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From YouTube: Bossier City Council Meeting January 3, 2018
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Bossier City Council Meeting January 3, 2018
A
A
Holy
Father,
thank
you
for
this
time
that
we
are
here.
We
thank
you
for
another
year
in
this
place
on
earth.
We
thank
your
father
God
for
those
who
are
here
in
this
place.
We
pray
for
them.
We
pray
Lord
God
that
they
continue
to
serve
the
citizens
of
Bossier
and
father.
We
thank
you
for
the
opportunities
that
you've
given
us
to
serve.
We
pray
for
direction
in
2018
to
do
those
things
that
are
beneficial
to
those
we
serve.
A
Lord
bless
those
among
us
who
have
family
members
in
service
and
bless
those
Lord
God
who
may
be
ill
and
Father.
We
ask
that
you
would
teach
us
to
get
alone
and
father
God
to
be
on
one
Accord,
lord
I,
thank
you
for
all
your
blessings
upon
not
only
this
city,
but
all
cities
in
this
country,
even
in
the
name
of
Jesus
I
pray,
amen,
amen,.
A
A
D
E
C
A
C
A
A
B
A
C
C
G
A
C
D
C
Introduced
an
ordinance
to
appropriate
2.5,
5
million
dollars
from
the
2018
general
fund
fund,
balance
in
each
of
the
respective
enterprise
funds,
providing
city
services
for
salary
and
benefit
increases
for
police
fire
and
all
other
city
employees.
An
additional
identical
benefit
shall
be
provided
upon.
The
funding
of
the
Municipal
Police
and
Fire
pension
liabilities,
about
half
set
sales
and
use
tax
of
1982
to
police
fire
and
all
other
city
employees
from
the
said
sales
tax
revenue
at
each
of
the
respective
enterprise
funds
providing
city
services
first
reading.
B
I
I
B
I
J
B
Thank
you,
I
guess.
My
other
question
is
since
we're
not
using
this
absent,
Celtics
and
I
evidently
hasn't
been
released.
Yet
if
you
don't
get
released
this
year
that
half
cent,
what
do
we
do
come
next
year
and
make
up
this
race?
Where
do
where
do
we
pull
from
there's
not
too
many
places
left
to
pull.
B
B
B
I
B
Know
we've
been
hearing
this
for
three
four
five
years
and
that's
what
we
planned
on,
but
again
we
haven't
got
it
yet
that's
what
that's
one
thing
worries
me
about
it.
You
know
and
we
sure
don't
want
to
end
up
like
we
did
in
2010.
You
know
I
was
worst
year,
we've
had
so
well.
So
what's
the
actual
actually
saying
now
those
funds,
the.
I
I
K
K
It
wasn't
so
friendly,
it
was
around
2009
or
2010,
and
there
were
a
lot
of
angry
disheartened
people,
police,
fire,
municipal
employees.
The
mayor
and
the
council
took
the
necessary
steps
to
right
the
ship,
and
it
certainly
wasn't
easy,
and
at
that
point
in
time
the
council
made
a
promise
that,
if
you
all
hung
in
there
with
us
instead
biased
that
one
day
we
would
reward
those
sacrifices
that
each
of
y'all
have
made
to
do
more
with
less
and
that
day
has
come.
K
M
I
would
only
add
it's
been
pointed
out
in
2010
we
had
about
897
employees
and
every
one
we
had
to
make
that
drastic
reduction
force
we
reduced
down
dramatically
and
then
it
just
continued
to
retreat.
Over
the
year
and
as
of
last
week,
we
were
down
to
700
people
that
we're
funded
for
so
200
people
off
the
books,
and
then
you
look
at
it
further
than
you
see.
We
have
33
variances.
We
had
33
bodies
at
that
particular
point:
the
Moorefield,
so
these
men,
these
women,
were
picking
up
the
slack.
M
N
N
She,
when
you
look
around
everything,
is
just
better
than
it
was
10
years
ago
and
we're
doing
it
with
a
fraction
of
the
amount
of
of
human
beings
and
and
those
human
beings
have
all
figured
out
a
way
to
take
technology
and
and
their
own
will
and
and
put
it
together
in
such
a
way
and
and
follow
the
leadership
of
the
mayor
that
we
just.
We
really
do
now
enjoy
so
much
more
for
so
much
less
and.
N
M
A
We
have
a
collective
group
today
and
so
I
am
really
in
favor
of
appreciating
you
today
and
not
just
you
all,
but
the
entire
city
staff,
because
over
time
there
has
been
so
much
of
a
sacrifice
for
the
citizen
of
Bossier
and
for
you
guys
to
have
given
so
much
and
gotten
not
so
much
in
return.
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
appreciate
it
and,
on
behalf
of
the
district
too,
that
I
serve
the
citizen.
C
C
B
L
B
L
H
D
H
F
B
L
K
L
Type
of
it
could
have,
and
we've
been
sued
for
being
arbitrary
and
capricious
before
and
it
cost
a
lot
of
money,
but
I
mean
in
the
past
analysis
that
was
done.
They
looked
to
see
if
you're,
rational
in
your
belief
and
of
course,
it's
kind
of
hard
to
fathom
how
Boardwalk
doesn't
fall
in
that
deal.
They've
got
a
casino
pumping
alcohol
24/7
on
one
end
and
the
other
end,
but
I
mean
this
is
a
decision
it
could
bring.
F
But
this
is
no
longer
a
district.
This
is
now
focused
on
the
festival,
Plaza
being
the
center
point
for
festivals,
for
the
public
to
go
down
there
and
and
attend
various
festivals
and
the
area
around.
It
is
an
area
that
can
be
cordoned
off
during
those
those
festivals,
so
we've.
This
is
not
the
East
Bank
district.
B
Listen,
you
can
use
arbitrary
and
capricious
on
anything.
We
do
because
we've
heard
it
on
things.
You
won't
things
you
don't
want.
This
is
something
we
got
together
and
we
we,
you
know
that
was
against
it.
I
was
against
it.
We
come
up
with
something
that
could
work
right
now
and
then
we
can
expand
it,
but
you
can
get
suturing
anything.
Anybody
knows
that
everyday
you
get
sued.
So
if
you
want
to
kill
it
again,
we'll
kill
it
and
just
leave
it.
Leave
it
like.
It
was
I
mean.
K
K
All
I'm
here
to
do
is
present
a
different
side.
That's
my
line
of
business
as
risk
management
I
deal
with
it
every
day,
through
insurance
and
in
the
risk
that
businesses
take
and
I
know
that
if
I
was
sterling
or
who
is
that
who
runs
it
now
or
build
used
to
work
bill
McFadden
the
company
that
he
works
for
if
I
was
excluded
from
that
when
I
was
originally
proposed
to
be
in
it,
I
would
want
to
know.
Why
are
you
taking
me
out
of
it?
B
K
I
could
just
finish
mr.
president,
in
what
I'm
speaking
to
and
that's
what
I
was
trying
to
engage.
Mr.
Hall
is
that
it
is
our
duty
and
obligation
to
look
at
when
we
do
establish
a
new
ordinance.
Is
there
but
the
potential
to
be
sued
and
if
it
I
understand,
we
can
always
be
sued.
But
what
is
the
potential
for
loss
to
the
city
of
Bossier
in
legal
precedent
and
that's
I'm,
not
an
expert
in
that
that's
mr.
B
B
B
K
I
was
one
of
the
one
of
two
votes
that
originally
voted
for
it.
There
was
a
so
I
certainly
would
say
that
I'm
for
it.
What
I
want
to
do
is
be
fair
to
everyone.
That's
what
I
was
voted
in
to
do
is
represent
all
citizens
of
Bossier
and
I
feel
as
though,
as
a
businessman
myself
that,
if
I
was
excluded,
I'd
want
to
know
why
and
I
haven't
I
have
yet
to
hear
an
answer.
Why
would
we
exclude
Boardwalk
if
we're
gonna
allow
these
other
districts?
Okay
and
if
we
are
gonna
exclude
it?
B
Are
you
doing
yeah
I
don't
have
to
vote
because
cuz
you
want
it
down.
Okay,
I
voted
the
first
time
because
the
district
was
too
big.
It
was
nothing.
It
said
these
three
blocks,
that's
only
place.
We
have
things
down
there,
I'll
never
vote
for
the
boardwalk
to
have
alcohol
cuz.
Like
I,
told
McFadden.
That
day
we
got
a
18
and
19
year
old,
kids
down
there.
You
know
that's
security
and
they're,
not
gonna,
engage
someone
our
age
or
younger,
that's
a
drunk
and
what
we're
gonna
do.
B
The
first
thing
I
gonna
do
is
call
it
boy
City,
please!
Well,
we
can't
be
running
down
there
every
night
to
escort
someone
else
off
the
boardwalk
and
I'm
just
I.
Just
don't
think
it
needs
me
down
there
with
all
the
kids.
Just
like
mr.
Goode
said
that
was
a
family
said:
it'd,
be
a
family
situation
down
there
and
I'll
never
vote
pork
down
there.
So
that's
I
mean
like
I
said
we
can
do
this.
Well,
we
can
kill
it.
N
So
I
I'm,
looking
at
a
map
and
the
map,
shows
a
boundary
around
the
right-of-way
that
runs
the
length
of
Barksdale
Boulevard
and
then
looks
like
hops
around
and
includes
Festival
Plaza,
which
I'm
thinking
all
of
the
area.
That
shown
there
is
this
area
that
belongs
to
the
city
and
no
one
else,
I
think
your
honors
that
what
the
season
is
grass
so.
N
L
N
N
B
Mansfield
Street
right
there
from
Mantua
Street
back
towards
Hamilton
Road.
There's
the
old
vending
shop
needs
to
be
tore
down
across
traded
river
Chevrolet
almost
probably
have
trucks,
there's
nothing
down
there
and
even
even
put
in
a
district
okay
going
back
the
other
way.
It
stops
right
there
on
Main
Street,
because
you
have
Jeffrey
and
a
couple
other.
Then
it
goes
the
red
river
ship
down
the
corner
right
there.
Why
put
all
that
in
the
district
I
mean
it
doesn't
really
make
sense?
Oh
I.
N
First
of
all,
I
couldn't
find
anybody
who
could
who
could
materially
tell
me
how
having
this
was
gonna,
really
change
something
or
give
them
an
edge
or
may
give
it
an
advantage.
Talking
about
business
owner
and
I
actually
met
with
two
people
who
were
you
know,
thinking
about
the
area
and
considering
maybe
putting
a
business
there
and
I
just
saw
I
asked
him
I
said
well.
So
if
you
have
that,
if
you
have
this
and
you're
going
down
there
to
the
to
there,
how
are
you
gonna
do
better
all
right?
N
N
I
didn't
find
anybody
for
it,
and
so,
in
the
face
of
that
to
me,
the
the
the
electorate
seems
to
be
said
that
that's
what
I
guess
I
came
away
thinking
the
electorate
is
saying
to
me:
is
I'm
either
one
or
three
percent
against
it
and
I
hope
you
vote
against
it
or
I,
don't
care,
in
which
case
you
know
it.
If
somebody
doesn't
care
well,
then
they
just
don't
care
and
so
I
I
I
would
invite
anybody
that
has
an
argument
that
that
would
show
how
this
is
going
to
grow
business.
N
To
make
it
you
know,
cuz
I
would
be
open
to.
You
know
job
to
be
open
to
hearing
what
people
had
to
say,
but
I
hope
you
aren't
that
find
anybody
who
wanted
to
you
know
lay
down
on
the
road
and
get
run
over
to
you
know
to
advance
a
thing
forward.
So
as
it
stands
for
that
reason
alone,
I
would
not
vote
in
favor
of
it
and
I
it's
kind
of
a
chicken
way
of
saying
it,
but
I'm
not
really
against
it.
You
know
just
just
it
just
is
just.
B
F
The
city
just
spent
almost
fifteen
million
dollars
renovating
this
downtown
area
and
developing
a
festival
Plaza.
Now,
we've
not
had
the
first
festival
there.
So
if
we
don't
have
something
in
place,
it's
very
doubtful
that
we'll
have
any
festivals
there,
we'll
just
have
a
ghost
town.
Now
this
isn't
you
know
the
the
other
warden.
It's
originally
talked
about
how
it
would
increase
sales
and
people
would
be
walking
around
with
a
with
a
drink
in
their
hand
and
going
from
store
to
store
and
at
the
at
the
boardwalk.
This
is
not
designed
for
that.
F
This
is
not
designed
for
anything
other
than
in
my
mind,
to
encourage
festival
Plaza
to
be
utilized
to
have
festivals
down
there
and
have
an
avenue
that
you
can
enter
enjoy
a
beverage
while
you're
at
the
festival.
So
again
we
don't
have
anything.
We
don't
have
any
way
to
to
have
a
festival
down
there.
Now
this
is
trying
to
save
what
the
city
has
invested.
The
15
million
well.
N
I'm,
not
against
figuring
out
a
way
to
you
know,
have
it
where
you
can
get
a
glass
of
wine
or
a
beer
at
a
festival
that
makes
sense,
you
know,
have
a
beer
festival
anyway.
Yeah,
if
you
we're
talking
about
that.
So
at
any
rate,
you
know
the
I
think
listening
again
to
those
that
now
I
think
I'm
speaking
about
people
who
are
against
it.
You
know-
and
you
know
anywhere
from
the
extreme
but
just
being
offended
that
you
have
alcohol
out
there
to
somebody.
Just
you
know,
doesn't
think
it's
a
good
idea.
N
I
think
I
think
most
of
those
people
would
be
tolerant
of
a
narrow
system
that
that,
at
a
time
that
you
were
going
to
have
a
an
event
in
the
city
that
that
you
know
that
equated
to
you
know
the
Red
River
revel
or
that
kind
of
a
thing
you
you
could.
You
could
implement
a
system
at
that
time.
Where
you
could
you
know
you
wouldn't
feel
like
it
was.
You
know
you
were
gonna
get
accosted
if
you
walked
out
with
a
glass
of
wine
and
we
listen
to
some
music
or
something,
but
but
I.
N
Anyway,
I
guess:
that's
all
I
got
to
say
about
it
and
carry
on
for
hours
with
it,
but
I
would
I
think
it
is
a
a
good
idea
to
try
and
figure
out
how
to
have
festivals.
Where
you
can,
you
know
you
can
reasonably
have
some
kind
of
beverages
and
then
beyond
that
I,
don't
I,
don't
think
people
are
gonna,
really
I,
don't
think
a
business
is
gonna
rise
or
fall
on
the
fact
of
whether
or
not
you
can
walk
out
the
front
door
with
with
a
beverage
evolved
there
and
go
to
another
place.
E
P
Proprietor
of
beer
and
a
manufacturer
of
beer,
and
in
that
district,
this
would
dramatically
increase
my
business
and
my
potential
for
business
inside
of
our
current
brewery.
We
have
seating
for
about
200
people.
Now.
If
you
can
incorporate
this
proposal,
then
all
of
a
sudden,
we
now
have
an
unlimited
capacity.
There's
people
on
the
street
and
in
the
Festival
Plaza
that
can
directly
walk
across
the
street
to
harass
patent
establishment,
get
a
beverage
and
walk
back.
We
said
that
there
hasn't
been
any
festivals,
that's
untrue!
We
had
the
grand
opening,
it
was
a
huge
success.
P
My
business
was
packed
from
the
moment
that
the
festival
started
telling
closed
now
that
we
also
had
the
fireworks
that
night
and
I
can
tell
you.
There
were
many
many
people
that
did
not
leave
the
brewery
to
go
over
and
watch
the
fireworks
because
they
couldn't
take
their
drink
with
them.
They
didn't
want
to
have
to
set
their
drink
down
and
walk
away.
I
think
that
there
would
be
many
many
more
people
across
the
street
in
the
festival,
Plaza
area
during
different
festivals
and
different
events.
P
If
this
is
allowed,
now
you
can
tell
me,
can
you
cannot
tell
me
that
someplace,
like
Bourbon
Street,
does
not
work
well
and
help
those
businesses
that
they
all
can
work
together
and
have
one
driving
force?
People
don't
go
to
a
certain
establishment,
they
go
to
Bourbon
Street,
they
go
to
Beale
Street.
They
go
to
these
places
because
they
build
this
area
and
that's
what
we've
done.
We
have
the
east
bank
district,
so
people
should
be
able
to
walk
up
and
down
that
area
going
to
all
the
different
establishments.
P
I
said
it
last
time,
I
was
up
here.
What
that
does
is
it
now
builds
a
team?
Everybody
on
that
Street
is
now
gonna
work
together
to
market
the
East
Bank
district,
to
get
people
to
the
district,
not
to
a
particular
establishment.
When
you
take
this
away
now,
I'm
competing
with
every
other
place
on
that
street
for
whatever
entertainment
dollars
that
are
out
there
rather
than
us
working
together
my
understanding
when
this
whole
process
started.
This
is
what
we
were
going
for
to
have
this
district,
this
this
entertainment
area.
P
Now,
yes,
if
you
want
to
bring
in
another
insurance
agency,
this
isn't
gonna
help
them,
but
I
can
tell
you
there'd,
be
many
many
restaurants
and
bars.
That
would
be
encouraged
and
more
apt
to
move
into
this
area
and
and
renovate
some
of
these
dilapidated
buildings
and
generate
some
more
tax
revenue
and
create
that
area.
Taking
the
boardwalk
out
of
it.
I
understand,
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
the
boardwalk
that
people
want
to
go
to.
They
don't
want
to
subject
their
children
to
open
containers
of
alcohol.
P
This
is
a
very
limited
area,
and
if
you
don't
want
that
entertainment
type
thing
you
can
avoid
it,
you
don't
have
to
go
there.
You
don't
have
to
walk
through
alcohol
to
get
to
the
movie
theater
or
to
the
kids
build-a-bear.
You
can
come
here,
do
what
you
want
to
do
and
leave
if
you
don't
want
to
be
a
part
of
that
avoid
it.
But
this
will
help
businesses.
P
N
Question,
if
the
so,
if
this
failed,
because
of
because
of
the
way
it's
constructed,
the
is
the
is
having
a
set
of
ordinances
or
laws
or
practices
that
that
when,
when
we
are
having
a
festival,
I
mean
you
just
made,
it
I
think
he
made
a
really
good
example
right
there,
and
it
was
a
good
presentation
like
you.
Somebody
wants
to
go
the
fireworks
that
would
be.
P
P
To
build
the
businesses
and
have
lots
of
businesses
down
there,
or
is
it
to
encourage
festivals?
Because
if
the
point
is
to
build
this
district
and
have
it
full
of
businesses
and
have
that
street
of
all
these
dilapidated
buildings,
maybe
refurbished
and
have
a
vibrant
living
community
down
there,
just
having
it
legal
for
a
festival,
while
is
definitely
a
step
in
the
right
direction?
Why
not
have
it
on
a
normal
basis,
where
you'll
build
all
of
these
things
and
then
you'll
have
a
built-in
clientele
for
the
festival
when
the
festival
does
arrive.
N
What
you
do,
I,
don't
see
what
you're
talking
about
when
you're
not
having
a
festival,
I,
don't
I,
don't
need
to
take
my
glass
of
wine
out
of
a
little
taliano
in
order
to
come
over
to
your
place,
I
think
just
to
finish
up
I'll
come
over
there
if
I
want
to-
and
it
just
doesn't
matter
to
me,
I
I,
don't
care
about
that!
I!
N
P
Think
those
people
are
are
not
going
to
the
places
where
that
happens
and
they're
not
seeing
the
riverfront
down
in
little
rock
they're,
not
seeing
what
happens
on
Bourbon
Street
they're,
not
seeing
what
happens
on
Beale
Street.
Those
are
tremendous
drivers
for
the
economy.
Those
areas
are
consistently
crowded
with
people
doing
exactly
that,
going
from
establishment
to
establishment
with
a
beverage
in
their
hand,
agree
with
it
or
not.
That
is
a
driver
of
an
entertainment
district.
What
do
you
do
is
you
can
isolate
these
businesses?
P
B
P
Correct
I
mean
when
there
was
discussions
of
this
and
and
the
boardwalk
had
apparently
four
phone
calls
of
restaurants
that
wanted
to
come
down.
If
this
passed
I
mean
that
alone
tells
me
that
this
is
what
people
want.
I
think
the
original
argument
was
the
fact
that
it
incorporated
the
boardwalk
and
nobody
ever
said
anything
negative
about
the
East
Bank
district.
Nobody
ever
said
well,
I,
don't
want
it
down
there.
The
the
the
fight
has
always
been
about
the
boardwalk.
So
if.
D
I,
could
god
man
mr.
Hart
I,
appreciate
your
your
comments.
I
would
like
to
say:
I
did
hear
from
folks
who
are
in
your
establishment
during
the
grand
opening,
and
they
did
say
they
were
disappointed
that
they
couldn't
walk
out
and
it
would
really
add
to
the
environment
if
they
could
have
walked
out
and
seen.
D
The
fireworks
I
know
that
I
reason
in
when
we
were
first
started
redeveloping
this
district
was,
if
we
don't
do
something,
then
oboe
sure
is
going
to
look
like
it
currently
did
30
years
from
now,
so
we
decided
to
invest
money
into
this
area
in
hopes
that
it
would
be
redeveloped,
I.
Think,
mr.
Larkin,
you
talked
about
you're,
not
opposed
to
having
a
system
where
you
they
could
have
alcohol,
perhaps
at
festivals,
but
I.
Don't
think
that's
the
goal.
D
The
goal
is
to
help
the
businesses
and
the
system
that
we
have
here
is
the
coolest
thing,
because
it
drives
people
into
the
businesses
in
the
east
bank
district
to
keep
their
doors
open
and
that's
what
I
thought
original
intent
was
to
to
build
this.
You
don't
have
someone
swoop
in
here
for
a
weekend,
and
so
beer
Budweiser
come
in
and
so
beer
and
a
tent
and
they're
gone
know
that
come
to
your
place
and
then
you
invest
$200,000
fixing
it
up
and
it
just
gets
bigger
and
better
during
our
well.
D
First
of
all,
I'd
like
to
applaud
Tommy
for
presenting
this
I
did
not
know
it
was
coming,
I
was
for
it.
The
larger
concept
and
mr.
Montgomery
I
agree
with
you.
I
would
prefer
that.
But
if
we
could
forward
this
and
test
it
and
see,
and
if
it
works
we
expanded
if
it
doesn't
work,
we
shut
it
down,
that's
the
way,
I
feel
about
it,
and
this
was
very
small.
K
D
Calls
from
people
that
were
against
it
I
got
an
equal
number
of
calls
of
people
that
were
four
and
they
were
not
organized.
Here's
where
people
had
a
passion
for
bossier
city
that
wanted
to
see
an
old
bombed
out.
Part
of
town
really
become
a
neat
place
and
I
thought.
Well,
that's
interesting.
You
know,
I've
respect
the
people
that
were
against
it,
but
when
I
asked
him
the
last
time
they
had
been
to
OBO
sure
they'd
never
been
in
their
life,
they
were
against
it,
but
they'd
never
been
there
and
I
thought.
D
Wow
and
I
asked
him.
When
the
last
time
they
went
to
the
boardwalk
most
hadn't
been
to
the
boardwalk
in
two
years
they
had
been
to
the
boardwalk,
but
they
were
against
it.
What
we're
trying
to
help
these
businesses,
these
businesses
thrive
in
an
area
that
needs
help,
it
needs
to
be
redeveloped,
and
so
I
will
support
this
and
again
I'm,
not
I,
don't
think
it's
the
magic
wine!
That's
gonna
fix
everything,
but
who
knows
if
it
works
great,
expand
it.
D
If
it's
problematic
we've
got
police
here,
they
would,
let
us
know,
shut
it
down
and
let's
just
see
where
it
goes,
I
think
it's
a
responsible,
ordinance,
I
think
it's.
It's
got
lots
of
controls
on
it.
It's
not
designed
to
increase
the
consumption
of
alcohol,
no
one's.
The
only
way
increases
of
consumption
of
alcohol
is,
if
more
people
show
up,
but
right
now
they
could
go
into
your
establishment
and
buy
a
beer
and
drink
it.
The
only
difference
is
now
they
can
walk
out
with
it
right
right.
D
P
There's
just
a
great
potential
in
that
festival:
Plaza
it
is
a
beautiful
space
and
and
with
this
I
think
we
can
directly
compete
with
a
lot
of
the
other
festivals
the
take
place
across
the
river.
We
have
much
easier
to
get
to
parking
everything's
there.
So
I
think
we
will
miss
out
on
the
potential
of
this.
If
we
don't
move
forward,
Thank.
N
N
N
N
A
C
K
C
B
I,
just
I
just
want
to
ask
why
this
thing
keeps
coming
up.
You
know
it
was
introduced
months
ago
and
we
and
we
killed
it.
They,
mr.
Walken,
brought
it
up.
I
reintroduced
this
version
and
we
killed
it
and
I
was
back
again,
I
mean
I
all
the
man-hours
that
was
spin,
going
out
looking
for
these
meters
and,
although
I'm
sure,
the
computer
time.
B
N
N
B
B
F
That's
the
way
I
understood
the
ordinance
was
originally
written
was
to
encourage
those
cul-de-sacs
that
dead-end
street
with
a
circle
down
there
to
be
kept
green
and
and
pretty
now
you
drive
down
airline
drive
and
I.
Don't
know
how
many
times
I've
wondered
why
they
were
watering
in
front
of
Green
Acres
place
the
beautiful
trees,
the
evergreen
trees,
the
the
shrubbery
we're
now
watering
and
the
city
is
paying
for
watering
their
flowerbeds
in
front
of
their
their
neighborhood
and
watering
all
those
trees.
Now
again,
just
you're
talking
about
city-owned
property.
F
N
I,
don't
know,
I,
don't
know
what
city
owns
and
doesn't
known
in
what
you're
talking
about,
and
it
really
doesn't
matter
as
far
as
this
ordinance
is
concerned,
because,
because,
if
your
water,
if
your,
if
the
city
is
paying
for,
if
the
city's
providing
water
to
water,
an
area
that
isn't
it
doesn't
belong
the
city?
Well,
this
ordinance
doesn't
cover
that.
That's
against
the
law,
it's
and
so
that's
not
authorized
and
it's
unlawful,
and
so
you
just
stop
doing
it.
So
what
this
is
about
is
it.
This
is
so
very
simple.
N
It's
just
so
very
simple.
There
there
are
places
in
the
city
that
are
neglected
and
look
bad
for
years,
and
what
happened
is
because
this
was
introduced
now
many
years
later
there
are
all
kinds
of
places
in
the
city
that,
because
the
irrigation
is
available,
that
people
have
taken
it
upon
themselves
to
improve
the
land
and
to
make
it
pretty,
and
one
of
the
things
that
keeps
it
pretty.
N
Is
the
city
providing
water
to
irrigate
its
own
property,
and
so
that
is
all
this
is
and
when
you
try
to
go,
find
some
one
individual
in
the
city
for
to
take
on
one
of
those
areas.
It
just
makes
absolutely
no
sense
whatsoever.
I
mean
it
just.
You
know
why.
Why
why
you
would
expect
somebody
to
you
know
to
say:
well,
look
I'll,
just
I'll,
just
water,
that
for
the
city
and
I'll
pay,
for
it
doesn't
make
any
sense
it.
N
What
makes
sense
is
that
when
the
city
has
property
and
they
want
to
irrigate
it,
that
the
city
bears
the
cost
of
the
irrigation,
and
in
this
case,
all
they
do
is
bear
the
cost
of
the
cost
of
the
water
alone,
which,
by
the
ways
of
when
you
take
away
the
cost
of
collection
and
transmission
on
water,
the
cost
of
water
is
becomes.
It
just
becomes
a
figure
that
is
a
fraction
of
what
the
final
cost
delivered.
N
When
you
keep
all
that
other
stuff
in
there
just
to
build
these
people
cost
more
than
the
water
itself,
so
it
makes
all
the
sense
in
the
world
city
land
should
be
irrigated.
With
city
water
and
it
shouldn't
be
paid
for
by
any
one
individual,
privileged
or
unprivileged,
and
it's
just
that
simple.
It
worked
wonderful
for
so
many
years
and
encouraged.
What
you
see
now
is
a
good-looking
city,
but
I
think
that.
F
F
N
D
I
would
encourage
you
if
you
see
an
area
being
watered
and
you
have
a
question:
I
got
with
Mark
and
he
mapped
it
out
and
and
sure
enough.
The
areas
that
I
looked
at
were
owned
by
the
city.
But
if
you
check
I
think
it's
nothing
wrong
with
us
as
councilman
or
any
citizen
to
ask
that
question:
hey
I
see
water
coming
out
who's
paying
for
it,
the
city's
paying
for
it
who
owns
it,
and
if
it's
not
City
property,
we
have.
A
Q
The
areas
that
we
identified
were
in
public
right
of
ways
and
I
think
that's
what
Tim's.
Speaking
of
so,
the
property
called
a
Sachs
boulevards.
Things
of
that
nature
exist
within
the
right-of-way,
so
that
was
always
the
case.
The
question
was:
should
that
be
paid
for
by
the
homeowners
association,
or
should
the
city
continue
supplementing
the
water
for
beautification
purposes
period
and.
Q
Q
Q
E
D
D
K
K
Estimated
cost
of
the
water
for
these
public
right
of
ways.
It's
fifty
thousand
dollars
years
that
correct
correct,
so
we're
we're
improved
our
position
relative
to
the
water
and
sewer
to
two
point.
Four
and
I
certainly
believe
we
have
the
fifty
thousand
dollars
that
can
absorb
those
cost
and
not
be
borne.
You
know,
through
additional
rate
hikes
or
anything
else,
and
then
we
can
continue
with
this
beautification
process.
K
I
was
philosophically
opposed
to
the
general
fund,
paying
for
the
water
and
sewer,
and
we
also
didn't
have
the
facts
that
you
know
we
were
making
more
money
than
we
anticipated
to
the
tune
of
three
or
four
hundred
thousand
dollars,
so
with
the
reconsideration
of
how
the
beautification
would
be
funded
and
it
cost
absorbed
by
the
water
and
sewer
fund
and
the
fact
that
we
were
making
three
or
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year.
More
I
changed
my
position
because
we
were
not
sacrificing
public
safety
or
any
other
facet
of
the
city
services.
Q
And
to
kind
of
add
on
to
that,
the
the
genesis
of
the
effort
was
primarily
focused
on
areas
where
it
was
believed
water
was
being
consumed.
It
was
not
being
accounted
for,
so
we
were
trying
to
come
up
with
sure
until
our
on
our
end
to
make
sure
that
the
water
being
produced
that
the
water
plant
was
actually
being
accounted
for
by
consumption
in
the
field,
and
there
were
areas
where
there
was
some
concern
that
water
may
be
being
used
to
irrigate
private
property
and
and
we
we
initiated
our
investigation
there.
Q
A
K
K
To
say
this
is
how
much
money
you
get
you
go,
make
the
best
use
of
it
and
I
think
we've
kind
of
ventured
off
into
an
area
where
we're
questioning
the
salaries
and
again
I'm,
repeating
myself
I,
don't
think
that
that's
a
position
we
can
take
and
and
in
contemplating
and
processing
that
through
my
head,
I
asked
mr.
hall
to
do
a
little
research
which
he
can
provide
relative
to
an
attorney's
general's
opinion
to
a
certain
municipality
that
did
venture
off
into
setting
salaries
and
so
forth
in
the
trough.
You
could
continue.
L
Well,
the
City
of
Monroe
has
exactly
a
similar
Charter
to
the
CEO
Bossier,
and
it
said
it
says
similar
to
our
Charter,
and
neither
the
council
nor
names
of
its
members
shall
involve
themselves
in
the
manner
in
the
appointment,
removal
direction
or
supervision
of
any
city,
administrative
officer
or
employee.
And
then
it
gets
into
a
discussion
about
whether
the
council
has
authority
to
set
the
salary,
and
it
said
it
would
be
unrealistic
to
take
the
position.
L
The
exercise
of
authority
to
adjust
an
individual
salary
is
not
an
involvement
in
supervision
over
that
individual
other
than
the
power
of
hiring
and
firing.
The
power
to
adjust.
Individual
sorry
would
seem
to
be
the
most
basic
exercise
of
authority
over
the
individuals,
employment
and
the
Attorney
General's
opinion
in
regard
to
the
Monroe
request
was
that
they
did
not
have
authority
to
set
salaries.
That's
an
administrative
Authority,
so.
K
In
in
that,
in
response
to
that,
I
said
so,
if
we
took
away
that
authority
of
the
council
what
a
what
power
or
authority
do
we
have
to
maintain
the
integrity
of
the
budget
we
passed
and
between
miss
Fernandez
and
mr.
Hall.
They
assured
me
that
the
council,
when
they
passed
the
budget
that
sets
the
dollar
amount,
that
the
any
department
head
or
fire
chief
or
police
chief,
cannot
go
over
that
set
amount
that
was
approved
in
the
budget
nor
the
number
of
employees.
K
B
B
Young
lady,
that
he
was
planning
on
hiring
eight
months,
gonna
make
what
what
a
person's
been
here
13
years
makes
I
just
I.
Just
can't
see
that
and
I
think
that's
where
we
need
to
step
in.
So
if
gently
smiles
got
more
money
in
their
budget,
then
they
need.
So
do
we
need
to
evaluate
the
eastern
apartments
budget
if
they
have
five
people
that
there
we
need
to.
We
need
to
set
that
budget
that
what
we
think
is
necessary
to
pay
these
people
well.
K
When
you're
running
a
business
you
you
have
to
pay
the
personnel
that
you're
going
to
hire
based
on
their
merit,
their
value
that
they
bring
to
that
specific
business
in
this
case
are
the
various
departments
so
a
tenure
while
be
it,
it's
certainly
a
consideration
in
today's
world.
You
have
to
pay
someone
not
how
long
they've
been
here
exclusively.
You
have
to
take
into
consideration
what
value
does
that
individual
bring
to
my
department
and.
M
K
That
person
has
these
qualities
and
they
can
go
out
and
make
this
money.
We
will
never
keep
these
qualified
people
in
that's
what
we
today
exist
in
the
business
world.
Are
these
highly
skilled
workers
that
are
going
to
demand
more
money
and
probably
that
individual,
that's
more
highly
skilled,
can
do
what
two
or
three
people
that
may
have
been
here.
10
years
could
do
in
that
with
that
one
individual,
so
they're
certainly
worth
paying
them
the
associated
wages
based
on
their
value
that
they
bring.
K
K
R
K
I
think
Rodney's
back
there
as
well
I
think
all
each
of
y'all
have
done
what
you
had
to
do.
Coach
Bohannon
is
another
case
where
you
bring
someone
in
you
want
to
pay
him
more
you're
gonna
get
rid
of
two
or
three
people
right
and
you
end
up
with
a
more
productive
individual,
but
with
less
money,
even
though
you're
paying
that
individual
20
or
30
percent
more.
Is
that
correct.
S
S
Really
affects
us
is,
is
to
hire
like
a
bass.
Somebody
resigned
I've
got
to
try
to
get
a
resolution
two
weeks.
You
know
I'm
having
to
wait
same
way
with
lotion.
I
made
a
promotion
today,
but
I
had
to
wait.
I
could
have
done
December,
but
I
had
to
wait
all
this
time
to
keep
my
resolutions
doing
these
people
had
to
sit
around
on.
S
You
know
on
their
thumbs
waiting
to
a
couple
of
weeks
before
they
can
actually
benefit
from
being
promoted,
but
the
resolution
is
they
have
to
have
a
resolution
to
hire
and
it's
really
difficult
to
keep
up
with,
and
you
have
the
the
turnover
and
nutrition
that
we
have
and
it
limits
us
to
like
I
used
to
have
two
academies
of
available
to
us
per
year.
Now
it's
down
to
one
we're
doing
the
hiring
process.
Somebody
falls
out.
S
J
J
Just
seems
like
the
last
four
academies:
I've
missed
somebody,
because
we're
at
that
part
where
people
are
retiring,
we
had
that
lull
between
city
and
state
retirement,
but
between
1993
and
probably
97
over
a
third
of
the
fire
department
got
hired,
including
myself
so
they're
starting
to
retirement
and
I'm
missing
them
every
time,
because
somebody
leaves
and
I
will
have
two
weeks
to
get
a
resolution
done
to
get
them
in
the
next
class.
So
I
lose
out
for
six
months
through
the
Academy
before
I
can
replace
that
position.
J
But
the
other
thing
I
see
exactly
well
yours
because
I
have
permits.
It
just
happened
to
me
in
November
I
had
a
plumbing
inspector
come
up,
November
1st,
say
I'm,
leaving
December
1st,
so
I
struggled
to
try
to
find
somebody
and
I
wanted
to
let
him
ride
with
this
person
for
three
weeks
to
get
some
training
but
I,
never,
and
so.
At
that
point,
I
got
no
time
to
send
him
with
the
guy
leaving
to
get
him
trained.
J
So
now,
I
have
him
teamed
up
with
a
the
south
side
guy
but
they're
having
to
do
the
whole
city
instead
of
myself.
In
the
north
side
guy,
so
it
really,
it
may
be
it's
just
bad
timing,
but
it's
just
been
hard
in
2017
I've
shown
some
of
y'all.
The
book
I
have
to
keep
on
my
desk
of
resolution
numbers
and
ordinances,
and
it
gets
very
confusing
when
we
hire
because
half
the
people
you
assign
it
to
then
they're
going
through
the
process
and
they
get
knocked
out.
M
M
T
Council
just
add
to
what
the
mayor
was
saying:
we've
met
this
morning,
miss
Fernandez
and
mr.
Tom
Thomas,
like
myself
on
how
we
can
do
this.
We've
learned
over
the
last
eight
years.
What
to
do
is
to
manage
ourselves
just
echo
what
they've
said
the
time
element
and
what
waiting
until
the
meeting
is
key,
and
this
allows
us
to
fill
these
positions
faster.
T
Well,
we
fill
as
managers.
We
can
work
within
a
budget.
We
proven
it
think
we
can
continue
to
do
it,
but
we're
going
to
put
the
safeguards
in
there
as
well.
The
winter
person
is
a
vacancy,
it
comes
up,
will
requisition
for
that
vacancy.
It
will
go
to
miss
Fernandez
and
the
budget
to
review
the
budgets.
Their
Human
Resources
would
look
at
it
to
make
sure
the
Manning
is
in
that
department,
as
allowed
by
the
budget.
T
Then
we
can
go
out
and
seek
that
person
within
that
budget
range
and
also
what
we're
doing
also
is
updating
our
job
description,
so
we'll
be
more
updated,
we're
not
to
run
on
1992
job
descriptions,
we're
gonna,
update
those
as
well,
and
what
you've
done
in
previous
passes
just
today.
Allow
us
to
bring
better
quality
people
on
board,
so
we
just
asked
for
your
passage
of
this
today.
T
N
That's
big
in
favor
of
this,
because
I
do
the
department
heads
that
each
have
their
own
set
of
responsibilities
that
they
are
held
accountable,
for
it
does
not
make
sense
to
me
that
you
would
hold
a
a
mayor.
A
department
head
achieved
accountable
for
the
results
of
his
operation
when
he's
operating
within
the
budget.
That
he's
agreed
to
do
that
with.
If
he
comes
before
us,
they
give
us
a
budget,
they
say,
I
can
do
my
job
and
I
can
give
me
this
much
money.
You
know
and
I'll
get
it
done.