Shreveport

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• City website: https://www.shreveportla.gov (City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish). Council agendas, minutes and packets are on the PrimeGov portal, https://shreveportla.primegov.com/public/portal; boards (Human Resources Board, Civil Service Board, pension funds, Metropolitan Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Adjustment) post on the Agenda Center, https://www.shreveportla.gov/AgendaCenter.
• Meeting video: City of Shreveport YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@CityofShreveportLa (live-stream archives).
• Collected 2026-11-11 and built 2026-11-12 (added at Dewey's request).

Governing body

• City Council of seven members, each elected from a single district (A to G): Chairwoman Tabatha Taylor (A), Gary Brooks (B), Jim Taliaferro (C), Grayson Boucher (D), Alan Jackson Jr (E), James Green (F) and Ursula Bowman (G). Clerk of Council LaTonya Bogan. Mayor Tom Arceneaux (strong-mayor form).
• Regular Council meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 3:00 PM in the Government Chamber, Government Plaza, 505 Travis St; the Administrative Conference meets the Monday before. Some dates are combined (September 8 and November 10; December 8 is listed as combined). Council committees include Public Safety, Planning and Infrastructure/GIS and Property Standards, and the Council sits as the Economic Development Districts A and F, the Film and Entertainment Gateway District and the Health Care and Technology Innovation Districts East and West.
• Chief Administrative Officer Tom Dark is the only department-level official named on the Office of the Mayor page; Police Chief Wayne Smith and Fire Chief Clarence Reese are named in the Public Safety Committee's August 19, 2026 minutes. Other department heads were not confirmed.
• Other bodies: Metropolitan Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustment, Human Resources Board, Fire and Police Civil Service Board, the firemen's and policemen's pension and relief funds, Health Care Trust Fund, Shreveport Implementation and Redevelopment Authority, Historic Preservation Commission, Northwest Louisiana Finance Authority, Housing Authority of Shreveport, Local Workforce Development Board, Downtown Development Authority, Clean Water Task Force and Environmental Court.

Data quality notes

• Council and Administrative Conference agendas and minutes from August 10 through October 27 were read from the portal; vote summaries were partly extracted by script, some resolution headings are truncated, and unnamed items are unverified.
• Minutes for the October 26, November 9 and November 10 meetings were not posted as of November 11; the November 10 page is built from the agenda only. The November 10 meeting time is stated differently by two city sources (10:00 AM on the schedule page, 3:00 PM on the notice) and was not confirmed.
• Board agendas (Health Care Trust Fund, Human Resources Board, Civil Service Board, Policemen's Pension) are listed but were not read; the Metropolitan Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustment were not reviewed.
• Two Clean Water Task Force videos have unverified dates and are not attached to meeting pages (see Clean Water and Water Supply).
• Video captions have not been pulled yet. Meeting pages cover 2026-08-10 through 2026-12-17; the later dates are scheduled and have no agenda yet.