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)
Debra W. Ross
Bossier City
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Top issues during term (11)(Roads)
Road and drainage project progress
Bid is about $567,000 over the engineer's estimate; the city's net cost after grant and police jury funding is not yet known.
I-20 ramp beautification
$150,000 from the General Fund.
Benton Road/Douglas Drive traffic safety and 2290 Benton Road rezoning
Neighbors fear property value losses of thousands of dollars per home from commercial encroachment.
Traffic on Old Brownlee and Wimpey roads
City and parish are splitting the intersection improvement costs about 75/25 city share; no direct cost to residents mentioned.
Shed Road widening
$25 million BUILD Grant for East-West Corridor
$25 million in new federal funding for the corridor project.
Citywide street improvements bids
Cleanup and street repair costs are still being tallied; state funding may offset them.
Old Brownlee and Wemple Road project
$924,021.91 from the Parkway Capital Project Fund, offset by a $450,000 grant and $131,000 from the parish.
I-20 completion and parish road projects
Barksdale Boulevard sidewalks project
$2 million state grant with a 20% city match plus ongoing maintenance responsibility.
Hamilton Road project funding gap
Unknown — an expensive project with no identified funding source yet.
Decisions during term (0)
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Voting record (0)(Roads)
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