Bossier City City Council Regular Meeting - October 20, 2026

The Bossier City Council’s regular meeting on October 20, 2026, included budget, financial, and capital-project business. The council advanced the 2027 operating and capital budgets, combining items 3–29 for consideration and approving an amendment to restore a full-time employee to the diversion program; the position was described as supported by the program’s own funds, including an approximately $400,000 balance. During discussion, members reviewed changes intended to close an initially projected $1.8 million deficit, including reductions to engineering, public works, software and fuel, overtime, and the Office of Community Development. The city said the community-development work and its approximately $500,000 in awarded 2027 grant funding would continue under another department. The sanitation capital fund budget also received a first-reading vote. Other financial actions included final approval of a $5,000 hotel/motel-tax appropriation for Rockets over the Red, a $150,000 transfer from the streets and drainage fund to the general fund, and ordinances declaring city equipment surplus for disposal.

The city reported more than $28 million in ongoing projects, including six construction projects valued at about $8.6 million and five projects in design valued at approximately $11 million. Reported work included the fire-department maintenance facility, about 75% complete; the 2025 streets and drainage project, about 86% complete; Benton Road patching, about 11% complete; and Hamilton Road, about 30% complete. The council also heard updates on grant-funded work, including US 71 sidewalk design proposals and the readvertisement of another road project. A cooperative endeavor agreement involving the city, parish, and sheriff was introduced; the transcript does not give its financial terms. No vendor selections or contract awards were identified.