Council reviews capital and budget amendments; Fire Station 4 bids rejected as over budget
July 08, 2025 | Shreveport City, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
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The Shreveport City Council on Tuesday reviewed a series of budget and capital adjustments and related agenda items, and staff reported that bids for renovations to Fire Station 4 came in over the available budget.
City staff said they will reject the bids for Fire Station 4 renovations because the proposals exceeded the city's $180,000 appropriation and will seek to scale back work to fit the budget. The items related to Fire Station 4 were identified on the agenda as resolution/ordinance 82.
Council staff introduced a $250,000 state appropriation designated for a lighting project and said the amount will be appropriated as a separate capital project for accounting purposes. Ordinance 64 was described as an amendment to the debt service budget to account for bond debt service from the 2024 geo bonds and the second tranche of 2020 bonds; staff said one tranche being appropriated has debt service slightly under $3,600,000 and will be added to the budget.
Companion ordinances 65 and 66 amend the capital budget to reflect an airport plan in which the airport would use $4,000,000 of its own funds to build an additional parking lot beyond a lot nearing completion. Ordinance 57 was described as adding $1.5 million from bond interest for a substation project; staff noted the Cedar Grove station was nearly ready to go to bid.
The council also had before it Resolution 85, described as authorizing submission of the 2025 Annual Action Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; staff noted the annual plan is the yearly component of the five-year consolidated plan and is necessary to continue receiving certain federal funds.
Separately, council staff introduced Ordinance 67 to close and abandon about 400 feet of Albert Bridal Drive adjacent to Willis-Knighton North and said there were no objections to the closure.
Several items were described as introduced but not scheduled for adoption prior to July 22, 2025. The transcript for the meeting records the presentations and staff summaries but does not include final roll-call vote tallies for these items during this session.
City staff said they will reject the bids for Fire Station 4 renovations because the proposals exceeded the city's $180,000 appropriation and will seek to scale back work to fit the budget. The items related to Fire Station 4 were identified on the agenda as resolution/ordinance 82.
Council staff introduced a $250,000 state appropriation designated for a lighting project and said the amount will be appropriated as a separate capital project for accounting purposes. Ordinance 64 was described as an amendment to the debt service budget to account for bond debt service from the 2024 geo bonds and the second tranche of 2020 bonds; staff said one tranche being appropriated has debt service slightly under $3,600,000 and will be added to the budget.
Companion ordinances 65 and 66 amend the capital budget to reflect an airport plan in which the airport would use $4,000,000 of its own funds to build an additional parking lot beyond a lot nearing completion. Ordinance 57 was described as adding $1.5 million from bond interest for a substation project; staff noted the Cedar Grove station was nearly ready to go to bid.
The council also had before it Resolution 85, described as authorizing submission of the 2025 Annual Action Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; staff noted the annual plan is the yearly component of the five-year consolidated plan and is necessary to continue receiving certain federal funds.
Separately, council staff introduced Ordinance 67 to close and abandon about 400 feet of Albert Bridal Drive adjacent to Willis-Knighton North and said there were no objections to the closure.
Several items were described as introduced but not scheduled for adoption prior to July 22, 2025. The transcript for the meeting records the presentations and staff summaries but does not include final roll-call vote tallies for these items during this session.
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