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Bossier City council adopts water services agreement amid public concerns over secrecy and capacity
Summary
The council approved an ordinance authorizing the mayor to execute a water services agreement for a project outside the city's current water service area. Public commenters raised concerns about nondisclosure agreements, transparency and whether the system has capacity to serve an expanded population.
Bossier City Council voted Dec. 16 to adopt an ordinance authorizing Mayor Thomas H. Chandler to execute and negotiate a water services agreement with an owner located outside the city's current water service area.
The hearing drew multiple public comments that questioned transparency and technical capacity. Alice Boyer, a resident who gave her address as 5041 Highway 80, Haughton, argued the council was being asked to approve a deal shrouded in secrecy and warned that "secrecy creates suspicion and thereby a lack of trust." She said the…
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