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 (15)(Water Utilities)
Golden Meadows Drive storm drain replacement
$265,645.80 from the sewer capital and contingency fund.
Emergency sewer repairs on Voss Drive and Central Park lift station
$389,000 total from the Sewer Capital Contingency Fund.
Heather Lane sewer main failure
$17,387.70 from sewer capital contingency funds.
Fuel Station Conversion Change Order
Bid is roughly $430,000 above the engineer's estimate.
Utility worker pay incentives
Not itemized, but it raises payroll costs starting the first full pay period of fiscal 2027.
Water and sewer utility financial strain
Rolling twelve-month net operating income is 10% under budget.
Two new public utilities positions
Adds personnel costs to the Public Utilities and Public Works budgets; exact figures not stated.
Lampkin-Burdine Sewer Main Emergency Repair Funding
About $85,870 combined, drawn from water and sewer capital contingency funds.
Recurring sewer repairs at Lampkin and Burdine streets
Nearly $325,000 total between the emergency ordinance and the proposed supplement.
Commercial water filling stations
$500,000 from the Water Capital and Contingency Fund.
Drainage and access concerns at 4980 Benton Road
Red River Wastewater Treatment Plant maintenance
$150,000 from the Sewer Capital and Contingency Fund.
Bardot Drainage Basin project costs
City commitment to cover costs above the $2.3 million grant, with estimated construction at $2.67 million.
Anita Ditch drainage improvements
$261,470 from the Parkway Capital Projects Fund now; a 10% local match on a roughly $2.1 million project total.
Fiber companies damaging city utilities
$26,000 in fiber-related repairs in the current budget amendment; nearly all damage invoices have been repaid.
Decisions during term (0)
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No decisions found matching Water Utilities.
Voting record (0)(Water Utilities)
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