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Biloxi council debates millage and deferred maintenance as library, elevators and parks need repairs
Summary
Councilors spent an extended portion of the meeting debating the city's fiscal constraints, noting decades without millage increases, recent employee raises, and a growing backlog of deferred maintenance across libraries, parks and public safety facilities; options floated included raising millage or cutting services.
An extended exchange at the May 1 Biloxi City Council meeting focused on the city's fiscal picture and rising maintenance needs, with council members weighing whether to raise the property millage, raise other taxes, or cut services to close an estimated multi-million-dollar gap.
Councilman Marshall, reflecting frustration from residents, said the city has paid taxes and expects basic services: "Where the hell the money at?" he said, arguing Biloxi should not expect residents to bear the brunt of…
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