Special Call Meeting — Gulfport, MS
Date: 2025-04-29
Time: 11:30

City Council | Agenda
 Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – 11:30 AM


 City Hall – Council Chambers
 2309 15th Street, Gulfport




11:30 AM
Declaration of Special Call Meeting
Policy Issues
1 Resolution - approving the acquiring and purchase of Policies of Insurance for the 2025 –
 2026 Policy Period, and for related purposes.

2 Resolution - approving bylaws and policies and procedures of "Coast Gov Pro," an
 association created for the pooling of insurance risks, and for related purposes

3 Resolution - approving the form of insurance policy and binding of insurance coverage
 associated with the "Coast Gov Pro" insurance pool, and for related purposes.

Setting of Next Meeting and Adjournment




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City of Gulfport, Mississippi

City Council | Agenda
 Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – 11:30 AM


 City Hall – Council Chambers
 2309 15th Street, Gulfport




11:30 AM
Declaration of Special Call Meeting
Policy Issues
1 Resolution - approving the acquiring and purchase of Policies of Insurance for the 2025 –
 2026 Policy Period, and for related purposes.

2 Resolution - approving bylaws and policies and procedures of "Coast Gov Pro," an
 association created for the pooling of insurance risks, and for related purposes

3 Resolution - approving the form of insurance policy and binding of insurance coverage
 associated with the "Coast Gov Pro" insurance pool, and for related purposes.

Setting of Next Meeting and Adjournment




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City of Gulfport, Mississippi
 There came on for consideration at a duly constituted meeting of the Mayor and Members

of the City Council of the City of Gulfport, Mississippi, held on the ______ day of April, 2025,

the following Resolution:

 A RESOLUTION BY THE GULFPORT CITY COUNCIL APPROVING THE
 ACQUIRING AND PURCHASE OF POLICIES OF INSURANCE FOR
 THE 2025-2026 POLICY PERIOD, AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES

 WHEREAS, the Governing Authority of the City of Gulfport, Mississippi is empowered

and authorized under Mississippi Law, including, but not limited to, Miss. Code Ann. § 21-37-

45, § 21-15-6, and § 11-46-1, et seq., to insure municipal property and to acquire additional and

other miscellaneous insurance that the Governing Authority, in its discretion, may deem and find

proper and to pay for the premiums thereof out of the municipal treasury; and

 WHEREAS, the Governing Authority has previously retained BXS Insurance,

subsequently known as Cadence Insurance, Inc. and as “Cadence Insurance, a Gallagher

Company” (acquired by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.), and now known as “Arthur J. Gallagher

Risk Management Services, LLC” (“Gallagher”) to proceed as the City of Gulfport’s agent /

broker with respect to the study and analysis of insurance needs for the City in the 2025-2026

policy period (May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2026) and to provide a cost analysis associated

with the same and to provide the City’s Governing Authority with a recommendation with regard

to the various different types of coverages in the current insurance market and limitations and

costs involved with respect to each; and

 WHEREAS, the recommendation of Cadence is set forth in what is attached hereto as

Exhibit “A”; and

 WHEREAS, the Governing Authority does hereby find and determine, after receipt and

review of such recommendation and consideration of the same, and after discussion at a meeting

of the Council on this date (April 29, 2025), that it is in the best interests of the City to acquire
and purchase the policies of insurance referenced and identified in Exhibit “A” as

______________________________________________________ and to approve and authorize

the Mayor, or his designee, to sign, execute, and deliver any and all documents needed to

effectuate acquirement and purchase of such policies and coverages of insurance and to approve

and authorize the purchase of the same and payment of monies by way of a special check from

the City’s “Specific Stop-Loss Insurance Premiums” line item within the City’s Claims

Contingency Fund Budget in the amount of $______________.

 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY

COUNCIL OF GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, AS FOLLOWS:

 SECTION 1. That the matters, facts, and things recited in the Preamble hereto are hereby

adopted as the official findings of the Governing Authority.

 SECTION 2. That the policies of insurance referenced and described as

___________________ in Exhibit “A” attached hereto, be and the same is hereby approved to be

acquired and purchased by and on behalf of the City of Gulfport, and the Mayor, or his designee,

is hereby authorized to execute and deliver any and all documents needed and necessary to

effectuate the acquiring and purchase of such policies of insurance on behalf of the City of

Gulfport.

 SECTION 3. That the City of Gulfport’s Director of Finance and Accounting, or his

designee, be and the same is hereby approved and authorized to expend and pay up to the amount

of $__________________, by way of special check, toward the acquiring and purchase of such

policies of insurance on the City’s behalf, with such funds to come from the City’s “Specific

Stop-Loss Insurance Premiums” line item within the City’s Claims Contingency Fund Budget.




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 SECTION 4. That this Resolution be, and it is hereby ordered to be spread on the

minutes of the Governing Authority, and shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its

adoption and enactment according to law.

 The above and foregoing Resolution, after having been first reduced to writing and read

by the Clerk, was introduced by Councilmember ______________, seconded by Councilmember

_______________________, and was adopted by the following roll call vote:

 YEAS: NAYS: ABSENT:



 WHEREUPON the President declared the motion carried and the Resolution adopted,

this the 29th day of April, 2025.




ATTEST: ADOPTED:



_______________________________ _______________________________
Brittany Rodgers, Clerk of Council F.B. “Rusty” Walker, IV, President



 The above and foregoing Resolution having been submitted to and approved by the

Mayor, this the 29th day of April, 2025.

 APPROVED:



 _______________________________
 Billy Hewes, Mayor

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City Council | Minutes
 Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – 11:30 AM


 City Hall – Council Chambers
 2309 15th Street, Gulfport




11:30 AM
The Mayor and Members of Council met at City Hall at 11:30 AM, on the above date, same
being an adjourned meeting from a Regular Meeting on April 22, 2025, at 1:30 PM

Present: Mayor Billy Hewes, City Attorney Jeff Bruni, Clerk of Council Brittany Rodgers, Deputy Clerk
of Council Brittany Thomas, Councilmembers: Kenneth Casey, Ron Roland, Ella Holmes-Hines
(Teleconference), Rusty Walker, B.J. Sellers Jr., R.Lee Flowers, and Richard Kosloski. Absent: CAO
Wayne Miller.

The President announced a quorum and called the meeting to order.

Declaration of Special Call Meeting
Motion to Declare a Special Called Meeting and to have the meeting notice thereof appended
as Exhibit "A" to these minutes, Moved By Ron Roland, Seconded by Kenneth Casey

Vote: Motion Passed By Unanimous Roll Call Vote
Aye: Kenneth Casey, Ron Roland, Ella Holmes-Hines, Rusty Walker, B.J. Sellers Jr., R.Lee Flowers,
Richard Kosloski

Policy Issues
1 Resolution - approving the acquiring and purchase of Policies of Insurance for the 2025 –
 2026 Policy Period, and for related purposes.

 Motion to Approve, Moved By R.Lee Flowers, Seconded by Kenneth Casey

 Motion to Amend, to select Option 2, Moved By Ron Roland, Seconded by Kenneth
 Casey

 Vote: Motion Passed By Unanimous Roll Call Vote
 Aye: Kenneth Casey, Ron Roland, Ella Holmes-Hines, Rusty Walker, B.J. Sellers Jr., R.Lee
 Flowers, Richard Kosloski

 The President called the question on the amended motion.

 Vote: Motion Passed By Unanimous Roll Call Vote
 Aye: Kenneth Casey, Ron Roland, Ella Holmes-Hines, Rusty Walker, B.J. Sellers Jr., R.Lee
 Flowers, Richard Kosloski

 Attachment(s):
 Resolution 04292025_1 - Signed
Gulfport City Council Official Minutes April 29, 2025 SCM


2 Resolution - approving bylaws and policies and procedures of "Coast Gov Pro," an
 association created for the pooling of insurance risks, and for related purposes

 Motion to Approve, Moved By R.Lee Flowers, Seconded by Kenneth Casey

 Vote: Motion Passed By Unanimous Roll Call Vote
 Aye: Kenneth Casey, Ron Roland, Ella Holmes-Hines, Rusty Walker, B.J. Sellers Jr., R.Lee
 Flowers, Richard Kosloski

 Attachment(s):
 Resolution 04292025_2 - Signed

3 Resolution - approving the form of insurance policy and binding of insurance coverage
 associated with the "Coast Gov Pro" insurance pool, and for related purposes.

 Motion to Approve, Moved By R.Lee Flowers, Seconded by Kenneth Casey

 Vote: Motion Passed By Unanimous Roll Call Vote
 Aye: Kenneth Casey, Ron Roland, Ella Holmes-Hines, Rusty Walker, B.J. Sellers Jr., R.Lee
 Flowers, Richard Kosloski

 Attachment(s):
 Resolution 04292025_3 - Signed

Setting of Next Meeting and Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the Council at this time, Motion to Adjourn
until May 6, 2025 at 1:30 P.M. for a Regular Meeting, Moved By Ron Roland, Seconded by
Kenneth Casey

Vote: Motion Passed By Unanimous Roll Call Vote
Aye: Kenneth Casey, Ron Roland, Ella Holmes-Hines, Rusty Walker, B.J. Sellers Jr., R.Lee Flowers,
Richard Kosloski




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City of Gulfport, Mississippi
 City Council | Agenda
 Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – 11:30 AM


 City Hall – Council Chambers
 2309 15th Street, Gulfport




11:30 AM
Declaration of Special Call Meeting
Policy Issues
1 Resolution - approving the acquiring and purchase of Policies of Insurance for the 2025 –
 2026 Policy Period, and for related purposes.

2 Resolution - approving bylaws and policies and procedures of "Coast Gov Pro," an
 association created for the pooling of insurance risks, and for related purposes

3 Resolution - approving the form of insurance policy and binding of insurance coverage
 associated with the "Coast Gov Pro" insurance pool, and for related purposes.

Setting of Next Meeting and Adjournment




 Exhibit "A"
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City of Gulfport, Mississippi