Services
City Hall
Hours: 8 am-4 pm, Monday to Friday.
Location: In a modular building at the corner of Second Street and Fleitas. The Mayor and the City Attorney’s offices are also located here.
Phone:
Mayor’s Office 228-452-3310
City Clerk 228-452-3311
Comptroller 228-452-3317
Accounts Payable 452-3328
Building Code
Permit Office
Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-4pm
Location: Behind the temporary City Hall, near Fleitas and Second.
Utility Services
WPSCO
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8am-12pm, 1pm-4pm.
Location: Corner of North Street and Clark Avenue
Phone: To report problems with water or sewer services, residents can call 228-452-2031.
City Water Department
Location: Second Street and Clark Avenue.
Phone: To pay bills, get billing information, or turn water on/off, call 228-452-3312.
For garbage pick-up issues, call Advanced Disposal at 228-328-1820.
The Firetower Landfill is open to Harrison County residents only.
Location: 9685 Firetower Rd (Exit 10 off I-10), 228-255-5553.
Hours: 6 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri, 7 a.m.-12 p.m. Sat. Cost is $4 per yard.
The Harrison County household hazardous waste permanent drop-off site is located at the Harrison County District 4 work center on Lorraine Road, one mile south of I-10 at the Lorraine/Cowan exit. The site is open from 8 a.m. to noon on the second Saturday of every month. Questions? 228-214-1405.
Post Office
Location: Espy Avenue just south of Pineville Road.
Hours: 9am-4:30pm, Mon-Fri
Phone: 228-452-7798
Senior Center
Phone: 228-452-3314
Hours: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Temporarily located in a trailer behind the Water Department on Clark Street.
Public Library
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Fri, and 10am-2pm on Sat.
Location: In a temporary trailer on Second St. in War Memorial Park.
Services: Fiction and non-fiction books, videos, books on tape; space for meetings (by appointment); wireless Internet capability; and computers with public internet access.
Community Groups
The Pass Christian Chamber of Commerce: Kathryn Holland, 228-604-0014. Chamber President Gwenn Voigts.
The Pass Christian Art Association meets the third Saturday of every month at the Nip Lang community meeting trailer across from City Hall.
The Rotary Club of Pass Christian meets every Tuesday at 12:15pm at Kafe Katrina. For information, call club secretary Dayton Robinson (452-4543).
The Pass Christian Historical Society meets the second Monday of every month at the Rotary Community Building, 202 Fleitas Avenue. To confirm meeting date and location, call society president Kathie Short (234-1256).
The Pass Christian Garden Club meets the first Thursday of the month, September to May, at 10 a.m. in different locations. Call Jeannie Burnam at 452-4535 for the address of the next meeting. Civic Beautification Work Days are the second Thursday of the month.
Local Volunteer Help
The Grey Hut: Local volunteer help and coordination.
Location: North side of War Memorial Park.
Hours: Mon to Fri, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Phone: 228-452-7270
Pass Road to the Future: Long Term Recovery for Pass Christian and DeLisle
Location: The InfoWash, 6340 Kiln-DeLisle Road (across from DeLisle/Pass Christian Elementary)
Phone: 228-255-0020
Hours: Accepting new clients Wed, Thurs, Fri from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Government programs
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): 800-621-3362, online at www.fema.gov
Small Business Administration (SBA) 800-659-2955 or www.sba.gov/disaster
SBA in Gulfport: 2600 23rd Avenue, a block north of Pass Road.
National and State
Organizations
American Red Cross 866-438-4636
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Legal Assistance Hotline 866-255-4495
Mississippi Legal Services can be reached at 601-545-2950.
Mississippi Center for Justice, Biloxi, 228-435-7284
Medical Resources
Primary Care, all ages
Coastal Family Health Center
Location: Fleitas Avenue, south of the railroad tracks
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-11:30 a.m., and 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Phone: 228-861-8834
Children’s Health
Mississippi Gulf Coast Children’s Health Project’s mobile medical clinic
Location: Pass Christian Middle School
Hours: 2nd Tuesday of the month,
3 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Phone: 228-234-5583
Memorial Hosp. Immunization Van
Free vaccinations for children with no health insurance or on Medicaid, and adult screenings for cholesterol, blood pressure and glucose. Call 228-867-4246 or 228-867-5210 for more information and dates. Open 7:30 a.m.-12 p.m., 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Mental Health Services
For mental health services in DeLisle, contact Donna Baird Rice, LCSW, at 228-255-1827.
Mental Health Service Grants
Most residents of the Coast who were affected by Katrina are eligible for a $2,000 grant from the Red Cross that will pay for emotional support services. This funding can be used for reimbursement for money already spent on mental health services since Katrina, on medications, or on counseling services through Sept. 30, 2008.
Please contact Red Cross Access to Care before March 31, 2008, for details and to enroll. The 24-hour toll-free number is 866-794-HOPE or visit www.a2care.org. Many providers of mental health services on the Coast accept the Red Cross grant coverage for their services.