The City Council voted to table a motion for pay increases for the mayor and the council.
A 67% increase is proposed for council members, taking their annual salary from $15,000 to $25,000. The increase in the salary for council members, if approved, becomes effective Dec. 31, 2022.
Sponsored by Councilmen John Nickelson and Jerry Bowman, a 30% increase is proposed also for the mayor whose salary would go from $96,000 to an annual $125,000 salary, payable in equal semimonthly installments, according to the ordinance.
A proposal that would address weapons in unlocked vehicles was also postponed. for two weeks.
Shreveport City Councilman John Nickelson's proposed legislation that would add a new section to the Code of Ordinances making it a misdemeanor offense with a $1,000 fine, to leave a handgun in an unattended vehicle unless the handgun is locked in the vehicle’s trunk, glove compartment, or locked in a container that is permanently affixed to the vehicle’s interior and not in plain view.