City Council

AGENDA Regular Council Meeting 3:00 PM - Tuesday, October 6, 2020 City Council Chambers, Bossier City Hall 620 Benton Road, Bossier City, Louisiana I. CALL TO ORDER II. INVOCATION BY: COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT IRWIN III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MONTGOMERY, JR. IV. ROLL CALL V. APPROVE MINUTES 1. Approve minutes from September 22, 2020, Regular Council Meeting and dispense with the reading. VI. APPROVE AGENDA VII. CEREMONIAL MATTERS/RECOGNITION OF GUESTS 1. Council Presentation to Bossier City Fire and Bossier City Police Departments. VIII. COMMITTEE REPORTS IX. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the General Fund Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 2. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Water and Sewer Fund Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 3. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Public Services and Sanitation Fund Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 4. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Sales Tax Fund Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 5. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Property Tax Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 6. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Civic Center Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 7. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Alternative Fueling Stations Fund Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 8. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Fire Improvements and Operations Fund Budget for 2021. (First Reading) (Fernandez) 9. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Jail and Municipal Buildings Fund Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 10. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Streets and Drainage Fund Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 11. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Riverboat Gaming Trust Fund Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 12. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Public Health and Safety Trust Fund Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 13. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Hotel/Motel Taxes Fund Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 14. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Emergency Medical Services Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 15. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the CenturyLink Center Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 16. Adopt the Ordinance to adopt the EMS Capital Projects for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 17. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Riverboat Gaming Capital Projects Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 18. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Sales Tax Capital Improvement Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 19. Adopt an Ordinance to adopt the Utilities Capital Improvement Budget for 2021. (Final Reading) (Fernandez) 20. Adopt an Ordinance to declare certain movable equipment owned by City of Bossier City as surplus to the City's need and provide for donation to the Turkey Creek Police Department in accordance with law. (Final Reading) (Oar) 21. Adopt an Ordinance to appropriate Twenty-Two Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty ($22,880.00) form the Plantation Drive Water Line Project to reimburse Dr. Jay Turner the funds expended to extend an existing 8" Water Main to the East side of his property with a Fire Hydrant. (Final Reading) (Montgomery, Jr.) 22. Adopt an Ordinance to authorize the Mayor to execute an Act of Donation to accept a certain tract of land on Viking Drive owned by the Bossier Parish Police Jury. (Final Reading) (Mosley) 23. Adopt an Ordinance to fund Gay Street Pump Bypass at a cost of $20,000.00 to come from the Sewer Capital & Contingency Fund. (Final Reading) (Glorioso) 24. Adopt an Ordinance amending Ordinance Chapter 6, Section 6-1, Number 22 of the Bossier City Code of Ordinances to amend the description of the Festival Plaza Region to enlarge the area included.  (Final Reading) (Hall) 25. Adopt an Ordinance amending Ordinance Chapter 6, Section 6-1, Number 22 of the Bossier City Code of Ordinances to amend the description of Festival Plaza Region. (Final Reading) (Hall) 26. Adopt an Ordinance approving the attached Cooperative Endeavor Agreement by and among the Red River Waterway District, the City of Bossier City and the City of Shreveport for the installation of a programmable led light system on the Texas Street Bridge and authorizing Mayor Lorenz Walker to execute the same. (Final Reading) (Hall) 27. Adopt an Ordinance to re-appropriate $171,900 from Ordinance 73 of 2020, the Police Building and Public Works Complex Lighting Projects to Ordinance 72 of 2020, the CenturyLink Center Lighting Project. (Final Reading) (Rauschenbach) 28. Adopt an Ordinance to conduct repairs to the Shed Road and Meadowview Drive Gravity Main at a cost of $459,000 to come from the Sewer Capital and Contingency Fund. (Final Reading) (Glorioso) X. NEW BUSINESS 1. Hearing of appeal for Romona Thomas, 405 Kelly Street, Bossier City, LA., for violation of City Ordinance Section 14- Vicious and Dangerous Dog Ordinance. 2. Adopt an Ordinance to declare that an emergency did exist in the City of Bossier City which affected property, public health and safety due to the requirement to repair 24" Golden Meadow Force Main located near the entrance to the Red River Waste Water Treatment Plan (RRWWTP) at a cost of $177,850.00 to come from Sewer Capital Contingency Fund; and authorizes the City to enter into a contract with Pulley Construction, Inc. for completion of work. (First and Final Reading) (Glorioso) 3. Introduce an Ordinance amending Ordinance 57 of 2019 and 138 of 2019 reallocating surplus funding to be used towards the NE Water Tank Rehabilitation and Painting Project. (First Reading) (Rauschenbach) 4. Introduce an Ordinance to re-appropriate $200,000.00 from surplus funds in Ordinance 71 of 2019 and Ordinance 124 of 2019 as needed to complete the extension of Melrose Avenue to Plantation Drive. (First Reading) (Rauschenbach) 5. Introduce an Ordinance to change the Funding Source of Ordinance 99 of 2020 from the Hotel/Motel Tax Fund to the 2017 LCDA Bond for the Landscaping Project for the CenturyLink Center. (First Reading) (Fernandez) 6. Introduce an Ordinance to authorize Mayor Lorenz J. Walker to execute an Act of Donation to accept a certain tract of land owned by Young Men's Christian Association of Northwest Louisiana. (First Reading) (Mosley) 7. Introduce an Ordinance to enlarge the limits and boundaries of the City of Bossier City by annexing approximately 120 Acres Zoned Residential Agriculture which adjoins the current City Limits of Bossier City, Louisiana. (First Reading) (Mosley) 8. Adopt a Resolution authorizing the hiring of six Firefighter positions due to six Retirements. (First and Final Reading) (Zagone) 9. Adopt a Resolution authorizing the hiring of one (1) Records Clerk for the Bossier City Police Department. (First and Final Reading) (McWilliams) 10. Adopt a Resolution for Public Works to Transfer an Equipment Operator I in Streets & Drainage to Street Sweeping & Grass Cutting, file a vacant Truck Driver I Position, transfer a Laborer II to Streets & Drainage from Street Sweeping & Grass Cutting and fill a vacant position in Street Sweeping & Grass Cutting as a Laborer I. (First and Final Reading) (Neathery) 11. Adopt a Resolution to hire or promote one Office Manager/Receptionist to replace vacant position in the Mayor’s Office. (First and Final Reading) (Glorioso) 12. Adopt a Resolution authorizing the hiring of a Recreation Maintenance Worker I for Parks & Recreation.  (First Reading) (Bohanan) 13. Adopt a Resolution authorizing the hiring of one (1) Police Officer for the Bossier City Police Department. (First and Final Reading) (McWilliams) 14. Approve Report of Change Order #1 for the Sewer-Sub Basin BC-04 Project for a decrease of $4,519.78. Total cost of contract with Change Order $561,375.42. 15. Approve Report of Change Order No. 1 for the generator at the Animal Shelter (Public Works Generators), with an increase of $5,160.00 for a contract price with Change Order of $230,660.00. 16. Approve Report of Change Order No. 2 for the Tinsley Park Expansion Project, with an increase of $13,822.04 for a contract price with Change Order of $12,448,829.04, with an additional 54 calendar days added to the contract time. 17. Approve Report of Change Order #2 for the Hamilton Road Drainage Lift Station project for an increase of $25,944.00. Total cost of contract with Change Order $866,823.00. 18. Approve Report of Change Order #1 for the Waller Avenue Sewer Main Project for an increase of $176,191.86. Total cost of contract with Change Order $669,330.86. 19. Approve Report of Change Order No. 5 for the Bossier Animal Control Building Improvements, with an increase of $1,769.55 for a contract price with Change Order of $1,399,959.67, and with 3 calendar days added to the contract time. XI. ANNOUNCEMENTS XII. ADJOURN