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Shreveport council previews agenda: Fire Station 20 bid rejection, $20M housing ratification and multiple contracts
Summary
City staff told the council they will ask members to add a resolution rejecting bids on Fire Station 20 because bids came in over budget; the agenda also includes ratification of a roughly $20 million low-income housing transaction, several contract approvals and lease/lease-assignment matters.
City staff told the Shreveport City Council they intend to add a resolution asking the council to reject all bids received for Fire Station No. 20’s reconstruction after bids came in well over budget.
“Mister chair, we do want to add the resolution… A resolution authorizing the city of Shreveport… to reject all bids received for fire station number 20 reconstruction IFB 24-060,” said a staff presenter, asking that the item be added to the next meeting agenda.
City leaders also outlined several other items scheduled for consideration or introduction, including two linked resolutions (192 and 193) that would amend an earlier donation from the North…
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