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POSTING DATE: MAY 16, 2024
SPECIAL CALL
AGENDA MUSKOGEE CITY COUNCIL MAY 20, 2024
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Official action can only be taken on items which appear on the agenda. The public body may adopt, approve, ratify, deny, defer, recommend, amend, strike, or continue any agenda item. When more information is needed to act on an item, the public body may refer the matter to Staff or back to Committee or the recommending body. Under certain circumstances, items are deferred to a specific date or stricken from the agenda entirely. |
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By virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, I do hereby issue a call for a Special Call Meeting of the Muskogee City Council to convene:
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INVOCATION - COUNCILMEMBER C.B. ABLE FLAG SALUTE - MAYOR W. PATRICK CALE |
CONSENT AGENDA
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The following items are considered to be routine by the City Council and will not be read aloud. The Consent Agenda will be enacted with one motion and should discussion be desired on an item, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda prior to action and considered separately prior to the Regular Agenda. | ||||||
1. | Approval of claims for all City departments March 30, 2024 through May 3, 2024, or take other necessary action. | |||||
2. | Approval to apply for, and if selected, accept the 2024 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Peer Support Implementation Project Grant through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, in the maximum amount of $200,000.00, or take other necessary action. (Johnny Teehee) | |||||
3. | Approval of Change Order No's. 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 for the River Country Family Waterpark Renovation, with Allison Landscape & Pools Co., in the amount of $105,949.79, for site improvements, receive update on progress of project, and take other necessary action. (Mark Wilkerson) | |||||
4. | Approval to authorize the City Manager to execute an Engagement Letter with Crawford and Associates, Certified Public Accountants, to perform audit preparation and produce financial statements for the FY2024 audit, or take other necessary action. (Dennis Read) | |||||
5. | Approval of the City of Muskogee Foundation Board of Directors appointing of Sheena Bair, replacing Aaron George, to serve a six (6) year term, beginning August 1, 2024, and ending July 31, 2030, or take other necessary action. (Mike Miller) | |||||
6. | Approval of the City of Muskogee Foundation Board of Directors appointing of John Hays, replacing James Gulley, to serve a six (6) year term, beginning August 1, 2024, and ending July 31, 2030, or take other necessary action. (Mike Miller) | |||||
7. | Approval of the City of Muskogee Foundation Board of Directors appointing of Kimberly Williams, replacing Jerri Stoutermire, to serve a six (6) year term, beginning August 1, 2024, and ending July 31, 2030, or take other necessary action. (Mike Miller) | |||||
8. | Approval of the final plat of ACT MD Addition, consisting of two (2) lots on five (5) acres, located on Hancock Street west of Foltz Lane, or take other necessary action. (Jody King) | |||||
9. | Approval to accept ODEQ Permit No. SL000051240028, for the construction of 1,623 linear feet of eight (8) inch PVC sanitary sewer line plus all the appurtenances, to serve the Green Country Behavioral Health Sewer Line Extention, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, or take other necessary action. (Mike Stewart) | |||||
10. | Approval to authorize the City Manager to amend the Muskogee Water System Maintenance Contract and Street Repair Contract between the City of Muskogee and Cook Consulting, LLC, by increasing the not-to-exceed limit to $675,000.00, for the remaining fiscal year, from the original amount of $575,000, or take other necessary action. (Mike Stewart) | |||||
11. | Approval for final payment in the amount $77,999.19, to Rosscon, LLC, for completion of the SE Zone Mill and Overlay Project No. 2023027, or take other necessary action. (Mike Stewart) | |||||
12. | Approval to authorize the removal of the traffic signal at Gibson and North J Streets, replacing with a 4-way stop, pending the results of a traffic engineering study, or take other necessary action. (Mike Stewart) | |||||
13. | Approval to nominate and appoint Councilmember Dan Hall as Vice-Chair of the Public Works Committee, or take other necessary action. (Mayor W. Patrick Cale) | |||||
REGULAR AGENDA
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14. | Receive presentation relating to the proposed Muskogee Capital Improvement Funding Program for the City of Muskogee, or take other necessary action. (Mike Miller) | |||||
15. | Consider approval of Ordinance No. 4234-A, an Ordinance of the Council of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, authorizing the calling and holding of a special election in the City of Muskogee, State of Oklahoma (the "City"), on the 27th day of August, 2024, for the purpose of submitting to the registered qualified electors of said City the question of the issuance of General Obligation Bonds of said City in an amount not to exceed the sum of Seventy Eight Million Six Hundred Eighty Five Thousand Dollars ($78,685,000) to be issued in series to provide funds for the purposes of: (i) acquiring, constructing, expanding, renovating, repairing, and/or equipping public safety buildings, facilities, and equipment, all to be owned exclusively by the City, (ii) constructing, reconstructing, repairing, improving, and rehabilitating streets, roads, bridges, and intersections in the City (including lighting, sidewalks/bikepaths, landscaping, related drainage improvements, driveway reconstruction, utility relocation, and other related improvements); and (iii) constructing, expanding, repairing, which may also include improving, renovating, acquiring and equipping community facilities, all to be owned exclusively by the City; all to be completed with or without the use of other funds, and levying and collecting an annual tax, in addition to all other taxes, upon all the taxable property in said City for the payment of the interest and principal on said bonds; providing for election procedures; authorizing professional services agreements pertaining to the issuance of said bonds; declaring an emergency; and containing other provisions related thereto, or take other necessary action. (Mike Miller) | |||||
16. | Consider approval of Ordinance No. 4235-A, an Ordinance of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, relating to the imposition of a City excise tax (sales tax) of one-half of one percent (0.5%) (in addition to any and all other excise taxes now in force) to be levied upon the gross proceeds or gross receipts derived from all sales taxable under the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code; providing for the use of the proceeds of said excise tax; providing for the effective date of said excise tax to begin on October 1, 2025, and terminate on September 30, 2031; providing for subsisting State permits; providing for payment of tax; providing that the tax is in addition to taxes currently levied; incorporating certain provisions of prior City ordinances; providing for amendments to this Ordinance; providing that the provisions of this Ordinance are cumulative and in addition to any and all taxing provisions of other City ordinances; providing for severability of provisions; and containing other provisions related thereto, or take other necessary action. (Mike Miller) | |||||
17. | Consider approval of Resolution No. 2994, a Resolution authorizing the calling and holding of a special election in the City of Muskogee, State of Oklahoma (the "City"), on the 27th day of August, 2024, for the purpose of submitting to the registered qualified electors of said City the question of approval or rejection of Ordinance No. 4235-A of the City relating to a one-half of one percent (0.5%) excise tax (sales tax), in addition to all present City, County and State excise taxes, with the proceeds of said tax to be used to fund capital expenditures, including but not limited to the streets, utilities, public safety, and community facilities of the City, or debt service in connection with said capital expenditures, as more specifically set out in Ordinance No. 4235-A of said City; and containing other provisions related thereto, or take other necessary action. (Mike Miller) | |||||
18. | Consider approval of Amended City Council Policy 3-6-7, Collective Bargaining, or take other necessary action. (Maggie Eaton) | |||||
19. | Consider approval of Resolution No. 2988 for the Community Development Block Grant Small Cities, Contract No. 18265 CDBG-SC 21, for water line repairs in the amount of $288,333.00, or take other necessary action. (Jody King) | |||||
20. | Consider approval of Resolution No. 2989 approving the City of Muskogee Budget for FY2024-2025, establishing budget amendment authority, or take other necessary action. (Mike Miller) | |||||
21. | Consider approval of Resolution No. 2981 authorizing the continuation of the account fund for the City of Muskogee entitled "Solid Waste Improvements," and designating the manner in which said account shall be operated for the upcoming FY2024-2025, or take other necessary action. (Mike Stewart) | |||||
22. | Consider approval to nominate and appoint Councilor Melody Cranford to serve on the Purchasing Committee, or take other necessary action. (Mayor Patrick Cale) | |||||
The City Clerk is hereby authorized to give each member of the Muskogee City Council notice of this Special Call Meeting as provided by the Charter of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma.
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ADJOURN |