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Shreveport City Council approves multiple budget, zoning and lease measures; several ordinances introduced
Summary
At its June 24, 2025 meeting the Shreveport City Council approved five resolutions and multiple ordinances on second reading, introduced additional budget and capital ordinances, and postponed several zoning cases. Votes were routine and many items passed unanimously or by 5-0 tallies.
The Shreveport City Council on June 24 approved a slate of resolutions and ordinances covering mineral leases, capital projects, public-safety renovations and zoning changes, and introduced a series of budget and capital ordinances for later consideration.
Why it matters: The measures move forward infrastructure, budget and land-use items that underpin upcoming projects — from mineral leases to capital improvements and downtown nuisance code updates — and set deadlines for public hearings and additional action.
The council approved the following on votes taken during the meeting (motions and movers are recorded as spoken during the meeting):
- Resolution 68: Authorizing a request to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources/State Mineral Energy Board to seek public bids for an oil, gas and mineral lease on a parcel in District A and authorizing the mayor to execute related documents. Motion: “So moved” by Councilman James Green; second by Councilwoman Ursula Bowman. Outcome: Passed (5-0).
- Resolution 882: Authorizing the city purchasing agent to reject all bids for Fire Station No. 4 renovation (RFQ25-514). Motion: moved by Councilman James Green; second by Councilman Grayson Butcher. Outcome: Passed (5-0).
- Resolution 83: Approval of an annual payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) term sheet between the Northwest Louisiana Finance Authority and Blue Lake Solar LLC. Motion: moved by Councilman James Green; second by Vice Chair (recorded as MADAM VICE CHAIR). Outcome: Passed (5-0).
- Resolution 84: A recognition resolution thanking Deputy Chief Antoine White for 25 years of service to the Shreveport Police Department and the city of Shreveport. Motion: moved (mover not specified in the roll call moment); second recorded. Outcome: Passed (5-0).
- Minutes approval: Motion to approve minutes of the Administrative Conference (06/23/2025) and the City Council meeting (06/24/2025). Motion: moved by Councilman Grayson Butcher; second by Councilman James Green. Outcome: Passed (recorded as “passes with 4”).
On ordinances:
- Ordinances 63–67 were introduced for future adoption (not to be adopted prior to 07/22/2025). They include amendments to the 2025 capital projects fund budget (Ordinance 63), the 2025 debt service fund (Ordinance 64), the 2025 capital improvements budget (Ordinance 65), an amendment to the 2025 airport enterprise fund budget (Ordinance 66), and a street closing/abandonment (Ordinance 67). Motions to introduce were moved by Councilman James Green and seconded by Councilman Grayson Butcher.
- Ordinance 57 (amending the 2025 capital improvements budget for Cedar Grove substation) passed on second reading. Motion: moved by Councilman James Green; second by Councilman Gary Brooks. Outcome: Passed (5-0).
- Ordinance 58 (amending and replacing chapter 38 of the Street Code related to blight and vacant structures) passed as amended. The council approved an amendment that (1) changes a required notice delivery method from first-class mail to certified mail for section 38-128 and (2) extends the deadline to notify the city of ownership or manager contact changes from 15 to 30 days for section 38-120(e)(7)(2). Motion on the amendment: moved and seconded; the ordinance as amended passed (5-0).
- Ordinance 59 (amendments to various articles/sections of the Unified Development Code to clarify and update provisions) passed on second reading (5-0).
- Ordinance 60 (zoning case 24-193c: rezoning property on the west side of Hutchinson Street at Meadow Lane from C-1 to C-1 CZD with conditions) passed on second reading (5-0).
- Ordinance 61 (zoning case 25-28c: a proposed conditional rezoning on Live Oak Street) was the subject of a motion to postpone; the motion to postpone carried (5-0).
- Ordinance 62 (zoning case 25-50c: request to rezone a parcel on Hillary Huggaby Avenue from RA to I-1) was also postponed; the motion to postpone carried (5-0).
What the council directed: Several items were introduced for future consideration (ordinances 63–67, Resolution 85), and council members asked staff to follow up on implementation questions (for example, how property standards will manage the added responsibilities from the blight ordinance amendment). No items at this meeting were tabled for removal from the table.
Background: Council members and staff characterized most votes as routine; a few items (notably the downtown blight ordinance amendment) prompted questions about enforcement capacity and the need to evaluate implementation within months.
Votes at a glance (recorded tallies as announced during the meeting): minutes approval — passes with 4; all other final-passage votes shown in the meeting record passed with either 5-0 tallies or were postponed by unanimous motions (5-0).
