Gulfport Meeting, May 5, 2026
Approved: Home rehabilitation program budget amendments / Back Bay Mission funding, passed
What happened
On May 5, 2026, Gulfport approved Home rehabilitation program budget amendments / Back Bay Mission funding.
This Gulfport, Mississippi City Council meeting (May 5, 2026) contained no traditional zoning or rezoning decisions. The most consequential land-use action was the tabling, then continuance, of an ordinance amending ordinance no.
- Jurisdiction
- Gulfport, MS
- Date
- May 5, 2026
- Decisions
- 9 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, passed
Free sample: decision 1 of 9
Ordinance amending Ordinance 3413 adding Ward 2 voting precinct
Ordinance amending ordinance number 3413 to adopt an additional voting precinct/polling location at Lynn Meadows Discovery Center for Ward 2. Council determined the change could not meet statutory 'exigent circumstances' within 60 days of the June 9, 2026 special election. Initially tabled, then picked up and continued to the next regular meeting; mayor recommended a January 1, 2027 effective date and dividing Ward 2 at Courthouse Road into precincts A and B instead of a third polling place.
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Key Decisions (9)
Ordinance amending Ordinance 3413 adding Ward 2 voting precinct
CDBG engineering and legal master services agreements (2A-2D)
Extension of time for Three Rivers Bank Stabilization Project
Dispatch Furnishings Resolution (3A)
MDEQ subaward agreement - North Gulfport Wastewater Treatment (3B)
Vendor agreement with The Hookup LLC (Item 4)
Home rehabilitation program budget amendments / Back Bay Mission funding
Naming pier pavilion after Captain Pete Scrametta (Item 5)
Workers' compensation settlement - Alexis Martin
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Development Activity (4)
Gulfport Homeless Resource Center
Residential
Three Rivers Bank Stabilization Project
Infrastructure
North Gulfport (Copa) Wastewater Treatment Plant filter roof project
Infrastructure
Real-Time Crime Center dispatch and camera system
Infrastructure
Market Signals (4)
Infrastructure
City has roughly $11-12 million in HUD CDBG/CDBG-CV/HOME/ARP funds (including…
Housing Demand
Strong unmet demand for home-repair and rental assistance: 50 application…
Infrastructure
Planned Gulfport Homeless Resource Center on Three Rivers Road in…
Sentiment
Multiple residents and council members raised transparency and trust concerns…
Who spoke
20 distinct speakers; 6 identified names.
All speaker roles: 6 Staff, 1 Mayor, 5 Councilmember, 1 Chair, 6 Public, 1 Attorney.
Identified name roles: 1 Mayor, 3 Staff, 1 Attorney, 1 Councilmember.
Speaker sample: Wetzel, Staff.
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Zoning terms (4)
22 recorded timestamps
- approved (18 timestamps)
- public hearing (2 timestamps)
- denied (1 timestamps)
- residential (1 timestamps)
Decision moments (9)
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