Shreveport approves pay raises for city employees in 2027 budget
(The Center Square) - Shreveport police officers, firefighters and other city employees are set to receive pay increases in December as part of the city's proposed 2027 budget. Shreveport City Council unanimously approved a 3% pay increase for classified city employees, effective Dec. 1. The two resolutions passed included additional pay adjustments for more than 400 employees starting Jan. 1, 2027, as well as 6% base-pay increases for police officers and firefighters. At Monday's administrative conference, Chief Administrative Officer Tom Dark said the increases mainly affect the city's General Fund and will initially be funded through building permits fees linked to the two data center projects in Caddo Parish. The approval followed concerns from council members during an Oct. 26 administrative conference, when members questioned why police and fire would receive raises months before other city employees. Councilman James Green argued that all municipal employees should receive increases around the same time saying, "If we found that fountain of money from the data centers and whatever, then we should look beyond putting a few in a bowl and then tell others to wait because they've got to go to the gas pump like everybody else. They got to go to
