Bossier City’s mayor is proposing a 2027 budget with a nearly $1.9 million deficit.
At a budget workshop meeting of the Bossier City Council Tuesday, the city’s chief administrative officer presented the mayor’s 2027 proposed budget, a document expected to see revisions before its final passage. City expenditures are growing and are likely to outpace 2027 revenues.
Bossier City Chief Administrative Officer Shane Cheatham told the council the proposed 2027 general fund, in which most city departments are found, is budgeted with anticipated revenues of $83.9 million and expenditures of $85.8 million, requiring $1.88 million in reserves to be used…