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23-522
| 1 | 1. | Consent Agenda | Consider approval of the minutes of the Lawton City Council regular meetings of April 25 and May 23, 2023. | | |
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23-493
| 1 | 2. | Consent Agenda | Consider approving an agreement for professional services between the City of Lawton and Collins, Zorn & Wagner, PLLC (“CZW”) to represent the City in the pending case of Mina Woods as Administrator for the Estate of Quadry Malik Sanders vs City of Lawton, et al, CIV-22-596-D and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Agreement. | | |
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23-517
| 1 | 3. | Consent Agenda | Consider renewing the professional services agreement with McAfee & Taft for legal services related to the City’s pension system, employment/labor related issues, and other areas as requested by the City and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Agreement. | | |
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23-465
| 1 | 4. | Consent Agenda | Consider approving an Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce for Tourism, Convention, and Related Services FY 2022-2023, contingent on the Chamber’s approval of this the agreement and their amended budget, allocating $25,000 to the Chamber to use those funds in conjunction with the Juneteenth Committee to help fund the Juneteenth Celebration, and provide for floor amendments to the Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement. | | |
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23-552
| 1 | 5. | Consent Agenda | Consider approving a Resolution amending Resolution 23-17 and establishing a revised annual funding allocation for hotel/motel tax collections, specifically by providing for a one-time $25,000.00 allocation in June 2023 to the Lawton Chamber of Commerce for events and activities related to 2023 Juneteenth Celebration and reducing the remaining estimated unallocated hotel/motel tax funds accordingly. | | |
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23-519
| 1 | 6. | New Business | Consider directing staff to order an appraisal to understand the value of rental spaces for boat houses, and for daily, monthly, and yearly RV space leasing at Lake Lawtonka and Lake Ellsworth.
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23-528
| 1 | 7. | Consent Agenda | Per the recommendation of the Council Budget and Efficiency Committee, consider engaging Hatch, Croke, and Associates per the terms of the engagement letter dated October 28, 2022, to begin collecting performance metrics data for the Parks and Recreation Department, Fire Department, Solid Waste Division, and Streets Division and departmental expenditures for 6 comparable cities, direct the City Manager to create performance metrics for all other departments to be brought back to City Council in 90 days, and take any other action deemed necessary. | | |
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23-481
| 1 | 8. | Consent Agenda | Consider approving an agreement with Higginbotham to provide third-party administrator service for Flexible Spending Accounts to eligible City of Lawton employees effective July 1, 2023, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the agreement. | | |
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23-475
| 1 | 9. | Consent Agenda | Consider adopting a resolution setting the E-911 fee for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. | | |
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23-523
| 1 | 10. | Consent Agenda | Consider approving FAA Airport Terminal Program (ATP) funding for the Lawton-Ft Sill Regional Airport in the amount of $ 4,379,131.00 for AIP 3-40-0051-046 and authorize the execution of any necessary documents relating thereto.
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23-484
| 1 | 11. | Consent Agenda | Consider approving a real estate purchase agreement with Tanwood III, LLC., for properties located at 913 SW C Avenue, 915 SW C Avenue, 914 SW B Avenue, and 916 SW B Avenue, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contract. | | |
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23-486
| 1 | 12. | Consent Agenda | Consider adopting a Resolution authorizing the installation and/or removal of traffic control measures at NW 36th & NW Arlington Ave., and SW F Ave. & SW Railroad St. | | |
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23-514
| 1 | 13. | Consent Agenda | Consider adopting a Resolution authorizing the installation of traffic control measures at the 400 block of NW Compass Drive | | |
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23-496
| 1 | 14. | Consent Agenda | Consider adopting Street Light Resolution No. 505 to authorize the installation/removal of street lights in Rolling Hills Addition, Part 5A at the locations listed in the Resolution. | | |
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23-506
| 1 | 15. | Consent Agenda | Consider approving a Sale of Water Outside City Limits Contract with Julia Ann Norberto Burgess for property addressed as 3320 SW 6th Street and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Contract. | | |
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23-515
| 1 | 16. | Consent Agenda | Consider authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the FY-2024 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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23-526
| 1 | 17. | Consent Agenda | Consider approving Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Engineering Services between the City and Dewberry Engineers, Inc., Project No. EN1208, for the W. Gore Reconstruction from 67th Street to 82nd Street. | | |
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23-546
| 1 | 18. | Consent Agenda | Consider: (1) waiving paragraph (A)(4)(a) of City Code Section 10-1-108 for the time set forth in city code to award construction contracts and instead apply the requirements set forth in Section 111 of the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974, and (2) for good cause shown and in accordance with Section 111, extend by mutual written agreement the time to award the construction contract for the 2017 Ad Valorem and Roads Program (Residential), Phase II-B - Project No. EN1707P2B, and (3) award said construction contract to MTZ Construction Inc. | | |
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23-490
| 1 | 19. | Consent Agenda | Consider extending contract CL22-045 Thermoplastic Material and Epoxy Primer/Sealer to Ennis Flint, Inc. of Greensboro, NC for an additional year. | | |
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23-495
| 1 | 20. | Consent Agenda | Consider awarding contract (RFPCL23-030) Tree Trimming and Tree Maintenance to Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC for one year beginning July 1, 2023. | | |
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23-511
| 1 | 21. | Consent Agenda | Consider awarding contract (CL23-033) Fuel Pump Upgrades at Schoolhouse Slough to D&H United Fueling Solutions LLC DBA Petroleum Marketers Equip. Co.. | | |
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23-480
| 1 | 22. | Consent Agenda | Consider awarding contract (CL23-027) Wrecker Service (Car & Light Trucks under 15,000 GVW) to Priest Brothers, Inc. of Lawton, Ok. | | |
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23-491
| 1 | 23. | Consent Agenda | Consider approving appointments to boards and commissions. | | |
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23-489
| 1 | 24. | Unfinished Business | Consider approving a resolution amending the current general employee pay scales by increasing the minimum hourly pay for a City of Lawton employee to $15.00 per hour, amending the pay scale consistent with the recent Compensation and Classification Analysis recommendations submitted by the JER HR Group, deleting Grades 1, 2 and 3, adding an Executive Level, E5, Range and repealing all previous general employee pay scales, effective July 1, 2023 and take action as deemed necessary to include floor amendments.
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23-507
| 1 | 25. | New Business | Discuss the Pavement Evaluation report given on May 23rd, plus the immediate need for particular bridge rebuilding/repairing and consider options for funding and the Oklahoma Statutory Election Calendar, giving direction as deemed necessary. | | |
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23-333
| 1 | 26. | Consent Agenda | Hold a public hearing to receive input from the citizens of Lawton regarding the City of Lawton’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, and, after due consideration of the City Manager’s proposals and citizens’ input thereon, provide direction to finalize the budget or take action to approve the budget (with any revisions) by Resolution as deemed appropriate. | | |
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23-530
| 1 | 27. | New Business | Receive a report from staff regarding the disposition of criminal cases as requested by Council on October 25, 2022 and take action as deemed necessary. | | |
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23-463
| 1 | 28. | Consent Agenda | Discuss the acceptance of animals for the purpose of adoption, rehoming, sending to rescue, euthanization, or other means of disposal from outside municipalities, evaluate the financial implications to the City of Lawton for accepting animals from outside municipalities, and direct staff as appropriate. | | |
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23-504
| 1 | 29. | New Business | Consider adopting an ordinance amending Building Code Regulations Section 6-1-1-107.5, Division 6-1-1, Article 6-1, Chapter 6 of the Lawton City Code, 2015 by substituting all references to “48 Hour Timeframe” with “Two Business Days”, substituting all references to “24 Hour Timeframe” with “One Business Day”, requiring mandatory reporting to the City Manager or their designee if an inspection or the Certificate of Occupancy is not issued within the prescribed timelines, substituting all references to “life threatening issues” with “life, health and/ or safety issues”, requiring that a builder be placed on a list of non-conforming builders for a period of at least one year when infractions are not corrected, requiring that said builder seek reinstatement of fast track services through the Building Development Appeals Board, providing for severability, and establishing an effective date.
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23-532
| 1 | 30. | Executive Session | Pursuant to Section 307C.11 Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session for the purpose of conferring on matters pertaining to economic development, including the transfer of property, financing, or the creation of a proposal to entice a business to locate within our jurisdiction if the public disclosure of which would violate the confidentiality of prospective business entities, and if necessary, take appropriate action in open session. | | |
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23-540
| 1 | 31. | Executive Session | Pursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session to discuss the pending action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma titled Kent Jackson, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Israel Williams v. City of Lawton, et al, Case No. 5:23-cv-00284-G, and if necessary, take appropriate action in open session. | | |
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23-538
| 1 | 32. | Executive Session | Pursuant to Section 307B.2, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session to discuss negotiations with International Union of Police Associations (IUPA), Local 24, and the City of Lawton, to include discussions concerning a possible amendment to the parties’ Fiscal Year 2023-2024 collective bargaining agreement, and, if necessary, take appropriate action in open session. | | |
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23-524
| 1 | 33. | Executive Session | Pursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session to discuss a pending claim of School House Slough Inc., and, if necessary, take appropriate action in open session. | | |
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