Mr. Sam Marsiglia, Haughton MPC Executive Director, updated the jurors on Mr. Shelly Horton's appointment as the new Executive Director on January 2, 2025. He assured the jurors he would work part-time for six months until retirement.
Mr. Eric Hudson, Parish Engineer, updated the jurors on the progress of the North/South Corridor with a drone video showing contractors applying a layer of binder course near the intersection of Crouch Road.
In her first report, Ms. Molli Lyles, LPN, Medical Administrator of the Bossier Maximum-Security Facility, updated the jurors on the work the medical team provides the inmates.
Bossier Parish Police Jurors, as the Board of Tax Review, upheld the 2024 Tax Assessments for residential and commercial properties in the parish, as established by the Bossier Parish Tax Assessor.
Philip Rodgers, Police Jury President, presented a sympathy card to Mr. Kevin Gay, Highway Department, for the recent loss he and his family have suffered.
In other business, jurors:
Adopted the minutes from the:
August 7, 2024, Regular Meeting, Juvenile Committee Meeting, Health, Water Sanitation and Sewer District Committee Meeting, Road/Subdivision Regulations Committee Meeting, Policy and Procedures Committee Meeting, Insurance Committee Meeting.
August 21, 2024, Regular Meeting, Finance Committee Meeting, Road/Subdivision Regulations Committee Meeting, Rural Development Committee Meeting, Juvenile Committee Meeting, Capital Improvements/Building and Grounds Committee Meeting, Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting.
August 21, 2024, Consolidated Waterworks/Sewerage District No. 1 Board of Supervisors.
Authorized the advertising for bids for Project No. 2024-112, Winfield Road Water Distribution Improvements, American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funded project, bids to be received October 17, 2024, Police Jury Districts 2 and 4.
Authorized the advertising for bids for Project No. 2024-113, LA 614 Water Distribution Improvements, American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funded project, Police Jury District 2.
Authorized the advertising for bids for Project No. 2024-120, Winfield Road Booster Station Improvements, American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funded project, bids to be received October 17, 2024, Police Jury District 4.
Authorized the advertising for bids for Project No. 2024-121, CSR and Headworks at Sewer Treatment Plant Repairs, American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funded project, bids to be received October 10, 2024, Police Jury District 6.
Authorized the advertising for bids for Project No. 2024-122, Winfield Road Lift Station and Sewer Improvements, American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funded project, bid date to be determined, Police Jury District 2.
Approved the 2.311 acres of land for the proposed development of Hall Subdivision, located in Police Jury District 3.
Approved the 4.042 acres of land for the proposed development of Crawford Road Subdivision, located in Police Jury District 2.
Approved naming the Covington Road Extension Project to Frank Staton Boulevard, beginning at LA Hwy 614 and ending at Covington Road, located in Police Jury District 2.
Approved the establishment of a 35-mile-per-hour speed limit on Frank Staton Boulevard.
Scheduled a public hearing on November 6, 2024, to consider the application of Kelley Healy, Harmoni Towers, to the Benton-Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission for Planning Approval for a 255-foot Verizon Wireless Telecommunication Tower with a 5-foot lightning rod located at 1194 Crouch Road in Police Jury District 8.
Scheduled a public hearing on October 16, 2024, to consider the approval of 3.559 acres of land for the proposed development of Water's Edge, Cypress, Phase 2, Unit 3, being a replat of Lot 62 of Water's Edge, Cypress, Phase 2, Unit 2, and Lot No’s. 3 and 4, Water's Edge, Cypress, Phase 2, Unit 2 in Police Jury District 3.
Scheduled a public hearing on November 6, 2024, to consider approval of the application of Gary M. Clark, Civil Design Group, LLC, for a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification of 12.99 acres of land from R-A (Residential Agriculture District) to B-3 (General Business District), for a proposed commercial development in Police Jury District 2.
Accepted the recommendation of the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit Board of Appeals on September 4, 2024, in the matter of Real Spiffy, LLC, Report No. 3298, issued on February 15, 2024.
Adopted a resolution declaring adjudicated property, Tax Assessment No. 162768, as surplus and approved redemption by the adjoining property owner in Police Jury District 3.
Adopted a resolution declaring adjudicated property, Tax Assessment No. 181670, as surplus and approved redemption by the adjoining property owner in Police Jury District 4.
Adopted a resolution declaring adjudicated property, Tax Assessment No. 109411, as surplus and approved redemption by the adjoining property owner in Police Jury District 4.
Approved the request for a variance of parish regulations to allow the construction of a home below the road surface level located at Lot 6, Lake Road Subdivision, 304 Lake Road, in Police Jury District 4.
Accepted the Safe Harbor Drive into the parish road system for permanent maintenance in Police Jury District 6.
Accepted into the parish road system the streets and drainage of Red Oak Estates, Unit No. 2, for permanent maintenance in Police Jury District 3.
Approved Change Order No. 2, Project No. 2023-123, Rehabilitation of Wastewater Collection System Manholes in Police Jury Districts 1, 2, and 8.
Approved Change Order No. 1, Project No. 2023-131, Consolidated Waterworks/Sewerage District No. 2 West Central Water System-New Water Well, in Police Jury District 4. This corrects the Consolidated Waterworks/Sewerage District Number that was previously approved on September 4, 2024.
Accepted the Certificate of Substantial Completion of Project No. 2023-131, Consolidated Waterworks/Sewerage District No. 2 West Central Water System-New Water Well in Police Jury District 4. This corrects the Consolidated Waterworks/Sewerage District Number that was previously approved on August 21, 2024.