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From YouTube: Bossier City Budget Workshop September 19, 2023
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Bossier City Budget Workshop September 19, 2023
A
B
Okay,
yeah
I
just
want
to
say
I.
Might
my
staff
and
I
have
been
working
on
this
New
Year's
budget
from
for
many
weeks
now
and
I'm
I'm
proud
of
the
budget
that
was
going
to
be
presented
today,
I'd
like
to
have
my
CAO
come
up
if
she
would
Amanda
Nottingham
and
give
an
overview
of
the
proposed
budget
after
that?
If
you
know
all
my
departments
are
here,
so
you
can
have
questions
and
ask
some
specific
questions.
Okay,.
C
The
group
benefits
our
total
approximate
increase
is
eight
hundred
and
fifty
four
thousand
dollars,
and
then
the
general
insurance
which
was
mentioned
earlier,
is
approximately
1.8
million
dollars.
We
don't
have
final
numbers
for
that.
We
are
hoping
that
comes
in
less,
but
that
is
what
we
have
budgeted
for
and
for
salary
increase
increases.
The
budget
includes
the
state
mandated
two
percent
increases
for
fire
and
police,
and
it
also
includes
a
two
to
four
percent
increase
for
employees
who
are
not
already
receiving
an
increase
in
2023
or
24..
C
The
percentage
of
the
adjustment
depends
on
their
current
salary,
so
we
did
a
tiered
approach
where
the
lower
paid
employees
will
get
a
greater
percentage.
They'll
get
the
four
percent,
and
then
we
have
a
mid-range
from
30
000
to
50
000,
we'll
get
a
three
percent,
and
then
anyone
over
fifty
thousand
dollars
will
get
a
two
percent
raise.
C
Employees
who
have
less
than
a
year
of
service
will
not
receive
that
raise
until
they
have
completed
a
year
of
service.
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
recognized
the
hard
work
of
our
employees,
who
have
been
here
and
committed
to
the
city
and
then
also,
hopefully
incentivize
those
who
are
new
to
the
city
to
stick
around
on
our
funds
to
others.
C
There
will
not
be
Barksdale
Air
Show
this
year
in
2024,
and
then
we
did
not
have
funds
requested
for
B
Bossier
for
2024,
and
also
we
left
the
budget
allocation
for
sportran
the
same
for
the
retirement
Emperors
for
the
police.
Their
percentage
went
up
for
2024
and
then
that
also
included
the
cost
of
living
adjustments
in
the
adjusted
retirement
contributions.
C
C
There
are
is
one
position
for
a
grass
cutter
and
then
MPC
is
down
one
position
on
the
gis
coordinator
and
we
highlighted
the
transfers
from
general
fund
a
hundred
and
two
thousand
seven
hundred
and
forty
dollars
to
cover
the
cost
of
living.
Adjustments
for
water
fund
employees
and
public
service
and
sanitation
fund
and
the
fund
balance
ordinance
41
of
2014
requires
15
percent
of
budgeted
expenses
be
maintained
in
the
general
fund,
balance,
2024
expenditures,
plus
Debt
Service,
and
transfers
out
equals
69
million
nine
hundred
eighty
two
thousand
five
hundred
fifty
four
dollars.
C
Fifteen
percent
of
that
is
10
million
four
hundred
ninety
seven
thousand
three
hundred
eighty
three
dollars,
and
so
the
budgeted
fund
balance
for
the
year
ending
December
31st
2024
is
41
million.
Seven
hundred
eighteen
thousand
four
hundred
forty
seven
dollars
which
meets
that
requirement
and
the
proposed
2024
budget
projects
Revenue
equal
to
expenditure.
So
it
is
a
balanced
budget.
C
The
Civic
Center
has
increased
Revenue
under
the
current
executive
director
45
percent,
and
you
can
see
in
2020
it
was
429
066
2021,
which
the
current
executive
director
began
in
November
of
that
year.
The
revenues
were
467
805
dollars,
2022
that
number
increased
to
598,
087
dollars
and
projected
for
2023
is
679
361
dollars.
C
Also
of
note,
the
rates
that
are
currently
being
charged
have
been
in
place
since
2008,
so
we
are
evaluating
that
without
any
increases
in
15
years.
That
is
still
a
phenomenal
job
on
the
revenue
and
turning
that
around
one
of
the
things
to
note
as
Miss
Williamson
presented
earlier,
our
sales
tax
revenue
is
significantly
up
month
over
month
so
year
to
date,
it's
up
over
a
24
I'm.
Sorry,
it
was
up
year-to-date
I
can't
remember.
Was
it
17,
17.8
percent
yeah.
D
C
And
we
see
that
Trend
happening
each
each
month.
The
four
months
are
remaining
in
this
current
year
and
December
is
typically
the
highest
collection
month.
Additionally,
the
property
tax
revenue
is
projected
to
be
higher,
so
that
was
adjusted
for
the
2024
budget,
and
then
we
have
each
of
the
department
heads
here
and,
of
course,
Miss
Williamson
for
any
questions
about
specific
departments.
A
E
All
right,
Council,
I,
guess
I'll
go
kind
of
the
major
increases
like
we've
done.
Significant
increases
in
line
items,
one
looking
at
our
budget
is
the
premium
hours.
That's
part
of
the
half
million
y'all
gave
us
for
2024,
that's
the
flsa.
The
increase
was
200
000
to
that
line
item.
That's
the
fls
AP
to
the
firefighters
that
we
discussed
back
in
July.
E
State
supplemental
pay
was
an
increase
of
211
400.
That's
due
to
the
extra
hundred
dollars
a
month
that
we
budgeted.
But
then
it
comes
out
because
the
state
pays
it,
but
they
went
from
500
a
month
to
600
a
month
and
the
last
legislative
session.
So
you
can
pay
the
taxes
and
all
that
on
it,
the
retirement
did
increase
310
000.
That
was
due
to
partially
the
flsa
pay
and
the
ambulance
pay.
E
You
have
to
pay
retirement
on
that
plus
we
have
less
people
on
the
drop
now
there
for
a
while,
we
were
north
of
30
to
40
people
on
a
drop
and
they
have
since
retired
we've
been
replacing
them
so
now,
they're
not
on
the
drop.
So
I
found
out
that
we're
the
only
retirement
system
that,
while
the
employees
on
the
drop,
the
employee,
doesn't
pay
the
retirement
portion,
nor
does
the
city
pay
the
retirement
portion
while
they're
on
the
drop.
E
E
and
the
other
one
was
the
ambulance
Staffing
at
182
000.
That's
the
fifty
dollars
a
shift
for
everybody
on
the
two
people
on
the
ambulance.
That
was
part
of
the
the
half
million
y'all
gave
us.
So
that's
the
major
increases
and
in
the
operating
budget
on
the
capital
side,
it's
pretty
much
standard.
We
stayed
we,
we
did
put
a
a
ladder
truck
a
quint,
a
77-foot
quint,
1.5
million.
That's
what
I
was
telling
you
on
a
on
a
ladder
truck
of
any
type.
E
Now
it's
over
three
years
before
we'll
get
it
those
fire
trucks
y'all
approved
a
few
months
ago.
They
give
us
a
28
month,
delivery
time.
This
is
north
of
a
three-year
delivery
time
and
as
soon
as
this
meeting's
over
I'm,
headed
to
Baton
Rouge
we're
going
to
receive
the
first
truck
that
we
paid
for
over
two
years
ago,
or
we
cut
a
PO,
for
we
won't
pay
for
it
until
it
gets
delivered
here.
E
But
that's
the
the
100
foot
aerial,
the
one
that
we
currently
have
is
a
2011-12
model
and
the
reserve
we've
been
running
for
26
years
matter.
Of
fact,
police
chief
was
picking
on
me.
It
broke
down
and
Benton
Road
and
we
shut
Benton
Road
down
Friday
at
noon.
So
it's
a
perfect
time
to
take
delivery.
The
rest
of
this
stuff
is
just
normal
training
things.
The
EMS
items
that
we
normally
get
every
year
we
do
have.
We
always
do
a
remount
of
an
ambulance,
but
we
have
the
purchase
of
three
chassis.
E
Three
ambulance
chassis
that
that's
what
we
do
every
occasionally
and
we
just
sent
the
last
chassis
off
to
be
remounted,
so
we'll
buy
three
we'll
put
them
at
the
garage
and
as
we
need
them,
we'll
take
it
and
send
it
down
to
get
remounted
and
our
warranty
won't
start
until
the
day
we
put
it
in
service.
So
it's
worked
out
when
we
purchase
them
and
that's
worked
pretty
good
for
us.
We
wound
up
saving
a
lot
of
money
by
purchasing
three
and
that
lasts
us
for
three
years.
F
So
afternoon,
Council
of
Mr,
Mayor,
I
guess
I'll
do
the
same,
just
kind
of
go
down
major
changes
in
in
line
items
first
off
the
salaries,
one
of
137
000
that
was
partially
due
to
the
the
second
250
that
we
will
be
getting
for
24.5
million
overall
we're
actually
able
to
decrease
that
some.
For
the
same
reason,
the
fire
department
has.
We
have
a
lot
of
these
older
people,
starting
to
come
off
of
the
books
and
they're
they're,
two
percents
and
and
so
on
and
so
forth
was
going
down.
F
So
the
biggest
reflection
of
that
was
the
edition
six
additional
officers
that
we
added
due
to
the
salary
adjustment.
State
supplemental
pay
went
up
on
us
hundred
dollars
per
person.
So
that's
actually
an
expenditure
account.
We
received
the
money
back
for
that,
but
we
do
show
it
on
our
deal
going
up,
242
000.
F
F
State
retirement
went
up
on
us.
That
was
a
big
one,
went
up
almost
three
percent
from
31.
Don't
quote
me
100
31.75,
to
like
33.295
or
something
like
that.
It
was
a
pretty
good
jump.
Fire
departments,
state
state
retirement
did
that
several
years
ago,
they're
at
that
percentage
now
and
police
department
was
just
now
matching
them
put
a
pretty
good
lick
for
that
insurance
benefits
obviously
went
up.
That's
another
big
one.
F
Software
maintenance,
330,
something
thousand
overall,
is
what
it
grew.
That's
due
to
our
body
cameras
coming
to
the
end
of
life,
the
ones
that
we
currently
have,
the
body
camera
and
the
in-car
system
both
are
at
into
life
and
we're
at
a
point
to
where
we're
out
of
contract
with
that
particular
company
and
we're
having
to
re-up
it.
F
We've
put
it
out,
not
I,
wouldn't
say
exactly
to
bid
yet
because
we're
not
at
the
point
of
having
to
buy
it,
but
we
did
have
multiple
companies
come
in
and
give
us
a
projected
bid
on
it,
and
that's
kind
of
I
would
say
middle
of
the
road.
It's
not
the
best
of
the
best,
but
it
wasn't
the
cheapest
either.
F
Some
of
that
330
something
thousand
we
were
able
to
cut
prior
to
because
of
the
what
we're
already
paying
the
camera
systems
beforehand,
and
then
that
was
the
difference.
The
the
equipment
side
of
that
is
in
the
capital
budget.
This
was
just
for
the
software
maintenance,
the
side
of
it.
It
will
be
on
a
five-year
contract
with
that
company
and
then
so
it's
pretty
much
every
year.
If
that's
the
route
that
we
go.
F
General
Insurance
already
been
covered.
That's
pretty
much
it
overall,
unless
y'all
have
any
other
questions
on
the
capital
side,
like
I,
said
standard
stuff,
the
biggest
jump
there
that
we
did
was
the
other
I
mean
I'm.
Sorry,
the
computer
equipment
there's
about
to
the
tune
of
another
375
000
in
that
for
the
body
cameras
and
for
purchasing
the
equipment,
and
then
the
software
side
of
it
will
stay
in
the
operating
budget.
Everything
else
pretty
much
stayed
the
same
before
we
added
that
we
were.
F
F
F
G
F
G
F
F
Sir,
it's
there
it's
it's
built
in
it's
it's
technically
part
of
2023
already,
because
we
did
the
budget
adjustment
back
in
July,
like
I
said
I,
just
didn't
I
didn't
pull
the
trigger
on
it
for
lack
of
a
better
term.
Until
you
know
we
get
past
this
budget
season,
I
don't
want
to
give
something
somebody
and
have
turn
around.
Take
it
away.
So.
F
Either
way
we're
at
a
point
to
where
we
have
to
do
it,
regardless
of
you,
know,
Federal
grant
stuff.
We
have
one
that's
written
right
now.
We
won't
know
until
the
month
of
October
whether
we
get
anything
awarded
to
it
to
us
or
not,
but
we're
at
the
point
where
we're
we're
fixing
to
have
to
do
something.
J
H
I
We've
had
looks
like
just
the
increases
having
to
deal
with
employee
benefits
and
retirement,
Insurance,
General,
insurance
and
stuff,
as
everyone
else
did.
We
we
have
a
software
maintenance
increase
that
we've
seen,
which
should
be
dropping
off
as
we
roll
into
2025
as
we
cut
all
our
systems
over
to
the
new
software.
I
I
have
some
equipment
maintenance
that
started
coming
up
a
lot
of
the
new
equipment
we
had.
The
flood
back
in
2017
is
beginning
to
turn
five
years
old
and
we
initially
purchased
it.
We
either
got
it
with
three
or
five
year
maintenance,
so
as
that
equipment
is
starting
to
age,
we're
starting
to
have
to
pay,
you
know
annual
maintenance.
Again.
I
One
item
we
do
have
to
we're.
Looking
at
our
overtime
budget
has
continued
to
crept
up,
and
that's
due
to
the
cyber
security
component
that
we're
now
having
to
address
I,
put
back
and
viewed
budgets
previous
years.
You
know
our
over
time
was,
you
know
six,
seven,
five
thousand
dollars
or
less
a
year
and
of
course
we
saw
the
the
industry
as
a
whole
saw
ransomware
start
to
begin
to
be
very
prevalent
out
there
starting
around
2018,
and
it
just
continues
to
get
worse.
I
I
know,
y'all,
probably
see
the
see
on
the
news.
All
the
major
corporations
are
having
to
deal
with
it.
We
do
have
a
cyber
security
company
that
takes
care
of
of
the
monitoring
and
notification,
but
whenever
you
know
we
have
a
potential
event,
it's
Information
Services
has
to
you,
know,
get
out
and
mitigate
it
plus.
We
are
responsible
for
applying
all
the
patches
to
all
our
systems
and
our
last
account
we're
upwards
to
138
servers
that
we
maintained.
I
L
L
Our
Cobra
fees
runs
about
8
600,
that's
what
it
ran
last
year
and
kind
of
on
Pace
of
the
same
this
year,
and
then
we
have
to
send
out
at
the
end
of
the
year
the
1085s
which
tells
we
sent
it
to
all
employees,
former
employees,
and
it
shows
when
they're
we're
eligible
for
benefits
and
whatnot.
It
ran
about
five
grand
last
year,
so
we're
assuming
that
it's
going
to
run
about
the
same.
So
that's
the
reason
for
that
increase,
also
increase
travel
and
training.
L
There's
a
conference
in
Indianapolis
for
the
the
new
system,
munis
and
I'd
like
to
send
my
two
new
ladies
up
there.
So
they
can
get
some
more
training
on
the
system.
We
went
this
year
to
San
Antonio,
which
I
was
able
to
drive
I,
don't
think
they'd
be
able
to
drive
to
Indianapolis,
but
got
a
lot
of
good
information.
Out
of
that,
so
it'll
show
them
some
pointers
and
tricks
and
tips,
and
things
like
that
and
keeping
them
and
keeping
them
aligned
with
this
new
system.
K
M
M
We
did
have
a
pretty
significant
decrease.
There
was
we
were
in
a
contract
that
was
already
in
place
when,
when
Charles
and
I
started
back
in
mid
2021
for
our
West
law,
legal
research-
and
it
was
fairly
steep-
we've
been
able
to
renegotiate
that
before
the
end
of
the
three-year
term,
which
was,
at
the
end
of
this
year,
we've
already
renegotiated
and
been
able
to
reduce
it
significantly
other
than
that
I
think
our
budget
overall
will
be.
M
It
will
be
in
line
with
what
it
was
last
year.
There
is
a
there
is
a
change
in
here
that
I
hadn't
had
a
chance
to
discuss
with
Miss
Williamson,
yet
but
I
think
there's
a
I
think
there's
a
there's,
an
issue
under
other
expenses,
and
it
shows
a
ten
thousand
dollar
increase,
which
I
don't
think.
That's
correct,
that's
not
in
line
with
what
was,
in
the
other.
M
Our
other
budget
workshops
I
think
that's
actually
supposed
to
be
a
a
revenue
account
for
some
city
court
items
that
are
being
charged
for,
but
other
than
that
we
don't
have
any
significant
increases
other
than
the
The
General
Insurance
things
that
are
affecting
every
other
department.
If
anything,
we
have
a
pretty
major
decrease.
N
So,
yes,
we
are
asking
for
an
increase
for
two
additional
people
for
when
the
new
security
portion
of
that
building
comes
on,
because
we
quite
frankly
cannot
man
it
with
the
man
and
we
have
now.
Our
papers
are
increasing.
Our
warrants
are
increasing
Court
times
increasing
and
we're
doing
Special
functions
over
here.
Sometimes
when
you
have
special
administrative
meetings,
we're
just
being
pulled
a
lot,
so
I
understand
that's
going
to
go
up.
We
will
stay
within
the
ordinance
of
139
of
2015
on
the
hiring
on
the
salaries
because
they're
set.
N
O
Good
afternoon,
Council
I
don't
really
have
any
major
changes
in
our
operation
budget.
Just
some
minor
changes
in
our
capital
budget.
We
have
a
a
few
items.
We
have.
We
need
a
new
car.
Our
inspector's
car
is
at
night
3
000
yearly
miles
and
by
the
time
we
get
another
car
in
it'll
be
over
a
hundred
thousand.
It's
had
several
repairs
this
year,
so
we
figured
we'd
put
that
in
there
now.
O
P
H
P
P
And
the
electricity
and
So
currently
from
last
year
to
this
year,
we're
looking
at
about
a
14
increase
Department
wide
in
our
budget.
More
than
around
half
of
that
is
just
in
those
items.
Something
that
Miss
Williams
asked
me
to
do
is
to
move
what
we
call
operating
capital
A
lot
of
that's
for
the
water
plant.
In
our
capital
budget
we
usually
have
around
half
a
million
dollars.
There.
We've
moved
that
into
the
operating
budget.
Q
Good
afternoon,
Council
mayor
couldn't
have
any
significant
changes
increases,
particularly
in
building
maintenance.
Our
the
biggest
bulk
of
our
budget
comes
is
Budget
on
the
line
item
towards
building
repair
and
maintenance
actually
decreased
by
around
24
percent,
and
our
my
understanding
is
that
money
will
go
to
Fleet
Services
it'll
decrease
in
my
budget
and
increase
in
their
budget
because
they're
more
familiar
with
the
maintenance
of
the
fuel
Island
facilities.
Q
We
are
looking
at
potentially
replacing
one
of
the
main
Chiller
units
for
that
cools.
The
entire
city
complex.
There
are
three
main
chillers:
two
of
them
are
about
five
years
old.
Give
or
take.
One
of
them
is
almost
20
years
old,
so
it's
no
longer
serviceable.
So
we're
looking
to
replace
that
in
our
capital
budget
for
next
year.
G
G
G
K
B
Q
R
Good
afternoon,
mayor
council,
the
only
significant
change
other
than
employee
benefits-
that's
already
been
discussed,
is
our
travel
and
training.
We
did
a
slight
increase
in
that
and
that's
due
to
some
classes
that
we'll
be
sending
all
the
inspectors
to
to
kind
of
help,
maintain
and
manage
the
backflow
prevention
program.
K
S
Many
of
them,
the
only
major
changes
other
than
obvious
ones-
everybody's
talked
to
talked
about
is
I've
made
an
addition
of
two
full-time
employees
in
the
street
department.
I've
discussed
that
some
of
y'all
beforehand
the
need
for
that
is,
so
we
can
provide
better
service
in
the
street
department
to
cover
the
city
better.
Allow
me
to
have
be
able
to
break
the
crew
into
two
Crews
to
cover
cover
operations,
better
potholes,
ditch
Clan.
A
Only
my
only
question
would
be
and
I
think
I
proposed
this
to
the
mayor.
To
look
into
is:
do
you
think
it
might
be
beneficial
for
us
to
look
at
Contracting
out
the
grass
cutting
and
even
the
street
sweeping
maybe
save
us
a
little
money
if
we
contract
that
out
to
that
third
party,
and
then
those
employees
could
be
moved
into
your
streets
division
so
that
way,
you're
fully
staffed
there
and
the
we're
it's
not
our
responsibility,
we're
paying
somebody
to
stay
on
top
of
the
grass
and
The
Grass
Is
Always
cut.
S
We'd
have
to
take
some
bids
to
see
they
there's
a
lot
of
areas
in
the
city.
That's
cut.
That's
I've
learned
since
I've
been
here
in
two
years,
there's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
those
areas
and
weed
eating,
and,
and
things
like
that,
that
it
would
take
an
extensive
explanation
to
a
contractor
that
wanted
to
you
know,
put
out
a
bid
for
that.
We
do
contract
some
areas
of
the
city.
Already
it's
been
in
the
budget.
S
S
Yeah
we
have,
we
have
contracted
with
a
sweeper
through
this
storm
cleanup
that
we've
had
became
aware
of
a
local
contractor
that
works
for
the
dotd,
as
well
as
Works
down
South
for
some
other
municipalities
and
he's
doing
a
good
job,
and
we
did
put
some
contract
Sweeping
in
our
budget
for
next
year
to
help
us
out,
as
it
goes
right
now.
Both
of
the
sweepers
I
have
that
run
are
all
are
both
down
for
maintenance.
G
S
Sir
okay,
yes,
sir,
that
those
the
two
people
that
I've
added
are
operator
type
personnel
with
a
little
bit
higher
pay
rate
than
than
a
general
labor,
because
it
takes
too
long
to
get
somebody
from
that
point
to
the
point
where
they
can
operate
heavy
equipment
and
we
we
yeah.
We
do
right
now,
if,
if,
for
instance,
if
you
call
and
we're
on
a
ditch
project
and
I,
have
three
guys
on
that
project
and
it
takes
two
to
do
what
what
I
have
to
shut
the
whole
operation
down.
S
If,
if
yours
is
an
emergency
to
go,
take
care
of
your
problem
or
if
I
have
these
two
people,
I
can
have
still
leave
three
there
and
send
two
to
do
another
job,
so
I'm
covering
I'm
covering
more
projects
at
one
time.
Okay
and
the
ditch
the
ditch
maintenance
is
very
important
to
me:
I'm
still
trying
to
catch
up
on
it,
we're
we're
still
running
behind
on
it
and
I'm
talking
in
terms
of
cleaning
dredging
the
ditches,
not
the
grass
cutting
that
can
be
done
fast.
S
S
H
S
S
A
T
T
T
T
This
is
something's
needed
in
this
particular
area
of
the
city.
This
is
something
by
the
Council
on
Aging
and
people
that
play
Pickleball
have
been
hammering
us
pretty
heavy
to
find
places
to
play,
and
we
have
that
space
at
Fort
Smith
to
be
able
to
offer
and
converge
into
a
used.
You
know,
y'all,
remember
where
the
old
swimming
pool
was.
T
This
would
be
the
location
we'd
like
to
go
back
with,
and
the
pickleball
player
said
after
they
got
through
they'd,
be
able
to
go
over
to
one
of
the
assassments
get
you
know
something
to
drink
and
something
to
eat
there.
At
the
East
Bank,
so
the
people
in
East
Bank
would
benefit
out
of
this
also
the
property
owners
and
vendors
South
Bossier.
T
As
you
see
in
the
total
down
there,
we
continue
to
work
with
the
community
center
there
that
you're
talking
about
it,
has
got
a
lot
of
pickleball
players
coming
in
Thursday
I
think
they
had
21
people
in
the
gym
for
one
Court
trying
to
learn
how
to
play
Pickleball
and
we're
excited
to
be
able
to
offer
that
Mike
Wood
had
a
heck
of
a
stormy
season.
As
you
all
know,
lots
of
Limbs
lots
of
trees,
lots
of
work
went
in
there
and
the
walker
place,
maintaining
it
overall.
T
Our
capital
budget
is
about
the
same
as
what
we
did.
Last
year,
1.3
million
a
little
over
we're
looking
to
maintain
our
facilities
where
people
want
to
come
and
enjoy
I.
Don't
know
if
y'all
been
out
on
the
weekends
Tinsley's
wrapped
up
with
our
football
soccer
and
tournaments
going
on
parking
is
hard
to
find.
T
T
Yes,
sir,
we're
increasing
putting
in
10
more
spots
out
there.
Overall,
the
we've
generated
quite
a
bit
of
Revenue
more
so
this
year
than
we
did
last
year,
because
we've
been
up
and
running
and
had
it
available
and
we've
been
maxed
out
four
or
five
weekends
already
on
people
renting
space
from
us
out
there.
Yes,
sir,
and.
B
A
T
H
Just
on
the
pickleball
I
mean
I.
I
would
just
ask
that
we
take
a
big
long.
Look
at
that
that
we've
got
businesses
that
pay
taxes
in
the
city
of
Bossier
that
have
invested
a
lot
of
money
in
putting
in
pickleball
courts
that
that
they
pay
taxes
to
the
city
of
Bossier
and
I
would
hate
to
see
us
go,
spend
a
lot
of
money
on
pickleball
courts
and
US,
potentially
put
a
business
put
them
out
of
business.
V
Same
as
everyone
else
has
been
saying,
just
a
general
insurance
and
arcla
gas,
and
software
maintenance
is
the
only
thing
that
I
had
an
increase
in
and
as
far
as
capital
budget.
All
we
have
on
this
is
our
normal
items:
upgrading
some
scanners
and
shop
tools
and
stuff.
We
did
have
in
there
to
put
air
conditioning
in
the
shop
and
that's
in
the
budget
this
year.
If
y'all
will
approve
it.
D
G
G
U
G
B
D
D
D
D
B
C
I
just
wanted
to
add
one
thing
under
public
works
for
Animal
Services,
the
superintendent
has
done
a
cost
of
care
study
and
we
have
determined
we
are
grossly
under
charging
in
our
agreement
with
the
parish.
So
we
are
evaluating
that
to
increase
that,
so
it
is
in
line
with
what
we're
actually
paying
for
the
care
of
these
animals
at
any
given
time.
Approximately
a
third
of
the
animals
that
we
house
are
Parish
animals
and
so
that
we
it's
a
significant
portion
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
subsidizing
that
part.
C
C
G
G
W
W
W
I
think
the
other
question
is
the
the
three
million
dollars
that's
used
for
Road
pair
Road
repair.
I
know
you
all
get
the
same
feedback
that
I
got
when
I
was
doing
the
petition,
but
Road
repair
with
the
amount
of
inflation
that
we've
got
I
know
no
one
has
very
much
tolerance
for
new
debt
or
anything
for
for
that.
But
it
just
seems
like
that.
That's
like
a
sore
that
needs
to
be.
W
It
just
seems
like
that
any
long-term
pay
increases
or
studies
or
issues
like
that
that
the
city
is
going
to
have
to
free
up
some
cash
flow
in
the
long
run,
because
I
don't
see
how
you
can
really
give
long-term
pay
raises
unless
you're
cutting
employees
or
cutting
expenses
somewhere
else
in
City
budget
or
possibly
try
to
I
know
the
city.
Doesn't
really
talk
much
about
liquidating
any
assets,
but
there
is
potential
with
some
of
those
things
and
I.
W
Don't
know
if
that's
gone
into
any
brainstorming
sessions
or
anything
like
you
know,
there
are
some
capital
assets
that
that
may
could
be
run
privately
and
maybe
generate
some
money
to
pay.
For
some
of
that,
those
are
General
comments.
The
real
question
that
I
have
left
I
guess
is
that
the
33
to
34
million,
I,
guess
I,
think
I
heard
you
say
that
in
this
next
budget
you're
you
have
69
million
dollars
that
you're
going
to
be
putting
towards
long-term
debt
and
I
can't
remember
what
else
you
said,
but
is
that
going
to.
U
W
J
A
All
right
anything
else,
no
I
would
like
to
say
mayor.
Thank
you
for
working
with
me
on
the
two
to
four
percent
cola.
This
year
there
was
something
I
was
passionate
about
last
year
and
I
didn't
get
it
there
in
time,
so
I'm
glad
we
were
able
to
get
it
there
this
time.
So
thank
you,
for
that
is
there
any
other
comments?
Any
councilman
have
any
other
comments.