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Shreveport City Council approves a slate of resolutions and budget ordinances; one abstention recorded on choosing the Times as official journal
Summary
The council voted to select the Times as the city's official journal, authorize a parking‑management contract with the Downtown Development Authority, approve intergovernmental and lease actions, and pass two budget ordinances; vote counts were recorded for each item, with one abstention on the official‑journal resolution.
The Shreveport City Council approved several resolutions and ordinances during its meeting, including selecting the Times as the city’s official journal for July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, and authorizing a management contract with the Downtown Development Authority for the city’s parking system.
Resolution 56, selecting the Times as the official journal, was moved and seconded and passed with six votes and one abstention; during the vote a council member stated, “I’ll be abstaining. My daughter works for Shreveport Times.” The record shows the motion passed with six in favor and one abstention.
Resolution 57, authorizing the mayor to contract with the Downtown Development Authority for parking system management, passed with seven votes. Resolutions 58 through 62 also passed with seven votes each; those items authorized an intergovernmental cooperative endeavor agreement with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (Resolution 58), approved an assignment of three oil and gas leases from Cypress Energy Partners LLC to Apex Natural Gas (Resolution 59), accepted a donation and water/sewer main extension serving Lucian Fields Estates Phase III (Resolution 60), and authorized rejection of bids for two public works projects (Resolutions 61 and 62).
On second reading and final passage, Ordinance 63 (amending the 2026 capital improvement budget) and Ordinance 64 (amending the 2026 Airport Enterprise Fund budget) were moved, seconded and approved with seven votes.
Several items, including a Caddo Parish Hazard Mitigation Plan update, ambulance purchases for the fire department, and zoning items (Ordinances 65–69), were introduced for future consideration; no final votes were taken on those introductions.
The meeting record shows recorded tallies (passed with seven; one item passed with six and one abstention) but does not provide individual vote names for each yea or nay other than the abstention explanation. Any council member conflicts of interest or recusals beyond the noted abstention were not recorded in the transcript.
