City Council - Regular Meeting
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
About this meeting
- Government Body
- City Council
- Meeting Type
- City Council
- Location
- Bossier City, LA
- Meeting Date
- March 17, 2026
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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
22 items on the agenda.
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Approve Minutes of March 3, 2026, Regular Council meeting and dispense with the reading.
March 3 of 2026 Minutes
PUBLIC HEARING/ACTIONS ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS•Item 1
Adopt an Ordinance terminating the Joint Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Bossier Arts Council and repealing certain existing ordinances allowing use of city premises by Bossier Arts Council.
(Final Reading) (Jacobs)
PUBLIC HEARING/ACTIONS ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS•Item 2
Adopt an Ordinance prohibiting payments to any outside agency or entity while listed on the non-compliance list of the Louisiana Legislative Auditor.
(Final Reading) (Cliff Smith)
PUBLIC HEARING/ACTIONS ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS•Item 3
Adopt an Ordinance authorizing Mayor Thomas H. Chandler to execute the attached agreement/contract with Waggoner Engineering, Inc.
(Final Reading) (Cheatham)
PUBLIC HEARING/ACTIONS ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS•Item 4
Adopt an Ordinance amending Section 6-8 (Drinking in Public Places) subparagraph 11 of the Bossier City Code of Ordinances to establish the Boardwalk Open Container District.
(Final Reading) (Chandler)
PUBLIC HEARING/ACTIONS ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS•Item 5
Adopt an Ordinance authorizing addition and hiring of ten positions in the Police Department and ten positions in the Fire Department and amending the General Fund and Emergency Medical Services Fund budgets.
(Final Reading) (Chandler)
PUBLIC HEARING/ACTIONS ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS•Item 6
Adopt an Ordinance to amend Section 99-13 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Bossier City to formally incorporate General Notes and Special Provisions as Enforceable Permit Conditions.
(Final Reading) (Cheatham)
PUBLIC HEARING/ACTIONS ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS•Item 7
Adopt an Ordinance to amend the 2025 water and sewer operating fund budgets.
(Final Reading) (Cheatham)
PUBLIC HEARING/ACTIONS ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS•Item 8
Adopt an Ordinance to contract Motorola Solutions to provide maintenance for radios and related equipment.
(Final Reading) (Williamson)
NEW BUSINESS•Item 1
Introduce an Ordinance to amend the 2025 State and Federal Grants Fund and Riverboat Gaming Trust Fund budgets in accordance with the Local Government Budget Act.
(First Reading) (Williamson)
NEW BUSINESS•Item 2
Introduce an Ordinance amending the 2026 Civic Center Fund Budget and decreasing Fund Balance to add one full-time position to the Civic Center.
(First Reading) (Ross)
NEW BUSINESS•Item 3
Introduce an Ordinance appropriating $150,000.00 from the sewer capital and contingency fund for repair, inspection, and preventive maintenance of the internal pump station coarse climber screen at the Red River Wastewater Treatment Plant.
(First Reading) (Cheatham)
NEW BUSINESS•Item 4
Introduce an Ordinance appropriating $60,000 to supplement existing capital allocations for the purchase of a sewer vacuum combination truck and jetter trailer for use by the public utilities department for water and sewer maintenance and operations.
(First Reading) (Cheatham)
NEW BUSINESS•Item 5
Introduce an Ordinance authorizing Mayor Thomas H. Chandler to execute the attached agreement with State of Louisiana, Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) related to Winter Storm Fern.
(First Reading) (Andersen)
NEW BUSINESS•Item 6
Introduce an Ordinance to contract Shreveport Communications to provide maintenance for a variety of City systems.
(First Reading) (Williamson)
NEW BUSINESS•Item 7
Introduce an Ordinance appropriating the sum of three hundred thousand ($300,000.00) from the 2026 Emergency Medical Services Capital Fund to complete a vehicle maintenance building/garage for the Bossier City Fire Department.
(First Reading) (Bockhaus)
NEW BUSINESS•Item 8
Introduce an Ordinance to amend the 2026 General Fund budget to remove funding appropriated to the United Way of Northwest Louisiana.
(First Reading) (Chris Smith)
NEW BUSINESS•Item 9
Introduce an Ordinance to appropriate $261,470.00 for the design of the Anita Ditch Detention Improvements Project.
(First Reading) (Bajnauth)
NEW BUSINESS•Item 10
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the Hiring of a Utility Worker for Lift Stations in Public Utilities Dept.
(First and Final Reading) (Cheatham)
NEW BUSINESS•Item 11
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the hiring or promotion of an Audit Clerk in the Sales Tax Department due to separation and backfilling any vacant positions this may create.
(First and Final Reading) (Williamson)
NEW BUSINESS•Item 12
Adopt a Resolution adopting the Louisiana Compliance Questionnaire for audit engagements of governments and the City's answers thereto.
(First and Final Reading) (Williamson)
NEW BUSINESS•Item 13
Approve Parade Permit Fee Waiver, for Crosswalk / Walk With the Cross, April 3, 2026.
Approve Parade Permit Fee Waiver, Crosswalk / Walk With the Cross, April 3, 2026 - Pdf