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Pascagoula Council reviews multiple tax-abatement requests and downtown tax-exemption policy
Summary
City Manager Justin Larsen presented preliminary approvals for several tax-abatement requests and City Attorney Michael Moore outlined proposed changes to the Central Business District tax-exemption policy and a commercial fee-waiver ordinance; the minutes include the measures but the transcript does not record separate vote tallies for these items.
City Manager Justin Larsen presented a series of resolutions providing preliminary approval for tax abatement requests affecting several properties in Pascagoula and outlined an authorization to advertise for the East Pascagoula Police Department substation, Phase 2.
Larsen introduced individual abatements for Joey Talley at 2509 Washington Avenue; Treasure Homes at 1411 Mantou Street; and Lazaro Rovira at 1407 Mantou Street and 2205 Washington Avenue. The minutes indicate each resolution is spread upon the record; the excerpted transcript does not include separate recorded votes for those resolutions.
Later in the meeting City Attorney Michael Moore presented a resolution to amend the tax-exemption policy for the Central Business District and an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances to allow waiver of fees for commercial development. The minutes include the text for both measures; the transcript excerpt does not show a recorded vote or final disposition for either item.
The presentations were framed as part of ongoing economic-development and infrastructure work. The record shows the advertising authorization for the East Pascagoula police substation was presented to the council; a vote or detailed implementation timeline is not recorded in the provided transcript.
What happens next: the measures are recorded in the minutes and will return to council for any required votes or implementation steps; the transcript portion provided does not specify the council’s final action or effective dates for the measures.
