October 7, 2025 City Council Meeting Tuesday, October 07, 2025 05:30 PM 598 Main Street, Bay St. Louis, MS 39520

Call to Order

Invocation and Pledge

Agenda Amendments if Needed

Announcements

• 1.October 15, 2025 - Planning and Zoning Meeting

• 2.October 21, 2025 - City Council Meeting

Guests 

• 3.Boo in the Bay 

Minutes Approval

• 4.Motion to approve the Minutes of September 16, 2025.

Public Forum

Public Hearing - 0 Hwy 90

• 5.Public Hearing - 0 Hwy 90  / Parcel Numbers:  137A-0-45-138.000 and 137A-0-45-137.000
  
  Exhibit A

Mayor's Report

• 6.Motion to ratify the appointment of Jimmy Osbourn to the Planning and Zoning Commission. 

Council Business

• 7.Motion to table the Raines application to November 4, 2025 as per the applicants request. 

  Motion to follow Planning and Zoning's recommendation and overturn the decision to deny a tree removal permit and approve the appeal to allow for tree removal submitted by Will Raines located at 403 South Necaise Avenue. Parcel 149M-1-29-051.000. APR 5-1

Project Updates

City Clerk's Report

• 8.Motion to approve Docket of Claims 25-050 dated October 7, 2025 in the amount of $418,403.10

• 9.Motion to approve Docket of Claims 25-052 Special dated October 7, 2025 in the amount of $55.00.

• 10.Motion to approve Docket of Claims 25-053 Special dated October 7, 2025 in the amount of $112,649.92. 

Consent Agenda

• 11.Motion to approve street closures on October 25, 2025 from 7:00am to 6:00pm on Cue Street for the Witches Walk Event. 

• 12.Motion to approve street closures on October 9-11, 2025 from 8:00am to 5:00pm on Main Street, Beach Boulevard and the Depot Destrict for the annual Cruisin Coast car rally. Contingent upon Board of Supervisors approval.

• 13.Motion to accept the donation from Corr Financial in the amount of $250.00 for Christmas in the Bay event. 

• 14.Motion to accept donation from Southern Mississippi Planning & Development District in the amount of $600.00 for the Christmas tree.

• 15.Motion to accept the donation from Keesler Federal Credit Union in the amount of $600.00 for Christmas in the Bay event. 

• 16.Motion to accept the donation from Benfatti Construction in the amount of $1,000.00 for the Christmas tree

• 17.Motion to accept the donation from Hollywood Casino in the amount of $1,000.00 for the Christmas tree.

• 18.Motion to accept the donation from Coastal Environmental Services of LA in the amount of $1,000.00 for the Christmas tree.

• 19.Motion to approve the lowest and best quote from Truckworkx for the purchase of two (2) 2026 Kentworth T280 Dumptrucks for $160,000 each for the public works and utility departments and to authorize the administration to solicit lease purchase proposals to fund the purchase.

• 20.Motion to approve the emergency purchase of a Sanisailor replacement pump from EMP Industries, INC in the amount of $9,441.13. 

• 21.Motion to authorize the following used 1,100+ Neptune Gas Registers & 111 New Neptune Gas Registers from the old gas system as surplus.

• 22.Motion to authorize the following Public Works equipment as surplus property, having been evaluated and determined to be obsolete, beyond repair, too costly to repair or damaged/destroyed and further authorize to proceed with disposal through auction via the GOVDEALS online auction platform. 

  442 BOBCAT_ 14907611 

  BUCKET, EXTRA (for BOBCAT)

  JOHN DEERE TRACTOR 5083E_VIN # 1SL5083EEDY541135 WITH FIXED ALAMO ATTACHMENT VIN # 07803

  VERMEER CHIPPER  _ VIN # 1VRU1614141001063

  BROYHILL STADIUM VAC _ VIN # 9090819

• 23.Motion to authorize the following fire department equipment as surplus property, having been evaluated and determined to be obsolete, beyond repair, too costly to repair or damaged/destroyed and further authorize to proceed with disposal through auction via the GOVDEALS online auction platform. 

• 24.Motion to authorize and approve registration and travel expenses for Larry Smith to attend the Disaster Leadership Conference on November 11-14. 

• 25.Motion for authorization to conduct a reverse auction for the procurement of (1) Ravo R5 Street Sweeper.

• 26.Motion to approve grant and MOU with the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security (MOHS)/Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP), total award amount of $75,000 for CCTV Cameras and Services (Federal Grant no. EMW-2025-SS-05001, HSGP Grant no. 25LE112).

• 27.Motion to spread the letter from the Hancock County Tourism Development Bureau as the formal notice of abeyance effective at the close of business on September 30, 2025.

• 28.Motion to approve payment to Moffatt and Nichols totaling $15,764.64 for engineering services for the harbor settlement repairs.

• 29.Motion to approve the invoices from Chiniche Engineering in the total amount of $38,076.45.

• 30.Motion to approve the Utility Refund Check Register #25-051, dated October 7, 2025, in the amount of $7,850.57.

• 31.Motion to spread the Bay Saint Louis Payroll in the amount of $219,526.83, dated September 19, 2025, on the Minutes.

• 32.Motion to approve the Bay Saint Louis Certification Letter dated October 7, 2025 for Utility Refund Register #25-051 on the Minutes.

• 33.Motion to approve the Certification Letters for Docket of Claims 25-050, 25-052 & 25-053 dated October 7, 2025.

• 34.Motion to spread the following reports on the minutes; Cash Balance,  RG Revenue Report, Detailed Grant Revenue Report, Grant & Intergovernmental Revenue Report, Revenue & Expense Report, Gaming & Sales Tax Report, Wage and Hours Report, September Harbor Report, 

• 35.Motion to spread the Municipal Compliance Questionnaire for 2025.

• 36.Motion to approve street closures on October 18, 2025 starting at 5:30 P.M to 7:30 P.M for the Boo Parade. Line up at Bookter Street/Depot, Parade will go from Bookter to Union, turn left onto Second Street, turn right onto Court Street, turn left onto South Beach Blvd., turn left onto Ulman Ave., turn left onto Second Street, turn right onto Main Street, Parade ends at intersection of Main Street and Necaise Avenue contingent upon Board of Supervisors approval. No parking on Court Street and South Second from 12:00 midnight on October 18th until after the parade.

Attorney's Report

• 37.Motion to approve the resolution setting hearing for December 2, 2025 at 5:30pm to determine whether or not there is a need for a "minimum wake" zone in the residential canals and bayous of Garden Isles. 

• 38.Legislative update regarding Mississippi Safe Solicitation Act.

Executive Session (If Needed)

Adjourn

• 39.Motion to adjourn the meeting of October 7, 2025.