Council hears multiple introductions: airport projects, budget amendments, surplus property declarations and ordinance on abandoned aircraft
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Summary
Clerk Dirk introduced resolutions and ordinances for future readings including a $28,958 Firehouse Subs donation for two rescue boats, supplemental engineering contract notice, airport budget adjustments and a new abandoned-aircraft ordinance; no final votes were recorded.
City clerk Dirk (identified in the record as "Mister Dirk") presented multiple resolutions and ordinances to the Shreveport City Council on July 22 for introduction and future consideration, and the council advanced no final votes on those items at this meeting.
Dirk described key items scheduled for further action on or after Aug. 26, 2025. Among the resolutions, Resolution 91 would accept a donation of $28,958 from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation to purchase two fire-department rescue boats. Resolution 92 concerns an energy-lease assignment allowing drilling activity; Resolution 93 is a supplemental agreement with engineering firm McKim and Creed that will bring the contract toward or past the city—s $1,000,000 threshold and therefore requires council notice.
On ordinances, Dirk said Items 71 and 72 are companion measures adjusting airport operating and capital budgets to cover bids that exceeded initial estimates and to create a $500,000 multimodal facility project funded from airport funds. Ordinances 73 and 74 would declare two city-owned properties surplus: 401 Texas (the building vacated by Community Development) and the former Fire Station No. 14; Dirk said separate legislation setting minimum bid prices will follow.
Ordinance 75 would amend Chapter 18 of the municipal code to establish procedures for handling abandoned aircraft at the airport. Dirk described a process under which an aircraft left on airport property for 60 days or more would receive notice and, if not removed, could be sold; proceeds above the city—s costs would be returned to the owner. Dirk said the draft was prepared with the airport authority and their contract attorney and named Ron Stamps as counsel involved; city staff member Blackwell was present for questions.
Dirk also summarized measures on second reading and final passage: zoning case 25-28-C (an item at Live Oak and Kingston previously postponed), an amendment to the debt-service budget to account for approximately $3,700,000 in 2024 bond debt payments, and a riverfront budget amendment to cover a $97,000 obligation related to the Epicenter building and to place remaining year-end money in reserves. Council members received clarification from the mayor that the riverfront operating reserve referenced is for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund, not the general fund operating reserve.
Dirk noted an amendment to the Unified Development Code to clarify when traffic impact studies are required (examples given: new commercial over 100,000 square feet or 200 parking spaces; multifamily of 100 units or more; new subdivisions of 50 units or more). No votes were recorded on the introduced or described items at this meeting; items were placed on the agenda for later readings.
Several council members and staff asked procedural and clarifying questions; the meeting record shows the items were introduced for later consideration rather than adopted.
