Council Gets Back to Business
COVID, Marina Redevelopment, Noise Complaints and Fireworks on the Agenda By Ryan McGahan
a plaque recognizing the Gulfport kind of hard to transition, I don’t Police Department’s accreditation mind saying that. I get the joy and for the seventh time, and its third opportunity of getting to help othtime earning “excelsior” status, er schools, which is a big deal for joining 27 other agencies in Florime, but I appreciate the 11 years of da who have received that honor time together,” Vigue said acceptthree times. ing the award. Susan McGrath of the Florida Shortly after, Gulfport Police Consumer Action Network gave a Commander Joshua Stone – tempresentation asking for council’s porarily in charge of the GPD afassistance in buildter Police Chief Robert Vincent tested “I’ve been arguing for ing a network of local positive for COVID-19 years that we do not doctors and business on July 15 – awarded live in a retirement owners to encourage residents who Brandon Dillard the Awards, Presentations and a Officer of the Year community....noise have not received a Warning on COVID is around us; roll up COVID-19 vaccine to award. do so, emphasizing “During the year of your windows.” The meeting began with a trio of the recent surge in 2020 we lost a key awards, two for local citizens and cases, with 20% of recent national member who helped provide us one for the city itself. Michael Vigue, COVID cases in Florida. intelligence, and Officer Dillard longtime principal of Boca Ciega Council seemed supportive of did not hesitate to step up and fill High School who was recently prothe idea, especially Councilmemthat role...he has [also] created a moted to superintendent of Area 4 ber Michael Fridovich, who said, positive working environment with schools, received his second Spirit “If you don’t get your shots, you’re other members of the St. Pete Poof Gulfport Award. During his first just irresponsible, both as a human lice Department who are in Childs few years as principal at Bogie, he being and as a citizen. It’s as simPark, and that two-way commuoversaw the school’s rating climb ple as that. If you want to get sick nication has developed and really from D to A. and die, that’s your prerogative, helped us a great deal,” Stone said. “I know I’ll always have a warm but why ruin your family to go with Stone also presented to council spot in my heart [for Gulfport]. It’s it?” Andrew Burnham, Vice President of Stantec Consulting, presented Discounts up to 50% off on the city’s water and sewage rates and how the city’s water use may be impacted by a rapidly growing St. Petersburg. Council discussed restructuring some Fear not, as we will be relocating just up the road in early August! of the payment rates, namely by 5401 Gulfport Blvd. S. | Open Mon-Sat 10am to 5pm. 727-914-8850 | www.fabric-smart.com removing the 2,000-gallon-permonth minimum charge, so people who use less than that amount can pay only for what they use. After a month-long hiatus, Gulfport City Council had a lot of ground to cover on Tuesday, July 20, and took about three and a half hours to do it. Council presented a pair of awards to outgoing Boca Ciega High Principal Michael Vigue and to Gulfport Police Officer Brandon Dillard before discussing the noise ordinance, ongoing developments at the Gulfport Marina and the budget as the city transitions out of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Marina Redevelopment and Events Council approved two steps in a broader plan for redeveloping the Gulfport Marina: a renovation of the dry storage area and a grant application to secure funding for the planned Living Shoreline redevelopment. The dry storage redevelopment will repave and re-fence the lot
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