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From YouTube: Bossier City Council Regular Meeting February 15, 2022 - Continued

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Bossier City Council Regular Meeting February 15, 2022 - Continued

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Can we do the roof.

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Okay, now make that motion. I'd like.

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To make a motion that we come out of executive session circuit.

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Council audience council audience.

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Council, you got any questions audience. You got any questions, ben, no questions! Council, please catch your vote.

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Yeah, I'm sorry uh no action, no action taken uh just for the record. Also we there was no action taken in our executive session.

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Motion carries.

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Good afternoon council mayor chandler, you have before you the financials for the month ended january, 31st 2022. These are preliminary results, since the prior year has not been closed out. Yet adjustments will be made through april page. One is the revenue by fund report. The city is currently running. 45 percent over budget civic center revenue increased due to a nearly 72 thousand dollar payment from the state received in january for shelter services provided during hurricane ida.

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There was a 1 million dollar budgeted transfer into the streets and drainage fund from the public safety and health trust fund. In january sales, tax capital fund is down compared to prior year, due to a prior year, budgeted transfer.

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In of 1.5 million from the disaster reserve fund, there was an eight hundred thousand dollar budgeted transfer into the riverboat capital fund from the riverboat gaming trust fund. In january, emergency medical services fund decreased compared to prior year, due to a four hundred thousand dollar ambulance alliance payment received in january 2021 gaming revenue increased four percent from prior month and has significantly significantly increased compared to january. Prior year.

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Sales tax is doing well up. 19.5 compared to january 2021.

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Page two is the expenses by fund report. The city is currently running 24 under budget. The public service and sanitation fund increased significantly due to the timing of the garbage pickup invoice payment, an invoice in the amount of 355 000 was paid in january 2022, but the invoice was not paid in january 2021.

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Page 3 is the sales tax comparative report. As previously noted, sales tax revenue is up. Nineteen point five percent compared to january twenty twenty one.

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Page four is the manning report. The city has two more employees than last month. The total employees as of january 31st 2022, is 653.. This is 49 employees below the budgeted total of 702.

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Page five is the water and sewer utility report. Net operating income after debt service for january 2022 and year to date is 266 of what it was january, 2021, which is 166 percent increase current year to date, net operating income is not 192 percent of budget, which is 92 over budget on a rolling 12-month basis. Current net operating income is 52 of the prior 12-month period down 48.

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Are there any questions.

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I do have one for the mayor or charles or anybody do we do we have. I say this police were down 17 people. Do we have an academy going on now or do we they.

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Have just hired some people too, I don't I mean I didn't think it was down. 17 people, though I mean.

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Like the demanding report shows right.

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Manual 193 budget 2022 only 2210.

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They did increase their positions for 2022 from 2021, so that may be part of the difference there. Maybe they haven't hired all their new positions, k9.

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Officers huh canines, some of it would be canines all.

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Three canine.

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Officers, yeah yeah, remember the last council meeting. They said that the four that they approved hiring switched back to the three that they went to the k9 and then those four were going into the um those four or five were going into the academy.

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Still a lot higher, though okay, thank you.

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All right, big big clinton, I was gonna, say a big ben, but.

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We'll go quick all right. Thank you. Clinton.

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Record time, all right february update right at 137 we're down about 2 million. We closed out a couple of projects since the last update, 12 projects, descent designer bid 12 under construction got a lot more green on this graph. A lot more projects are actually on track, but we also did remove about four of them. We got carriageway phase one we'll take that one we end up taking that one off along with tinsley's closed out streetscape phase one closed out in clifford almond park closed out, coleman street spoke to dot.

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Today, they've got the first layer asphalt down they're, going to be laying the second layer of asphalt this week. No.

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They're, not because it's going to rain wednesday night and thursday.

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Weather permitting they'll be done by the end of.

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The world for two damn weeks, three weeks.

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If I get their buggy, if I could push them any faster, I would did they get them.

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Did they get the buggy they needed, that's what they owned hole for a while for a buggy. I.

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Think they got their buddy. Thank you, but weather permitting everything. Minus grass establishment, the otd is saying by the end of the month. Let's.

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Quit doing projects with dltvs east.

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Paint fire station incision remember.

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East bay, fire station they're running slightly behind uh had a couple of material delays, but they're they're in there blowing and going swim by this morning, uh they're putting conduit in putting studs in it's coming along nicely ltri.

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They are slightly behind same thing, but they've got the building encapsulated so everything's they can get inside and work, whether it's rain or shine, so they should be, should be catching up on that south bossier the 26 days. This does include the approved change order. Today they are, we are showing them slightly behind, but that is based on billing and calendar days that they've been charged.

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But again they firmly believe they'll be done. I believe this takes them to march. 31St, I think, is the is the final day that they can go to private development. We've got about 11 of them going on and projects out to bid or design. The only thing that changed on this one was we added the innovation traffic signal at swan lake road. They are finalizing. Those plans should have those, hopefully within the next month or two traffic engineering. uh The pre-construction meeting was held january 19th they're.

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Looking to begin work on around march 14th, we have meetings thursday to go over software upgrades on traffic signalization as we've. We as we discussed and then uh still waiting on some tsi information for the synchronization that was presented last month.

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I know I don't mean a whole lot.

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Could you just ask a question about why didn't import beautiful day yesterday in a beautiful day today, if we can find out the answer, because you know I'm gonna get a call? Oh what I'm.

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Sorry, I'm gonna.

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Get a call coleman, ah yeah on coleman street I'll I'll call principal thrash. It's just love, jumping on my ass.

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I believe it is open to local traffic. I think.

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They're allowing local traffic we need to get it done.

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Real quick has uh cutting.

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Into my time, highway, 71 sidewalk is that.

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Completely done turned over to the city, that was the streetscape phase, one. We have received clear, lien on it and, I believe, released final payment.

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The new trees fellows believe they have a certain time frame on when they can put and uh believe the architect is handling that to get those addressed I'll I'll. Get you an answer.

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They're not going to wait until summer when it's 110 degrees again, and I.

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Try to put them.

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I mean I'll find out for you all right anything else, nope any.

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From the audience any questions on, thank you guys.

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