0:33 → 2:47(2m 14s)
Meeting called to order; attendees asked to silence devices. A community member led a prayer (unidentified speaker) and Eric James led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Gulfport City Council held a regular meeting that included proclamations (Suicide Prevention Month, USPS 250th), routine consent approvals, a contested ordinance on a tax abatement for large development (item 4) that councilors tabled after extended debate, authorization for city attorneys to accept opioid-litigation settlements in executive session, several contract/position approvals, and an extended citizens forum raising neighborhood flooding, blight and budget concerns.
