Month 2006-4 April
Meeting of 2006-4-25 Regular Meeting
MINUTES
LAWTON CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
APRIL 25, 2006 - 6:00 P.M.
WAYNE GILLEY CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER
Mayor John P. Purcell, Jr. Also Present:
Presiding Larry
Mitchell, City Manager
John
Vincent, City Attorney
Traci
Hushbeck, City Clerk
COL Sonny Uberti, Fort Sill Liaison
Mayor Purcell called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Notice of meeting and agenda
were posted
on the City Hall notice board as required by law. Invocation was given by Pastor Chris Austin,
Lighthouse Baptist Church, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Bill
Shoemate, Ward One
Rex Givens, Ward Two
Janice Drewry,
Ward Three
Keith Jackson,
Ward Four
Robert Shanklin, Ward Five
Jeffrey Patton, Ward Six
Stanley
Haywood, Ward Seven
Randy
Warren, Ward Eight
ABSENT: None
PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATION OF APPRECIATION TO DUIT CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY, INC.
Mayor Purcell stated there was a road construction project on the east side of town
on Flower
Mound Road. A construction company received the contract less than a year ago. The project
was to be completed by June of this year. Not only did they complete the project well before
June, but it was open to the citizens on the east side of town all the way back in February. He
stated he would like to recognize Duit Construction Company. He introduced Jim Duit, owner,
Gary Gall, Executive Superintendent, Mike Harkow, Field Superintendent, and Mark Willey,
Project Manager. He stated on behalf of the citizens he thanked them for the outstanding
and
timely work that was done. He presented Mr. Duit with a Mayor s Certificate of Appreciation.
PRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL TO MICHAEL
CULBERTSON, LANDSCAPE TECHNICIAN IN THE ATHLETIC MAINTENANCE
DIVISION OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
Kim Shahan, Parks and Recreation Director, introduced Gerald Catlett, Division Head
for Parks
and Grounds and Mike Dudley, Supervisor of Landscape Maintenance.
Catlett introduced Michael Culbertson who has been employed with the City of Lawton
for six
years and two years as part time. He stated he is a very dedicated employee. He is always
ready
and willing to perform any job.
Dudley stated that Michael s greatest attribute is the fact that he never complains,
but he shows
up to work five or ten minutes early every morning and does his job. He is a good mechanic and
keeps a lot of machinery running. He is very deserving of this honor.
Mayor Purcell presented a plaque, certificate of honor, two days of nonchargable
leave, script
money from Chamber merchants and a Mayor s Do What s Right coin.
PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION FOR FLOOD AWARENESS MONTH
Mayor Purcell stated the City of Lawton has a very active flood protection program. He
proclaimed the month of May 2006 as Flood Awareness Month. He encouraged all citizens to
take advantage of the flood insurance that is available if they are anywhere near an area that is
prone to flood.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION:
J.D. Brennan, B&B Garage , 3013 SW Park, stated he was in the process of expanding
his
business. He submitted plans for a permit in March. They were rejected because of new
ordinance pertaining to rain water runoff. He was told that he must complete a drainage study
to
show how 2,400sf showroom and parking would contribute to increased flow. His lot is less than
one acre. The Planning Commission, at their last meeting, voted to exempt commercial property
of less than one acre. His expansion needs to be ready by the end of May.
John Walkos, 3703 NW Lincoln Avenue, stated four years ago the City of Lawton told
him to
take his fence down because they were going to expand the road. He took it down and told staff
he would put it back up when the road was completed. He was told the side walk would not be
put on his side of the road. Afterwards they took a tree down and put the sidewalk down. He
stated Jerry Ihler told the City Council that they would have to do nothing with utilities but move
the telephone pole. He is now told the city is going to put a new sewer line through his yard. He
questioned if anything can be done.
Jerry Ihler, Public Works Director, stated he is presuming this is part of the Phase
II sewer rehab
plan. He will get with staff regarding this issue.
Mr. Walkos stated Ihler owes him an apology for saying there was nothing on his side
of the line.
Charley Wright, Design Associates, 702 SW 52
nd, stated he and Mr. Brennan have been before
the City Planning twice and at the last meeting the commissioners votes unanimously to bring
something to the City Council that would change a few words in the ordinance that exempted
those with less than one acre. They discussed inserting the words one acre or more
in the
ordinance. They tried to expedite Mr. Brennan s permit and paid to have a drainage survey
done. When the review came back it stated they must provide a H&H study showing peak
releases rates for the 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 year storm run off. Their engineer did the study
on
the 10 and 100 year. If he was to go forward and cover all these years staff requested, the cost
of
the study would surpass the cost of the plans. He stated there are several small business projects
in this town that are less than an acre. Those owners don t have the money to invest and
it will
hinder the amount of growth of small businesses.
Pat Montgomery, 6705 NW Oakdale Drive, stated he is also waiting on the drainage
ordinance.
The sooner the ordinance can be signed, the sooner he can proceed with his project. His
is a
small project on less than an acre and he would like to see the City Council vote on this issue
next week.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF LAWTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF
MARCH 28, 2006.
MOVED by Warren, SECOND by Drewry, to approve the Minutes of March 21, 2006. AYE:
Givens, Drewry, Jackson, Shanklin, Patton, Haywood, Warren, Shoemate. NAY: None.
MOTION CARRIED.
CONSENT AGENDA: The following items are considered to be routine by the City Council
and
will be enacted with one motion. Should discussion be desired on an item, that item will be
removed from the Consent Agenda prior to action and considered separately.
Shanklin requested items #1 and #4 be considered separately.
MOVED by Shanklin, SECOND by Haywood, to approve the Consent Agenda items as
recommended with the exception of items 1 and 4. AYE: Drewry, Jackson, Shanklin, Patton,
Haywood, Warren, Shoemate, Givens. NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED.
1. Consider approving a Raw Water Sales Agreement with Chesapeake
Operating, Inc., and
authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Contract. Exhibits: Location Map. Contract
is on file in the City Clerk s office.
Shanklin questioned how much water the city is going to sell, how much are they asking
for and
are we going take that money that is generated from the lease and put it back in
Parks and
Recreation budget. He questioned how much this is worth.
Vincent stated the estimate is around $6,000. He stated this money does go
into the Lawton
Water Authority as part of the budget and if the City Council wants to take action
staff can figure
out a way to calculate how much money is attributable to this contract.
Shanklin stated he was referencing the $130,000, which was discussed when he was
not present.
He really wanted that to go to the Lakes and Lands, but it is too late now.
MOVED by Shanklin, SECOND by Drewry, to approve a Raw Water Sales Agreement with
Chesapeake Operating, Inc., and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contract.
AYE: Jackson, Shanklin, Patton, Haywood, Warren, Shoemate, Givens, Drewry. NAY: None.
MOTION CARRIED.
2. Consider approving a Memorandum of Understanding with the
Center for Occupational
Health, which clarifies the duties and responsibilities of the Center for Occupational Health and
the City of Lawton. Exhibits: MOU Attached.
3. Consider approving a Memorandum of Understanding with the
AM-PM Clinic and the City
of Lawton, which clarifies the duties and responsibilities of the AM-PM Clinic and the City of
Lawton. Exhibits: MOU Attached.
4. Consider authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute
a contract with Kirkpatrick Forest
Curtis, PC (KFC) for the design of the WWTP Sludge Wetwell Project #2006-5. Exhibits:
Agreement is on file in the City Clerk s office.
Shanklin questioned where the well was located.
Jerry Ihler, Public Works Director, stated it is in the same building as the belt
filter presses in the
northeast corner.
Shanklin questioned the cost of the construction.
Ihler stated they will not know until they do the design and study to determine exactly
what the
cost estimate is. He would not want to estimate a figure.
MOVED by Shanklin, SECOND by Drewry, to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a
contract with Kirkpatrick Forest Curtis, PC (KFC) for the design of the WWTP Sludge Wetwell
Project #2006-5 for a fee amount of $16,500. AYE: Shanklin, Patton, Haywood, Warren,
Shoemate, Givens, Drewry, Jackson. NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED.
5. Consider approving the construction plans for sanitary
sewer to serve Lots 5 through 15,
Block 8, Runyon Hill Side Addition. Exhibits: Location Map.
6. Consider approving the replat of Summerwood Square Addition,
Part 2 and a portion of Part
1. Exhibits: Record Plat.
7. Consider approving the construction plat for Shelter Creek
Estates, Part 3 subject to
conditions. Exhibits: Plat Map.
8. Consider issuing a revocable permit for the installation
of security gates across access drives
that serve the off-street parking area on the south side of Jim Talliaferro Community Mental
Health Center (CMHC) located at 602 SW 38
th Street. Exhibits: Application and sit plan.
Revocable Permit is on file in the City Clerk s office.
9.
Consider awarding (CL06-044) Pebble Quicklime to Texas Lime Company
of Dallas,
Texas.
Exhibits: Department
Recommendation and Abstract of Bids.
10. Consider awarding (CL06-042) Library Book Contract to
the following vendors: 1)
Davidson Titles, Inc., Jackson, TN Items 1-3, 6-7, 11, 14-18, 22-28, 31 2) (The
Gale Group),
Farmington Hills, MI Items 2-4, 6-7, 13, 15, 21, 23-24, 3) HW Wilson, Co., Bronx,
NY
Item 15, 4) Penworthy Co., Milwaukee, WI Items 22-24, 5) Publishers
Quality Library
Service, Crete, IL Items 24-25 6) Recorded Books, Inc., Prince Frederick, MD Items 26, 31,
7) Regent Book Co., Lodi, NJ Items 1-9, 11-12, 14-24, 26-28, 31-32, 8) Rourke
Publishing
LLC, Vero Beach, FL Items 24, 32, 9) Salem Press, Inc., Hackensack, NJ Item
15, 10)
Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc., Danbury, CT Items 3, 6, 11, 15, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28,
31 and
11) Walden Book Inc./Borders, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI Items 1-9, 11, 12, 14-26, 28, 31. Exhibits:
Department Recommendation and Abstract of Bids.
11. Consider extending the contract (CL05-046)
Laboratory Services of Toxic Pollutants with
Accurate
Labs of Stillwater, Oklahoma. Exhibits: Department Recommendation,
Contract
Extension
Form, Abstract of Bids.
12. Consider extending the contract (CL04-047) Crane Service
with Allied Steel Construction
Company of
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Exhibits: Department Recommendation,
Contract
Extension
Form, Abstract of Bids.
13. Consider approving appointments to boards and commissions. Exhibits: None.
14. Consider approval of payroll for the period of March 27-
April 9, 2006. Exhibits: None.
BUSINESS ITEMS:
15. Hold a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending
Section 6-1-5-185, Division 5,
Article 1, Chapter 6 and Section 21-6-606, Article 6, Chapter 21, and creating Section 18-4-1-413, Division
1, Article 4, Chapter 18, Lawton City Code, 2005, by requiring surfaced walkways.
Exhibits:
Richard Rogalski, Planning Director, stated at the December 13, 2005 meeting, the
City Council
expressed an interest in expanding requirements for surfaced walkways (sidewalks) to include
new building permits for commercial construction. Currently surfaced walkways are required in
new residential and commercial subdivisions. The individual home or building contractor
constructs such walkways along the lot frontage at the time the structure is built.
Because the proposed code amendments involve both the zoning and subdivision codes
the City
Planning Commission held a public hearing on March 23, 2006. No one spoke at the public
hearing, and the CPC unanimously recommended approval of the ordinance to the City Council.
Subsequent to the CPC, on April 25, a suggestion was made to add a provision for
a developer of
a commercial site to apply to pay a fee in lieu of constructing the walkway based on unusual size,
shape, topography or unique geographic location of the tract. Staff recommends the public
hearing be continued to May 9, 2006 to allow time to draft appropriate language.
PUBLIC HEARING OPENED
Patton left the meeting @ 6:45 p.m.
MOVED by Givens, SECOND by Warren, to continue the public hearing to May 9, 2006. AYE:
Haywood, Warren, Shoemate, Givens, Drewry, Jackson, Shanklin. NAY: None. MOTION
CARRIED.
16. Hold a public hearing and consider a resolution amending
the 2025 Land Use Plan from
Agriculture, Residential/High Density, and Commercial to Residential/Low Density and an
ordinance changing the zoning from Temporary A-1 (General Agricultural District) to R-1
(Single-Family Dwelling District) zoning classification located at the northwest corner of the
intersection of SW 67
th Street and Bishop Road. Exhibits: Resolution No. 06-___, Ordinance
No. 06-___, Location Map, Applications and CPC Minutes.
Rogalski stated this request is to place proper zoning on 60 acres of land which
will be developed
as Oak Pointe Addition. The owner of the tract is the Joyce Meadors Revocable Trust, and the
applicant is Ron Nance, Brentwood Development Company.
The zoning of the surrounding area is Temporary A-1 and R-1 to the north, and Temporary
A-1
to the south, east, and west. The land use of the surrounding area is vacant and Brentwood
Addition to the north and vacant agricultural to the south, east, and west. The current land use
of
the requested area is vacant. The applicant proposes to develop the area as a single-family
residential subdivision.
On March 23, 2006 the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on this request.
No one
spoke for or against the request during the public hearing. The Commission, by a 6 - 0 vote,
recommended approval of the amendment to the 2025 Land Use Plan and rezoning.
PUBLIC HEARING OPENED. No one appeared to speak and the public hearing was closed.
MOVED by Haywood, SECOND by Shoemate, to adopt Resolution No. 06-70 and Ordinance
No. 06-10, waive the reading of the ordinance, read the title only. AYE: Drewry, Jackson,
Shanklin, Haywood, Warren, Shoemate, Givens. NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED.
(Title read by City Attorney) Ordinance
06-10
An ordinance changing the zoning classification from the existing classification
of Temporary A-1 (General Agricultural District) to R-1 (Single-Family Dwelling District) zoning classification
on the tract of land located approximately at the NW corner of SW 67
th and Bishop Road which
is more particularly described in Section One (1) of the ordinance authorizing changes to be
made upon the official zoning map in accordance with this ordinance.
17. Hold a public hearing regarding the Lawton Downtown Economic
Development Project,
Project Plan and Tax Increment District Number One, City of Lawton, for information and
questions only and discuss a prospective City Ordinance to be presented to Council to implement
the same after holding a second public hearing on May 9, 2006. Exhibits: Lawton Downtown
Economic Development Project Plan, Proposed Ordinance Approving and Adopting Project Plan
and Establishing Increment District No. One, City of Lawton, Notice of Hearing published in the
Lawton Constitution, Project Area and Increment District Boundary Map, City Council
Resolution No. 06-30, Findings & Recommendation of the Lawton Downtown Economic
Development Project Review Committee and City Planning Commission Resolution No. 06-05.
Mitchell stated that included in the packet is a project plan with a budget. The
review committee
has identified an area with boundaries of the proposed TIF district and in the project plan is a
proposed budget which will utilize both ad valorem and sales tax to fund projects proposed
within that boundary. He introduced Leslie Bachelor, who assisted staff and the review
committee in putting together the project plan.
Ms. Bachelor stated it was her privilege to participate with the review committee
in drafting the
project plan. This was done under a statute called the Local Development Act, which is the
strongest tool that Oklahoma has available to cities, towns and counties to provide the financial
where with all to carry out public investments necessary to generate private investment. This
was conceived as an extension of the efforts that the Lawton Urban Renewal Authority has made,
the interest of the chamber and other groups in revitalizing downtown with particular emphasis
on 2
nd Street in bringing about some mixed use development, greater retail and implementing
some of the planning strategy that this community has been developing over the past few years.
Under the Local Development Act all the effective taxing entities have an opportunity to
participate. She stated it is important to understand that this plan does not raise taxes, but
generates revenue from additional private investments and increased retail activity and that
increased revenue is used to repay the public costs associated with generating that new
investment.
PUBLIC HEARING OPENED.
Givens questioned how the City Attorney was going to interpret this conflict of interest
statute.
Vincent stated he and Scott Meadors called Ms. Bachelor this afternoon and had a
discussion
regarding this issue. This would affect any council member that has any interest in property
located within the proposed project area in excess of 10% or greater, or their family has an
interest in 10% in a single property. As an example, Mr. Warren has a business at
2
nd Street and
B Avenue and has more than 10% invested so he will be prohibited from taking any kind of
official action on this project.
Ms. Bachelor stated as is typical of Oklahoma Statutes, they are very sweeping in
their conflict
of interest provisions to assure that there is no appearance of impropriety. The difficulty in
this
situation arises from the fact that although the statute only finds a conflict with respect to
property that is possibly to be acquired and developed with public assistance, since those parcels
have not been definitively identified by this project plan, they came to the conclusion that is
would be safest to advise those council members with any interest in the project area to abstain.
Shanklin stated he will be out because he does own property.
Mayor Purcell stated that each council member can consult the City Attorney as to
whether they
have a conflict.
Givens stated that would count out three council members, which would only leave
five members
to vote.
Warren stated they only need a majority of those left who are eligible to vote.
Vincent stated that is what the statute says.
Shanklin questioned if they use sales tax, will the overall budget be less.
Givens stated that is not how it is suppose to work.
Ms. Bachelor stated the way in increment district works is you take a snapshot of
the property
values and the sales tax as they exist at the time the ordinance establishing the increment district
is adopted which will set the base. From that base line, you look at growth that is created, new
investment and new sales within the boundaries of the increment district. The baseline of the
sales tax will be the previous years sales taxes within this area. Then everything
above that we
will take a look at and 90% of that increase will be the increment that can be used on project
costs that are listed in the budget.
Mitchell stated we are essentially deferring that increased value within the district
for a period of
time in exchange for the improvements we hope to generate.
Shanklin questioned how we know what the sales tax was.
Ms. Bachelor stated they will gather that information over the next 90 days and will
work with
the Oklahoma Tax Commission. The identities of the taxpayers will not be revealed.
Givens stated they will only receive the total generated from within that district.
PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.
18. Consider an ordinance amending Section 19-7-701, Article
19-7, Chapter 19, Lawton City
Code, 2005, by creating an exemption from the prohibition of parking in City Park, providing for
severability, and declaring an emergency. Exhibits: Ordinance No. 06-____.
Vincent stated several council meetings ago Mr. Haywood brought up some issues regarding
the
language and the interpretation of Section 19-7-701, particularly subsection D. Several meetings
were held with Mr. Shahan and Deputy Chief Mathis. As a result of those meetings, they
determined that they did not need an amendment to subsection D, but they did need an
amendment to subsection C which relates to activities after the parks closes, but are sponsored by
the city. He believes Mr. Haywood s issues have been resolved.
MOVED by Haywood, SECOND by Shanklin, to adopt Ordinance No. 06-11, waive the reading
of the ordinance, read the title only and declaring an emergency. AYE: Shanklin, Haywood,
Warren, Shoemate, Givens, Drewry, Jackson. NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED.
(Title read by City Attorney) Ordinance
06-11
An ordinance pertaining to recreation amending Section 19-7-701, Article 19-7, Chapter
19,
Lawton City Code, 2005, by creating an exemption from the prohibition of parking
in city park,
providing for severability, and declaring an emergency.
19. Consider the acceptance of an OEA Grant Application submitted
through the Department
of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) and approve an OEA Grant Agreement in the
amount of $109,580 to carry out growth management planning activities. Exhibits: OEA
Acceptance Letter dated April 12, 2006, Current Financial Statement & Summary for Grant
RA06105-06-01 and Grant Agreement for Grant RA06105-06-01.
Mitchell stated the City of Lawton has worked with the Department of Defense and
the Office of
Economic Adjustment for about a year trying to secure this federal grant. The City Council
authorized the manager to hire a senior planner and a plans examiner. Mid year they hired the
plans examiner and a senior planner will begin in mid May. This grant will reimburse the city
for the senior planner salary and secretarial support for that position. Over the course of the next
year we will use that grant to develop an RFP for retaining an urban planning consultant that will
assist the city in developing a growth management plan for this region. Hopefully we will have
a
strategic plan to accommodate the anticipated growth that we may see as a result of the BRAC
announcements and other development that is occurring throughout Comanche County. He is
also hopeful that after we secure the second phase of the grant to pay for the consultant work,
once we get the growth management plan completed that may open the door for other federal
monies through either the DOD or other federal agencies. He is hopeful that this is the first
step
in a long term relationship with the DOD. He stated he will be attending a growth management
conference next week in Atlanta from May 2-5. There will be representatives from Fort Sill,
ASCOG and the Oklahoma State Strategic Planning Commission.
Mayor Purcell stated the City Manager has been working diligently and has had numerous
meetings with representatives from DOD to get this initial grant.
MOVED by Givens, SECOND by Warren, to accept an OEA Grant Application submitted
through the Department of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) and approve an
OEA Grant Agreement in the amount of $109,580 to carry out growth management planning
activities. AYE: Haywood, Warren, Shoemate, Givens, Drewry, Jackson, Shanklin. NAY:
None. MOTION CARRIED.
REPORTS: MAYOR/CITY COUNCIL/CITY MANAGER
Haywood stated Lawton View Neighborhood Association will hold a fundraiser the first
week in
June for Officer Poindexter. He stated his son is going back to Notre Dame to speak.
Shanklin stated everyone received a memo from the Planning Division regarding Critters
Pet
Shop on West Gore. He stated this is such a fine line in dealing with the 50%, when it is
62.61%. Staff needs to explain the process. If they are going to disenfranchise
this person
because he has been there 21 years, when those codes were not even in place. There are also a
lot of places in town that do not have parking. If they want to have a business where there is
no
parking, that should be their prerogative.
Shoemate questioned if they included the parking that was available behind the building.
Shanklin stated they did everything they could to get him there. He thinks
the parking could be
worked out. He wants to agenda this item and discuss this issue. The state statute took
out the
50% on demolition.
Vincent stated he is talking about the parking requirements under the grandfather
clause for a
building that was damaged by fire. He stated staff needs to take a look at it because there is
parking behind the building. He does not know if Fins and Critters can get a parking agreement
with Ramon s and solve the parking issue.
Shanklin stated the contractor submitted an estimate of $78,000 and the assessed
value of the
building is $125,000. If you divide that it comes to 62.1%, so now they need to go to the Board
of Adjustment. That is just a bureaucrat delay and he doesn t like it.
Vincent stated he will get with the Planning Director and the City Manager to look
at the issue.
Givens stated it is 50% of the replacement value. Assessed value is not necessarily
replacement
value. He questioned if they used the assessed value or the replacement value, which is what the
ordinance says.
Vincent stated this is the first time he has seen this, and he will have to do some
research.
Shanklin stated we should be trying to help, not kick a man while he is down.
Vincent stated he will take a look at this and they may be able to solve this problem
without any
big fuss.
Mayor Purcell stated that is why they have the Board of Adjustment, for these exceptions.
Vincent stated it used to be a blanket that if you were over 50% you got no relief. The City
Council amended that about five or six years ago that gave the owner an appeal right to the
Board of Adjustment.
Mayor Purcell questioned if they could change that 50% rule or was it state law.
Vincent stated it is totally within the provisions of the City Council.
Mayor Purcell stated if the 50% is not valid, they can change it.
COL Uberti thanked everyone who attended the send off for the Air Force detachment.
There
will be another departure ceremony on Friday, April 28
th at 3 p.m. at the polo field. He thanked
the superintendents from Comanche County who attended a meeting to talk about transitioning
students into and out of the school systems. He reminded everyone that starting May 1st,
no one
will be allowed to use a cell phone while driving on the installation unless using a hands free
device.
Mitchell stated he handed out a copy of a fax he received from Senator Bass having
to do with
HB 2412 regarding conservation and compatible use buffers around military installations. He
stated if anyone has any comments or concerns, please let him know and he will forward those to
Senator Bass. This fits nicely with the work being done with Land Legacy regarding
conservation easements. He distributed a survey that staff did on the polycart pilot program.
Staff surveyed 200 customers out of the 2,000 involved in the program. They received
responses from 143. Overall they received an 82% approval rating for the work being done so
far.
Drewry stated most of the negative comments she is hearing are from those who are
not even in
the pilot program.
Mayor Purcell stated they need to reconstitute the Engineer Selection Committee. The
committee has not met in a while and there were several members who are no longer on the City
Council. He requested volunteers who wish to serve. Council members Givens, Shoemate,
Warren and Drewry volunteered to serve. He stated the nominations will be brought to the City
Council for approval at the next meeting.
Vincent stated he will be attending a meeting of the Oklahoma Municipal Utilities
Providers at
OML at 10:00 a.m. the next morning which will lead up to a 12 Noon meeting of the Drought
Management Committee of OML. Gary Smith, Assistant Public Works Director, will be
attending with him. He stated they will try to come up with a state wide plan or recommendation
concerning water conservation and water management. The City of Lawton ordinance will be
used as one of the models.
The Mayor and Council convened in executive session at 7:17 p.m. and reconvened in
regular,
open session at 8:25 p.m. Roll call reflected all members present.
BUSINESS ITEMS: EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS
20. Pursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes,
consider convening in executive
session to discuss an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)/Tort Claim filed by
Hedy S. Jackson and take action in open session as necessary. Exhibits: None.
Vincent read the title of item 20 shown above. He said the Council did receive
a briefing on the
current status by attorney Shondra Holmes-Ray. No action is required.
21. Pursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes,
consider convening in executive
session to discuss a pending tort claim by Larry K. Standridge and take action in open session as
necessary. Exhibits: None.
Vincent read the title of item 21 shown above. He said the Council did receive
a briefing on the
claim.
MOVED by Jackson, SECOND by Warren, to accept Larry K. Standridge settlement offer of
$15,000 and his November 8,2005 damage claim against the city, subject to Mr. Standridge
executing a settlement agreement and authorize the Mayor and the City Attorney to sign all the
necessary documents and file a friendly suit to confess judgment. AYE: Haywood, Warren,
Shoemate, Givens, Drewry, Jackson, Shanklin. NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED.
22. Pursuant to Section 307B.1, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes,
consider convening in executive
session to discuss the semi-annual evaluation review of Larry Mitchell, City Manager, and if
necessary, take appropriate action in open session. Exhibits: None.
Mayor Purcell stated the City Council did convene in executive session to discuss
the semi-annual evaluation review of Larry Mitchell. The Council was well satisfied with how Mr.
Mitchell was performing.
MOVED by Jackson, SECOND by Drewry, to accept the amended contract of Larry Mitchell
with the increased salary of $120,000 effective the next pay period with all the necessary
assigned signatures. AYE: Haywood, Warren, Shoemate, Givens, Drewry, Jackson, Shanklin.
NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to consider, the meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. upon
motion,
second and roll call vote.
___/s/ John P. Purcell, Jr._______________
JOHN
P. PURCELL, JR., MAYOR
ATTEST:
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/s/ Traci L. Hushbeck______________
TRACI HUSHBECK, CITY CLERK