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Council introduces slate of resolutions and ordinances including PILOT for Trilling Tower and tax-audit retainer
Summary
Council members were read a list of resolutions and ordinances to be introduced, covering a PILOT agreement for a Trilling Tower redevelopment, an amendment to automated speed-enforcement contracts, program-management contracts for bond projects, capital-budget amendments for FEMA grants, and a retainer for Butler Snow on a 2016 bond tax audit.
Shreveport council staff introduced a range of resolutions and ordinances for upcoming consideration, including a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement for a downtown redevelopment project and a retainer for outside tax counsel related to a 2016 bond audit.
Key items introduced or explained by staff included Resolution 33, which would authorize the mayor to terminate a sewer servitude for a residence at 6230 East Ridge; Resolution 34, a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement with Northwest Louisiana Finance Authority and Louisiana Historic Redevelopment for the Trilling Tower redevelopment that would exempt roughly 90% of property taxes for about 20 years; and Resolution 35, an amendment to the BlueLine agreement that would allow additional automated speed-enforcement cameras in non-school zones as part of an extension and investment by the vendor.
Staff also introduced two program-management agreements with Burns & McDonnell (Resolutions 36 and 37) to manage water, sewer, streets and drainage work tied to a recent bond issue; Resolution 39 to accept dedication of rights of way in the Providence subdivision; and Resolution 42 to retain Butler Snow as special legal counsel for a routine IRS tax audit related to the 2016 water and sewer bond issue. Staff described the tax-retainer request as routine work to respond to the auditor and noted available bond-proceeds balances were small.
On ordinances, staff discussed items including Ordinance 19, which would raise the deposit for multifamily units with master meters from $100 to $500 on a recommendation from Water and Sewer; Ordinance 8 (dumpster rules on residential property), which staff anticipated would be postponed again; and several budget amendments (Ordinances 9, 10 and 11) to appropriate FEMA grant funds for a generator project and adjust capital budget line items.
No final votes were recorded on these items during the meeting; most were introduced for future readings and action. Council members asked staff for additional documentation on bond balances and to publish corrected agenda language where necessary for zoning items.
