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2026-10-27 - City Council

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Built from the city's posted agenda and approved minutes as read. Vote summaries were partly extracted by script and some resolution headings are truncated in the source, so unnamed items are unverified.

  • Council members present: Tabatha Taylor (Chair), Gary Brooks, Jim Taliaferro, Grayson Boucher, Alan Jackson Jr, James Green, Ursula Bowman. No executive session was held.
  • Adopted unanimously Res 111 (pay scale for Fire civil service personnel, effective December; year truncated in the source) and Res 112 (pay scale for Police civil service personnel), and Ord 100 amending Code chapter 66 section 141 on employee and retiree contribution amounts (the text was not read). See Pay Scales and Employee Benefits.
  • Adopted unanimously Ord 101 amending Code chapter 74 section 74-54, the solid waste disposal fee per ton of normal waste. See Solid Waste Fees and Fund.
  • Adopted unanimously Res 113, a pipeline servitude and right-of-way with Louisiana Saber Midstream Gas Services LLC. See Mineral Leases and Pipeline Rights-of-Way.
  • Postponed Res 116, on use of downtown streets by UTVs, requested by the Downtown Development Authority. See Downtown Development Authority and UTVs.
  • Adopted unanimously Ord 99, the Golf Enterprise Fund 2026 amendment. See 2026 Budget Amendments.
  • Confirmed several appointments, including the Solid Waste Superintendent (names not recorded here). See Appointments and Confirmations.
  • Adopted unanimously Res 117, a recognition resolution for a November observance (heading truncated in the source). A resident spoke on Res 111, 112 and 117.

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