State of the City AddressRotary Club of Pascagoula

January 21, 2015

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OUR MISSION AND VISION

To obtain the highest quality of life for our

citizens by progressively providing cost effective programs and services.

To be the best municipal organization in the State

of Mississippi.

OUR VALUES

TEAMWORK

INTEGRITY

INNOVATION

SUPERIOR SERVICE

STEWARDSHIP

FINANCIAL DATA

CITY BUDGET

$65,000,000

SPLIT BETWEEN UTILITY FUND AND OPERATIONS

$2.5 MILLION SURPLUS OVER PREVIOUS FY

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Issued $15 Million Bond

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UTILIZED GRANT FUNDS

TO LEVERAGE

$1.26 MILLION IN CITY

FUNDS TO COMPLETE

$19 MILLION WORTH OF

IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

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LIGHTHOUSE PARK

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Safe Routes to School

• Grant will bring traffic calming infrastructure to Jackson & Beach Elementary Schools

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Celebrating Diversity

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PASCAGOULA IS THE HOME TO THE COAST’S ONLY

CITY-OWNED AND OPERATED ARTS CENTER.

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Mayor’s Youth CouncilMarch 18, 2014

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Hired New City Planner – Donovan Scruggs

BEL AIR SHOPPING CENTER TODAY

Issued 110 new business licenses in 2014

5 new commercial buildings constructed at a total cost of $8.5 million

21 new residential homes constructed at an average cost of $151,000

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Pascagoula’s

Water System

received a perfect

rating for water

quality from the

Mississippi

Department of

Health – an overall

5.0/5.0 across all

three categories

considered

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$15 Million Bond

Utilities$7 Million

Streets/Drainage$8 Million

Over 80 streets will experience

improvements

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PASCAGOULA HAS AN EXCELLENT QUALITY OF LIFE

• Pascagoula manages approximately 200 acres of parks and recreational facilities

• 12 tennis courts• 20 lit ball fields• 3 jogging trails• A Senior Center• Scranton Nature Center• Scranton Museum• Andrew Johnson Recreation

Center• 9-field Soccer Complex• Organized paddles and bike

rides• 70 annual programs and events

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Pascagoula is a Mississippi Healthy Hometown!

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City of Pascagoula is an Outstanding Employer

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POLICE DEPARTMENT• Graduated four officers from the Law

Enforcement Academy: Diavolo Simpson, Scott Ladnier, John Lynd, and Eugena Marshall

• Diavolo Simpson received the Firearms Award at the Academy

• Scott Ladnier received awards for fitness, academics, driving, and the Larkin Smith Award for the most outstanding graduate

• Detective Kim Stevens Lieutenant Doug Adams were presented awards by the Gulf Coast Women’s Center for Nonviolence

• Sergeant Richard Davis received Officer of the Year for Jackson County from the MS Coast Crime Stoppers

• Expanded the MS Metro Enforcement Team

• Completed National Accreditation process through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)

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FIRE DEPARTMENT

• Class 5 fire rating

• Purchased new haz mat response vehicle

• Offered CPR classes to City employees

• Mutual aid

PASCAGOULA RECOGNITION

• The United States Council of Mayors conducted a study where Pascagoula ranked third in the country in Gross Metropolitan Product

• Gulfport – Biloxi – Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) experienced 10.6% growth in weekly wages between 2013 and 2014 – 3rd fastest rate in the nation

• The Associated General Contractors of America ranked Pascagoula #1 in construction job growth in 2013

• Achieved a growth rate of 51%, more than double that of any other area in the AGC Study

• Tree City USA

• Blue Cross Blue Shield Mississippi Healthy Hometown

• American Heart Association Gold Fit-Friendly Workplace

• MRPA Arts & Humanities Award for Summer Camp Dinner Theater

• Bicycle Friendly Honorable Mention by American League of Bicyclists

• Renewed Main Street Accreditation

• 4 Officers won awards at Police Training Academy

• 3 awards from the Gulf Coast Women’s Center for Nonviolence

• Officer of the Year Award from MS Gulf Coast Crimestoppers

• Joe Huffman – 25-year Service Award at ICMA

• Jen Dearman – Heidel Award at True South Economic Development Conference

• PSD ranked in top 25 public school districts in Mississippi

• PHS ranked in top 25 high schools in Mississippi

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Thank you!