During an hours-long meeting Tuesday that ranged from the city's water crisis to the ongoing battle over who picks up the trash, the Jackson City Council unanimously approved a resolution supporting construction of a new football stadium for Jackson State University and encouraging the program's coach, Deion Sanders, to stay.
The resolution did not provide funding or approval for a specific plan, but rather was a way of voicing on-record the council's support for any new stadium plan that the university may announce, said Ward 3 Councilmember Kenneth Stokes, who proposed the resolution.
"It's just the perfect time to, if we're going to get a new stadium, start talking about where, and let's try to make it a reality," Stokes said.