Special call meetings: Muskogee Municipal Authority, Parking Authority, Redevelopment Authority and City Council -- Glances

Cathy Spaulding, Muskogee Phoenix, Okla.
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May 23—On Monday, the Muskogee City Council took action on the following items during the special call meetings:

MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY

APPROVED:

—Consider approval of Resolution No. 2990 adopting the Muskogee Municipal Authority budget for FY2024-2025, establishing budget amendment authority.

----PARKING AUTHORITY

APPROVED:

—Consider approval of Resolution No. 2991 adopting the Muskogee Parking Authority budget for FY2024-2025, establishing budget amendment authority.

----REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

APPROVED:

—Consider approval of Resolution No. 2992 adopting the Muskogee Redevelopment Authority budget for FY2024-2025, establishing budget amendment authority.

----CITY COUNCIL

CONSENT AGENDA

APPROVED:

—Claims for all City departments March 30, 2024 through May 3, 2024.

—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.

—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.

—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.

—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.

—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.

—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.

—Final plat of ACT MD Addition, consisting of two (2) lots on five (5) acres, located on Hancock Street west of Foltz Lane.

—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.

—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, for the remaining fiscal year, from the original amount of $575,000.

—Final payment in the amount $77,999.19, to Rosscon, LLC, for completion of the SE Zone Mill and Overlay Project No. 2023027.

—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.

—Nominate and appoint Council member Dan Hall as Vice-Chair of the Public Works Committee.

REGULAR AGENDA

HEARD:

—Presentation relating to the proposed Muskogee Capital Improvement Funding Program for the City of Muskogee.

APPROVED:

—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.

—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.

—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.

—By a 5-2 vote, a motion not to accept City Council Policy 3-6-7, Collective Bargaining.

—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.

—Resolution No. 2989 approving the City of Muskogee Budget for FY2024-2025, establishing budget amendment authority.

—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, to help pay for trash trucks and poly-cart containers.

—Appointment of Councilor Melody Cranford to serve on the Purchasing Committee.