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Shreveport council adopts 2026 budgets, approves pay increases and equipment purchases
Summary
The City Council passed a package of 2026 budget ordinances and amendments across multiple funds, authorizing roughly $331 million in spending, pay adjustments for many city employees and capital purchases including police vehicles and sanitation equipment.
The Shreveport City Council completed adoption of a broad set of 2026 budgets, passing multiple ordinances and amendments that together the mayor described as an approximately $331,000,000 budget. Council members approved amendments to fund pay raises, equipment purchases and capital projects across the capital improvements, general, enterprise and special revenue funds.
Among the changes approved were provisions to provide 3% pay increases for many city…
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