Posted: Sep 5, 2024, 4:34 PM
The Bossier Parish Police Jury is currently accepting resumes for a vacancy on the Bossier City – Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission Board of Adjustments. This appointment is for a five-year term, with the current vacant appointment term set to expire on September 1, 2025. The board meets at 620 Benton Road, Bossier City, LA (City Council Chambers), on the fourth Monday of each month at 2:00 p.m., as needed. Meetings are generally an hour long with additional time investment needed to review agenda items. Additional meetings are considered “needs based” and may be required throughout the year.
Duties of the board include hearing and deciding appeals where it is alleged that there is an error in any order, requirement, decision, interpretation or determination. It also includes approving or disapproving variance and special exception use requests when strict application of the requirements would result in practical difficulty and would deprive the owner of the reasonable use of the building or land involved. Knowledge of local planning and zoning ordinances is helpful but not required. Learning opportunities and training will be provided throughout the term.
If an applicant is an owner (25% or more) of a company that would benefit from the Board, participation could potentially cause an ethics violation, and the applicant will need to speak with the Board’s legal counsel to ensure that their appointment to the board is not a conflict of interest.
To qualify, one should be a registered voter residing within the metropolitan planning area and shall hold no elective office.
Interested and qualified applicants should submit their resumes to the Bossier Parish Police Jury office located at Bossier Parish Courthouse, 204 Burt Blvd., Benton, LA, or mail a resume to Bossier Parish Police Jury, Attn: Megan Ramos, P.O. Box 70, Benton, LA, 71006. Resumes may also be emailed to mramos@bossierparishla.gov. The deadline to submit resumes is October 7, 2024, at 4:30 p.m.