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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA

December 5, 2008

The Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana was called to order by Chairman Ron Webb at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 5, 2008 in the Council Chamber of Government Plaza, 505 Travis Street.

Invocation was given by Councilman Lester.

The pledge was led by Councilman Wooley.

On Roll Call, the following members were Present: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Absent: None.

The meeting was called pursuant to the following notice:

PUBLIC NOTICE

SPECIAL MEETING

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Shreveport City Council will hold a special meeting on Friday, December 5, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. in the Government Plaza Chamber. (505 Travis Street)

The purpose of the meeting is to consider the 2009 Budget and to approve the special meeting minutes of November 21, 2008 (2009 Budget Wrap Up)

No other business will be conducted at this meeting.

Ron Webb

Council Chairman

Approve Minutes: Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilwoman Bowman to approve the Special Meeting Minutes of November 21, 2009 (The 2009 Budget Wrap Up) Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Public Comments:

Nettie Brown: (3522 Peck St.) I’m in Ms. Bowman District. I came to you today to speak on behalf of the classified employees. I have been the elected employee representative since 1991 for the classified service. This is my last run but I’m not here – I’m going to tell you what I’m here for and I’m going to tell you what I’m not here for. I am here to first of all thank you for minimizing the layoffs – I mean for stopping the layoffs. I am here also to tell you that we understand that all around the country that things are terrible for the last seven or eight years, things have been getting progressively worst as far as finances in America. But the City of Shreveport classified employees somehow feel like second class employees when it comes to – in relation to fire and police. We do understand that law provides that the fire and police have to have certain raises and sometimes we are not involved. To let you know that I have really no problem with that, you know I have joined the sheriff’s force. I’m an auxiliary deputy, okay. So I am a police person as well and I love firemen because if we have a fire I want it out but they are going to want it out too. So they are going to need the water that we produce; they are going to need the streets fixed; they are going to need the finance department paying bills; they are going to need everything that we provide here as classified service. So, the main thing that I wanted you to know was that a few years back the personnel board that I was on at that time came up with a merit pay system. Finally, we had something that really works. If you do the work, you get the money and if you don’t, you don’t. You get a chance to keep you job until you start doing what you are suppose to do. But if you did even better you were able to get not a bonus but a lump sum. I did pass y’all out some forms and I’m going ask y’all to please maintain the integrity of the classified service pay delivery system when you get ready in April to give us our raises, okay. Just please read over those – that form. We spent a lot of time, not just the personnel board people but all of the employees that were here at that time we were in focus groups, we met, we met, and we met until we came up with something that worked. So please maintain the integrity of what the classified service represents. Thank you.

Mr. Shyne: I have a question. Ms. Brown, just before you go, I received and I guessed all of the Council members probably received the letter from the state of Louisiana. Could you explain this – I mean were we in a situation where our water could have been . . .

Ms. Brown: Well, we were not in a situation where our water was compromised but it appears that someone thought it was. They thought that Cryptosporidium – I don’t know if y’all saw the movie “Thirst,” that Cryptosporidium was in our water. A patient was diagnosed with it and somehow it was alleged that doctor said that it came from the City water but we found that, that was not even – that was no way possible and I guess the letter came as a result of us taking action quickly and getting the situation resolved and found that, that’s not so and they had no grounds for saying that and we don’t have that in our water. The reason I think the state person wrote it, I mean this happened a few weeks ago but this letter came out recently – the reason I think the lady wrote it from the state department was that they were wondering what they were going to do in the event that we did have a Cryptosporidium outbreak or some outbreak, how were they going to going to handle it. But the way our staff, the City of Shreveport staff handled it, they gave them a model. That’s why they wrote the letter. So I mean this is throughout the City. We have wonderful employees in the classified service. So you all keep that in mind that we do perform valuable service to the citizens of the city of Shreveport.

Mr. Shyne: Nettie I just want to thank you for the many, many years that you have put in at the City of Shreveport and I do want you to know that the only time that the Chief and I drank bottle water – cause we usually drink City water, don’t we Chief. That’s why we look so healthy and our skin look so young and refreshing. The only time that we drink bottle water is when we are down here at council meeting other than that the City can always depend on Joe Shyne and the Chief always drinking good City water because it is always good and pure.

Ms. Brown: Okay, thank you.

Mr. Webb: Ms. Brown before you leave Councilman Lester had a question.

Mr. Lester: Thank you Ms. Brown and not so much a question, it’s a comment. I just wanted to echo what you said. I think certainly my record has been one of supporting city workers from a pay standpoint and from their efforts to unionize something that I haven’t given up on and I hope that they don’t either. Recognizing that our budget is what it is, certainly as I share with you and a number of other city workers all day from the barber shop to just about coming over here, my commitment and I think the commitment of this council is when we take a look at what our budget situation is after the first quarter, we will look to make the fair thing – do the fair thing which is to give those classified employees the same two percent that we are giving to police and fire. I think it is the only “just” thing that we can do in recognition of the fact that more often than not when people think about the City of Shreveport they don’t think about the seven of us they think of the 200 – or 2,500 or more of you guys that are out there, you know when the water is off at 2:00 in the morning and when things are happening and they pick up the phone and they pot holes need to be filled, that’s the City of Shreveport to us and to our citizens and we certainly cherish that and recognize that. So that’s my commitment and I think the council’s commitment to do the same. So, I just want to tell you thank you for coming down and expressing what is clearly on the minds of a lot of the men and women that work and have their names on the side. So thank you very much for coming down here.

Ms. Brown: Thank you. And one other thing, I don’t know if I did or not, I might have done this earlier but I want to thank y’all for not having a layoff. I mean, nobody wants to be laid off and there are layoffs going on all over the country. I think y’all did a great job and it is commendable that y’all did go back and look and find places – I think we have three or four, about five more employees that we are going to find places – that they are going to find places for and nobody will have to be laid off. So thank y’all for that.

Mr. Webb: Thank you. I told Mr. Kirkland, the MPC Director, I would let him come and say some words. So, at this time if you would, come on up.

Mr. Kirkland: Mr. Chairman, members of the City Council, Mr. Mayor and staff and your staff, I’ll do this formally since it is a formal request. There is some misinformation and I’ll say right up front that what I see in the newspaper I don’t always believe. But I have heard that there was some basis for it, something about $650,000 for the Master Plan. That’s not coming from the MPC. I’ve talked to Tom and Tom I don’t know that you where certain where that was coming from but I want to say for certain the last number that we talked about was $800,000 that Tom I think had put in his first recommendation to the council. What we said was at that time, we will do our best to make that work with the $400,000 that is coming from the Caddo Parish Commission, a million two. We started out with a million four and ladies and gentlemen we didn’t come up with these numbers just because all of that sounds good. I will remind you, Bossier City one-third our size, one-fourth the challenges and probably even less spent better than $500,000 and I don’t know if you have had the chance to look at what they got but it was no where near what our plan is going to be. It didn’t address anywhere near the components, the housing issues, the economic development issues. I can get you a consultant that will do it for a $100,000 and you know what you will have? Thrown away taxpayer money, that’s what you would have. If we don’t appropriate the right amount of money and I think we are going to be struggling to make that million four work and I do understand too – I have been with city government too long not to understand that realities of budget and finance – I have been a part of some budgets in the past and Joe I know you and I have dealt with some of these issues but the bottom line is I don’t want anybody to be misled that what we need – now we can certainly deal with realities and if appropriating $600,000 today is the best that can be done right now, I do want you to know that we will have to come back to you and ask for some adjustments. You remember those planning districts we talked about and I showed you the maps and those were all the neighborhoods in the city and parish? We are going to need to spend about four-hundred some odd thousand dollars just in that area. We have promised the people so far including you and the parish commission that we were going to have neighborhood plans that would allow money in your district per to reflect what you want in your district, what our constituents want. Ron, Southern Hills – Southern Hills isn’t like MLK, Calvin you know that, we all know that. All these areas are very different. Our zoning laws and our approach to zoning and planning in the past have not been reflective of the, I’ll say the great wonderful differences that we have and as y’all have heard before from other people, we need to celebrate those differences and find ways to enrich the entire community by focusing on what the rewards are, Michael you know this. Broadmoor is not the same and you know what, Bryan your district – well my point is this, I’m not here to say anything other than we will certainly go along with whatever you as our councilmen and our leaders suggest. But we are in the middle of negotiating now with the consultant and there are going to be a lot of components to come into that for us to have a good plan. And really you are going to know and the mayor is going to know and the parish commission is going to know before this thing is over, you are going to know what our citizens think of their priorities. You are going to absolutely know that. Because we are going to be going to them and asking repeatedly for them to tell us and be apart of what the solutions are for the future: education, housing, economic development, all of these areas plus others, neighborhood plans. So, again I don’t know the source on the $650,000 that maybe something you had to use to balance something but it didn’t come from the MPC, it didn’t come from Roy Jambor, or better our chairman, Mr. Dale Colvin here, it didn’t come from him and Mr. Dan Foster, who is chairman of the planning committee, it didn’t come from him, I’m just not aware of where it came from. And the other matter thing on our budget, you know we have adjusted our fees which we will be asking y’all to approve here shortly, well all of that money is fixing to be taken today I presume but those monies and those dollars – I have been through this too many times – we will do our part. We will suck it up, we will do what we got to do and still deliver good service to our citizens. So – and I’m really appreciative of the fact that it appears that you are not trying to cut bodies. It is better to cut some of the expenses but the Master Plan in time, long range, will be one of the most beneficial things that this City and Parish has ever done. The only one we ever really had of any consequence other than piece mill planning and we have done extremely well on master planning on road way systems and a number of water and sewer systems, etc. but we have not planned and we have not realized and learn the benefit of planning. We will from this one. I hope you know I have been at this almost thirty years. I know this city, I know this parish and I know most of you and I try my best to assist you and help you and our planning commission does as well. But I just hope my message is clear enough that if it is six-hundred and some odd thousand is all that is reserved today, we will have to come back to you asking for more money. Any questions on that? Thank you Mr. Chairman.

2009 BUDGET APPROPRIATION ORDINANCES (Introduced and Tabled on October 14, 2008) (To be adopted by December 15, 2008)

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Wooley to remove the 2009 Budget ordinances from the table. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

1. Ordinance No. 129 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Capital Improvements Budget, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. The Clerk read the following amendment(s):

Amendment No. 1 proposed by___________ to Ordinance No. 129 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Capital Improvements Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Program A (Buildings and Improvements), increase “Total Program A Projects (all Years)” by $200,000.

In Program C (Streets Improvements):

Increase the Appropriation for Neighborhood Street Improvements - 2001 Bonds (01C031) by $1,292,400. Funding source is 1999 GOB, Prop. 4 (Streets).

Decrease “Total Program C Projects (All Years)” by $1,115,600.

In Program E (Water Improvements), increase “Total Program E Projects (All Years)” by $525,000.

In Program F (Sewer Improvements), increase “Total Program F Projects (All Years)” by $600,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly:

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This is the Administration’s amendment. It does two things:

1) Adjusts the program totals to reflect the fact that an October capital budget amendment appropriated an additional $1,425,000 to various projects.

2) Reflects the close-out of the Colquitt Road Paving project, now that the State has finally billed us for our share of the work. The balance remaining in the project ($1,292,400) is being transferred to the Neighborhood Street Improvements project.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 1. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Long for adoption of the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

2. Ordinance No. 130 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Riverfront Special Revenue and appropriating the funds authorized therein and otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. The Clerk read the following amendment(s):

Amendment No. 1A proposed by the Administration to Ordinance No. 130 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Increase Transfer to General Fund by $52,000 and Operating Reserves by $91,000 without changing the overall total.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This is a technical administration proposed by the Administration. It corrects errors in the ordinance as introduced.

Motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilwoman Bowman for the adoption of Amendment No. 1A. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 1B proposed by _______________ to Ordinance No. 130 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease Estimated Fund Balance as of 1/1/2009 by $1,500,000.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Transfer to General Fund by $1,500,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This is the Administration’s amendment. It reflects the fact that additional Riverfront funds were transferred to the General Fund in 2008, so they are not available to be transferred again in the 2009 budget.

Motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 1B. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 2 proposed by _______________ to Ordinance No. 130 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $4,400 and Contractual Services by $12,500.

Increase Transfer to General Fund by $16,900.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council’s intent to eliminate car allowances and reduce travel and training money by 50%.

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Wooley for the adoption of Amendment No. 2.

Mr. Long: Who does this impact?

Mr. Thompson: It is all departments.

Mr. Dark: This is riverfront, so this one is basically travel and riverfront and Arlena’s car allowance.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 3 proposed by _______________ to Ordinance No. 130 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Contractual Services by $1,050,000. Increase Transfer to General Fund by $1,050,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is based on discussions at the Council’s November 21, 2008 budget review meeting. It decreases funding for the City’s portion of the Master Plan by $600,000, to reflect more recent estimates of cost. It eliminates $220,000 in funding for economic development activities and moves $230,000 in funding for contract operation of Municipal Auditorium to the General Fund (SPAR) budget.

Motion by Councilman Walford seconded by Councilman Lester for the adoption of Amendment No. 3.

Mr. Walford: Just very, very briefly to assure Mr. Kirkland and others this budget that we are passing today and the things that we are having to do are by no means static and it’s things that we are going to revisit through the year depending on revenues and needs of the various departments. So, I hope I set your mind at ease on that.

Mr. Shyne: Charles, I was about say, Monty and I think so much alike until he voiced my concerns. It’s good to work with somebody who thinks like you on the council. Thank you, Monty.

Mr. Webb: I will agree, I know in the past we have had – the City has had several Master Plans and nothing ever materialized from them and I think we are on the right track this time to actually having a good master plan – I don’t think when it is all over with that we are going – you are going to lose any funds to do what we need to do.

Mr. Wooley: I just wanted to try to echo the colleagues. I have always been a big supporter of putting together a master plan. I think this city has suffered over the decades by not having one abutting on zoning cases because we didn’t have one. I think it affected our communities and we will make it a very conscience effort to make sure we put all the necessary funding to see this thing come all the way through.

Mr. Shyne: I wanted to make this statement to the Mayor. Mr. Mayor, you probably won’t here me talking too much because I discovered that Monty and I think so much alike until a lot of his ideas are mine.

Mayor Glover: There is somebody in the audience, Mr. Shyne keeping count. You have spoken eight times already.

Mr. Shyne: I hope it is not the Shreveport Times.

Mr. Webb: Councilman Shyne has a cold, so he might not be talking as much.

Mayor Glover: I want to obviously thank the council for continuing to support the Master Plan process and as you all have already done and assured that we will do collectively as the administration and the council what is necessary to make sure that we make this process come to fruition but I also wanted to make a comment just briefly about the process itself. The one thing that I’m pleased about although it is going a little bit slower than I would have like to have seen it, we got a master plan process right now that I don’t think that anybody in this room can say is being driven by any particular constituency in this city other than the collective interest of the City of Shreveport which is what it ought to be about. And so Charles, Roy, Dale, Dan, all the members of the board, you all are to be commended. I know I have given you a little bit of grief doing the time that we were last out at the Convention Center last year about this time but I think we are headed absolutely in the right direction. So thank you all for your work and we look forward to getting it done.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 4 proposed by _______________ to Ordinance No. 130 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Contractual Services by $100,000. Increase Transfer to General Fund by $100,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This is the Administration’s amendment. It reduces the amount proposed to be paid for the operating loss at the Convention Center by $100,000.

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 4. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 5 proposed by Councilman Joyce Bowman to Ordinance No. 130 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Increase Other Charges by $10,000. Decrease Operating Reserves by $10,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment provides $10,000 to the BizCamp program.

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Lester for the adoption of Amendment No. 5. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: Councilman Walford. 1.

Amendment No. 6 proposed by _______________ to Ordinance No. 130 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Increase Other Charges by $150,000. Decrease Operating Reserves by $150,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment provides $150,000 to the Shreveport Regional Sports Authority in support of the Bass Masters Tournament.

Motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Wooley for the adoption of Amendment No. 6.

Mr. Long: I would like comment that we shouldn’t necessarily forget that they still need some operating revenue to run the organization as well. That this is important for this but there is now talk of possibly doing the woman’s version of this event later on down the road. So we need to make sure that we show continued commitment and support to this.

Mrs. Bowman: I belief Mike whenever that comes up, I think that the administration, Tom has talked to Mary Ann or the Mayor I wasn’t sure who it was but the administration talked to her to let her know that we will do what we can.

Mr. Webb: I spoke with Mary Ann early in the week also and assured her that everything was going to be fine. I knew that we had her covered for the Bass Masters and we’ll take the rest later on.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 7 proposed by Councilman Calvin Lester to Ordinance No. 130 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Increase Other Charges by $176,200. Decrease Operating Reserves by $176,200.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment increases funding for the NIP program from $78,800 to $255,000.

Motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Shyne for the adoption of Amendment No. 7. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Lester for adoption of the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

3. Ordinance No. 131 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget Appropriations, the funds authorized therein and otherwise providing with respect thereto. Amendment No. 1 (Amendment adopted at the Oct 28, 2008 meeting)

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. The Clerk read the following amendment(s):

Amendment No. 1A proposed by ____________ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease Licenses and Permits by $250,000, Fines and Forfeitures by $650,000, Miscellaneous by $175,000 and Transfer from Riverfront Fund by $1,500,000.

Increase Prior Year Fund Balance by $1,500,000.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Operating Reserves by $1,075,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment adjusts General Fund revenues based on the results of the Council’s budget review sessions.

It makes lower revenue assumptions for building permit revenue ($250,000), oil royalties ($175,000) and City Court fines ($150,000).

It eliminates the $500,000 in revenue from a proposed surcharge on traffic tickets and citations, since it takes State legislative approval to levy such a fine.

Fund balance goes up by $1,500,000 and Transfer from the Riverfront Fund goes down by the same amount. The funds were already transferred in 2008.

Motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Shyne for the adoption of Amendment No. 1A. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 1B proposed by Councilman Calvin Lester was withdrawn.

Amendment No. 1B proposed by Councilman Calvin Lester to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease Taxes and Special Assessments by $1,560,500.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Operating Reserves by $1,560,500.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment adjusts the assumed rate of growth in sales tax revenues from 2.9% down to 1.5%. The Operating Reserve is reduced accordingly.

Mr. Lester: Mr. Chairman, at this time I’m going to withdraw my amendment. Early on in the process I thought this was the way we needed to go because I had some concerns about the growth and sales tax revenue but I do think that base upon a meeting that we had as a council a week ago where we made some significant cuts and certainly in conversation with council as well as the administration and our need to put as much as we can in our reserve fund to cover our obligations as well as our balance sheet and those issues to help with our bond rating, I think what we have done as a group is the way to go. So based upon those very positive outcomes I’m going to withdraw this amendment.

Mr. Webb: Mr. Thompson being that this is a budget amendment do we need to vote to remove it or –

Mr. Thompson: There is no vote needed. He is just withdrawing it.

Amendment No. 1C proposed by ____________ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease Miscellaneous by $200 without changing the overall total.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Under Office of the Mayor

Under City Attorney, decrease Transfers by $500 and change the subtotal accordingly.

Appropriate the following without changing the overall total:

Property Standards:

Personal Services $1,300,400; Materials and Supplies $141,500; Contractual Services $1,390,000; Other Charges $790,000. Subtotal $3,621,900.

Under City Courts, increase Personal Services by $300 and change the subtotal accordingly.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

The original General Fund budget neglected to appropriate funds for the new Department of Property Standards. This amendment corrects that error, as well as a typographical mistake in the revenue totals and an error in the City Attorney section of the previously-adopted Amendment # 1 and a typo in the City Courts figure.

Motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 1C. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 2 proposed by ____________ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease Miscellaneous by $4,644,000.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In Police, decrease Improvements and Equipment by $2,066,000. In Fire, decrease Improvements and Equipment by $1,350,000. In Operational Services, decrease Improvements and Equipment by $1,228,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment eliminates all equipment which was to have been financed by borrowing in 2009 except ten new fully-equipped vehicles for the ten new grant-funded Police officers.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Lester for the adoption of Amendment No. 2. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 3 proposed by ____________ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In Office of the Mayor, decrease Improvements and Equipment by $1,800. In Personnel, decrease Improvements and Equipment by $9,000. In City Attorney, decrease Improvements and Equipment by $1,900. In Public Assembly and Recreation, decrease Improvements and Equipment by $253,900. In Finance, decrease Improvements and Equipment by $20,900. In Police, decrease Improvements and Equipment by $494,400. In Fire, decrease Improvements and Equipment by $135,700.

In Operational Services, decrease Improvements and Equipment by $796,800. In City Council, decrease Improvements and Equipment by $21,000.

In General Government, decrease Transfer to Information Technology Fund by $106,000. Decrease Transfer to Retained Risk Fund by $3,000. Decrease Transfer to MPC Fund by $6,000. Decrease Transfer to Community Development Fund by $17,600. Increase Operating Reserves by $1,868,000.

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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment eliminates funding for 75% of all equipment contained in the General Fund budget and those budgets (MPC, Retained Risk, IT and Community Development) which receive funding from the General Fund (excluding items which were to have been included in the equipment financing package, which were dealt with in Amendment #2.

Motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 3. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 4 proposed by ____________ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In Office of the Mayor, decrease Personal Services by $29,800. In Personnel, decrease Personal Services by $15,700. In City Attorney, decrease Personal Services by $35,500. In Public Assembly and Recreation, decrease Personal Services by $305,100. In Finance, decrease Personal Services by $82,300. In Police, decrease Personal Services by $105,000. In Fire, decrease Personal Services by $20,100.

In Operational Services, decrease Personal Services by $493,700. In Property Standards, decrease Personal Services by $44,000. In City Council, decrease Personal Services by $17,000.

In General Government, decrease Transfer to Information Technology Fund by $63,600. Decrease Transfer to Retained Risk Fund by $7,600. Decrease Transfer to MPC Fund by $44,100. Decrease Transfer to Community Development Fund by $44,000. Decrease Transfer to Golf Fund by $25,900. Increase Operating Reserves by $1,333,400.

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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment deletes the funding for pay increases for classified and appointed employees, with the exception of Courts and Marshal employees, whose pay is affected by Amendments 15 and 16.

Motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Wooley for the adoption of Amendment No. 4. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 5 proposed by ____________ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In Office of the Mayor, decrease Personal Services by $3,800 and Contractual Services by $10,500. In Personnel, decrease Personal Services by $4,800 and Contractual Services by $1,000. In City Attorney, decrease Personal Services by $3,500 and Contractual Services by $500. In Public Assembly and Recreation, decrease Personal Services by $5,000 and Contractual Services by $1,100. In Finance, decrease Personal Services by $10,200 and Contractual Services by $300. In Police, decrease Personal Services by $9,400 and Contractual Services by $1,000. In Fire, decrease Personal Services by $35,300.

In Operational Services, decrease Personal Services by $8,500 and Contractual Services by $4,100. In Property Standards, decrease Personal Services by $7,600. In City Council, decrease Personal Services by $26,800 and Contractual Services by $3,000. In General Government, decrease Transfer to Information Technology Fund by $13,800. Decrease Transfer to Retained Risk Fund by $2,500. Decrease Transfer to MPC Fund by $11,600. Decrease Transfer to Community Development Fund by $14,300. Decrease Transfer to Golf Fund by $1,200. Increase Operating Reserves by $179,800.

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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment deletes 50% of the funding for travel and training expenses.

Motion by Councilman Wooley, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 5. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 6 proposed by ____________ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In Office of the Mayor, decrease Personal Services by $14,000.

In General Government, decrease Transfer to Community Development Fund by $200,000. Increase Operating Reserves by $214,000.

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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment deletes funding for the Mayor’s summer intern program and the summer jobs program.

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Wooley for the adoption of Amendment No. 6. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 7 proposed by ____________ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Increase Transfer From Riverfront Fund by $1,166,700.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In Public Assembly and Recreation, increase Contractual Services by $230,000.

In General Government, increase Operating Reserves by $936,700.

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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment moves $230,000 from Riverfront into SPAR’s budget for contract operation of the Municipal Auditorium. It also allows for more Riverfront funds to be transferred into the General Fund. This is done by reducing the Master Plan cost by $600,000 (leaving $650,000 as the City’s portion), reducing the Riverfront Fund allocation for economic development by $220,000, reducing the Convention Center operating loss by $100,000 and by eliminating a car allowance ($4,200) and cutting training and travel in half ($12,500 within the Riverfront budget..

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Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 7. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 8 proposed by ____________ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In Police, decrease Personal Services by $150,100 and Contractual Services by $55,000. In Fire, decrease Contractual Services by $45,800.

In General Government, increase Operating Reserves by $250,900.

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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment eliminates (after a 30-day cancellation period) all funding for the Fire and Police contract with Personal Solutions, Inc. It also reduces the amount of Police special events overtime money to match the detail provided in the budget submittal. It also eliminates funding for the Police PIO position. Upon further review, it was determined that the Fire PIO position was not funded in the original 2009 budget.

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Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 8. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 9 proposed by ____________ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In General Government, decrease Personal Services by $150,000 increase Operating Reserves by $150,000.

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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment reduces funding for the Employee Education program from $350,000 to $200,000. This will allow for education reimbursements for the spring 2009 semester, but not beyond for most employees. .

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Walford for the adoption of Amendment No 9.

Mrs. Bowman: I just know that there was some miscommunication as far as this was concerned and it was discussed in committee that those employees who had already registered for the spring semester, this does not affect you. This will affect those in the fall. I just wanted to try to clear that up.

Mr. Wooley: I’m just going to say real quickly, I’m going to be voting no on this particular amendment. I think this gives our employees an opportunity to further education, further knowledge to be a better employee for the City and actually be more productive as an individual. Thank you.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: Councilman Wooley. 1.

Amendment No. 10 proposed by ____________ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In Police, decrease Personal Services by $302,700, Materials and Supplies by $10,000, and Improvements and Equipment by $99,500. Increase Operating Reserves by $412,200.

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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment eliminates funding for the ten additional Police officers who were to have been funded with City dollars in 2009.

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Walford for the adoption of Amendment No. 10.

Mrs. Bowman: We are going to do what we need to do to put the money in operating reserves regardless and we will go back at another time and look at this stuff but right now we need to do what we need to do. Thank you.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 11 proposed by ____________ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In Office of the Mayor, decrease Personal Services by $26,000. In Personnel, decrease Personal Services by $4,800. In City Attorney, decrease Personal Services by $4,800. In Public Assembly and Recreation, decrease Personal Services by $20,400. In Finance, decrease Personal Services by $4,800. In General Government, decrease Transfer to MPC Fund by $4,800, Transfer to Retained Risk Fund by $3,000 and Transfer to Community Development by $10,800. Increase Operating Reserves by $108,800. In Operational Services, decrease Personal Services by $18,600. In Property Standards, decrease Personal Services by $7,200. In City Council, decrease Personal Services by $3,600.

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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment eliminates funding for all car allowances in the General Fund and those entities funded by it.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Lester for the adoption of Amendment No. 11. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 12 proposed by ____________ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease External Service Charges and Fees by $33,000.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In Public Assembly and Recreation, decrease Personal Services by $135,000, Materials and Supplies by $65,000 and Contractual Services by $70,000.

In General Government, increase Operating Reserves by $237,000.

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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment defers the decision on whether to open the City’s pools until later in 2009.

Motion by Councilman Long, seconded by Councilman Webb for the adoption of Amendment No. 12.

Mr. Lester: And again, I think Councilmember Bowman hit the nail on the head. I don’t want anybody to leave or there be any confusion amongst the public that says that because of the votes that we make today we don’t support certain things. One of the hardest thing I think the thing that we discussed the most last Friday as it relates to budget amendments was in fact, this particular amendment. Because when you are talking about closing a pool in the summer time you are talking about something that is going to affect a lot of things in a negative way because the children don’t have things to do they will get into problems and things will happen and our pools and what SPAR does is they do just a tremendous work, with giving our young people things to do, keeping them off the streets and keeping them from getting in trouble. But understanding what our budget situation is and understanding that those expenditures don’t start to kick in until the second quarter of the year, we will revisit this issue. In fact, I can only speak for myself but I believe it was a consensus of the council that is priority number one in terms of refunding because we will not have a situation where our children in this community don’t have anything to over the summer time and they run amuck. But less it be miscommunicated after we vote that you know the city council closed the pools and we don’t support SPAR and we don’t support our youth. That is not the case but our financial situation and prudence dictates that we take certain course of action and this was a tough on but as Councilmember Bowman put, we are going to do what we have to do to insure the long term financial stability and bond rating of the City. Thank you Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Webb: Well stated Councilman Lester.

Mr. Shyne: Chief, I wish you and Shelly could kind of take a look at this and maybe kind of keep a few stats to see how this is impacting the community Chief, from the standpoint of maybe – I want to say juvenile crime, but you know from that standpoint and Shelly you too, cause I’m a firm believer that a good recreation program does so much. I mean it does so much and I hate to see us do this but if the two of you all would kind of keep in touch to see the impact that this is having on our community. Because you know at time the incidents in our juvenile community had kind of escaladed some and we were able to bring that down and I think both departments had something to do with that. Apprehension is good but sometimes an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure and if you all would work together to see how this is impacting us we will appreciate it. Mr. Chairman, thank you.

Mr. Walford: I’m just going to say I think Mr. Lester said it. I hope neither of you have the opportunity to check the stats on it because I hope in the second quarter we will find the funding to keep the pools or to open the pools. This is as Mr. Lester said a high priority and I think for the six of us that were there it was – consensus was, we are going to look for the money to do it. So I hope that you don’t have to keep those stats. I hope that we never get to that point. Thank you Mr. Chairman.

Mayor Glover: I would like to offer some comments as well. I would hope that the sentiment that the council has just expressed which I whole-heartedly agree with, would also extend to something I also believe has made a significant difference in this city over the last two years and that’s the summer youth employment program that this administration and this council have worked together and help fund. It was something that the federal government used to do when I was a young person. It started off as a CETA Program, it became the JTPA Program and ironically under the democratic administration when it transformed into a Workforce Investment Act the summer youth employment portion which employed youth from 14 years-old to 21 was taken out. One of the things that we did together was to reinstitute that and over the last two summers we have employed somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 plus young people in this city giving them an opportunity to do some very positive and constructive things and I think it has helped to make a difference especially when I look at the crime numbers that I’m looking at right now that was just handed to me by the Chief. And I also understand that this coming summer from an opportunity standpoint it is going to be an even larger challenge for our young people because a lot of the other traditional jobs that have been available to young people may not be there because you may end up with a lot of grown folks who have gone from some reasonably well paying jobs that may find themselves in a lot of the places that young people both in high school and colleges would go in to apply. And so just as we don’t want to see them not with the swimming pool available to them, we also want to make sure that we give them a chance to be able to have something that is wholesome, constructive, and positive to do and while I may not be a perfect example, I can tell you that I am one of those individuals who benefited from having an opportunity through the City of Shreveport to work in a summer youth employment program. In fact, it was Herman Vital who answered my momma’s call back in the 1980s and took my application and sent me to work up at the MLK Neighborhood Center where I spent summers serving and working under the direction and tutelage of the senior citizens of my neighborhood. And so, I hope we will also come back if the situations and circumstances will allow and take a look at that as well.

Mr. Shyne: Just one other thing, Herman, I see why you got that big raise. We were wondering why you got that big raise from the administration. Now we know.

Mayor Glover: It took twenty something years, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Shyne: That’s okay. It came through, didn’t Herman. It was an investment that paid off. The reason why I said that Chief and Shelly is because I don’t want to be sitting here as gloom and doom but I just don’t believe that our economy is going to turn around this quick. And Lord knows I love Barak Obama and the economic team that he is putting together but I see us in this economic slump for between 12 months and maybe 24. I think we are going to be expecting too much out of our new president elect and the bail-outs and everything to turn this economy around. And I don’t have the wisdom of a Tom Dark and I don’t have the age of a Monty Walford but I do believe Shelly and the Chief that we might have to come up with some creative solutions where we can deal with some of these problems because I don’t see us being able to come back and we got this pot of gold all of a sudden, you know the money has come back to where it was. So I still want you all to look at keeping those stats because if we don’t open the pools we got to come up with – we got to think outside the box. We got to come up with creative ideas even if we might have to go to some of the private sectors or maybe go to the school system cause seem like the school system got a little bit more money than we got. We might have to go to the parish commission and ask them to put a little something in for this summer recreation program. But I just don’t see this economy turning around that quick. I just don’t see General Motors and Wall Street and the other financial institutions being impacted that quickly. So Mr. Mayor, I think we are going to have to live with a lean budget and I think we all need to share that because it is not on the administration back, it’s on all of our backs. There are going to be a lot of things that the City is going to have to learn to do without because we are just not going to have the money. I mean there is just going to be – it’s just going to be lean and I don’t mean to be putting out a gloom and doom forecast. I’m trying make it look – reality and Mr. Mayor you know it’s just like you be going off to play a football game, you know, you tell your kids, “now look that’s a big boy in front of you.” So you know you get ready because you are going to have your hands full. Don’t tell him, “all son, you know you he’s not going to have nothing.” Then the first thing you come back and say, “Coach I thought you told me he wasn’t going to be nothing in front of me.” So, I think we are going to have to live with this, Mr. Mayor with this budget that we are at right now for even next year, which I just don’t see it. So that was my statement on telling ya’ll to keep up with stats so in case we have to think outside the box. We have to come up with creative ideas. Mr. Chairman, thank you. I’m losing my voice.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 13 proposed by ______ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In City Attorney, increase Personal Services by $49,500.

In Public Assembly and Recreation, decrease Personal Services by $20,000, Materials and Supplies by $35,000 and Contractual Services by $50,000.

In Finance, decrease Materials and Supplies by $5,000.

In General Government, decrease Other Charges by $60,000 and Transfer to SporTran Fund by $150,000. Increase Operating Reserves by $1,282,600.

In Police, decrease Personal Services by $70,000, Materials and Supplies by $360,000 and Contractual Services by $5,000.

In Fire, decrease Personal Services by $70,000 and Materials and Supplies by $110,000.

In Operational Services, decrease Personal Services by $82,100, Materials and Supplies by $305,000 and Contractual Services by $10,000.

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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This is the Administration=s amendment. It reduces the estimates for fuel costs by a total of $885,000, eliminates a vacant position in Fire Communications and makes small cuts in salary, supply and services accounts. It restores funds for an attorney position in the City attorney=s budget. The net increase to the Operating Reserve is $1,282,600.

Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilwoman Bowman for the adoption of Amendment No. 13. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 14 proposed by Councilman Joe Shyne to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In General Government, increase Transfer to SporTran Fund by $44,000. Decrease Operating Reserves by $44,000.

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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment restores funding for the utility payment center at SporTran’s downtown terminal. Funds come from reducing the Operating Reserve.

Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilwoman Bowman for the adoption of Amendment No. 14.

Mr. Walford: This is a really expensive program and I think this should be the last year that we do it based on the figures given me by SporTran it’s costing us about $6 a water bill to collect this and what I would like to see us do and I have discussions with some others on the council is allow our water bills to collected around the city by those who collect for AEP SWEPCO, CenterPoint. I think that we will be broadening the convenience for our citizens when we do that. But this again is a very, very expensive proposition. I know it’s a convenience. It’s the on place that they can pay for water bills other than coming to City Hall and it’s one that I hope we will take a look at and come up with a better program, a program that benefits a lot more people for 2010.

Mr. Webb: Was that done in the past before we did this? Did they charge a fee to collect from these places?

Mr. Walford: I got that information. I have got that information. They don’t charge anything for water bills. They charge a dollar if it’s required by the company that provides the – Tom you may have to help me or we may need Liz but there is some company that provides the software, the computer link – am I correct?

Mayor Glover: Mr. Chairman, Councilman, what I’m going to ask you if you want to continue to have the discussion –

Mr. Webb: Come up Liz.

Mayor Glover: Liz, I’m going to ask that you go ahead and forward to all the council members when it’s convenient the same information provided to Councilman Walford and to myself, so they can be aware of exactly what the councilman is referring to. It does represent the direction that City does need to move in and we may be able to get there before this next coming calendar year is up. Obviously, we want to continue to offer the convenience of what is available right now but I think before we find ourselves here at this point in December of ’09 we ought to have instituted what it is we are talking about today.

Mr. Walford: And I understood that it was a sizable initial expense to get into it. But I’m I correct? Did they charge a dollar plus they charge the merchant –

Mrs. Washington: Yes.

Mr. Walford: -- or whoever is doing the .45 cents and that’s passed on to the person paying the bills.

Mrs. Washington: Yes.

Mr. Walford: So it’s something that I would – and Mr. Mayor I’m glad to hear you say that because I think when we expand it citywide it will be a much greater convenience to our citizens but I’m going to go along with this for this year with the hopes that the council and the administration will address it for the future and if we can do it during the year, I think it will all the better.

Mrs. Washington: I will send that to the other council members today.

Mr. Walford: It will scare them to death but explain to them it’s an initial cost and not a recurring cost.

Mrs. Washington: It’s an initial cost for setup and then after that there is a fee of .45 cent per transaction over at the SWEPCO Center. It’s $2,000 to get into that particular center. The total cost of about $148,000 a year that’s for the payment center but then we have employees who do that now and that cost will be eliminated.

Mr. Lester: Plus we can set the fee on, you know what collections are and rates and things of that nature, so there are lots of things we can do.

Mr. Shyne: Mr. Chairman, I’m asking the council to at least vote on this, this year because you know, a lot of time there are services that we supply to those folks who are disadvantaged and those folks who are in need that really you can’t be a price tag on. It’s easy for some of us who don’t necessarily need those kinds of services to pass judgment and to put a price tag on it. But there are some citizens out there that need this kind o service and I think it even move back into a moral issue. I think we at least need to extend it for this year, take a look at it and see what we can do with it but I don’t it is at such a cost where it’s going to take the City under. I mean we are not talking about $100,000 we are talking about providing a service to people who really need it. And those folks, you can’t put a price tag on it. Sometimes it comes to that. You know, there are some services that government provides to people. You just can’t put a price tag on it. Thank you.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 15 proposed by _______ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In City Courts, decrease Personal Services by $80,000 and increase Materials and Supplies by $40,000 and Contractual Services by $40,000.

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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment reflects discussions held this week between City Courts officials and Council staff. It eliminates $75,000 of merit pay increase funds and $5,000 in training funds. and moves these funds to Materials and Supplies and Contractual Services.

Motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 15. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 16 proposed by _______ to Ordinance No. 131 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 General Fund Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Increase Fines and Forfeitures by $27,700.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In General Government, decrease Operating Reserves by $13,000.

In City Marshal, decrease Personal Services by $18,300. Increase Materials and Supplies by $50,000 and Contractual Services by $9,000.

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EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment reflects discussions held this week between the City Marshal and Council staff. It eliminates $46,000 of merit pay increase funds, but offsets that with $27,700 the Marshal is providing from his discretionary account for a 2% increase. Funding is being restored for fuel and telephone expenses, with most of this coming from the eliminated merit pay funds. However, an additional $13,000 was needed, which is coming from the Operating Reserve

Motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Walford for the adoption of Amendment No. 16.

Mr. Lester: Quick comment. I just want to take the time to publicly acknowledge and again commend our staff. Council staff worked with the staff over at the City Marshal’s Office and with the Judges and the Clerk over there to come to this very reasonable accommodation by both parties that meets our statutory obligation but also recognizes the situation that the City is in both from the Marshal’s point and the Judges and the City and I just want to commend everybody involved, the Marshal’s Office and everybody. I think this was a – this averted something that could have been really ugly and nasty and I’m glad that everybody was able to work together. So, I applaud the Marshal and the new administration with working with the City. We don’t dislike folks. It’s easy to come down and work with us.

Mr. Webb: Kudos, I was happy to see the new Marshal come down and talk to the Council in the budget retreat –

Mr. Lester: Refreshing wasn’t it?

Mr. Webb: Something we haven’t had in the past. So that was big help and I think we got off to a good start with the City Marshal’s Office.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Long for adoption of the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

4. Ordinance No. 132 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Airports Enterprise Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. The Clerk read the following amendment(s):

Amendment No. 1 proposed by Councilman Walford to Ordinance No. 132 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Airports Enterprise Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $124,000. Increase Operating Reserves by $124,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council’s intent to eliminate all car allowances and to place funds for a classified employee pay increase into the Reserve until later in the year.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilwoman Bowman for adoption of the amendment. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 2 proposed by ___________to Ordinance No. 132 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Airports Enterprise Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $25,400, Contractual Services by $6,300 and Improvements and Equipment by $268,300. Increase Operating Reserves by $300,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council’s intent to reduce travel and training funds by 50% and equipment funds by 75%, pending a review later in the year of the City’s financial condition.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilwoman Bowman for adoption of the amendment. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Wooley, seconded by Councilman Walford for adoption of the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

5. Ordinance No. 133 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Community Development Special Revenue Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. The Clerk read the following amendment(s):

Amendment No. 1A proposed by ___________to Ordinance No. 133 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Community Development Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Under Fiscal Year 2009 Funds:

Decrease HOME Entitlement by $600 and Federal Emergency Shelter by $100 without changing the subtotals or totals.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Under 2009 Revenues:

In Administration, increase the subtotal for “Emergency Shelter Grants” by $10,000 without changing the subtotals or totals.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is proposed by the Administration and corrects typographical errors in the original ordinance.

Motion by Councilman Long, seconded by Councilman Walford for the adoption of Amendment No. 1A. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 1B proposed by ___________to Ordinance No. 133 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Community Development Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Under Fiscal Year 2009 Funds:

Decrease Transfer from General Fund by $54,800.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Under 2009 Revenues:

In Administration, decrease Personal Services by $31,800.

In Housing, decrease Personal Services by $23,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council=s intent to eliminate all car allowances and to put the funds for a classified employee pay increase into the Operating reserve until the City=s financial condition improves.

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 1B. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 2 proposed by ___________to Ordinance No. 133 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Community Development Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Under Fiscal Year 2009 Funds:

Decrease Transfer from General Fund by $31,900.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Under 2009 Revenues:

In Administration, decrease Personal Services by $5,500 and Improvements and Equipment by $2,600.

In Housing, decrease Personal Services by $8,800 and Improvements and Equipment by $15,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council=s intent to reduce travel and training funds by 50% and equipment funds by 75%.

Motion by Councilman Long, seconded by Councilman Webb for the adoption of Amendment No. 2. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 3 proposed by ___________to Ordinance No. 133 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Community Development Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Under Fiscal Year 2009 Funds:

Decrease Transfer from General Fund by $200,000.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Under 2009 Revenues:

In Workforce Development, decrease Summer Jobs Program by $200,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council=s intent to defer funding of the Summer Jobs program until the City=s financial situation is improved.

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 3. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Wooley, seconded by Councilman Long for adoption of the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

6. Ordinance No. 134 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Debt Service Fund Budget, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Long seconded by Councilwoman Bowman for adoption. Approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

7. Ordinance No. 135 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Downtown Entertainment Economic Development Special Revenue Fund, appropriating the funds therein and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Webb, seconded by Councilwoman Bowman for adoption. Approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

8. Ordinance No. 136 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Downtown Parking Enterprise Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Long for adoption.

Mr. Walford: Just one comment. I just hope that we can boot the revenues up. No play on words at all.

Motion approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

9. Ordinance No. 137 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Golf Enterprise Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. The Clerk read the following amendment(s):

Amendment No. 1 proposed by ___________to Ordinance No. 137 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Golf Enterprise Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease Transfer from General Fund by $25,900.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $25,900.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council=s intent to defer funding of any pay increases for classified employees until the City=s financial situation is improved.

Motion by Councilman Long, seconded by Councilman Walford for the adoption of Amendment No. 1. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 2 proposed by ___________to Ordinance No. 137 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Golf Enterprise Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease Transfer from General Fund by $1,200.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $300 and Contractual Services by $900.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council=s intent to reduce travel and training funds by 50% until the City=s financial situation is improved.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 2. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Wooley, seconded by Councilman Long for adoption of the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

10. Ordinance No. 138 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Convention Center Hotel Enterprise Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. The Clerk read the following amendment(s):

Amendment No. 1 proposed by _______________ to Ordinance No. 138 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Convention Center Hotel Enterprise Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Appropriate Operating Reserves at $64,400 without changing the overall total.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is proposed by the Administration to correct an error in the original ordinance. The appropriation for Operating Reserves was inadvertently omitted, even though the expenditure total was correctly stated.

Motion by Councilman Long seconded by Councilman Wooley for the adoption of Amendment No. 1. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Long, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption of the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

11. Ordinance No. 139 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Information Technology Internal Service Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. The Clerk read the following amendment(s):

Amendment No. 1 proposed by ___________to Ordinance No. 139 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Information Technology Internal Service Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Increase Transfer from General Fund by $55,000, Transfer from Water and Sewerage Fund by $15,100 and Transfer from Golf Fund by $2,500.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Increase Personal Services by $72,600.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This is the Administration=s amendment. It corrects errors in the original ordinance and makes it match what was printed in the budget book and contained in the SRC budget detail. Apparently, the ordinance as introduced contained preliminary numbers which were later superseded.

Motion by Councilman Long, seconded by Councilwoman Bowman for adoption of the amendment. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 2 proposed by ___________to Ordinance No. 139 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Information Technology Internal Service Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease Transfer from General Fund by $63,600.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $63,600.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council=s intent to defer funding of any pay increases for classified employees until the City=s financial situation is improved.

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 2. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 3 proposed by ___________to Ordinance No. 139 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Information Technology Internal Service Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease Transfer from General Fund by $119,800.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $13,800 and Improvements and Equipment by $106,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council=s intent to reduce travel and training funds by 50% and equipment funds by 75% until the City=s financial situation is improved.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Wooley for the adoption of Amendment No. 3. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Wooley, seconded by Councilman Long for adoption of the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

12. Ordinance No. 140 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s Special Revenue Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. The Clerk read the following amendment(s):

Amendment No. 1 proposed by ___________to Ordinance No. 140 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease Transfer from General Fund by $48,900.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $48,900.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council=s intent to defer funding pay increases except for Fire and Police Civil Service until the City=s financial situation is improved.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilwoman Bowman for the adoption of Amendment No. 1. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 2 proposed by ___________to Ordinance No. 140 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease Transfer from General Fund by $17,600.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $6,600, Contractual Services by $5,000 and Improvements and Equipment by $6,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council=s intent to reduce travel and training funding by 50% and equipment funding by 75% until the City=s financial situation is improved

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Walford for the adoption of Amendment No. 2. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Long for adoption of the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

13. Ordinance No. 141 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Shreveport Redevelopment Agency Special Revenue Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Long, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. Approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

14. Ordinance No. 142 of 2008: Adopting the 2008 Budget for the Public Safety Grants Special Revenue fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Wooley, seconded by Councilman Long for adoption. Approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

15. Ordinance No. 143 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Retrained Risk Internal Service Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. The Clerk read the following amendment(s):

Amendment No. 1 proposed by ___________to Ordinance No. 143 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Retained Risk Internal Service Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Increase Personal Services by $500. Change the “TOTAL” figure to read $19,287,200.”

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is proposed by the Administration and is necessary to correct two typographical errors in the original ordinance.

Motion by Councilman Wooley, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 1. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 2 proposed by ___________to Ordinance No. 143 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Retained Risk Internal Service Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease Transfer from General Fund by $16,100.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $13,100 and Improvements and Equipment by $3,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council=s intent to reduce travel and training funding by 50% and equipment funding by 75% until the City=s financial situation is improved. It also defers funding for pay increases and eliminates a car allowance.

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 2. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Wooley, seconded by Councilman Long for adoption of the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

16. Ordinance No. 144 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Budget funding contractual services provided to SPORTRAN by Metro Management Associates, Inc., and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. The Clerk read the following amendment(s):

Amendment No. 1 proposed by Councilman Joe Shyne to Ordinance No. 144 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget funding services provided to SPORTRAN by Metro Management Associates, Inc.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Increase Operating Income by $4,000 and City of Shreveport by $44,000.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Increase Contractual Services by $48,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This reinstates funding for the utility payment center at SporTran=s downtown terminal.

Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilwoman Bowman for the adoption of Amendment No. 1. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester,

Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 2 proposed by _______________ to Ordinance No. 144 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget funding services provided to SPORTRAN by Metro Management Associates, Inc.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease City of Shreveport by $150,000.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Contractual Services by $150,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This is the Administration=s amendment. It reduces the estimated cost of fuel funded in the 2009 budget, based on a sharp recent decline in prices.

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 2.

Mr. Shyne: Question. Tom, I’m going to do another prediction and I kind of got this from our Chairman here, conferring with him. I think our gas prices will probably be down for, I going to predict for 12 to 14 months. What was oil today, 47 – which one of us trade oil?

Chief Whitehorn: Forty two dollars.

Mr. Shyne: Forty two dollars. I knew I wasn’t the only one who had been investing in oil. What kind of saving are we looking at? You know, lets say over the next 12 to 16 months.

Mr. Dark: Mr. Chair what we did – Mr. Former Chair, excuse me, what we did in the amendments that deal with fuel was try to assume a number not bigger than basically the equivalent of about $3.00 a gallon for next year. I hope that you are right because some of the things that you all have talked about during the day that you would really like to be able to put back, keeping fuel cost down is probably the best way you have of doing that. So, we hope that is true as well.

Mr. Shyne: Would you give us – I guess Cedric can understand what I’m saying, we both are from the Cooper Road, we won’t say estimate, we will say guesstimate. Would your guesstimation be maybe around a 1.2 million or 1.3 million that we would -- if the fuel stays down where it is now we could probably look at saving in dollars and cents?

Mr. Dark: Let me give you the best thing I have just for General Fund and that does not include SporTran which was a big piece of several hundred thousand dollars as well. The difference between what we spent in 07 and what we budgeted for 09 is a little over a million and a half. Now we have taken out roughly 700,000 of that with the amendment you have already voted on. So you still have the capability if it stays down to pick up about that amount again. Nobody knows, we’ll find out.

Mr. Shyne: That’s my guesstimation.

Mr. Dark: Hope you are right.

Mr. Shyne: And Chief you understand how that is. Old country boy, you know a lot of times on the farm you don’t have what you need in order to measure, you just have to kind of guess at it. So, I am kind of guessing at it. I would guess Michael that we ought to be able to save about 1.2 and 1.3 million dollars this year on fuel.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Wooley, seconded by Councilman Long for adoption of the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

17. Ordinance No. 145 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Water and Sewerage Enterprise Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. The Clerk read the following amendment(s):

Amendment No. 1A proposed by _______________ to Ordinance No. 145 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Water and Sewerage Enterprise Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Change the “TOTAL” figure to “$66,918,800.”:

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is proposed by the Administration and is necessary to correct a typographical error in the original ordinance.

Motion by Councilman Wooley, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 1A.

Mr. Shyne: Mike, I’m doing this on behalf of Joyce. Before I vote for any of this I want to make sure that all the – what is it Joyce, all of the water connection or whatever it is –

Mrs. Bowman: My sewer mains.

Mr. Shyne: That’s right, that some will be in her district this time and not all in Councilman Wooley’s district.

Mrs. Bowman: Thank you Joe.

Mr. Wooley: its Christmas time, we can share

Mr. Shyne: Mr. Mayor, did you hear me? I want to make sure that Councilwoman Bowman is taking care of that in Queensborough. I have to drive through there sometimes.

Mayor Glover: Councilman Shyne, I can assure you there will be even if we have to take some from Councilman Wooley district.

Mr. Wooley: I have heard that before.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 1B proposed by _______________ to Ordinance No. 145 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Water and Sewerage Enterprise Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $434,300. Increase Operating Reserves by $434,300.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council=s desire to eliminate car allowances and to defer any classified or appointed employees pay increases until the City=s financial condition improves.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilwoman Bowman for the adoption of Amendment No. 1B. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 2 proposed by _______________ to Ordinance No. 145 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Water and Sewerage Enterprise Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $27,000, Contractual Services by $1,200 and Improvements and Equipment by $635,000. Increase Operating Reserves by $663,200.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment is necessary to implement the Council=s desire to reduce travel and training by 50% and most equipment purchases by 75% until the City=s financial condition improves. The appropriations for major system repairs and maintenance are only reduced by 50%.

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 2. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 3 proposed by _______________ to Ordinance No. 145 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Water and Sewerage Enterprise Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Decrease Estimated Available Fund Balance 1/1/2009 by $1,375,000.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Operating Reserves by $1,375,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment reflects new calculations of year-end fund balance. Anticipated revenue from gas leasing did not materialize, but 2008 expense reductions offset a portion of this. The result is less revenue to appropriate for 2009.

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Long for the adoption of Amendment No. 3. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Amendment No. 4 proposed by Councilman Joyce Bowman to Ordinance No. 145 of 2008, An Ordinance Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Water and Sewerage Enterprise Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Materials and Supplies by $30,000. Increase Operating Reserves by $30,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:

This amendment deletes funding for the bottled water program.

Motion by Councilwoman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Wooley for the adoption of Amendment No. 4.

Mrs. Bowman: We are out of the water business.

Mr. Webb: You better clarify that.

Mrs. Bowman: I mean bottle water business. I fixed it real quick.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Wooley, seconded by Councilman Long for adoption of the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

18. Ordinance No. 146 of 2008: Adopting the 2009 Budget for the Environmental Grants Special Revenue Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 14, 2008 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. Approved by the following vote Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne, and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

Mr. Webb: Before we adjourn I had one thing here Tom Pace is here and he wanted us to make sure that everyone knew about a major fundraising that they have for Christian Services every year. It is going to be broadcasted live this Sunday, December 7, 2008, from noon to 6:00 p.m. on Comcast Cable Channel 6. Last year’s event raised nearly $50,000. This year they hope the pledges will be $75,000 to kick off the 2009 campaign. And they just ask everybody to watch and donate to a worthy cause.

Mr. Walford: I would just like to take a moment of our time to thank everybody. This has been the most difficult budget in the seven that I have done and I have to tell you that our staff, the administration and the communication that we had among ourselves, I think helped us do a really good budget. But it took a very unpleasant task and made it much easier and so I thank each of you. For the benefit of the public there has been more communication between the council members and working together and having a special meeting to address a number of the issues and I thank each one of you because it could have been a lot worst.

Mrs. Bowman: I do want to thank Sharon and Art especially on our side because they did a wonderful job working with us. I mean we were calling all day long on many occasions the past month or so. I mean you all were pleasant the whole time and I know it was frustrating, especially dealing with the kind of numbers and then some our special little quirks or whatever but you all handled it quite well and I’m very appreciative with what you did.

Mr. Lester: I was going to echo what has already been said. (1) I think I’m encouraged that the council is talking and working together on common ground. I think I would like to see us continue that and I will pledge whatever I can do to be apart of that positive instead of so much the negative. I want to obviously thank our staff. This is the hardest thing that we do every year and it always comes down to the wire even up until when we got started they were still doing amendments and they handled it all like champions and they really serve us well and serve the citizens well. So, I want to say thank you to our entire staff. And I also want to say to our incoming Chairman, he did a really good job. He got thrown into the fire on the worst meeting of all to have to start calling everybody’s name and remembering and the whole thing. So, kudos to the Chairman and Vice Chairman for coming in while the bullets were flying and doing a good job.

Mr. Webb: Next week on Monday and Tuesday as you know I will be out of town and Councilwoman Bowman – Ms. Bowman will be sitting in the seat.

Mrs. Bowman: That’s why I said you deserved this, what you got today. Oh, I got a special request or I’m taking special request. I have already taken yours Chief. Monday and Tuesday, anything that you all think you want, just call me. The mayor will not be here and we are going to have a good time.

Mr. Webb: But she can’t vote either.

Mrs. Bowman: That’s right but guess what? I’ll sign my name.

Mr. Long: I wanted to thank Tom Dark especially too, cause he also worked very hard on this whole budget thing and as of right now this is going to be his last one. So maybe he will be back, maybe he won’t but whatever, I just wanted to personally thank you for what you have done in all of your years of service to the City and that you will definitely be missed.

Mr. Dark: Thank you Mr. Long and I would like to say this because your staff has done a wonderful job and getting you ready for the meeting that you all had a week ago Friday, working your way through that meeting, getting you alternatives, getting us a way to try to get to the end of this. What you don’t realize is you just cut almost 5.8 million dollars from the General Fund Budget which is not an easy thing and to do it without losing a single body and – you know it is not an easy thing to do. All I would ask you is to let that relationship continue with whoever it is that sits in this chair or whoever it is that does budget in the future. Because Sharon and I catch each others mistakes over and over and she catches a whole lot more of mine than I catch of hers. Property Standards should be thrilled because she and I both missed that one, realized that the cut and paste job we did on ordinance didn’t include the new department until about two days ago. But it really has been a pleasure working for you under Mr. Webb who will not be here for Monday and Tuesday, I do want to thank you for what you have done to help make this an easy job for me sometimes and thank you for your efforts as chairman in advance because you are going to have an interesting year.

Mr. Webb: You are not going to be around until the end of the year?

Mr. Dark: I will be around next Monday and Tuesday and that will be the last time the council get to see me.

Mrs. Bowman: I’ll handle up on him, Ron.

Mr. Dark: I also want to thank you on behalf of all the department heads who have to stay until the end of the budget meeting that is not midnight this year – remember the budget meeting last year –

Mr. Webb: Yes, 12:01

Mr. Dark: And in fact would suggest to you that it might be a good idea to do the budget in its own meeting at some point next year and for future years –

Mr. Webb: I like that idea

Mr. Dark: -- just simply because it lets you focus on the issues at hand and then lets you go ahead and have a regular council meeting like it is. This has certainly worked well and the timing of it being eight and a half earlier than we passed it the last time.

Mr. Webb: Last year when we had the budget it was at the end of the council meeting before we actually got started on the budget, so everybody was worn out before we ever even got stated.

Mr. Shyne: Mr. Mayor, now this is not about the budget. I want to thank you Tom, Dale Sibley, Chief, I want you to be included in that on the prediction you made about the Bayou Classic. You said that Grambling was going to win by two touchdowns. I didn’t believe you all. Calvin, I’m sorry. Let me cut it off right here but I just want to thank you all for that prediction. Because Calvin didn’t believe that, you know he was hollering, “what was it, Go Jaguars.”

Mr. Thompson: Mr. Chairman, is he out of order?

Mr. Shyne: Oh, I’m sorry, Art. No. So thank you all for that prediction.

Mr. Webb: Anybody got any other comments?

Mr. Lester: Other than the fact that I saw a state patrolman that stopped our quarterback from coming out of the second half. No. No comments.

Mayor Glover: Mr. Chairman I’ll let Councilman Shyne’s comments stand with regards to the Bayou Classic. Since I won’t be here this coming Monday and Tuesday to be able to place that up there, I’ll go ahead and place it now. But I want to also thank you all for taking what has been termed the and Tom you may want to change your mind, you said at one point this is the second most difficult budget you had to – has it ascended to –

Mr. Dark: No, it’s still second.

Mayor Glover: I guess ’86 would have been the worst.

Mr. Dark: I think so.

Mayor Glover: So I commend you all for taking what is obviously from an historic sense a very difficult set of circumstances and making them workable and think helping to put this City in any more stable financial situation so that we can continue to provide the basic core services that we have the responsibility of providing and protect the financial integrity of the City going forth. Also, I want to thank Council or Vice Chairman Bowman and Chairman Webb in particular for accepting an invitation from me today to sit down and discuss efforts that we will collectively work together between the administration and the council so that we can not only start off this new chairmanship but also this upcoming new year with a level of cooperation I think that this budget process has symbolized as well. So we look forward to extending ourselves above and beyond the call of duty from the administration side and we certainly appreciate the hand of support and encouragement that extended by both the Chairman and the Vice Chairman as well and we look forward to also sitting down with each and every one of you as well in the coming weeks. And the last two things that I want to say is that for those of you say your prayers, please ask the Lord to give us some divine intervention and support as myself and Councilman Webb and legions of other from across this country journeying back to Washington to talk about something that I believe is fundamental to the future of this country. You know I didn’t necessarily get all that excited and worried when they were talking about the situation on Wall Street with AIG and Goldman Sachs and all these other different folks but I know it was important. But when I understand that the future of the manufacturing industry in this country is at stake in my opinion and that one in every ten jobs is tied to the automotive industry and it represents four percent of our overall GDP and it is something that we need to do something about. So send up a prayer, make a call to your local congressmen, your senators and what have and see if we can manage to work out a compromise before we get to Christmas. And the last thing I want to add is that this is the last time I’m going to share this Dias with Tom Dark as my Chief Administrative Officer and I want to thank him here in this public setting and we will get a chance thank him a couple other times in some other situations and circumstances as well. But I want to do so publicly here and thank him for the job he has done, extend my hand of appreciation and let him know that he will without question be missed and without question was also worth the effort that it took to get him into the position. I want to thank those of you on the Council who supported the administration in doing just that. And thank each and every one of you, have a great day and Mr. Chairman, I turn it back over to you.

Mr. Shyne: Mr. Chairman, one more observation. Tom, you and I have been together for a long time. We have worked together for a long time and I have always enjoyed working with you. You have always been straight forward and you have always been up front. You will truly be missed not only by the administration or by the council but by the citizens of Shreveport. You have truly been a bureaucrat –

Mr. Dark: I’ll accept that one, but okay.

Mr. Shyne: Hold it – I mean that’s – you got to understand that’s not a bad thing. That’s like some people, you know, say if you are a politician that’s a bad thing but it’s not. You have truly had the citizens of Shreveport at heart. It didn’t matter who the mayor was, or it didn’t mayor who was sitting on the city council, I have to give that to you.

Liz Washington, Liz we have been together a long time and you have been in that position for a long time back during Hazel’s administration. Mayor Hazel Beard saw something good in you and I want you to know that you have done an excellent job. I mean that’s an awesome task that you have had and matter of fact you made history not only by being an African American but by being a female, not only here in the City of Shreveport but across the south and I want you to know that you were really truly a professional and not only the administration or the council members but the City of Shreveport owe you a debt. And I want you to know that you will be missed. You have been right on the money. You have been right there to supply those answers and sometimes the discussions might have gotten a little hot but you had that temperament and I want you to know that you will be missed and whatever you undertake to do, Liz I hope you the best and know you will and come back and see us sometimes.

Mr. Webb: Mr. Mayor, one last thing. Councilwoman Bowman wanted to make sure that you left your pen before we leave town. Meeting adjourned.

The adopted ordinances as amended follows:

ORDINANCE NO. 129 OF 2008 (AS ADOPTED)

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the City Charter provides that the appropriations set forth in the annual Capital Improvements Budget remain in effect until they are amended or the project is closed; and

WHEREAS, 2009 appropriations are necessary only for those projects which are new or for which the appropriation is increased or decreased.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1. Appropriations

The following funds are hereby appropriated for capital projects for the year 2009, in addition to amounts which have been previously appropriated in Capital Budget ordinances approved by the City Council. For all projects which are not listed herein, but which have been previously appropriated by the Council in capital budget ordinances, the prior appropriations shall remain in effect until such projects are closed by the Director of Finance.

The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to expend appropriated funds for all active capital projects in accordance with law, to the extent that funds are available.

Program A - Building and Improvements

Increase the appropriation for Shreveport Convention Center (97A004) by $200,000. Funding source is Interest Earnings.

Increase the appropriation for Downtown City Hall (99A002) by $441,000. Funding sources are $400,000 from 1999 City Hall Bonds and $41,000 from Interest Earnings.

Decrease the appropriation for Riverfront Parking Structure (05A001) by $2,495,000. Decrease funding from Downtown Parking Fund by $145,000, 1999 City Hall Bonds by $400,000 and 2008 Parking Bonds by $1,950,000.

Decrease the appropriation for Ledbetter Heights Land Banking (07A001) by $200,000. Decrease funding from Riverfront Development.

Increase the appropriation for New Office Building for Operational Services (08A001) by $200,000. Funding source is Riverfront Development.

Net Change in Program A - ($1,854,000)

Total Program A Projects (All Years) - $180,424,400

Program B - Recreation Improvements

Increase the appropriation for Independence Stadium Capital Repairs and Improvements (02B001) by $82,500. Funding source is Private Donations.

Net Change in Program B - $82,500.

Total Program B Projects (All Years) - $8,670,000.

Program C - Street Improvements

Decrease the appropriation for Turn Lane at Mansfield Road and Southland Park Drive (01C023) by $75,000. Decrease funding from 2003 GOB, Prop. 3.

Increase the appropriation for Sidewalk Program and Curb Cuts (01C029) by $75,000. Funding source is 2003 GOB, Prop. 3.

Establish a project entitled 2009 Concrete Street Improvements (09C001) at $500,000 from 2003 GOB, Prop. 3.

Increase the appropriation for Neighborhood Street Improvements - 2001 Bonds (01C031) by $1,292,400. Funding source is 1999 GOB, Prop. 4 (Streets)

Net Change in Program C - $1,792,400.

Total Program C Projects (All Years) - $48,430,400.

Program D - Drainage Improvements

Increase the appropriation for City-Wide Drainage - 2001 Bonds (01D015) by $500,000. Funding source is 2003 GOB, Prop. 4.

Net Change in Program D - $500,000.

Total Program D Projects (All Years) - $25,428,800.

Program E - Water Improvements

Net Change in Program E - $0

Total Program E Projects (All Years) - $104,210,500

Program F - Sewer Improvements

Net Change in Program F - $0

Total Program F Projects (All Years) - $118,790,900

Program G - Traffic Engineering

Net Change in Program G - $0

Total Program G Projects (All Years) - $6,286,400

Program H - Airports Projects

Increase the appropriation for Security Upgrades at Regional Airport(06H001) by $840,000. Funding sources are Federal Aviation Administration $760,000, State Grant $40,000 and Shreveport Airport Authority $40,000.

Increase the appropriation for Part 150 Noise Update (07H004) by $3,315,800. Funding sources are Federal Aviation Administration $3,000,000, State Grant $157,900 and Shreveport Airport Authority $157,900.

Establish a project entitled Install Taxiway Lights at the Downtown Airport (09H001) at $1,575,000. Funding sources are Federal Aviation Administration $1,425,000, State Grant $75,000 and Shreveport Airport Authority $75,000.

Net Change in Program H - $5,730,800

Total Program H Projects (All Years) - $47,603,000.

Program I - Fire Improvements

Net Change in Program I - $0

Total Program I Projects (All Years) - $5,793,700

Program L - Transit Improvements

Establish a project entitled 2009 Sportran Capital Improvements (09L001) at $3,332,500. Funding sources are Federal Transit Administration $2,666,000, General Fund $659,000 and NL-COG $7,500.

Net Change in Program L - $3,332,500.

Total Program L Projects (All Years) - $23,501,000

GRAND TOTAL - 2009 CHANGE $ 9,584,200

GRAND TOTAL - ALL ACTIVE PROJECTS $569,039,100

2. No office, department, agency or individual shall be allowed to expend any funds or incur any obligations other than in accordance with the Capital Improvements Budget=s appropriations, as provided in Article 7 of the City Charter.

3. The Mayor be and is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend and receive the funds herein authorized.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and, to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance shall become effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 130 OF 2008 (AS ADOPTED)

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FOR THE RIVERFRONT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Shreveport requires the adoption of a comprehensive operating budget for the year 2009; and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport has available in fiscal year 2009 certain funds as a result of gaming activity on its Riverfront; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has previously determined that the dedication of these funds to riverfront, downtown and economic development activity to be beneficial to the interests of the City of Shreveport.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1. Estimated Receipts - The estimated receipts of the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund for 2009 are hereby established as follows:

Estimated Fund Balance as of 1/1/2009 $ 664,500

Land Rent 912,900

Sam=s Town Casino 5,200,000

Boomtown Casino 1,100,000

El Dorado Casino 6,200,000

Interest Earnings 180,000

TOTAL $14,257,400

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures and projects are hereby appropriated out of the Riverfront Special Revenue Fund=s receipts for the year 2009:

Personal Services $ 336,700

Materials and Supplies 5,500

Contractual Services 2,233,900

Other Charges 1,095,400

Operating Reserves 803,800

Transfer to General Fund 8,182,100

Transfer to Debt Service Fund 1,600,000

TOTAL $14,257,400

3. The Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund budget presented to the City Council by the Mayor on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action by this Council, be and the same is hereby adopted.

4 Capital Transfers - All amounts authorized by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance to be financed from the receipts of the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund shall be transferred to the proper capital funds as provided by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance.

5 Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend or receive funds herein authorized. However, no funds shall be provided to the Independence Bowl for 2009 until such time as the Bowl has provided to the Mayor and City Council a signed contract with its title sponsor for 2009.

6 Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized except in accordance with Section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will be effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 131 OF 2008 (AS ADOPTED)

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 GENERAL FUND BUDGET, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Shreveport requires the adoption of a comprehensive operating budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2009.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1. Estimated Receipts - The estimated receipts for the General Fund for the year 2009 are hereby established and adopted as follows:

Taxes and Special Assessments $143,150,500

Licenses and Permits 9,021,200

External Service Charges 8,768,100

Internal Service Charges 3,874,000

Interest 100,000

Fines and Forfeits 3,374,700

Intergovernmental 1,911,300

Miscellaneous 9,888,600

Transfer from Riverfront Fund 8,129,900

Prior-Year Fund Balance 2,342,000

TOTAL $ 190,560,300

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures are hereby appropriated by department, out of the General Fund receipts for the year 2009:

Office of the Mayor

Personal Services $ 923,300

Materials and Supplies 22,700

Contractual Services 60,700

Other Charges 1,100

Improvements and Equipment 700

Subtotal $1,008,500

Personnel

Personal Services $ 435,100

Materials and Supplies 7,600

Contractual Services 11,600

Other Charges 1,000

Improvements and Equipment 3,000

Subtotal $ 458,300

City Attorney

Personal Services $1,010,600

Materials and Supplies 17,900

Contractual Services 69,700

Other Charges 2,700

Improvements and Equipment 600

Subtotal $1,101,500

Public Assembly and Recreation

Personal Services $8,892,500

Materials and Supplies 866,900

Contractual Services 3,763,000

Other Charges 416,200

Improvements and Equipment 85,900

Notes Payable 565,800

Subtotal $14,590,300

Finance

Personal Services $2,325,200

Materials and Supplies 179,900

Contractual Services 568,600

Other Charges 0

Improvements and Equipment 7,000

Subtotal $3,080,700

General Government

Personal Services $3,358,500

Materials and Supplies 500

Contractual Services 242,400

Other Charges 2,823,500

Operating Reserves 8,371,100

Transfer to MPC Fund 822,900

Transfer to SporTran Fund 5,566,000

Transfer to Retained Risk Fund 6,983,900

Transfer to Community Development Fund 538,000

Transfer to Golf Fund 243,900

Transfer to Water and Sewerage Fund 760,000

Transfer to Information Technology fund 2,654,100

Subtotal $ 32,364,800

Police

Personal Services $41,345,400

Materials and Supplies 2,278,800

Contractual Services 1,417,900

Other Charges 187,000

Improvements and Equipment 499,300

Notes Payable 1,344,200

Transfer to Police Grants Fund 110,200

Subtotal $47,182,800

Fire

Personal Services $41,859,400

Materials and Supplies 1,611,200

Contractual Services 1,088,200

Improvements and Equipment 45,300

Notes Payable 1,163,600

Subtotal $45,767,700

Operational Services

Personal Services $15,433,800

Materials and Supplies 3,833,500

Contractual Services 13,000,200

Improvements and Equipment 765,600

Transfer to Water & Sewer Fund 385,000

Notes Payable 2,550,400

Subtotal $35,968,500

Property Standards

Personal Services $ 1,241,600

Materials and Supplies 141,500

Contractual Services 1,390,000

Other Charges 790,000

Subtotal $ 3,563,100

City Council

Personal Services $ 1,057,600

Materials and Supplies 12,800

Contractual Services 198,300

Improvements and Equipment 7,000

Subtotal $ 1,275,700

City Courts

Personal Services $2,629,300

Materials and Supplies 40,000

Contractual Services 40,000

Transfer to Fleet Services Fund 0

Subtotal $2,709,300

City Marshal

Personal Services $1,430,100

Materials and Supplies 50,000

Contractual Services 9,000

Subtotal $1,489,100

GRAND TOTAL - GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS $190,560,300

3. The General Fund Budget presented to the City Council by the Mayor on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action of the City Council, be and the same is hereby adopted.

4. Capital Transfers - All amounts authorized by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance to be financed from General Fund receipts shall be transferred to the proper capital funds as provided in the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance.

5. Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend and receive the funds herein authorized, excluding contracts for special legal counsel.

6. City Court Judges= Salaries - The salary paid to each City Court judge by the City of Shreveport shall be $64,521 per annum for the year 2009.

7. City Marshal=s Salary - The salary paid to the City Marshal by the City of Shreveport shall be $83,836 per annum for the year 2009.

8. Donation of City Funds - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts involving funds appropriated herein. However, prior to execution, all contracts in which the City undertakes obligations or responsibilities over and above payment of funds herein appropriated must be authorized in accordance with Section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Shreveport, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will be effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 132 OF 2008 (AS ADOPTED)

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FOR THE AIRPORTS ENTERPRISE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Shreveport requires the adoption of a comprehensive operating budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2009; and

WHEREAS, sufficient revenues for the operation of the City=s airports are available from sources authorized by law.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1. Estimated Receipts - The estimated Airport receipts for the year 2009 are hereby established and adopted as follows:

Estimated Available Fund Balance 1/1/2009 $ 6,165,400

External Service Charges and Fees 10,671,000

Interest Income 335,000

Other Income 737,600

TOTAL $ 17,909,000

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures are hereby appropriated out of the Airports operating receipts for the year 2009:

Personal Services $ 5,258,700

Materials and Supplies 421,100

Contractual Services 1,818,100

Other Charges 2,933,400

Operating Reserves 6,657,200

Improvements and Equipment 89,500

Transfer to General Fund 240,000

Transfer to Information Technology Fund 62,000

Transfer to Retained Risk Fund 229,000

Transfer to Capital Projects Fund 200,000

TOTAL $ 17,909,000

3. The Airports Enterprise Fund budget presented to the City Council by the Mayor on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action by this Council, be and the same is hereby adopted.

4. Capital Transfers - All amounts authorized by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance to be financed from Airports receipts shall be transferred to the proper capital funds as provided by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance.

5. Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend or receive funds herein authorized.

6. Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized except in accordance with Section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will be effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 133 OF 2008 (AS ADOPTED)

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Shreveport requires the adoption of a comprehensive operating budget for the year 2009; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has created the Community Development Special Revenue Fund, to account for certain funds spent on jobs training, housing improvement, codes enforcement and neighborhood development.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1. Estimated Receipts - The estimated Community Development Special Revenue Fund budget receipts for the year 2009 are hereby established as follows:

2008 and Prior-Year Funds:

Prior-Year CDBG Entitlement 375,000

Prior-Year HOME Program 185,100

Prior-Year HOME Program Income 600,000

Prior-Year HOPE Program Income 400,000

Prior-Year WIA Grants 2,536,200

Prior-Year LAJET Grants 428,300

Prior-Year SHMA Program Income 153,000

Prior-Year Housing Program Income 350,000

Prior-Year Riverfront Development Funds 222,000

Prior-Year Section 108 (SICED) 1,523,700

Prior-Year EDI Grant 551,100

Prior-Year Business Development Prog. Income 600,000

SUBTOTAL - 2008 AND PRIOR YEARS $7,924,400

Fiscal Year 2009 Funds:

CDBG Entitlement $2,581,600

Housing Program Income 150,000

HOME Entitlement 1,320,300

HOME Program Income 200,000

HOME ADDI Grant 9,100

HOPE Program Income 30,000

Federal Emergency Shelter 115,400

State Emergency Shelter 107,800

Basic Education Program Income 4,000

Transfer from General Fund 538,000

Business Development Program Income 75,000

Private Donations - PYHOS 8,500

SHMA Program Income 2,000

SUBTOTAL - FY 2009 FUNDS $ 5,141,700

GRAND TOTAL REVENUES $13,066,100

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures are hereby appropriated out of the Community Development Special Revenue Fund=s receipts for the year 2009:

Prior-Year Funds:

CDBG:

EDI Grant 222,000

SICED Grant 1,523,700

HOME Program 785,100

Workforce Development Grants:

WIA 2,536,200

LAJET 428,300

Loan Repayment Account 551,100

Misc. Programs (HOPE, SHMA, Rental Rehab) 553,000

Revolving Loan Program 600,000

CDBG Programs 725,000

SUBTOTAL - 2008 AND PRIOR YEARS $7,924,400

2009 Revenues:

Administration:

Personal Services $ 646,600

Materials and Supplies 16,500

Contractual Services 52,600

Other Charges 0

Improvements and Equipment 900

Transfer to General Fund 42,000

Transfer to Information Technology Fund 35,000

Subtotal $ 793,600

Emergency Shelter Grants:

Federal ESG $ 115,400

State ESG 107,800

Subtotal $ 223,200

TOTAL - ADMINISTRATION $1,016,800

Housing and Business Development:

Personal Services $ 572,900

Materials and Supplies 26,300

Contractual Services 48,700

Other Charges 0

Improvements and Equipment 5,000

Transfer to General Fund 62,000

Transfer to Information Technology Fund 65,000

Subtotal $ 779,900

Programs:

Business Development

Basic Education Program 4,000

Business Development Program Income 75,000

Subtotal $ 79,000

Housing

Housing Program- CDBG 1,939,000

HOME Program 1,277,400

HOPE ADDI 9,100

Paint Your Heart Out - Private 8,500

Misc. Programs (HOPE, SHMA, Rental Rehab) 32,000

Subtotal $3,266,000

TOTAL - HOUSING & BUSINESS DEV. $4,124,900

Workforce Development:

Summer Jobs Program $ 0

TOTAL - WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT $ 0

GRAND TOTAL - APPROPRIATIONS (2009) $ 5,141,700

GRAND TOTAL - ALL APPROPRIATIONS $13,066,100

3. The Community Development Special Revenue Fund budget presented to the City Council by the Mayor on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action of this Council, be and is hereby adopted

4. Capital Transfers - All amounts authorized by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance to be financed by receipts of the Community Development Special Revenue Fund shall be transferred to the Capital Projects Fund as provided in the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance.

5. Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend or receive the funds herein authorized.

6. Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized except in accordance with Section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will become effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO.134 OF 2008

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 DEBT SERVICE FUND BUDGET, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport has created a Debt Service Fund to provide for the payment of principal and interest on the General Obligation Bonds of the City; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has the authority to levy a special property tax whose proceeds are allocated to the Debt Service Fund.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1.Estimated Receipts - The estimated receipts of the Debt Service Fund for the year 2009 are hereby established as follows:

Estimated Fund Balance as of 1/1/2009 $52,300,000

Ad Valorem Taxes (26.56 Mills) 32,500,000

Hotel-Motel Tax Revenues 2,000,000

Interest Income 1,100,000

TOTAL $87,900,000

2.Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures are hereby appropriated out of the Debt Service Fund’s receipts for the year 2009:

2009 Requirements - Principal and Interest $43,855,000

Less: Operating Transfer (Riverfront Fund) ( 976,000)

Less: Operating Transfer (General Fund) (11,100,000)

NET EXPENDITURES $31,779,000

Fund Balance 12/31/09 $56,121,000

TOTAL $87,900,000

3. The Debt Service Fund budget presented to the City Council by the Mayor on October 1, 2008,

as amended by subsequent action by this Council, be and the same is hereby adopted.

4. Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend or receive funds herein authorized.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will be effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 135 OF 2008

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FOR THE DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS THEREIN AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BY:

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport has created a Tax Increment Financing (TIF)

District within a portion of the Downtown Riverfront area; and

WHEREAS, the City has created the Downtown Entertainment Economic Development Special Revenue Fund to account for the additional sales taxes generated within the TIF District and to budget the receipts therefrom

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened that:

1. Estimated Receipts - The estimated Downtown Entertainment Special Revenue Fund receipts for the year 2009 are hereby established as follows:

Estimated Fund Balance as of 1/1/2009 $ 124,500

Sales Taxes from the TIF District $ 150,000

Interest Earnings $ 3,000

TOTAL REVENUES $ 277,500

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth herein are hereby appropriated out of the Downtown Entertainment Economic Development Special Revenue Fund’s receipts for the year 2009:

Personal Services $ 250,000

Operating Reserves $ 27,500

TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS $ 277,500

3. The Downtown Entertainment Economic Development Special Revenue Fund budget presented to the City Council on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action of the City Council, be and is hereby adopted.

4. Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend and receive the funds herein authorized, excluding contracts for special legal counsel.

5. Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized, except in accordance with section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and, to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable,

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will be effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO.136 OF 2008

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FOR THE DOWNTOWN PARKING ENTERPRISE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, the City Council has created a Downtown Parking Enterprise Fund, whose purpose is to use funds collected from parking activities to promote improved parking facilities in the downtown area.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1.Estimated Receipts - The estimated Downtown Parking Enterprise Fund receipts for the year 2009 are hereby established and adopted as follows:

Estimated Fund Balance 1/1/2009 $ 429,900

External Service Charges $ 325,000

Fines and Forfeitures 290,000

Interest 8,000

TOTAL $1,052,900

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures are hereby appropriated out of the Downtown Parking Fund’s receipts for the year 2009:

Contractual Services $ 465,000

Operating Reserves 586,900

Transfer to General Fund 1,000

TOTAL $1,052,900

3. The Downtown Parking Enterprise Fund budget presented to the City Council by the Mayor on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action by this Council, be and the same is hereby adopted.

4 Capital Transfers - All amounts authorized by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance to be financed from Downtown Parking Fund receipts shall be transferred to the proper capital funds as provided by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance.

5. Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend or receive funds herein authorized.

6. Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized except in accordance with Section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will be effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 137 OF 2008 (AS ADOPTED)

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FOR THE GOLF ENTERPRISE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Shreveport requires the adoption of a comprehensive operating budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2009; and

WHEREAS, sufficient revenues for the operation of the City=s municipal golf courses are available from sources authorized by law.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1. Estimated Receipts - The estimated Golf Enterprise Fund receipts for the year 2009 are hereby established and adopted as follows:

Estimated Available Fund Balance 1/1/2009 $ 0

External Service Charges and Fees 1,385,800

Transfer from General Fund 243,900

Miscellaneous Revenues 2,000

TOTAL $1,631,700

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures are hereby appropriated out of the Golf Enterprise Fund operating receipts for the year 2009:

Personal Services $ 943,000

Materials and Supplies 258,600

Contractual Services 289,900

Other Charges 400

Operating Reserves 0

Notes Payable 44,300

Transfer to General Fund 57,000

Transfer to Information Technology Fund 38,500

TOTAL $1,631,700

3. The Golf Enterprise Fund budget presented to the City Council by the Mayor on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action by this Council, be and the same is hereby adopted.

4. Capital Transfers - All amounts authorized by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance to be financed from Golf Enterprise Fund receipts shall be transferred to the proper capital funds as provided by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance.

5. Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend or receive funds herein authorized.

6. Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized except in accordance with Section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will be effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 138 OF 2008 (AS ADOPTED)

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL ENTERPRISE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Shreveport requires the adoption of a comprehensive operating budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2009; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has created a Convention Center Hotel Enterprise Fund, whose purpose is to account for the revenues and expenses of the hotel.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1. Estimated Receipts - The estimated Convention Center Hotel Enterprise Fund receipts for the year 2009 are hereby established and adopted as follows:

Interest Earnings 35,000

Revenues From Hotel Operations 11,505,700

TOTAL $11,540,700

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures are hereby appropriated out of the Convention Center Hotel Fund=s receipts for the year 2009:

Contractual Services $ 9,948,100

Other Charges 1,528,200

Operating Reserves 64,400

TOTAL $11,540,700

3. The Convention Center Hotel Enterprise Fund budget presented to the City Council by the Mayor on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action by this Council, be and the same is hereby adopted.

4. Capital Transfers - All amounts authorized by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance to be financed from the Convention Center Hotel Fund receipts shall be transferred to the proper capital funds as provided by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance.

5. Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend or receive funds herein authorized.

6. Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized except in accordance with Section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will be effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 139 OF 2008 (AS ADOPTED)

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FOR THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNAL SERVICE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Shreveport requires the adoption of a comprehensive operating budget for the year 2009; and

WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to appropriate funds into an Information Technology Internal Service Fund, whose purpose is to provide funding for the City=s activities associated with information technology.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1. Estimated Receipts - The estimated receipts of the Information Technology Internal Service Fund for 2009 are hereby established as follows:

Transfer from General Fund $2,654,100

Transfer from Water and Sewerage Fund 413,100

Transfer from Airports Fund 62,000

Transfer from Community Development Fund 100,000

Transfer from Golf Fund 38,500

TOTAL $3,267,700

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures are hereby appropriated out of the Information Technology Internal Service Fund=s receipts for the year 2009:

Personal Services $2,160,800

Materials and Supplies 79,000

Contractual Services 974,500

Improvements and Equipment 35,400

Notes Payable 18,000

TOTAL $3,267,700

3. The Information Technology Internal Service Fund budget presented to the City Council by the Mayor on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action by this Council, be and the same is hereby adopted.

4. Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend or receive funds herein authorized, subject to the provisions of Section 26-174 of the Code of Ordinances relative to the settlement of claims against the City.

5. Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized except in accordance with Section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance shall become effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 140 OF 2008 (AS ADOPTED)

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FOR THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION=S SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Shreveport requires the adoption of a comprehensive operating budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2009; and

WHEREAS, sufficient revenues for the operation of the Metropolitan Planning Commission available from sources authorized by law.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1. Estimated Receipts - The estimated receipts of the Metropolitan Planning Commission=s Special Revenue Fund for the year 2009 are hereby established and adopted as follows:

External Service Charges and Fees $ 322,000

Caddo Parish Reimbursement 153,000

Operating Subsidy - Transfer from General Fund 822,900

TOTAL $1,297,900

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures are hereby appropriated out of the Metropolitan Planning Commission=s Special Revenue Fund receipts for the year 2009

Personal Services $1,230,300

Materials and Supplies 29,700

Contractual Services 35,900

Improvements and Equipment 2,000

TOTAL $1,297,900

3. The Metropolitan Planning Commission=s Special Revenue Fund budget presented to the City Council by the Mayor on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action by this Council, be and the same is hereby adopted.

4. Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend or receive funds herein authorized.

5. Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized except in accordance with Section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

6. Dedication of Revenues - The funds collected as charges and fees pursuant to the zoning ordinances of the City of Shreveport and the Caddo Parish Commission, and the operating subsidy transferred herein from the General Fund are hereby dedicated to the operation of the Metropolitan Planning Commission for the year 2008.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will be effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 141 OF 2008

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FOR THE SHREVEPORT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the City Charter of the City of Shreveport requires the adoption of a comprehensive operating budget for the year 2009; and

WHEREAS, the Shreveport Redevelopment Agency (SRA) is authorized by R.S. 33:4625 and the City’s General Redevelopment Plan to acquire and to land bank vacant adjudicated property for future redevelopment projects and to acquire other property for current redevelopment projects in Redevelopment Areas, and the City is authorized by law and by contract with the SRA to provide funds for the acquisition of said properties; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1.Estimated Receipts - The estimated receipts of the Shreveport Redevelopment Agency Special Revenue Fund for 2009 are hereby established as follows:

Estimated Fund Balance as of 1/1/2009 $113,900

Interest Earned 2,600

External Service Charges 25,200

TOTAL $141,700

2.Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures and projects are hereby appropriated out of the Shreveport Redevelopment Agency Special Revenue Fund’s receipts for the year 2009:

Contractual Services $ 84,200

Other Charges 20,000

Improvements & Equipment 37,500

TOTAL $141,700

3. The Shreveport Redevelopment Agency’s Special Revenue Fund budget as presented to the City Council on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action by this Council, be and the same is hereby adopted.

4 Capital Transfers - All amounts authorized by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance to be financed from the receipts of the Shreveport Redevelopment Agency Special Revenue Fund shall be transferred to the proper capital funds as provided by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance.

5 Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend or receive funds herein authorized.

6 Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized except in accordance with Section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance shall become effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 142 OF 2008

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Shreveport required the adoption of a comprehensive operating budget for the year 2009; and

WHEREAS, the City has created a Public Safety Grants Special Revenue Fund, to account for the receipt of and expenditure of funds provided to the City by various agencies to assist in specific law enforcement programs.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that;

1. Estimated Receipts - The estimated receipts of the Public Safety Grants Special Revenue Fund for the year 2009 are hereby established as follows:

2008 and Prior-Year Receipts:

Prior- Year Cameras Against Crime 2006 $ 44,000

Prior-Year Reduction of Crack/Drug Houses $ 2,000

Prior-Year Knock Talk 2005 $ 1,600

Prior-Year Federal Justice Assistance Grant 2006 $ 10,500

Prior-Year Terrorism Prevention Program 2007 $ 114,700

Prior-Year Federal Interoperability Grant 2007 $3,997,000

Prior-Year Federal Justice Assistance Grant 2007 $ 274,000

Prior-Year PSN Anti-Gang Initiative 2007 $ 50,000

Prior-Year High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Grant 08 $ 24,000

Prior-Year Federal Justice Assistance Grant 2008 $ 84,300

Prior-Year Federal ATF Grant 2008 $ 10,500

Prior-Year Integrated Criminal Apprehension 2005 $ 8,000

Prior-Year DARE Grant 2008 $ 59,100

Prior-Year AFIS 2008 $ 192,400

Prior-Year Shreveport Enforcement Project 2008 $ 60,000

Prior-Year Org Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force 2008 $ 59,000

Prior-Year Safe Streets 2008 $ 22,500

SUBTOTAL 2008 and Prior-Year Receipts $5,013,600

Fiscal Year 2009 Revenues:

PSN Anti-Gang Initiative 2008 $ 12,000

DARE Grant 2009 $ 97,300

AFIS 2009 $ 384,900

Shreveport PD Year Long 2009 $ 65,000

Org Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force 2009 $ 79,000

High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Grant 09 $ 32,000

Safe Streets 2009 $ 30,000

Federal ATF Grant 2009 $ 14,000

Cops 2008 Universal Hiring Program $ 395,000

SUBTOTAL FY 2009 REVENUES $ 1,109,200

GRAND TOTAL REVENUES $6,122,800

Appropriations - The funds set forth herein are hereby appropriated out of the

Public Safety Grant Special Revenue Fund’s receipts for the year 2008 and prior

years:

From 2008 and Prior-Years Revenues:

From Prior Year Cameras Against Crime, appropriate $8,900 to Material and

Supplies, and $30,000 to Contractual Services, and $5,100 to Improvements and Equipment.

From Prior Year Reduction of Crack/Drug Houses, appropriate $2,000 to Material and Supplies.

From Prior Year Knock Talk 2005, appropriate $1,600 to Personal Services.

From Prior-Year Federal Justice Assistance Grant 2006, appropriate $5,200 to Personal Services, and $5,300 to Other Charges.

From Prior-Year Terrorism Prevention Program 2007, appropriate $114,700 to Contractual Services.

From Prior Year Federal Interoperability Grant 07, appropriate $402,200 to Contractual Services, and $3,594,800 to Improvements and Equipment.

From Prior Year Federal Justice Assistance Grant 2007, appropriate $137,000 to Personal Services, and $137,000 to Other Charges.

From Prior Year PSN Anti-Gang Initiative 2007, appropriate $21,000 to Personal Services, and $900 to Material and Supplies, and $23,900 to Contractual Services, and $4,200 to Improvements and Equipment.

From Prior Year High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Grant 08, appropriate $24,000 to Personal Services.

From Prior Year Federal Justice Assistance Grant 2008, appropriate $42,100 to Personal Services, and $42,200 to Other Charges.

From Prior Year Federal ATF Grant 2008, appropriate $10,500 to Personal Services.

From Prior Year Integrated Criminal Apprehension 2005, appropriate $8,000 to Personal Services.

From Prior Year DARE Grant 2008, appropriate $45,900 to Personal Services, and $13,200 to Other Charges.

From Prior Year AFIS 2008, appropriate $192,400 to Personal Services.

From Prior Year Shreveport Enforcement Project 2008, appropriate $16,500 to

Personal Services, and $3,000 to Material and Supplies, and $40,500 to

Improvements and Equipment.

From Prior Year Org Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force 2008, appropriate

$59,000 to Personal Services.

From Prior Year Safe Streets 2008, appropriate $22,500 to Personal Services.

SUBTOTAL from 2008 and Prior-Year Receipts$ 5,013,600

From FY 2009 Revenues:

From PSN Anti-Gang Initiative 2008, appropriate $900 to Material and

Supplies, and $7,100 to Contractual Services, and $4,000 to Improvements

And Equipment. From DARE Grant 2009, appropriate $83,300 to

personal Services, and $14,000 to Other Charges.

From AFIS 2009 Grant, appropriate $384,900 to Personal Services.

From Shreveport Enforcement Project 2009, appropriate $65,000 to Personal Services.

From Org Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force 2009, appropriate $79,000

to Personal Services.

From High-Intensity Drug Task Trafficking Area Grant 09, appropriate $32,000

to Personal Services.

From Safe Streets 2009 Grant, appropriate $30,000 to Personal Services.

From Federal ATF Grant 2009, appropriate $14,000 to Personal Services.

From Cops 2008 Universal Hiring Grant, appropriate $395,000 to Personal

Services.

SUBTOTAL from FY 2009 Grant Funds $ 1,109,200

GRAND TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS $ 6,122,800

The Public Safety Grants Special Revenue Fund budget presented to the Council on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action of this Council, be and is hereby adopted.

Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend and receive the funds herein authorized, and in accordance with the assurances contained in the Federal and State grants received by the City.

Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized except in accordance with section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

Program Income - All receipts generated directly from activities funded from intergovernmental sources shall be deposited into the proper Special Revenue Fund in accordance with Federal or State Law.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will be effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 143 OF 2008 (AS ADOPTED)

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FOR THE RETAINED RISK INTERNAL SERVICE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Shreveport requires the adoption of a comprehensive operating budget for the year 2009; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has created a Retained Risk Fund whose purpose is to provide funding for property damage, workers= compensation and general liability claims made against the City of Shreveport.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1. Estimated Receipts - The estimated receipts of the Retained Risk Internal Service Fund for 2009 are hereby established as follows:

Estimated Fund Balance as of 1/1/2009 $ 8,098,200

Transfer from General Fund 6,983,900

Transfer from Water and Sewerage Fund 2,500,000

Transfer from Airports Fund 229,000

Interest Income 600,000

Insurance Subrogation 850,000

Miscellaneous Revenue 10,000

TOTAL $19,271,100

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures are hereby appropriated out of the Retained Risk Internal Service Fund=s receipts for the year 2009:

Personal Services $ 2,967,500

Materials and Supplies 7,300

Contractual Services 13,900

Other Charges 8,689,400

Liability Reserves 7,592,000

Improvements and Equipment 1,000

TOTAL $19,271,100

3. The Retained Risk Internal Service Fund budget presented to the City Council by the Mayor on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action by this Council, be and the same is hereby adopted.

4. Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend or receive funds herein authorized, subject to the provisions of Section 26-174 of the Code of Ordinances relative to the settlement of claims against the City.

5. Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized except in accordance with Section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will be effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 144  OF 2008 (AS ADOPTED)

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FUNDING CONTRACTUAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO SPORTRAN BY METRO MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Shreveport requires the adoption of a comprehensive operating budget for the year 2009; and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport operates a public bus transportation system known as SporTran; and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport has contracted with Metro Management Associates, Inc., to provide management services for the operation and maintenance of the SporTran bus system.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1. Estimated Receipts - The estimated receipts, including operating subsidies, available for the operation of the SporTran bus system for the year beginning January 1, 2009 are hereby established and adopted as follows:

Operating Income $ 2,970,000

Government Grants and Contributions:

City of Shreveport $ 5,566,000

City of Bossier City 892,000

State of Louisiana 704,000

Federal Transit Administration 2,886,000

Subtotal $ 10,048,000

TOTAL $13,018,000

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures are hereby appropriated out of the receipts produced by SporTran operations and operating subsidy receipts for the year beginning January 1, 2009:

Contractual Services $12,425,000

Transfer to Capital Projects Fund 593,000

TOTAL $13,018,000

3. The SporTran budget presented to the City Council by the Mayor on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action by this Council, be and the same is hereby adopted.

4. Capital Transfers - All amounts authorized by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance to be financed by SporTran receipts and subsidies shall be transferred to the Capital Projects Fund as provided in the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance.

5. Operating Transfers - All amounts authorized in this ordinance to subsidize SporTran operations shall be transferred to the SporTran budget as needed.

6. Administration - The Mayor, or any duly authorized representative, is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend or receive the funds authorized herein.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will become effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 145 OF 2008 (AS ADOPTED)

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FOR THE WATER AND SEWERAGE ENTERPRISE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Shreveport requires the adoption of a comprehensive operating budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2009; and

WHEREAS, sufficient revenues for the operation of the City=s Water and Sewerage system are available from sources authorized by law.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1. Estimated Receipts - The estimated water and sewerage receipts for the year 2009 are hereby established and adopted as follows:

Estimated Available Fund Balance 1/1/2009 $ 650,000

Water Sales 35,363,000

Sewer Charges 26,637,000

Other External Charges 496,100

Internal Service Charges 1,532,200

Interest Earnings 400,000

Other Income 80,500

Transfer from General Fund 385,000

TOTAL $65,543,800

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures are hereby appropriated out of the receipts of the Water and Sewerage Fund for the year 2009:

Personal Services $13,700,700

Materials and Supplies 7,443,000

Contractual Services 6,324,400

Other Charges 27,681,300

Operating Reserves 1,777,500

Improvements and Equipment 502,800

Transfer to General Fund 4,768,000

Transfer to Retained Risk Fund 2,500,000

Transfer to Information Technology Fund 413,100

Notes Payable 433,000

TOTAL $65,543,800

3. The Water and Sewerage Fund budget presented to the City Council by the Mayor on October 1, 2008, as amended by subsequent action by this Council, be and the same is hereby adopted.

4. Capital Transfers - All amounts authorized by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance to be financed from receipts of the Water and Sewerage Fund shall be transferred to the proper capital funds as provided by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance.

5. Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend or receive funds herein authorized.

6. Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized except in accordance with Section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will be effective on January 1, 2009.

ORDINANCE NO. 146 OF 2008

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2009 BUDGET FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BY:

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport has available in fiscal year 2009 certain federal and state funds granted to the City for environmental purposes; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has created an Environmental Grants Special Revenue Fund to account for these grants: and

WHEREAS, 2009 appropriations are necessary only for those grants which are new or for which the appropriation is increased or decreased, since the original appropriations remain in effect until they are amended or the grant is closed.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, regular, and legal session convened, that:

1. Appropriations: The following funds are hereby appropriated for the environmental grants for the year 2009, in addition to amounts which have been previously appropriated in Environmental Grants budget ordinances approved by the City Council. For all projects not listed herein, but which have been previously appropriated by the City Council in Environmental Grants budget ordinances, the prior appropriations shall remain in effect until such projects are closed by the Director of Finance. The Director of Finance is authorized to expend same in accordance with law, to the extent that funds are available.

Appropriate Brownfields Economic Development Grant 2003 (Greyhound Project) at $178,800. Funding source is Federal Grant.

GRAND TOTAL - 2009 CHANGE $178,800

GRAND TOTAL - 2009 BUDGET $478,800

2. The Environmental Grants Special Revenue Fund budget presented to the Council on October 1, 2009, as amended by subsequent action of this Council, be and is hereby adopted.

3. Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend and receive the funds herein authorized, and in accordance with the assurances contained in the Federal and State grants received by the City.

4. Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized except in accordance with section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

5. Program Income - All receipts generated directly from activities funded from intergovernmental sources shall be deposited into the proper Special Revenue Fund in accordance with Federal or State Law.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance shall become effective on January 1, 2009.

7. Adjournment: There being no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at approximately 3:23 p.m.