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 (20)(Zoning)
Rezoning of 2909 Old Minden Road to General Business
Could enable expansion of an existing strip mall on Old Minden Road.
Benton Road office warehouse rezoning denied
Opponents argue commercial conversion lowers surrounding property values through external obsolescence.
Digital billboard conversion on Airline Drive
The owner has already paid $45,000 to have the old boards removed.
Comprehensive plan and unified development code rewrite
The proposed $326,667 appropriation was not acted on.
Rezone at 5301 East Texas Street
Not specified in the meeting record.
Fence height variance for Tractor Supply garden center
Sign ordinance interpretation for back-to-back billboards
Bass says he's already spent his own money buying three billboards he'd have to tear down to comply — costs that could be wasted depending on how this plays out.
The Bloom House supervised visitation center in Greenacres
No direct city cost; the proposal was privately funded through donations.
Modular home special exception at 4505 Pine Crest Drive
Neighbors argue a modular home could lower nearby property values; the applicant's home itself is a private investment.
Rezone and development at Barksdale and Robert E. Lee
Gas station/c-store at Forest Hills Boulevard and Highway 80
The developer pays for the traffic signal and turn lanes — improvements residents have wanted for years — but neighbors worry about road wear, flooding, and property impacts.
NCMC South Bossier Clinic rooftop HVAC screening waiver
The clinic says full screening would cost about $80,000–$85,000 that wasn't in the construction budget.
Alcohol sales at 2125 Old Minden Road convenience store
Folia Development rezoning for mixed-use commercial
Baseball training facility rezoning at Tipton and Nina
Fence height variance stemming from ongoing neighbor dispute
The HOA's dues money paid for the fence, which is part of why some residents are upset.
Alcohol conditional use approvals
Child care and therapy facility rezoning
Firearms and ammunition shop rezoning
129 Bobbie Street duplex
Decisions during term (12)
Recorded while Ross was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
C-ZON-000133-2026 — Johnson zoning change, 5301 East Texas Street
C-ZON-000114-2026 – Sow and Reap Therapy zoning amendment
P-ZON-000128-2026 – Bossier Property Group rezoning for firearms shop
P-ZON-000008-2026 River Bend rezoning
C-ZON-000067-2026 Bobbie Street duplex rezoning
C-ZON-000061-2026 4208 Benton Road rezoning
Adopt rezoning — 4.296 acres R-MD to B-3, Folia Development mixed-use commercial
Adopt rezoning — 0.48 acres R-LD to B-3, Tipton and Nina Streets, baseball training facility
Swan Lake Road rezoning to light industrial (P-ZON-000042-2026)
Folia Development rezoning to general business (C-ZON-000044-2026)
Zoning Amendment — 28.73 Acres to B-2 (P-ZON-000238-2025)
P-ZON-000180-2025 Zoning amendment R-A to B-3, Swan Lake Road
Voting record (1)(Zoning)
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