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From YouTube: Bossier City Council Budget Workshop September 6th, 2022
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Bossier City Council Budget Workshop September 6th, 2022
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By
way
of
information,
this
Workshop
will
entail
the
2023
budget
and
it's
a
draft
process,
so
nothing
is
finalized.
Today,
I
think
we
have
until
the
15th
of
October
to
introduce
the
budget
and
adopt
it
by
the
the
first
of
December
2023.
So
we
have
plenty
of
time
for
those
who
are
new
in
this
process.
During
this
this
day,
today's
Workshop,
you
can
ask
any
questions.
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Good
afternoon
Council
mayor
Chandler
just
a
few
notes
for
the
2023
budget.
Before
we
get
started,
the
major
increases
are
for
Group
Insurance
budgeted
due
to
increasing
increasing
rates
for
2023.
The
budgeted
increase
is
approximately
general
liability.
Insurance
increased
significantly
as
well.
Approximately
422
000
from
the
2022
budget,
which
is
a
15
increase.
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Similar
increases,
are
expected
for
the
next
two
years
as
well:
retirement
decreased,
approximately
77,
000
or
0.8
percent.
The
employer
contribution
rate
decreased
slightly
for
the
firefighters
retirement
system
and
the
Municipal
Police
Employees
Retirement
System
sales
tax
was
budgeted.
Four
percent
higher
than
2022
budget
general
fund
year-to-date
sales
tax
collections
for
2022
have
increased
18
over
2021
Collections
and
are
expected
to
be
over
budget
for
the
current
year.
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The
Manning
is
consistent
with
2022.
There
is
a
request
to
transfer
the
public
information
officer
position
from
the
police
department
to
the
public
affairs
Department
traffic
engineering
is
re
requesting
to
eliminate
one
position
and
the
Metropolitan
Planning
Commission
is
requesting
to
add
one
GIS
coordinator
position.
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There
are
no
transfers
from
Riverboat
gaming
trust
fund,
budgeted,
there's
one
transfer
out
from
the
Public
Safety
and
Health
Trust
Fund
in
the
amount
of
four
hundred
thousand,
a
minimum
of
15
percent
of
budgeted
expenditures
must
be
maintained
in
the
general
fund
balance.
This
requirement
is
met
for
the
2023
budget,
Water
and
Sewer
budgeted
expenditures
increased
mainly
due
to
increased
expenditures
related
to
running
the
treatment
plants
and
water
distribution,
public
services
and
sanitation,
budgeted
expenditures
increased
mainly
due
to
increases
in
expenditures
related
to
garbage
collection,
streets
and
drainage.
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I
think
that
we
should
look
for
a
way.
I
mean
I
hate
to
be
ambiguous,
but
I
certainly
think
that
we
should
look
to
see
if
there
is
somewhere,
we
can
cut
Lewis
and
coach
and
but
still
maintain
the
maintenance
for
our
fields
and
resources.
You
know
for
the
children
in
the
people
of
Bossier
City,
so
I
would
like
to
take
that
approach.
Okay,
that
we
certainly
know
that
it
costs
more
to
take
care
of
fields
and
our
resources.
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So
I
think
we
don't
mind
I,
think
you
know
this
is
just
off
my
head.
You
know
we
opened
in
Tennessee,
Park,
complex
and
I
know.
We've
had
a
lot
of
stuff
going
on
out
there.
Maybe
it's
trash
I
know
you'd
have
to
cut
grass,
but
you
got
to
break
the
fields.
Things
like
that.
That
could
be
that
I
mean
I'm,
sure,
okay,.
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K
Called
about
it
the
other
day,
the
original
agreement
was
not
correct
and
it
had
some
language
in
there
and
Provisions
in
there,
and
that
was
between
as
proposed.
It
was
between
the
city
and
the
Sheriff's
Office.
The
agreement
is
being
drafted
now,
as
it
should
have
been
between
various
entities
in
the
school
board.
There
were
also
some
indemnification
Provisions
in
there
that
we
were
to
indemnify
or
hold
harmless
sheriff's
deputies.
You
know
in
the
event
of
some
sort
of
negligence,
you
know
the
calls
to
wreck
or
something
of
that
nature.
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Directing
traffic
I
said
we
weren't
going
to
do
that,
and
so
it's
my
understanding
that
John
Geist,
the
school
board's
lawyer
is
currently
drafting
now.
Basically,
a
redo
of
the
agreement
in
the
in
the
in
the
school
board
will
be
the
one
that
are
paying
either
these
off-duty
sheriff's
deputies,
so,
okay,
so
on
and
so
forth,
because
if
we
were
to
use
Bossier
City
Police,
Officer
Personnel,
it
would
probably
result
in
forced
over
time,
which
means
you
know:
retirement
costs,
things
of
that
nature,
maybe
some
shortage
of
personnel.
K
The
share,
if,
if
the
sheriff
were
to
pay
overtime
to
his
Deputy,
it's
the
same.
However,
if
they,
if
the,
if
the
deputies
volunteered
to
work
basically
off
duty
for
the
school
board,
that
saves
a
lot
of
those
type
of
calls.
So
that's
that's
how
it's
supposed
to
be
structured,
I'm,
waiting
to
see
what
we
get?
Okay,.
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Well,
my
concern
is
that
we
don't
have
a
contract,
so
this
item
shouldn't
be
in
that
budget.
Currently,
because
we
we
don't,
we
don't
have
anything
in
stone.
So
why
put
money
appropriate
money
that
we
don't
even
have
a
contract?
We
don't
know
what
the
contract
is
going
to
say.
If
it's
going
to
reflect
positive
positive
for
us
as
an
entity
or
negative,
we
we
haven't
even
heard
that
yet
as
a
council,
so
Mr
Darby,
yes,.
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The
chief's
got
a
little
answer.
We
did
that
I,
don't
know
where
the
fuel
is
coming
from,
but
when
we
did
that
back
in
the
day
she
had
to
talk,
I
mean
we
needed
the
Tahoe,
and
so
we
switched
the
smaller
whatever
she
drives.
I
don't
even
know
what
it
is
to
Wrangle
at
the
time,
because
we
needed
the
Tahoe
for
the
fire
department.
So
that's
all
we
did
was
we
purchased
a
cheaper,
smaller
vehicle
switch
with
her
and
put
that
in
our
Fleet
into
so
who
the
fuel
was
going
to.
If.
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Oh
okay,
yeah
the
information
services
department
handles
all
the
bills
for
like
the
servers
and
the
telephones
and
things.
So
what
we
did
this
year
was
we're
running
them
all
through
Information
Services,
and
if
you
look
down
at
the
bottom,
those
negatives
are
where
we're
charging
it
out
to
the
other
departments.
Okay,
foreign.
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Council
one
of
our
largest
increases,
we're
seeing
is
in
the
cyber
security
area,
we're
coming
off
of
a
three-year
contract
and
the
new
renewal
is
approximately
32
percent
increase.
We've
also
we've
been
shopping,
other
providers,
but
we
are
with
a
local
firm
that
has
local
presence
in
our
cyber
Innovation
Center,
and
you
know
they
still
came
in
below
the
competitors.
We've
seen
we're
continuing
to
look
at
that
many
discussions
with
Mr
Tad
Hamilton
concerning
the
cyber
security.
You
know
analysis
as
well.
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T
Good
afternoon,
Council
good
afternoon,
most
of
the
budget
remained
the
same
with
the
two
percent
reduction.
One
thing
we
are
looking
at
doing.
We
reduced
our
overall
budget
to
support
some
salary
increases
in
traffic
engineering.
We
have
some
key
employees
over
there
that
very
important
to
keeping
signaling
and
signage
and
lighting
ongoing.
So
we've
tried
to
budget
in
some
way
to
financially
motivate
them
to
stay.
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Any
others
you
need.
We
can
talk
Public
Utilities,
if
you
want
to
yeah
since
you're
standing
I'm,
not
one
for
Brad,
but
he
is
you
all
well
know
so
that
one's
a
little
more
complex.
Much
like
some
of
the
other
departments.
We
are
facing
a
lot
of
price
increases.
Overall,
we
have
seen
an
increase
in
what
our
budget
is
for
2020
into
2023
than
it
was
in
2022
and
90,
plus
percent
of
that
is
related
to
fuel
power
and
insurance.
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So
if
you
look
line
item
by
line
item
in
that
budget,
that's
where
you're
going
to
see
the
the
majority
of
the
increases
are
going
to
be.
In
those
we
took
a
hard
look
at
chemical
cost
as
well
and
trying
to
realistically
budget.
You
know
look
into
our
crystal
ball
and
budget
what
we
think
those
will
be
for
2023.
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T
E
But
on
a
positive
note,
which
is
not
in
the
budget
going
forward,
hopefully
2024,
we
will
be
selling
water
to
the
port,
so
we're
going
to
increase
our
Revenue
stream,
which
will
greatly
improve
the
financial
condition
of
water
and
sewer
fund.
It's
something
that
we
can
look
forward
to.
Hopefully
all
set
these
costs,
and
you
know.
T
We
looked
at
the
cash
flow
of
the
utility
department
into
2023
with
our
current
expenses,
and
you
know
a
modest
increase
in
Revenue
like
we
do
every
year.
I
think
this
year
is
going
to
be
much
better
in
Revenue
than
projected
because
of
the
dry
hot
weather.
I'd
love
for
that
Trend
to
continue,
but
the
the
financial
foundation
of
the
department
is
healthy.
So
no
major
concerns
there
from
our
ability
to
meet
debt
service
coverage
ratios
and
things
like
that.
You.
E
Okay,
just
for
the
sake
of
the
council
in
our
bond
covenants
and
so
forth,
you've
got
to
maintain
a
1.25,
so
it
it's
something
that
we
were
watching
very
closely
because
of
the
several
years
of
a
wet
cooler
Summers
and
we
weren't
selling
as
much,
and
we
watched
that
on
a
monthly
basis,
because
it's
it's
critical,
that
we
maintain
that
1.25
and
it's
great
to
hear
that.
We've
reverse
that
Trend
and
now
upwards,
at
1.5,
great
news.
A.
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T
Yes,
sir,
we
we
look
at
what
it
depends,
but,
generally
speaking,
I
would
say
that
our
current
rate
structures
that
we
have
are
are
plenty
healthy
when,
when
making
you
know
the
decision
to
sell
water
outside
the
city
limits
or
within,
we
got
plenty
of
capacity
at
the
plant.
But
we
do
look
at
that.
Look
at
what
it
costs
us
to
produce
water
and-
and
you
know,
moving
forward
we'll
probably
be
looking
to
doing
a
rate
analysis
is
something
that
LDH
is
requiring
as
part
of
their
new
letter
grade
they're
giving
Water
Systems.
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So
there's
probably
more
to
come
on
that,
but,
as
you
all
know,
we
we
study
it
very
closely
every
year
right
around
this
time
of
year,
so
I
don't
anticipate
there
being
many
Surprises
with
that,
but
it
is
something
that
we
want
to
be
able
to
ensure
we
sedate
any
LDH
requirements
that
they
may
have
related
to
that.
So
we
look
at
it
hard
it's
becoming
more
expensive
to
produce
water,
but
you
know
we
we
do
everything
we
can
at
control
costs.
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U
We've
been
pretty
successful
at
that
our
guys
have
stepped
up
on
that
and
our
Capital
Improvement
budget
I
believe
it's
pretty
much
the
same
as
last
year
we
had
some
projects
that
we
had
intended
on
getting
completed
this
year,
that
our
estimates
came
in
after
the
cost
of
materials
and
everything
went
up.
There
wasn't
enough
money
in
the
budget
to
do
those
so
I
believe
they're
going
to
allow
us
to
roll
over
those
funds
and
and
try
to
add
some
to
that
and
complete
those
projects.
Next
year,
23.
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V
We
do
have
one
item
in
our
Capital
Improvement.
That
would
be
the
painting
of
the
jail
that
jail
needs
to
be
painted.
That's
forty,
five
thousand
dollar
fee,
which
needs
to
be
done
to
keep
our
jail
up
to
code.
We
also
are
planning
to.
We
cut
the
flooring
that
we
were
going
to
place
in
the
jail
to
keep
it
up
to
code.
But
what
we're
going
to
do
is
do
that
in
2024.
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V
Cost
of
ammunition
has
gone
up
significantly
as
well
and
we
are
having
difficulty
getting
those
items
in
for
the
police
department.
It's
critical
for
us
to
have
those
items
for
the
simple
fact
that
you
know
our
officers
have
to
be
able
to
practice
and
it
reduces
the
amount
of
liability
for
the
police
department
by
us,
affording
those
officers
the
ability
to
practice.
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F
Give
him
an
easy
one.
No,
this
is
gonna,
be
a
hard
one.
No
looking
at
looking
at
the
solid
waste
disposal
and
everything
else,
you
got
losing
a
million
and
a
half
dollars
in
two
years.
We
don't
have.
No,
we
don't
have
no
fund
balance
at
the
end
of
the
year,
I
mean
I,
don't
know
what
we
can
go
up
on:
sanitation,
sanitation
charges
or
what
do
we
do?
That's
something
we
need
to
think
about
sometime
this
year,
I.
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X
E
Concur
with
Mr
Williams
that
that's
something
we
ought
to
start
looking
at
now
and
what
it's
going
to
take,
because
you
we
one
thing
where
we
made
a
pledge
in
09
that
we
would
never
do
deficit
spending
again.
So
just
that
hadn't
been
said
in
a
while,
but
I
just
want
to
reiterate
that
that's
one
place
we're
not
going
back
to.
X
X
You,
like
okay,
I,
think
my
capital
budget
for
2023
is
I,
think
it's
increased
by
about
80
000
over
last
year,
and
that's
due
to
having
to
replace
some
equipment.
We
don't
have
a
working
dump
truck
in
public
works.
We
have
to
buy.
We
have
to
borrow
a
dump
truck
from
utilities.
Men
and
them
are
gracious
enough
to
lowness
of
dump
truck
when
we
have
thanks
to
all
the
ones
that
we
have.
X
I
think
I
spent
seven
thousand
dollars
on
one
this
year
and
I
finally,
just
said:
that's
it
because
it's
just
throwing
good
money
after
bad
and
decided
to
put
one
in
the
budget
ever
two
of
those
dump.
Trucks
have
been
converted
over
to
C
and
G,
and
the
parts
there's
not
parts
available
for
them.
Now
you
and
it
just
takes
the
supply
chains
just
takes
forever
to
get
Parts
in
for
them.
So
I
decided
to
put
one
in
the
budget
2023.
X
F
X
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E
H
Gentlemen,
like
everybody
else,
we're
getting
killed
with
price
increases
and
so
forth.
Chemicals
to
run
the
pools,
chlorine,
everything,
20
percent,
even
increase
in
the
uniforms
that
we
provide
our
people-
we've
had
a
big
increase
there
as
you
look
down
through
there.
If
you
have
any
questions
about
a
particular
line,
item
I'll
be
glad
to
answer.
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H
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F
G
H
Sir,
according
to
the
ordinance
they're
not
supposed
to
be
any
bikes
on
a
walking
trail,
jogging
trails
or
whatever,
our
employees
will
not
allow
Wheels
on
the
walking
trail,
there's
only
one
park
in
the
city,
it
allows
bikes
on
their
Trail
Walker
Place,
and
that
was
put
in
place
when
it
was
built.
It's
got
a
sign.
E
Coach,
if
we
thought
about
you,
know
the
cost
of
providing
Services.
Naturally,
you
know
from
a
cost
accounting
standpoint.
You
can't
do
anything
about
the
price
of
things
and
what
we're
paying
for.
So
you
look
to
the
revenue
side
and
analyze.
Do
we
need
to
take
a
look
and
study
our
fees
that
we're
charging
for
the
services
that
we're
providing
I
mean
it?
You
know
that's
inevitable
right.
Yes,.
E
H
Mr
Montgomery,
we
did
that.
We
started
that
this
year,
the
fees
at
the
office
for
kids
playing
ball
has
not
been
increasing
over
the
last
25
years.
If
we
did
go
up
this
year,
we've
had
a
tremendous
increase
in
revenue
generated
by
renting
our
fields.
At
Tinsley,
the
concessionaires
generated
a
lot
of
money
coming
in
through
concessions.
We've
had
a
huge
increase
of
fees
associated
with
our
programs
there
next
year,
we're
at
next
year's
weekend
well,
I
think
we're
at
38
weekends,
already
rented.
H
23
coming
up,
we
got
the
Dixie
world
series
coming
in
2024
for
two
weeks,
two
solid
weeks,
so
people
have
found
that
we're
on
the
map
found
that
we
have
great
facilities
and
people
are
coming
in
and
enjoying
it.
And
yes,
sir,
we
have
increased
fees,
we
have
increased
the
amount
of
Revenue
we're
generating
through
Parks
and
Rec.
So.
F
H
Sir,
we
are
with
the
addition
of
the
facility,
then
soccer
fields
for
the
Youth,
we're
marking,
16
soccer
fields
for
the
Youth
to
play
on.
You
know
that
adds
to
the
amount
of
paint
feel
paint.
Well,
you
can't
get
Mark
and
paint
any
more
fulfilled,
we're
having
to
use
primer
now
to
paint
the
white
lines
with.
You
know
we're
just
supplies.
As
everybody
knows,
if
you're
in
business,
you
know
it's
hard
to
get,
you
can't
get
certain
stuff
and
yes,
we
are
in
fact
you
got
Walbrook
playing
tonight.
H
Each
week
you'll
have
between
32
and
36
teams
and
you're
going
to
have
it's
the
younger
kids
11
12
year
olds,
and
that
brings
the
grandparents
in
so
we're
setting
up
to
do
the
players,
coaches
and
officials,
the
Opening
Ceremonies
for
600
people
each
time
there
not
counting
the
parents
so
we'll
do
that
twice.
Miss
Carol
is
going
to
be
nice
enough
to
let
us
borrow
her
facilities,
not
tomorrow,
we're
going
to
rent
them,
but
use.
G
H
H
Just
one
year
and
we're
going
to
have
another
when
they
come
in
for
the
World
Series
we're
going
to
go
after
them
again
for
the
26th
World
Series
since
they'll
see
what
we
got
last
year.
Well,
this
past
August
the
umpires,
were
changing
in
a
tent
with
wooden
floor
out.
Here
they
got
air
conditioning,
got
stools,
got
showers,
I
mean
first
class
operation.
J
H
We
are
also
playing
adult
softball
out
there
and
so
forth,
and
we
have
to
swap
it
out
from
the
weekend
tournaments
pull
the
Mounds
and
reset
bases,
and
things
of
that
nature,
but
I,
look
in
the
future
that
Mr
sochier
will
have
his
15
Fields
ready
to
go
and
he's
looking
to
have
a
meeting
with
those
people
to
try
to
get
something
set
up
with
them.
We
just
had
that
discussion
this
week.
Awesome.
F
Y
H
H
C
H
C
H
H
H
You
see
what's
going
on
equipment,
that's
our
lawn
mowers
and
things
like
that.
Meadowview
Park!
You
got
to
replace
some
playground
equipment.
There
is
used
quite
a
bit.
Mitchell
Park
same
thing:
Tinsley
Parks
wall,
Brook
Park,
you
gotta
do
some
work
there.
That's
replacing
that
old,
blue
building
is
a
big
chunk
of
that
money
back
in
the
day.
That's
where
they
used
to
have
the
boxing
club
at
wall
broken.
A
H
W
F
E
E
W
I
wanted
to
get
through
this
first
year.
First
of
all,
just
to
kind
of
get
my
feet
under
beneath
me,
but
also
we've
had
some
bathroom
Renovations
going
on
so
and
some
sound
issues
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
we
were.
You
know,
going
well
on
all
fronts,
but
yes,
I
definitely
need
to
start
the
process
of
looking
what
other
places
are,
and
you
just
can't
call
those
other
places
and
ask
them
what
they're
there's
a
it's
a
trick.
So
it
takes
some
time,
but
I
do
need
to
and.
W
W
A
A
W
F
N
I
don't
mind:
can
I
speak
firing
EMS
together?
The
biggest
deal
is
the
105
000,
which
that's
two
percent.
A
lot
of
people
got
three
years
and
over
now.
So
you
add
your
two
percents
on
the
salary
line.
Anything
that
stands
out
to
you,
I
can
answer
I,
don't
there's
nothing
major.
We
had
to
go
up
in
electricity,
natural
gas
and
stuff
like
that
for
the
stations
and,
besides
that,
like
first
aid
supplies,
we
went
up
ten
thousand
fourteen
thousand,
but
that's
all
in
the
Enterprise
fund.
N
On
the
capital
side,
the
two
major
purchases
is
bunker
gear.
We
got
to
do
bunker
gear
every
five
years,
so
they
have
two
sets,
but
the
cancer
prevention,
the
bad
thing
budget
bunker
gears
not
like
before
they
give
me
a
30-day
price,
so
I
mean
I'm.
I
really
did
guess.
700
000
I
hope
to
come
in
way
less
than
that.
But
it's
just
a
guess
too.
N
No,
the
vests
are
good.
I
got
some
old
pests.
I
need
to
send
to
Juarez
through
the
simple
church,
I'll
be
bringing
an
ordinance
eventually
when
they're
going
down
to
get
rid
of
those,
but
the
best
we
have
I
think
two
or
three
years
old,
so
they
got
seven
years
left
on
them,
they're
good
for
ten
and
then
I
got
another
tanker
truck
pick
the
least
expensive.
None
number
you
can
even
use
the
word
cheap,
but
510
000,
but
we'll
be
running
one
at
a
station
of
seven.
N
N
And
then
it'll
come
in
less
than
that,
because
the
chassis
are
sitting
at
the
garage
over
there
right
now,
but
it's
just
like
the
one
you
budgeted
for
this
year.
We
just
now
sent
the
chassis
off.
It
won't
be
ready
until
next
year.
So
we're
almost
like
a
year
behind
on
everything.
Now
I'll
cut
a
PO
for
this
fire
truck.
We
won't
receive
it
until
next
year,
it'll
be
in
24.
Before
we
get
it
they're
telling
us
now,
they're,
not
guaranteeing
us
any
days.
They
used
to
tell
you
it's
a
three
on
a
day
build.
N
A
N
C
F
O
Thank
you,
sir
good
afternoon,
councilman
Mr
President
mayor
I
had
submitted
a
request
for
funding
the
B
Bossier
campaign.
We
started
this
campaign
in
2017.
we've
gotten
a
lot
of
momentum
from
that
campaign
and
I
would
we're
down
to
about
four
thousand
dollars
in
the
account,
and
so
when
that
money
is
gone.
The
positive
branding
that
we
do
for
the
city
of
Bossier
in
hiring
folks
to
write
good
news
articles
to
combat
the
things
that
are
happening
in
the
media
and
our
surrounding
cities.
O
O
He
had
mentioned
that
the
police,
department
or
ambassadors,
and
did
we
have
anything
for
the
city
of
Bossier
that
they
could
utilize.
If
someone
asked
them
a
question
of
things
to
do
where
to
go.
And
what
have
you?
As
you
know,
most
everything
that
we
have
is
Shreveport
Bossier,
because
this
the
way,
the
makeup
of
the
convention
and
tourist
bureau
when
you
have
funded
this
in
the
past,
it's
come
out
of
the
hotel
motel
tax.
So
it's
not
costing
our
local
citizens
any
dollars.
O
Our
out-of-town
visitors
are
paying
for
this,
and
so
as
you're
looking
at
this
draft
budget,
I
just
asked
that
you
would
consider
this
again
I
just
again.
I
hate
to
see
the
fruits
of
what
we
have
done,
just
fall
to
the
Wayside
and
be
completely
canceled,
and
that's
my
request.
Thank
you
for
hearing
me
thank.