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Meeting Details

Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/13/2024 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Lawton City Hall Council Chambers/Auditorium
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24-1813 11.Consent AgendaConsider approving two (2) damage claims (recommended for approval) and resolutions authorizing payments for Donna Ahlborn in the amount of $2,000.00, and Nakisha Horne in the amount of $4,202.98.   Not available Not available
24-1814 12.Consent AgendaConsider the following damage claim recommended for denial: Andrea Flowers in the amount of $102.85.   Not available Not available
24-1822 13.Consent AgendaConsider adopting a resolution approving the joint petition settlement in the amount of $12,200.00 and making payment in the workers’ compensation claim of John Robinson.   Not available Not available
24-1823 14.Consent AgendaConsider adopting a resolution ratifying the action of the Deputy City Attorney and the City Manager in making payment on the judgment in the amount of $34,650.00, in the Workers' Compensation case of Thad R. Hulbert in the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission, Case No. CM3-2022-05003K.   Not available Not available
24-1776 15.Consent AgendaConsider approving a resolution amending Resolution 24-107 by updating language and establishing an annual funding allocation for Hotel/Motel Tax Collections received by the City of Lawton.   Not available Not available
24-1804 16.Consent AgendaContingent upon the passage of the proposed Hotel/Motel Resolution, consider approving an Agreement between the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce and the City of Lawton to fund activities by the Chamber designed to encourage, promote and foster tourism, including elements of economic development related thereto in the City of Lawton, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Agreement.   Not available Not available
24-1797 17.Consent AgendaConsider adopting a resolution authorizing Traffic Control Measures with the installation of a Speed Table at the location of the 1600 block of SW 16th Street.   Not available Not available
24-1831 18.Consent AgendaConsider approving a resolution casting a vote for Trustee of the Oklahoma Municipal Retirement Fund (OkMRF) in support of Robert B. Johnston, to fill the expiring term of at-large trustee representing the entire membership.   Not available Not available
24-1609 19.Consent AgendaConsider approving renewal of the master services retainer agreement for professional engineering services to WSB for the purpose of providing full engineering services for the City of Lawton and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contract.   Not available Not available
24-1758 110.Consent AgendaConsider approving the networking upgrade agreement with Vested Networks and RelevantTec for data center networking equipment upgrade, installation, license and maintenance support.   Not available Not available
24-1786 111.Consent AgendaConsider approving a contract with Greystone Construction Company for salt and sand storage building in the amount not to exceed $360,000.00.   Not available Not available
24-1794 112.Consent AgendaConsider extending contract RFPCL24-004 for Physical Damage Coverage (Select Vehicles & Heavy Equipment) to North American Insurance Agency of Lawton LLC dba INSURICA of Lawton underwritten by OMAG   Not available Not available
24-1798 113.Consent AgendaConsider approving the Contribution-In-Aid-Of-Construction (CIAC) Agreements with AEP/PSO and adopting Street Light Resolution No. 509 to authorize installation/removal of a street light at the locations listed in the Resolution.   Not available Not available
24-1816 114.Consent AgendaConsider renewing a professional services agreement with FORVIS-MAZARS, LLP for the City's annual auditing services for FY 2022-2023, including the City's required single audit of expenditures from federal financial awards.   Not available Not available
24-1836 115.Consent AgendaConsider renewing a professional services agreement with Crawford & Associates, PC for the City's annual financial statements and general accounting and advisory assistance services for FY2023 and FY2024.   Not available Not available
24-1824 116.Consent AgendaConsider approving offsite improvement construction plans for an extension to SW Gilbert Gibson Rd, water line, and sanitary sewer to serve Fisher 59 and future development within the Airport Industrial area, subject to the conditions listed.   Not available Not available
24-1825 117.Consent AgendaConsider ratifying the City Manager’s decision to enter into an agreement with Deckard Technologies.   Not available Not available
24-1839 118.Consent AgendaConsider directing the City Manager to have a crosswalk and two (2) pedestrian signs installed at the intersection of NW 53rd Street and NW Meadowbrook Avenue.   Not available Not available
24-1846 119.Consent AgendaConsider approving Resolution 24-_____, allocating and directing the STEM funding generated from the TIF Districts included within STEDI Project Plan.   Not available Not available
24-1826 120.Consent AgendaConsider approving appointments to boards and commissions.   Not available Not available
24-1566 121.Unfinished BusinessContinue discussing revoking the Small Cell Wireless Facility Revocable Permit for the facility constructed at or near 7990 NW Micklegate Boulevard also known as CRAN 003E and take action as deemed necessary.   Not available Not available
24-1809 122.Unfinished BusinessReceive a presentation on proposed infrastructure improvements for City of Lawton Lakes and take appropriate action as deemed necessary.   Not available Not available
24-1827 123.New BusinessConsideration and action upon Resolution of the City of Lawton, Oklahoma (the “City”) authorizing and approving the incurring of indebtedness by the trustees of the Lawton Industrial Development Authority (herein the “Authority”) to be accomplished by the issuance of its Sales Tax Revenue Note, Series 2024C or other evidences of indebtedness in one or more series designations on a tax-exempt or taxable basis, at a premium or discount, in the aggregate principal par amount of not to exceed Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000) (herein the “Note”) for the purpose of financing all or a portion of the cost of the acquisition, construction, equipping, renovating, and improving of certain public infrastructure and capital improvement projects for the benefit of the City; and pay costs of issuance related thereto; providing that the organizational document creating the Authority is subject to the provisions of the indenture authorizing the issuance of said Note; approving the award of the sale of said Note on a negotiated basis, approving the waiver of competitive bidding with respect to the    Not available Not available
24-1844 124.Consent AgendaReceive the Annual Report from the Lawton Economic Development Corporation.   Not available Not available
24-1793 125.Consent AgendaConsider authorizing staff to apply for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality On-Road2 Grant funded by the Volkswagen Diesel Emissions Environmental Mitigation Trust   Not available Not available
24-1810 126.New BusinessConsider approving an ordinance pertaining to nuisances and health by amending Section 15-2-206, Article 15-2, Chapter 15, Nuisances and Health, Lawton City Code 2015, by adding language to allow for abatement of refuse at the curb and allowing the placement of lien against properties, providing for severability and declaring an emergency.   Not available Not available
24-1834 127.New BusinessDiscuss the persistent overgrowth of tall grass and weeds around railroad tracks and consider directing the City Attorney to issue a formal demand letter to the property owners to immediately abate this nuisance.   Not available Not available
24-1833 128.New BusinessConsider approving a Professional Services Agreement in an amount up to $40,000.00 with Dr. Christopher M. Hill, University of Oklahoma Sociology Department, to conduct research regarding crime and safety in Lawton, and take action as deemed necessary.   Not available Not available
24-1847 129.New BusinessConsider approving twenty-four additional roads for milling and overlaying under Mayor Booker's "10 Wins for the Citizens" initiative, to be named "24 Roads for Even More in '24."   Not available Not available
23-991 130.Staff ReportsProvide City Council with an update on the FY 2024 Audit Process.   Not available Not available
24-1811 131.Staff ReportsReceive an informational brief on the activities of the Highland Cemetery, including information about digitizing records and tying plots to GIS data.   Not available Not available
24-1815 132.Executive SessionPursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session to discuss the pending damage claim of Angel Owens and, if necessary, take appropriate action in open session.   Not available Not available
24-1817 133.Executive SessionPursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session to discuss an action relating to litigation against the manufacturers and distributors of opioids in an effort to hold them accountable for their marketing practices alleged to have caused damages suffered by municipalities, specifically, the City’s pending litigation as part of In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation MDL No. 2804, and if necessary, take action in open session.   Not available Not available
24-1819 134.Executive SessionPursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session to discuss a pending action with Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality concerning a Notice of Violation issued by ODEQ to the City on July 30, 2024, in relation to the City of Lawton Wastewater Treatment Facility citizen complaint No. 186676, and, if necessary, take appropriate action in open session.    Not available Not available
24-1842 135.Executive SessionPursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session to discuss a possible pending action with Great Plains Improvement Foundation concerning a HOME Program Finding Report received from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to the City of Lawton on July 26, 2024, and if necessary, take appropriate action in open session.   Not available Not available
24-1837 136.Executive SessionPursuant to Section 307B.1, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening in executive session to review the employment of Donalynn Blazek-Scherler as City Clerk, and in open session take other action as necessary.   Not available Not available