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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 Shreveport Business Association tied to a planned police substation. Attorney Michael Edwards explained the proposed change would remove a fixed 25-year restriction on use and replace it with a process requiring administration recommendation plus council approval; resolution 193 would require a two-thirds council majority before the property could be used for anything other than a police substation.
The council will also be asked to ratify documents related to a low-income housing project routed through the local housing finance agency, described in agenda notes as a roughly $20,000,000 project (Galley City Affordable Housing LLP). Staff said numerous contract authorizations and supplements would come before the council, including a roughly $150,000 renewal for the CityWorks software platform, a supplemental engineering agreement with McKim & Creed not to exceed $100,000 for water modeling, and cooperative endeavor agreements with the Louisiana Department of the Treasury to accept appropriated funds ($250,000 for lighting projects, $90,000 for AB Palmer Park and $150,000 for work at Independence Stadium).
Other items included a proposed gas lease covering about 112 acres (projected new revenue if minimum bid met: approximately $338,000 at $3,000 per acre), a resolution endorsing a US Department of Transportation discretionary grant application for Amtrak-related work, and annual insurance renewals for workers’ compensation and inland marine coverage (staff said the latter totaled “a little over $800,000,” a roughly 2% increase).
StageWorks, a matter on the agenda tied to a downtown lease and economic-development discussions, was postponed to the council’s Jan. 28 meeting; staff said talks were ongoing.
Ending: Several resolutions and ordinances were introduced for future consideration; the Fire Station 20 bid-rejection resolution was flagged for addition to the next meeting’s agenda. No final council votes on these items were recorded in the transcript excerpt.
