Mayor· 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)
Tommy Chandler
Bossier City
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Top issues during term (20)(Taxes Budget)
Sales tax revenue slipping
Temporary reporting delay; revenue expected to correct in March.
State debt collection for city delinquencies
No upfront cost; could recover unpaid city debts.
2027 city budget adoption
The full 2027 budget package was adopted; specific reserves are around 75% of general fund spending.
2027 city budget and Community Development restructuring
Roughly $3 million cut from a combined operating, enterprise, and capital budget that originally carried a $1.8 million deficit.
$15 Million Bond Refinancing
Roughly $3.5 million in interest savings over ten years, which protects the sales-tax-backed debt budget.
The Row I and Row II Economic Development Districts
No tax today — but a future 2% district sales tax would add about 20 cents to a $10 purchase, with revenue dedicated to the East Bank and riverfront.
Redeeming the 2014 and 2015 LCDA bonds
$9,950,000 from the Parkway Capital Projects Fund.
Veterans Day Paid Holiday Proposal
Unknown — paid holiday time for eligible veteran employees would have a payroll cost.
2027 MPC budget and comprehensive plan/UDC study
No new money is being requested — the $955,000 study line comes from funds already appropriated.
Surplus and obsolete equipment disposal
Unknown — disposal proceeds and amounts not stated.
25% Minimum General Fund Balance
Requires the city to hold reserves equal to at least a quarter of annual budgeted expenses.
Infrastructure Capital Fund from Sales Tax
A percentage of sales tax revenue will be diverted into the new fund.
Bossier Checkbook transparency portal
Costs not yet set; first-year funding will be considered in the 2027 budget.
2026 Ad Valorem Tax Levy
Property tax rates stay flat for 2026 — no increase for homeowners.
Shreveport Transit Authority funding gap
$305,532 drawn from the General Fund balance.
2026 property tax levy
Millage stays at 21.5, same as the prior year.
City internet infrastructure upgrade
Saves about $378 per month, or roughly $13,600 over the three-year term.
Council leadership transition
Leasing city mineral interests
Lease revenue at roughly $3,000 per acre offered, expected to flow to the General Fund; final amount set by competitive bid.
United Way funding suspension
Protects city grant dollars from going to groups that fail state audit requirements.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Chandler was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Taxes Budget.