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Meeting Details

Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/28/2023 2:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Lawton City Hall Council Chambers/Auditorium
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23-186 11.Consent AgendaConsider approval of the minutes of the Lawton City Council regular meeting of February 14, 2023.    Not available Not available
23-172 12.Consent AgendaConsider the following damage claim recommended for approval: George and Debra Flores in the reduced amount of $9,511.66.   Not available Not available
23-173 13.Consent AgendaConsider the following damage claims recommended for denial: Tina Wilhite and Dustin Wolfe in the amount of $15,808.00, and Robert Hadden in the amount of $1,500.00.   Not available Not available
23-166 14.Consent AgendaConsider adopting a resolution approving the joint petition settlement and making payment in the workers’ compensation claim of Scott Preston.   Not available Not available
23-53 15.Consent AgendaConsider approving the Limited Services Agreement and budget between the City of Lawton and the Lawton Enhancement Trust Authority.   Not available Not available
23-163 16.Consent AgendaConsider accepting the Oklahoma Heritage Preservation grant of $20,000.00 from the Oklahoma Historical Society for interactive historical signs and authorizing the Mayor to sign the contract.   Not available Not available
23-84 17.Consent AgendaConsider approving an agreement with City of Apache to provide services by the Lawton Animal Welfare Division to receive animals for the purpose of adoption, re-homing, sending to rescue, euthanization, or other means of disposal.   Not available Not available
23-170 18.Consent AgendaConsider approving a resolution amending Appendix A, Chapter A-19, Article A-19-7, Schedule of Fees and Charges, Lawton City Code, 2015, as amended, by removing sports registration fees since sports are no longer managed or operated by the City of Lawton.   Not available Not available
23-165 19.Consent AgendaConsider approving a Resolution to increase the petty cash account for License & Permits from $300 per day to $400 per day.   Not available Not available
23-130 110.Unfinished BusinessConsider adopting Resolutions authorizing the installation and/or removal of traffic control measures at: NW 35th Street & Arlington Avenue, and NW 47th Street & Meadow Brook Drive.    Not available Not available
23-161 111.Consent AgendaConsider acknowledging receipt of a permit number WL00001630084 for the construction of water line distribution from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to serve the Scissortail Pointe Development, City of Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.   Not available Not available
23-160 112.Consent AgendaConsider acknowledging receipt of a permit number SL000016230085 for the construction of sanitary sewer collection from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to serve the Scissortail Pointe Development, City of Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.   Not available Not available
23-148 113.Consent AgendaConsider approving Change Order No. 3 and accepting the 2017 Ad Valorem Street and Roads Program (Residential), Phase I-D -NW 78th Street and SW Oakcliff Avenue - Project No. EN1707P1D and placing the Maintenance Bond into effect.   Not available Not available
23-174 114.Consent AgendaConsider accepting Parking Lot (Earthwork, Paving and Walks and Landscape) portion of the Project EN2004A City-Hall Renovation Amendment No. 1 (GMP No.1) as complete and releasing retainage for same as per OS Title 61 § 226.C in the amount $17,689.43 and placing the Maintenance Bond into effect.   Not available Not available
23-147 115.Consent AgendaConsider extending CL21-016 Electric Services at the Wastewater Treatment Plant for an additional year to the vendor, Patco Electrical Services of Oklahoma City, OK.    Not available Not available
23-103 116.Consent AgendaConsider extending contract CL22-031 Nuisance Abatement to Joe’s Backhoe Service, LLC.   Not available Not available
23-171 117.Consent AgendaConsider approving appointments to boards and commissions.   Not available Not available
23-149 118.Unfinished BusinessConsider repealing resolution No. 22-157 and adopting a new resolution approving the joint petition settlement and making payments in the amount of $5,500.00 in the workers’ compensation claim of LaDonna Henderson.   Not available Not available
23-80 119.Unfinished BusinessHold a public hearing and adopt a resolution declaring the structures located at 6927 SW Hampshire Circle, 6929 SW Hampshire Circle, 6931 SW Hampshire Circle, 6933 SW Hampshire Circle, to be dilapidated pursuant to Section 6-5-1 Lawton City Code, ordering the owner to abate the nuisance, authorizing summary abatement, and authorizing the City Attorney to commence legal action in District Court to abate the nuisance.   Not available Not available
23-107 120.New BusinessHold a public hearing and adopt a resolution declaring the structures located at 104 SW 20th Street, 407 NW 16th Street aka 1516 NW Dearborn Avenue, 712 SW G Avenue, 1401 NW Lawton Avenue aka 1504 NW 14th Street, 1407 SW 7th Street, 1410 SW Garfield Avenue aka Dr. Charles Whitlow Avenue, 2114 NW Bessie Avenue, 2220 NW 26th Street, 2413 SW J Avenue, 2415 SW J Avenue, 2417 SW J Avenue, 5107 NW Cherry Avenue, to be dilapidated pursuant to Section 6-5-1 Lawton City Code, ordering the owner to abate the nuisance, authorizing summary abatement, and authorizing the City Attorney to commence legal action in District Court to abate the nuisance.   Not available Not available
23-181 121.Consent AgendaReceive a presentation from the Lawton Youth Sports Authority and Eastern Sports Management for a feasibility study of the indoor sports facility.    Not available Not available
23-10 122.New BusinessReceive a presentation updating status of “Alternate Water Supply Project” from staff and Consultant Engineer Garver Engineering and providing any direct that Council deems appropriate   Not available Not available
23-169 123.Consent AgendaConsider approving a revised agreement with the University of Oklahoma National Resource Center for Youth Services as requested by the Youth and Family Affairs Committee.   Not available Not available
23-167 224.New BusinessDiscuss approving the Youth and Family Affairs Committee Funding Recommendations.   Not available Not available
23-175 125.New BusinessDiscuss general security at City Hall and provide direction to City staff as council deems necessary.   Not available Not available
23-86 126.Consent AgendaConsider adopting an ordinance amending Personnel Policies and Procedures Section 17-1-5-151, Division 17-1-5, Article 17-1, Chapter 17, Lawton City Code, 2015 by removing the reference to regular employees; removing the sentence referencing normal working hours for regular employees; adding normal business hours; modifying the period of lunch from one hour to either 30 minutes or 60 minutes per work day; providing for severability and establishing an effective date.   Not available Not available
23-122 127.New BusinessConsider an Ordinance amending Sections 7-7-1-701, 7-7-1-703 through 7-7-1-705 and 7-7-1-708, Article 7-7-1, Division 7-7, Chapter 7, Business License, Lawton City Code, 2015 by amending the title of family day care home to home day care facility, adding a larger home day care facility type that allows up to 12 children to be taken care of, removing the requirement for child care facilities to be 300 feet from mixed beverage establishments, adding additional documents that are required with the application, deleting the nonconforming use language for family day care home facilities from the 1980s to 1990s, providing for severability, establishing an effective date and allowing for floor amendments.   Not available Not available
23-123 128.New BusinessConsider an ordinance pertaining to administration by (1) amending the title of Division 2-3-16 in Article 2-3, Chapter 2, Lawton City Code, 2015, so that said division will hereafter be titled “Council Budget and Efficiency Committee;” (2) Amending Section 2-3-16-400 of said division to reference the update to the committee’s name, add as part of the committee’s purpose “improving and measuring efficiency within municipal divisions and departments,” stating that from July to December the committee shall focus solely on improving and measuring efficiency, with the City benchmark clerk to attend committee meetings during this period, changing the word “budgets” to “budget” in the last sentence of paragraph “E”; providing for severability and establishing an effective date.   Not available Not available
23-182 129.Consent AgendaConsider an ordinance creating Division 2-3-17 and Section 2-3-17-401 in Article 2-3, Chapter 2, Lawton City Code, 2015, creating the Strategic Planning Committee for the purpose of assessing, modifying, and updating the City of Lawton’s Strategic Plan; establish the committee’s purpose, members, term of members, and duties; requiring minimum quarterly meetings to review one section of the strategic plan at a time; requiring compliance with the Open Meeting Act; providing for severability and establishing an effective date.   Not available Not available
23-140 130.New BusinessConsider approving an ordinance, including any floor amendments related thereto, pertaining to Chapter 6 Amendments to International Property Maintenance Code, 2015, Division 6-5-1-503 of the Lawton City Code, to decrease the number of months that a property maybe boarded before declaring it a dilapidated structure.   Not available Not available
23-142 131.Executive SessionPursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session to discuss the pending tort claim of Julie Magness and if necessary, take appropriate action in open session.   Not available Not available
23-158 132.Executive SessionPursuant to Section 307B.1, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session to review the employment of Traci Hushbeck as City Clerk, and in open session take other action as necessary.    Not available Not available