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Consider authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the FY-2025 Memorandum Agreement between the City of Lawton, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and the U.S. Geological Survey and pay the city portion of cost.
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INITIATOR: Rusty Whisenhunt, Director of Public Utilities
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Rusty Whisenhunt, Director of Public Utilities
BACKGROUND: The cooperative program between the City of Lawton, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2024, consists of operation and maintenance of continuous stage recorders on East Cache Creek, Lake Lawtonka and Lake Ellsworth and data collection platforms at the lake sites. Publication at the three sites is included and the information is available, real-time, on the USGS web page. The continuation of the data collection program for the period of July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025 is as follows:
City of Lawton’s share is $16,500. USGS matching funds amount is $9,400 and USGS FPS funds amount is $1,300 for a total shared amount of $27,200.
EXHIBIT: Memorandum of Agreement
KEY ISSUES: Does City Council wish to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the FY-2025 Memorandum Agreement between the City of Lawton, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and the U.S. Geological Survey and pay the city portion of cost
FUNDING SOURCE: Medicine Park Water Treatment Plant Professional Services Account 7006509-52025
STAFF RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION: Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the FY-2025 Memorandum Agreement between the City of Lawton, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and the U.S. Geological Survey and pay the city portion of cost.