Councilor· 2025-07-01 – 2029-07-01 (July 1, 2025 seating per KSLA 2025-07-01 swearing-in coverage and bossiercity.org council page 'take office July 1, 2025'; month-level end: July 2029, four-year term per Bossier Press / charter ballot text)
Craton Cochran
Bossier City
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Top issues during term (14)(Public Safety)
438 Hamilton Road dilapidated mobile home
Neighbors say the mobile home drags down nearby property values; the family says it's their affordable housing while they save to build.
S.A.N.E. Nurse Program continuation
Axon Fusus private camera program
No cost to the city, per police testimony; costs are borne by participating businesses.
Unlicensed home auto repair business
Federal law enforcement grant application
Grant funding amount not stated.
Fire and life-safety code modernization
Not specified in the record.
Parking-lot spending review concluded, documents released
No new spending; the review cited roughly $2.5 million in disputed Citizens Bank Drive extension costs per public comment.
Property standards code and Administrative Court overhaul
Pedestrian safety near Race Way and First Methodist park
The applicant must fund construction of a new sidewalk along Old Minden Road.
Adding 10 police and 10 fire positions
Adds payroll costs through General Fund and EMS Fund budget amendments (exact amount not stated).
Zoning office body cameras
Crossing guard cost-sharing with Bossier Parish Schools
Cost shared between the city and the school board; specific split not stated.
New city staffing positions
Salary and benefit costs not itemized in the record.
Fire Department vehicle maintenance garage
$300,000 from the EMS Capital Fund.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Cochran was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Public Safety.
Voting record (0)(Public Safety)
No votes found matching Public Safety.