The Gulfport City Council approved a one-item docket of claims and then adjourned after a brief discussion in which a meeting participant urged tighter control of spending and asked that future dockets include a year-to-date budget column.

The approval vote was moved and seconded; the presiding officer called for the question and said, “All in favor, say aye.” The motion carried and no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.

During discussion, an unidentified meeting participant said, “I just I know we that that we're in so much debt, but we have these dockets. I mean, I'm looking at the amounts. Goodness. Is there some way we can, start trying to tighten up on that within the next month? I'm not going against it, but that's just, I wanna throw that out there.” The presiding officer responded that it would be reasonable to ask staff to include a year-to-date budget column so the council can see where docketed expenses fall relative to the budget, and noted the council used to receive that information.

No formal motion or vote to change the docket format appears in the transcript. The exchange recorded the request and the presiding officer’s agreement that a monthly year-to-date budget report would be helpful.

After the docket was approved, a member moved to adjourn; the motion was seconded and the presiding officer closed the meeting.

The transcript does not list dollar amounts from the docket, the names of the mover or seconder, or any roll-call vote totals. The request for a year-to-date budget column was discussed but not adopted as a formal directive in the recorded remarks.