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Bossier City Council actions: ordinances, appointments and budget amendments (at a glance)
Summary
The council approved multiple ordinances, introduced budget amendments and confirmed appointments during the meeting; several items passed on final reading with little debate and are listed below along with first-reading introductions.
The Bossier City Council enacted a series of routine and substantive actions during the meeting. The list below summarizes ordinances adopted on final reading, items introduced on first reading, and resolutions/appointments approved by the council. Vote tallies were not specified in the meeting transcript for individual items; the clerk recorded motions as carrying.
Adopted on final reading (selected items) - Adopt ordinance amending Ordinance No. 107 of 2023 to transfer surplus funding available for final design and completion of LDEQ funding application for South Bossier Sewer Improvements — motion carries. - Adopt ordinance appropriating $400,000 from the Sewer Capital and Contingency Fund for the Riverview Sewer Lift Station generator project — motion carries. - Adopt ordinance authorizing Mayor Thomas H. Chandler to execute agreement between City of Bossier City and Lumen Technologies Group to upgrade circuits and bandwidth at the Public Works Complex — motion carries. - Adopt ordinance authorizing Mayor Thomas H. Chandler to execute a cooperative endeavor agreement with LSU AgCenter — motion carries. - Adopt ordinance to contract with Wagoner Engineering to provide design services for streetscape improvements on Northgate Road in conjunction with LA DOTD Transportation Alternatives Program — motion carries. - Adopt ordinance to renovate the City Hall council chambers — motion carries.
Introduced or first reading (selected items) - Introduce ordinance appropriating $42,558 for SciCorp pilot at Northeast wastewater treatment plant — first reading; motion carries. - Introduce ordinance to approve Report of Change Order No. 1 for Brownlee Road Rehabilitation Project (increase $212,903) — first reading; motion carries. - Introduce budget amendments across Streets and Drainage Fund, Water Fund, Sewer Fund, State and Federal Grants Fund/ Diversion Program Fund/ Riverboat Gaming Trust Fund in accordance with the Louisiana Government Budget Act — first readings; motions carried. - Introduce ordinance to declare certain city movable equipment as surplus and provide for disposal according to law — first reading; motion carries.
Resolutions, appointments and other approvals - Adopt resolution approving appointment of Denise Sutton to the Bossier Parish Industrial Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Committee to represent Bossier City (term expires 08/30/2025) — adopted. - Appoint Brian Hammonds as representative to the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission to fill unexpired term of Jeff Free (expires 08/30/2025) — adopted. - Adopt resolution acknowledging and congratulating the 2025 Russian Rams sixth- and seventh-grade student athletes and coaches for championship victory — adopted.
Other routine actions - Approved minutes of the March 11, 2025 regular meeting; agenda approved at start of meeting; roll call and procedural items conducted per meeting rules.
Notes: Several items passed with little or no discussion as recorded in the transcript. Specific vote tallies were not read into the record for most items; the clerk noted motions as carrying or carried.
