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Votes at a glance: Shreveport council passes code cleanups, zoning, budgets and recognitions on June 10

June 25, 2025 | Shreveport City, Caddo Parish, Louisiana


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Votes at a glance: Shreveport council passes code cleanups, zoning, budgets and recognitions on June 10
The Shreveport City Council took multiple formal actions on June 10, adopting budget amendments, repealing select code sections and approving several resolutions and ordinances. Below are the items recorded during the meeting and their outcomes.

Key votes

- Resolution 76 — Endorsement for Greenwood Acquisition (Brentwood Hospital) to participate in the Louisiana restoration tax abatement program: Passed (motion by Councilman Taliferro; second by Councilman Brooks). Vote recorded as passing with six yes votes. Community Development staff presented the project during a required public hearing; staff said the project is a renewal of previous abatement benefits and described project scope and tax-abated amounts as presented at the hearing.

- Ordinance 56 — Zoning case 24‑203‑C (Greenwood Road & Pines Road): Final passage (Madam Vice Chair moved; Councilman Green seconded). Vote recorded as six yes votes. (See separate article covering public comment and conditions.)

Other final-passage ordinances and outcomes (second reading / final passage)

- Ordinance 50 — Amending the 2025 budget for the general fund: Passed (recorded as passing with six yes votes).
- Ordinance 51 — Amending the 2025 community development special revenue fund budget: Passed (six yes votes).
- Ordinance 52 — Repealing section 2‑108 of the code of ordinances: Passed (six yes votes).
- Ordinance 53 — Repealing sections 42‑126 and 42‑127 of the code of ordinances: Passed (six yes votes).
- Ordinance 54 — Repealing section 42‑279 of the code of ordinances: Passed (six yes votes).
- Ordinance 55 — Repealing chapter 78 sections 137 and 138 related to sidewalk duties: Passed (six yes votes).

Introductions (ordinances introduced, not adopted at this meeting)

The council introduced a set of ordinances for later consideration (not adopted on June 10): Ordinances 57–62 (capital improvements amendment; hot/blight/vacant structures code update; UDC clarifications; rezoning cases and related map amendments). The clerk read the items into the record; the council moved to introduce them.

Resolutions and recognitions adopted

- Resolution 68 — Request to Louisiana Department of Natural Resources to seek public bid for oil, gas and mineral lease (motion to postpone was approved). Outcome: Motion to postpone approved.
- Resolution 79 — Recognizing Bobby Washington: Passed.
- Resolution 80 — Recognizing Southern University Alumni Federation: Passed.
- Resolution 81 — Recognizing Chef Nima de Grazi: Passed.

Procedural notes

The meeting record shows roll-call attendance and recorded tallies for final-passage votes where noted; several items were adopted with a six‑yes-vote tally as shown in the meeting minutes. Where a mover or seconder was recorded in the transcript, it is noted above; where not recorded, the item is listed with the recorded outcome. Public hearings required by law (for example, Resolution 76) were held on the floor and the record indicates no speakers opposed to Resolution 76 when the public hearing closed.

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