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From YouTube: Bossier City Council Meeting April 21, 2020
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Bossier City Council Meeting April 21, 2020
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A
I'm
gonna
give
the
invitation
implication.
We
have
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
councilmember
David,
what
don't
we
Heavenly
Father.
We
thank
you
for
this
beautiful
day
that
you've,
given
us
Lord
Lord.
We
pray
for
all
those
who
are
affected
by
the
virus.
We
pray
for
the
world.
We
pray
for
a
nation
in
our
city,
Lord
pray
for
those
who
are
sick,
those
who've
lost
jobs,
those
who
are
shut-in
and
lonely.
We
pray
Lord
for
wisdom
for
our
nation
or
state
and
for
us
in
this
council
meeting
today,
Jesus
name,
we
pray.
C
In
accordance
with
governor's
Proclamation
number
JBE,
20
20
30
section
for
any
citizen
that
wishes
to
observe
the
City
Council
meetings
live,
may
do
so
at
HTTP
colon
forward,
slash
forward,
slash,
Bossier,
City,
org
forward,
slash
373,
forward,
slash,
livestream
and
sudden
link
channel
12.
The
Bossier
City
Council
will
do
its
best
to
allow
the
public
participation
during
this
meeting
and
all
future
meetings
until
the
governor's
order
has
been
rescinded,
since
we
could
only
have
ten
people
in
chambers
for
the
meeting.
C
The
public
comments
can
also
be
made
via
electronic
devices
in
accordance
with
Louisiana
Revised
statute,
42
:
19
and
Attorney
General's
Open
Meetings
guidance.
In
order
to
meet
coram
requirements.
Some
Bossier
City
Council
members
may
be
involved
in
the
meeting
via
telephone
or
video
conference.
If
you
have
any
comments
that
you
would
like
to
make
on
any
agenda
item,
you
can
email
those
comments
to
city
clerk
at
Bossier,
City
org,
and
they
will
be
read
into
record
also
during
the
meeting.
C
If
you
have
any
comments
on
an
agenda
item
being
considered,
you
may
call
three
one:
eight
five,
four,
nine
four,
five,
nine
five
and
you
will
be
placed
on
speaker
phone
to
make
your
comments.
You
must
state
your
name
and
address
for
the
record
and
you
will
be
limited
to
three
minutes
for
your
comments.
We
will
allow
five
four
and
item
and
five
against
an
item
in
accordance
with
adopted
City
Council
meeting
rules.
C
Please
remember
that
this
is
not
a
question-and-answer
session
and
that
you
must
speak
clearly
and
slowly
so
that
we
can
understand
you,
please
no
foul
language
or
the
call
will
be
disconnected
and
you
will
forfeit
your
right
to
speak
since
we
are
allowing
for
a
public
comment
period.
Agenda
items
will
take
longer
than
usual
because
we
will
allow
thirty
seconds
between
the
reading
of
the
item
and
the
vote
being
taken
for
any
public
comments.
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Welcome
I've
distributed
the
financial
statements
for
the
month,
ending
March
31st
2020
on
page
one,
you
can
see
we're
at
a
hundred
and
nineteen
percent
of
revenue
and
the
sales
tax
collection
portion
for
the
general
fund.
Is
it
a
hundred
and
eleven
percent
page
to
our
expenses
by
fund
and
we're
at
89
percent
to
budget
here
today?
F
Page
three
are
our
sales
tax
they're
very
strong
and
I
just
want
to
point
out
to
you
that
the
year-to-date
collections
are
twelve
point
four
percent
better
than
prior
year.
That's
because
half
of
that
amount
was
due
to
an
audit
that
we
settled
with
oil
and
gas
company.
That
was
for
four
years
worth
of
sales
tax.
So
that's
why
it's
so
high,
but
the
other
half
is
actual
sales,
mostly
retail.
The
increase.
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C
C
An
ordinance
authorizing
the
issuance
of
not
exceeding
one
hundred
thirty
million
dollars
of
taxable
utilities,
revenue
refunding
bonds
series,
2020
of
the
city
of
bossier
city
state
of
Louisiana,
in
accordance
with
the
terms
of
the
general
bond
ordinance
adopted
on
July
6
2010,
providing
for
the
sale
of
such
bonds
and
providing
for
other
matters
in
connection
therewith.
Final
reading.
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C
It's
not
the
right
number,
though.
Okay
number
five
is
adopt
an
ordinance
amending
ordinance
number
35
of
2018
by
changing
the
zoning
classification
of
a
certain
tract
of
land
containing
four
point:
three:
nine
one
acres
more
or
less
situated
in
section
nine
Township
18
north
range,
13,
west,
Bossier,
Parish
Louisiana
from
be
to
limited
business,
to
be
three
general
business
for
future
commercial
use
and
modifying
the
fencing
requirements
as
set
forth
hit,
vary
and
final
reading.
So.
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F
The
engineer's
estimate
for
this
project
is
six
hundred
thirty-four
thousand
five
hundred,
it's
being
funded
from
the
2016
sales
tax
bonds.
There
are
two
addendums.
The
first
addendum
extended
the
bid
opening
date
from
the
seventh
to
today.
The
twenty
first
provided
a
list
of
the
attendant
attendees
to
the
mandatory
pre-bid
meeting,
make
changes
to
specs
and
drawing
amending
amendment
to
was
on
April
16th
and
it
changed
specs
and
drawings.
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F
A
B
E
A
F
B
F
Project
at
our
last
meeting,
the
entire
project
from
beginning
phase,
one
and
phase
two
is
60
million.
The
first
bid,
the
first
bond
that
we
did
was
in
2005.
It
was
for
35
million.
We
used
some
land
sale
money
and
moved
into
that
fund.
We
used
a
million
gaming
revenue
and
moved
into
that
fund.
This
18
million
from
this
2018
bond
and
2
million
from
the
riverboat
Trust
Fund
all
comes
to
the
60
million
it'll
all
be
in
this
one
fund.
By
making
these
moves.
B
Type
of
material
error
that
occurred
last
year
when
we
were
what
12
million
or
something
short
you
know,
I'm
sure
everyone
wants
to
see
this
roadway
completed,
not
to
mention
the
general
public
and
the
taxpayers
as
well.
So
we
thought
it
prudent
to
identify
the
money
appropriate,
the
money
and
hopefully
stay
within
budget
and
I
pointed
out
to
mr.
Williams
and
mr.
Larkin
that
we
had
a
meeting
mr.
Hall
and
mr.
B
Hale
yesterday,
and
they
are
meeting
with
the
railroad
consultants
as
well
as
TRC
is
TRC,
which
is
the
design
group
are
the
engineers
that
are
actually
drafting
the
plans
for
the
carriageway,
so
hopefully
getting
them
together
and
basically
ironing
out
what
needs
to
be
done
on
the
plans
and
so
forth.
And
mr.
Larkins
has
been
a
big
part
of
that
as
well.
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B
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Report
of
changing
order,
number
three
for
the
water
treatment
plant
transmission
mains
project
for
an
increase
of
one
hundred
and
forty
nine
thousand
eighty
nine
dollars
and
thirty-five
cents.
Total
cost
of
contract
with
change
order
is
two
million
five
hundred
thirty
three
thousand
two
hundred
fifty
nine
dollars
and
eight
cents
to.
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G
The
guidance
that
has
come
out
federally
as
most
you'll
notice,
it's
just
that
in
their
guidance
and
their
recommendations
that
has
been
set
at
the
federal
level
by
the
Homeland
Security
FEMA,
the
doctors
and
Trump
and
so
on.
But
it's
all
that
is
a
guideline
that
is
set
up
in
three
phases
and
then
it
has
gateway
to
go
from
one
to
the
other.
But
the
gist
of
it
is
these
are
guidelines
and
that's
just
a
recommendation
and
the
intent
is
that
the
governor
will
each
state
will
actually
implement
it.
G
The
big
hang-up
seems
to
be
on
a
number
of
tests
and
the
tracking
of
the
tests,
which
is
crucial,
but
the
bottom
line
is,
is
we're
awaiting
decision
by
the
governor.
He
has
not
made
a
decision,
but
they
have
established
a
test
force
down
there,
something
about
40
people
and
we
have
three
people
from
Northwest
Louisiana
on
that
task
force.
G
There's
some
disagreement
between
apparently
the
governor's
office
and
some
legislators
who
want
to
do
it
incrementally
maybe
parish
by
parish-
and
this
is
one
of
the
guidelines
federally-
that
it
could
be
done
parish
by
parents
or
region
by
region.
But
the
governor
thing
wants
to
do
it
statewide,
perhaps
flip
the
switch
a
little
bit
differently,
putting
more
so
make
it
a
state
law
declaration
rather
than
a
parish
by
parish.