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Bossier City Council approves $500,000 for water stations, adopts crossing-guard MOU in roll call
Summary
The Bossier City Council approved a $500,000 appropriation for water capital contingency to plan and build commercial water-filling stations, adopted an MOU with the Bossier Parish School Board on crossing guards in a roll-call vote, and passed a package of routine personnel, permit and fund-transfer measures.
Bossier City’s council approved a slate of ordinances and resolutions Tuesday that included a $500,000 appropriation to plan, design and construct commercial water-filling stations and a roll-call adoption of a memorandum of understanding to share crossing-guard costs with the Bossier Parish School Board.
The council adopted the ordinance appropriating $500,000 to the water capital contingency fund on final reading. Councilman Hammond moved the measure and Councilman Gerard seconded; the item passed by voice vote. The ordinance states the funding is intended to support planning, design and construction of commercial water-filling stations.
In a separately recorded vote, the council approved an ordinance authorizing Mayor Thomas Chandler to execute the attached memorandum of understanding with the Bossier Parish School Board to share costs for crossing guards used throughout the city. The council conducted a roll-call vote at the clerk’s request; recorded responses in the transcript show affirmative votes from Chris Smith, Cochran, Deborah Ross, Joel Gerard and Maggio and a single recorded “No” from Hammonds, producing an affirmative outcome.
Council members also approved several routine items in the same meeting, including:
- An amendment to Ordinance 1-21-2025 shifting an item from the 2025 hotel-motel fund to the 2026 hotel-motel fund (final reading). - A first-and-final-reading conditional-use ordinance permitting on-premise sale of alcohol at a restaurant identified in the transcript as 'The Bridal Provisions' at 201 Boardwalk Boulevard, Building M. - A resolution to hire or promote an Accounts Clerk III in the sales tax department to backfill separations and vacancies. - A resolution amending Resolution 7 of 2024 to replace Amanda Nottingham as the designated signee for the LWI project with a person whose name is unclear in the transcript (replacement name flagged as garbled and not verified). - Two parade permit fee waivers for Sun City Elementary and Waller’s Mardi Gras parades scheduled for Feb. 17, 2026. - A resolution added on the agenda expressing support for legislation by State Senator Adam Bass (first and final reading), added because of a state filing deadline.
The council’s agenda items were largely approved by voice votes; the crossing-guard MOU was the meeting’s only item cited in the transcript with a recorded roll-call tally. Clerk roll call entries in the transcript show each member’s recorded response for that item; the recorded votes produced the measure’s adoption.
Council members also used the meeting to thank public-works crews and other staff for their storm-response work over the prior week. The meeting adjourned after a short period of announcements.
Next steps: the ordinances and resolutions approved at final reading will be implemented as specified in their texts; the crossing-guard MOU authorization permits the mayor to execute the agreement with the school board. The transcript does not record implementation timelines or funding reallocation specifics beyond the $500,000 appropriation.
