets to the sale and consumption of beer and light wine during special events. The ordinance allows retailers with a current permit to sell beer and light wine on downtown streets closed for special events such as HUBFEST and the fall and spring [...]

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Council rejects mayor’s $10M bond issue for streets

Associated Press — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:44:20 +0000

JACKSON — The Jackson City Council has overwhelmingly rejected a $10-million bond issue for street repaving, a stinging rebuke of Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.’s agenda in the waning months of his current term. Council members gave varying reasons for the measure’s defeat, but Budget Committee chairwoman Margaret Barrett-Simon blamed it on an unwillingness among members [...]

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Johnson wants to use bond issue to fund $10M in street paving

Associated Press — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:31:51 +0000

JACKSON — Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. says he will use funds from a bond issue to pay for a $10 million street paving project in the Capital City. Johnson tells The Clarion-Ledger the city council would have to sign off on the proposal. The city has devoted huge sums of money to fixing streets. Jackson [...]

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Council clears way for two downtown microbreweries

Associated Press — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:57:10 +0000

HATTIESBURG — The Hattiesburg City Council has approved a change to the city’s land use code to allow microbreweries to open in the city’s downtown area. The Hattiesburg American reports two breweries are currently equipping to begin brewing by spring. Southern Prohibition brewery, owned by John Neal and Quinby Chunn, is remodeling a former furniture [...]

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Council adopts new formula to set employees’ salaries

Associated Press — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:20:33 +0000

PASCAGOULA — The Pascagoula City Council has approved a new approach to determine the salaries for city employees to go into effect in 2013. The Sun Herald reports the new plan will base salary off of the jobs’ values rather than the people fulfilling those positions. In a study that compared Pascagoula’s city employees’ salaries [...]

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Mayor wants $90M for water, sewer improvement contract

Associated Press — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:43:40 +0000

JACKSON — Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. is pushing the Jackson City Council to approve a $90 million water and sewer improvement contract that project officials guarantee will pay for itself. The Clarion-Ledger reports the project would be a major step toward addressing the city’s water and sewer infrastructure. The project includes four major initiatives: — [...]

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