Council and residents press New Seasons clinic on neighborhood impacts, hours and permit conditions

Summary

Biloxi residents, council members and clinic officials discussed complaints about the Broadwater-area methadone clinic. Clinic executives and staff defended treatment practices and described steps taken to address neighborhood concerns; council members pressed for clarity on operating hours and conditional-use limits.

Biloxi city officials, neighborhood residents and representatives of New Seasons Treatment Center discussed the Broadwater methadone clinic’s community impacts and permit conditions during the April 8 Biloxi City Council meeting. Clinic CEO Jim Shaheen and local program staff described treatment outcomes, security steps and ownership responses to neighborhood complaints while council members pressed for details on hours of operation and compliance with the clinic’s conditional-use permit.

Why it matters: Council members said they must balance access to opioid treatment with livability for adjacent residents. The discussion followed multiple resident complaints about trash, parking spillover and public safety near the clinic and came ahead of a scheduled town hall on the property the next week.

Shaheen said New Seasons operates opioid treatment programs widely and defended the clinic’s practices. “We treat addiction,” he said, adding that methadone is used to prevent…

Council and residents press New Seasons clinic on neighborhood impacts, hours and permit conditions

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