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Lt. Governor Tate Reeves Hosts Town Hall Meeting in Diamondhead
October 20, 2016Lt. Governor Tate Reeves hosted a Town Hall meeting in Diamondhead today at the City Hall. More than 100 citizens, including state and local officials, attended the meeting to provide input to Reeves and Coast Legislators on how the Legislature should allocate BP settlement funds from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The state is set to receive $750 million over 15 years from the settlement to offset economic losses from the spill. Reeves said he supports spending the majority of the funds in South Mississippi and invited citizens to provide
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Diamondhead Officials Appointed to Committees to Strengthen Military Support
July 11, 2016During the July 5th meeting of the Diamondhead City Council, Mayor Tommy Schafer and Mayor Pro Temp Ernie Knobloch were appointed to the Policy Committee for the NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION CENTER (NCBC) JOINT LAND USE STUDY (JLUS). The Policy Committee is comprised of elected officials and representatives from public organizations that will approve the final JLUS Plan, including the strategic measures for implementation, before the plan is presented to each governing body for adoption. Clovis Reed, Diamondhead City Manager, will represent the City on the Stakeholder Committee. This committee is
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Diamondhead Official Awarded 2nd Certification Level by the Mississippi Municipal League
July 5, 2016Councilman-at-Large Ernie Knobloch in Diamondhead was recently awarded the designation of Advanced Certified Municipal Official (CMO) by the Mississippi Municipal League (MML). This is the second level of the Certified Municipal Official (CMO) program, which was implemented by the MML in 2002. Before earning the Advanced CMO certification, participants must have earned the Basic CMO certification, which focuses on the basics of municipal organization, law, finance, and land use. It is only after the Basic CMO certification has been earned that participants can earn the Advanced designation, which requires 40
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Diamondhead Is Open for Business
June 23, 2016East Hancock Library & Kapalama Bridge Opened this Week. Clovis Reed, Manager for the City of Diamondhead, announced at the June 21st Council meeting that the city is literally “open for business” with the re-opening of the Kapalama Bridge late Monday evening and the East Hancock Library on Tuesday morning. The Mayor and City Council expressed appreciation to the Hancock County Board of Supervisors for their quick action to hire contractors and engineers to complete the project in less than 30 days. The work was completed by Gulf Equipment Corporation
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Diamondhead Secures $1.7 million in Grants for City Initiatives
May 20, 2016Over the past three years, the City of Diamondhead has secured $1.7 million in grants for City initiatives as presented by City Manager Clovis Reed during the May 17th city council meeting. This was made possible through the efforts of Diamondhead elected officials and staff working in concert with state agencies and the legislature. The city match for these projects is estimated at only $600,000 for a total project value of nearly $2.3 million. The city, working with the legislature, was also able to secure another $204,000 in Tidelands funds
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Solid Waste Collection Transition Begins Next Week
April 22, 2016Team Waste is thrilled to announce that beginning on Monday, May 2nd, we will be the new residential solid waste contractor for Bay St. Louis, Waveland, Diamondhead and Hancock County residents. Your trash pick-up days will remain the same; however, due to scheduling, the time of pick-up may be different. Please have trash out by 7 a.m. the morning of your regular pick-up day. We are grateful for the opportunity to provide service for Hancock County residents and look forward to working with you all. Team Waste strives to provide quality
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Hancock County Library System – Book Return
March 24, 2016HANCOCK COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM BOOK RETURN NOW AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL. For your convenience the Hancock County Library System has installed a drive-thru book return in the parking lot behind City Hall. The box is located next to one of the two light poles and is set-up so that you can return your books without getting out of your car. Reminder–the old book return box is no longer located near the fire station. Books will be picked up on Tuesday and Thursday each week, except on holidays.
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Diamondhead Water & Sewer District – New Payment Location
March 18, 2016For your convenience, the Diamondhead Water and Sewer District has installed a drop box for payments in front of City Hall near the gazebo. The payment box is located at the entrance of the City Hall parking lot next to gazebo. Please NO CASH payments should be placed in the payment box. Payments will be collected daily.
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Diamondhead Police Department Personnel Honored
March 4, 2016Sheriff Ricky Adam honored law enforcement personnel for courageous and heroic acts of service at the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office Award Ceremony held on March 2nd. Among those honored were Diamondhead Police Department Sgt. Darrell Hughes. Sgt. Hughes received the Sheriff’s Star Ribbon for his selfless acts of bravery that ended a high speed chase and led to the apprehension of three people accused of strong armed robbery in Long Beach on April 26, 2015. Officers Ronald Cobb and Michael Riggs both received the Life Saving Ribbon for their quick
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