What: amendments to the city's 2026 operating and capital budgets, including the General Fund, Water and Sewer, Solid Waste, Grants and Debt Service funds.
Where it stands: A General Fund amendment (Ord 92) failed 3-3 on September 8; a General Fund amendment (Ord 96) passed September 22. The Water and Sewer Fund amendment (Ord 81) was postponed repeatedly from August 11 and finally adopted September 22. The Solid Waste Fund amendment (Ord 80) was postponed in August and September; its final disposition was not recorded in the source.
Next: Further amendments as they appear on Council agendas; the final disposition of Ord 80 is unconfirmed.
Details
Ord 92's text on what the amendment funded was not extracted.
Sources
The city's posted agendas and approved minutes (Council portal: https://shreveportla.primegov.com/public/portal) and the city's YouTube channel (@CityofShreveportLa); captions of meeting videos have not been pulled yet.
Adopted unanimously the Debt Service budget amendment (Ord 77), two Grants fund amendments (Ord 78, Ord 79) and the 2026 Capital Improvements Budget amendment (Ord 82); the Solid Waste Fund amendment (Ord 80) and Water and Sewer Fund amendment (Ord 81) were postponed.
Adopted unanimously budget amendments for the Diversion fund (Ord 83), Public Safety fund (Ord 84) and, in Ords 85 to 91, the Economic Development Districts A and F, the Health Care and Technology Innovation Districts East and West, Community Development, Riverfront Development and the Metropolitan Planning Commission. The Solid Waste and Water and Sewer amendments (Ord 80, Ord 81) were postponed again.
Ord 92, an amendment to the 2026 General Fund budget, failed 3-3. Ayes: Jim Taliaferro, Alan Jackson Jr, Ursula Bowman. Nays: Tabatha Taylor, Grayson Boucher, James Green. The ordinance text was not extracted; a General Fund amendment (Ord 96) passed September 22.
Adopted unanimously Ord 96, a General Fund budget amendment, after Ord 92 failed 3-3 on September 8; Ord 81, the Water and Sewer Fund amendment, was finally adopted after postponements since August 11; and Ord 97, a SporTran/Metro Management contract budget amendment.