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Bossier City Council approves multiple ordinances, emergency sewer repair and resolutions
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Summary
The Bossier City Council approved a set of routine and emergency measures including a $275,000 appropriation from the disaster reserve fund, authorization of a commissary services agreement, an emergency repair of a sewer force main ($17,387.70), and resolutions to hire a public information officer and endorse a DOJ JAG grant application. All motions carried by voice vote with no opposition recorded.
The Bossier City Council voted to adopt several ordinances and resolutions during a regularly scheduled meeting, approving emergency repairs, budget appropriations and personnel authorizations.
On final reading the council adopted an ordinance appropriating $275,000 from the disaster reserve fund for recovery work. The council also approved a final-reading ordinance authorizing the mayor to execute a commissary services agreement.
The body approved an emergency declaration and first-and-final-reading ordinance to repair a 24-inch sewer force main blowout on Viking Drive, authorizing $17,387.70 to be paid from sewer capital contingency funds. Council members discussed a parcel of unused property purchased during an earlier right-of-way project adjacent to Stonewall Baptist Church and heard staff confirm the parcel is not needed for the completed project.
In other action the council introduced a first-reading ordinance to amend the 2026 council operating budget and adopted resolutions to authorize hiring a public information officer and to endorse the city's application to the U.S. Department of Justice for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program. The council also approved a parade permit fee waiver for the East Bank "Beer and Bubbles" event scheduled for April 18, 2026.
All motions and resolutions on the agenda were carried by voice vote; the meeting transcript records the chair asking for "all those in favor" and members answering "aye," with no opposed or abstentions reported on the record.
Votes at a glance: • Ordinance—appropriate $275,000 from disaster reserve fund (final reading): approved (voice vote) • Ordinance—commissary services agreement (final reading): approved (voice vote) • Ordinance—declare extreme emergency and authorize $17,387.70 sewer repair (first and final reading): approved (voice vote) • Introduced ordinance—amend 2026 city council operating budget (first reading): introduced/approved procedurally (voice vote) • Resolution—authorize hire of public information officer (first and final reading): approved (voice vote) • Resolution—endorse application for Edward Byrne JAG program (first and final reading): approved (voice vote) • Parade permit fee waiver—East Bank Beer and Bubbles, 04/18/2026: approved (voice vote)
The council adjourned after brief announcements; the chair noted the next meeting has been moved to April 30 at 10 a.m.
