City Council - Regular Meeting

The manufacturer of a Typhoon is just the chassis. We're looking to use this truck to replace the aging and failing rescue one that we have currently. It's experiencing quite a lot of maintenance issues. We had an engine that was placed into it a couple years ago. It ran consistently for a while, but we're back to having very serious maintenance issues. The shop has been doing a very good job of trying to keep it running, but they're having additional issues sourcing parts now for that engine. It's a international chassis and one of their house brand engines. And it's just apparently something they've not continued to produce parts for. So myself, uh, deputy chief Braden and, uh, firefighter Logan, uh, took off last week to Bedford, Indiana to take a look at this truck. Uh, it is a, as I said, 2013, uh, roughly let's get down here. 54,000 miles, 5,000 hours on the engine. Just for reference, our current engine one has proportional hours to that right now for the number of miles. So we don't see that as a concern for the fact that it has that many miles already in that many hours. It's the consistent amount of hours and miles that we're putting on a truck in our district right now. So they don't seem to be running it much harder than anything we run our trucks with right now. We are looking specifically at this truck. It is dual purpose. It works as an engine and a rescue. It has some extra storage space that our engines currently don't have. So when we're down from our rescue, we end up having to kind of cobble and choose what equipment we can put on a reserve engine. We can't staff it appropriately with all the equipment and we kind of hope that like we're covering our bases correctly. So this truck will add to the flexibility of our department, especially as we look towards the future of station two opening. We would hope that this truck, if purchased, would have the ability to go to Station 2 and operate as an engine if needed, but also as a rescue out on the interstate where we expect it will be out frequently making car accidents. Just a couple things about this. It was offered at $200,000 was the asking price through the channels the Deputy Chief Braden had. We offered $160,000. They countered at $170,000, and that was accepted tentatively. That front bumper there particularly, I don't know if they have a picture of it open or not. But that contains extrication equipment that actually comes with the truck, the jaws of life, cutters, and various other extrication equipment that is pretty expensive. So that is coming with it. In addition, the department had some additional equipment that they kept in storage that goes with that truck that they said they would include with that. I would say conservatively, we're getting another $15,000 to $20,000 worth of tools with the truck that they're not adding into the price in any other fashion. Mechanically, the truck was good. I looked over about 45 minutes of probably 40 to 50 pages of maintenance records for the truck. They have a diesel mechanic that actually works his own shop that works for the department. He is the guy in charge of maintenance at their place, takes impeccable care of the equipment as far as we could tell. Everything was replaced with receipts. The engine looked good. It pumped great for us. Interior looked great. We thought this was an absolute great purchase for the department if the council is willing to approve. I believe Chief Lawson had discussed maybe the intention of surplusing Rescue 1. While it would make a great reserve truck, the chassis itself is just so out of place at this point that the box has some value, but we don't have anything to put it on that would allow us to continue to use the truck in the future. But with Station 2 getting built, this gives us kind of a backup engine in place of something breaking down there and then gives us a second rescue. We do have a light rescue that's being completed. It should be coming back to Oklahoma. It's a brand-new cabin chassis from Banner Fire Equipment. That should be arriving back here within the next week or two to get upfitted, and that will be the other rescue for whichever station this truck does not end up at. Any questions I could answer? That's a good change. I'm sorry, what's that? It looks like it's a pretty good shirt. It is. We were more surprised. I wasn't sure what pictures we were going to get. Those are the ones that Deputy Chief Braden took. The website that they actually use, AI removes all the lettering off of it. And the paint looked a little dull, but they want you to be able to see what the truck looks like without all their department logo and everything. So when we got there, we were actually pleasantly surprised at how vibrant the paint was. As I said, the department, very similar to our city size and use case. takes immaculate care of their equipment. They're outside wiping trucks down every day at four o'clock. We did have one question. Why are they getting rid of the truck? It's not terribly old. They had a chief that purchased this vehicle a number of years ago, did not consult any members on the department for its use case. They have a lot of like car width and a half wide county roads if they go down and they cover extrication car accidents for most of their county. And they said this was not tenable when they meet another car on the roadway. So they ended up buying a light rescue like we have also coming and switched everything over to that. So that's our hope in this, is looking at that. We had also looked at remounting rescue one with the new cabin chassis. That was a conservative estimate of $230,000 to $250,000 by the time the box is taken off. New cab chassis, wiring gone back over, new doors, just kind of making it as new as we could again. So that was really our other option, or continue to shop for other used apparatus.

I make a motion to accept this. It's great.

Okay. Any questions, though, for the lieutenant? Is that magenta color or red?

It's a red. It's just, yeah, it's a. It won't match everything else we have right off the bat, unfortunately. Magenta.

Well, then I will say that the purchase of the 2013 E1 Typhoon proper from Garage Technologies, magenta color, and all for $130.

I mean, you know, we have varied colors of brick. Yeah, at least you do. Like paint.

That's right. It's reddish. If you're hung out on the highway, you won't care.

No. No. No, you won't. At least it's not yellow. It's better than yellow.

Yeah, it's not yellow.

All right, we're good on the color. All right, we have a motion and a second. It's delivered in the Christmas branch. Yes, it is. Still further comments or questions, Cassie?

Thank you.

Good job, guys.

And I do want to add... We looked at the engine issue for this particular truck. I wanted to make this clear, although you guys sound like you're okay with it. The engine that comes with this truck is an engine that is heavily supported for heavy diesel stuff. So if we need parts or anything in the future, this is a truck that stuff is readily available for this engine. This is not something like this International where when Tinney's guys go looking for it at the shop, they are keeping it for weeks extra just trying to find parts. So we Really to try to think ahead and we were looking at this like is this going to be something that can be supported in the future.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Council, we have all the votes. Do it again. All right, unanimous approval for the 2013 he won typhoon pumper purchase. Thank you, Lieutenant. Item number seven is the Hartford small business accelerator grandpa. Grant acceptance. Shonda Rooney.

Yes. Thank you, Mayor and Council. Our organization was nominated to apply for this grant program. We were one of the eight selected out of over 150 eligible communities. to get a $25,000 operational support grant to go toward the SHOPS program. So we'll be able to use the funding to send our current tenants and graduates to additional professional development opportunities. So if they want to go to additional trainings at Meridian Technology or Francis Tuttle, where they want to work on small business taxes or hiring employees or get just additional professional development opportunities, this funding will go to support that. And it's not a 50-50 or a reimbursement or anything. It's just a clear $25,000.

Anybody have a problem with free money?

No, we were eight of 150.

Yes, because it was nationwide, and there were organizations from every state. There was a little over 150, and they award three to each grant opportunity. And there was only two awarded in one of them, so there were eight people awarded.

Good job to staff for doing that. Thank you. What an impressive.

Awesome.

Motion to approve.

Second.

Motion and a second. No further comments or questions for Mrs. Rooney. Please cast your votes.

All those in favor.

Anonymous. Approval for the Hartford Small Business Accelerator grant acceptance $25,000. Thank you. Thank you. Item number eight is the mayor's nomination to the Guthrie Edmond Regional Airport Board. Mr. Young. Good evening, mayor and council.

Mr. Charles Downs is the mayor's nominee to serve on the airport board for a three-year term ending in May, 2029. Mr. Downs has a military background as well as background with aircraft at Tinker Air Force Base. He'll join a board filled with three Edmond members, three Guthrie members, and one member appointed by the Guthrie city manager or designee. And he's here tonight if you have any questions.

I make a motion to approve the mayor's nomination of Charles Downs to the Guthrie Edmond Regional Airport Board.

As a board member of the airport board, I was impressed. I've always been impressed with Mr. Downs' service to Guthrie and veterans, and then seeing his application, I was even more impressed, and I think he's the perfect choice under these conditions. I second that. I believe he has 32 years of aircraft maintenance and

Do you have that with you there?

Yes, sir. I don't have it offhand, but from his application we read earlier today, of course, to prepare, yes, sir.

That's right. He has decades of aviation experience working on aircraft at Tinker Air Force Base.

Thank you for being willing.

No further comments or questions. Please cast your votes.

All votes are in.

All right. Unanimous approval to appoint for the mayor's nomination of Charles Downs for the three-year term through June 30th, 2029 to the Guthrie-Edmond Regional Airport Board. Thank you. And congratulations, Mr. Davis. You start tomorrow. Item number nine, resolution number 2016-18, acceptance of $6 million FAA grant for airport terminal and is it apron improvements?

Terminal and terminal apron improvements. Yes, sir. This has been a long time coming. We've known we've had this $6 million for a while. This resolution will formally authorize us to authorize the mayor's signature for the grant agreement and authorize us to accept these grant funds. Tomorrow, actually, we'll be opening bids for this project, both the terminal and the terminal apron, and we will bring that selection back to council soon. But this will allow staff to move forward with the grants and get this project moving along.

add that it's 2026-18. Oh, what did I say? Yeah, it reads The header says 2026. Oh, okay. That would make more sense. Yes.

Although it looks like we've been waiting that long. The 2016 feels right. And a good restaurant, right? Yes, sir. It's all right. Yes. So moved. 2026.

I'll second.

Okay. A motion and a second. Any further comments or questions for Mr. Young? I'm excited. Yes, it is. That's true.

Very much so. Thank you, Kate.

Excellent. Cast your votes.

All votes are in.

Okay. Unanimous approval for resolution number 2026-18, acceptance of $6 million FAA grant for airport terminal and apron improvements. Item number 10 is Logan 1 service agreement, Chess Cottages Water Service. Mr. Maker?

Yes, Mayor and Council. The proposed agreement allows Guthrie to establish and maintain water service to the customers in Chess Cottages subdivision. It's a 4.2847 acre track located within Logan 1 service boundary. In the exchange, Guthrie will pay Logan 1 a monthly royalty equal to 5.8% of the gross water revenue from the base and the volume water charges for the service in the area. Penalties, interest, connection, reconnections, and equipment charges are excluded from the royalty calculations. The agreement term is 40 years from the effective date or for as long as Logan 1 remains indebted to a federal loan or loan agreement. that qualifies Logan 1 for protection whichever period is longer. The developer will be responsible for paying Logan 1 a $1,000 per lot impact fee based on each final plat approved by Guthrie before new service is initiated. The agreement also addresses audit rights, water infrastructure obligations if service is discontinued and preserves existing agreements between the parties unless inconsistent with the agreement. This is the same agreement basically as what we currently have for Guthrie Farms as well as Hillcrest Farms.

This property is located in Oklahoma and Academy.

Yes, sir.

Make a motion to

Accepted. Okay. Does anyone want to second that? Affirm the conditions. Affirm the conditions. Okay.

I second.

Yeah.

It says subject to final approval as to form by the City Attorney.

Yes Mayor and Council we're working through you have a draft in your packet. City Attorney had some comments on the agreement form. Between now and the next rural water meeting, we intend to have that ironed out and prepared. We just won't have a council meeting between now and the rural water meeting.

So we're okay to do that now?

I believe Marvel's okay with it. It's an existing form with two other subdivisions. So we'll get it ironed out. And the terms, if there's any hesitation, we'd be happy to answer any questions. But these terms largely mimic the settlement agreement and existing water purchase contract that is in place. Okay.

Well, we have a motion and a second with subject to final agreement. If there's no further comments or questions, please cast your votes.

Oh, that's right.

Unanimous approval for the Logan 1 service agreement, Chess Cottages Water Service. Thank you, Tim. Item number 11 is the mayor's nomination to the Guthrie Library Board, Cameron Smith, Librarian.

Yes, thank you. All right, so this is, to a point, the replacement for Ms. Jamie Newton, who has been on the library board, I believe, three times. I gave her the opportunity to continue, and she wants to step down. So fortunately, we have a qualified candidate, Ms. Brianna Gilder. She is a current user of the library with her family. The librarian, that's me, looks forward to getting her input on all the big things we have coming. So staff recommends the nomination.

Okay. Any other questions or comments for library director? Motion to approve. Okay, we have a motion. Second. Motion and a second. No further comments or questions. Please cast your votes.

All votes are in.

Okay, unanimous approval for all those present for the mayor's nomination to the Guthrie Library Board to confirm Brianna Gilder serve on the library board for a term expiring May 31st, 2029. Item number 12 is resolution number 2026-16 public library policy and fee schedule. Again, Mr. Smith.

All right, fantastic. So what you have before you is something that I've been working on with the library board for 12 months. We went through section by section, line by line. The old policy, I totally intended to just make a couple of corrections here and there, but we got almost a brand new policy. The reason why is because like most library policies are formal, the one that's up now, is meant to be a guide for staff on what they're allowed to do and what they're not allowed to do. What I wanted to do was produce a document that would be easily readable by the people using the library and for y'all so that everyone knows exactly what is going on at the library like they should. I cut out a lot of extraneous language, especially about computer use and things that were repeated. I also included an appendix of every document that is referenced in the library policy, including some federal laws. I didn't include the entire Internet Child Safety Protection Act because then you'll be improving something about yay big, and I didn't want to do that to you tonight. But some of the things I want to point out is that one of the big things I'm excited about is that as part of policy, there will be an automatic overdue fine forgiveness. So if you bring the books back to us, we will pretend that you did not owe any late fees. That way we get our books back. That's what we want. Most of that goes to super cool typhoon fire trucks anyway. The library doesn't even get all of that. Actually, the policy before you is actually a little bit shorter than the one that we are currently using, but it's much more simplified. It provides greater access to our community, and I hope that y'all see that and will just approve this. Now, if you have any questions, I brought a home folder. I've got notes.

How many violators do we have keeping books that's overdue?

Overdue at this moment, about 100, 115. That's not a felony. Not yet. There is actually a state statute that deals with theft of library property. I have not yet had to turn anybody into the library police. Bookman has retired for a long time. Do we need to talk to the chief? We can. Yeah, right over there. So we have a window.

It's turning into a swagger now.

Yes. So the way it works is that when you return a library book, our computer will show a fine. A lot of the times staff will now talk to you and remind you, please turn in our library books in time. Now we're just going to hit the button to waive the fines. As it turns out, library fines do not encourage people to return. bring back their books on time. It's more likely to just stop them from coming to the library. This all started about 10 years ago. The Los Angeles County Public Library did a study on why so many people were not using the library, especially people in poorer communities that could use it the most. And the thing that they got back was it's because the library is too expensive. And why is a free service too expensive? It's because kids lose stuff. All the time. I have one myself. I've lost track of how many books I've had to replace from that lady. But doing things like this encourages people to use the library. If you do not owe, if you've never owned, I'm not going to point any fingers, if none of you have ever owed a library fund, that just means you need to come see me more often and get more books from the library. Also, it's a great deal. It's a huge morale improvement for staff. I have dealt with library fines anywhere between 10 cents. My largest library fine I ever had to deal with was over $2,400. Not at the Guthrie Public Library. They've got a different library. But yes, we did have an individual that did owe over $2,400. The folks that owe a lot are usually no problem. The first question is, well, how much do I have to put down to keep borrowing books? So what do I need to do to keep borrowing books? I have been cussed out, threatened, All sorts of stuff over 10 to 20 cents. That's where the problem is. Actually, my first week at the library, I did have somebody throw their library part at me because they were mad that they owed 10 cents on a library, which was funny because I was going to forgive it because they were a new library person and I wanted to be nice, but I changed my mind after they threw the library part.

I didn't realize your job was so dangerous.

We'll talk later. I've got a lot of stuff. I even told you the dead body story one time. That one is a good one.

I will say Cameron and his team have been working very hard on this over the last year as well as the library board and we appreciate all of that. I'd be happy to answer any questions but staff does recommend approval and I'll note that Cameron is the only staff member that has a law degree so I tend to lean towards him when we have things that we need help with that before we send it to Marvel so Staff recommends approval. I'll have it answer any questions.

This is a really great comprehensive document. Well, thank you. And like you said, very easy for the general public to read. That's good. You guys have all done a great job putting it together.

Thank you, Meg. I appreciate that. And all joking aside, I've heard great things about your leadership. Awesome. I appreciate it. Yeah, that's cool. Most of them probably weren't even lying, so that'll be fine. This was behind your back, so it's good. I'm not used to that.

I'm not used to that. It's a law degree with such wit and humor, so that's good. I'm not a practicing attorney. Okay. All right.

Anybody would like to make a motion?

All right, we have a motion and a second. If there's no further comments or questions for Smith, let's please cast our votes.

All votes are in.

Okay, unanimous approval of resolution number 2026-16, the Guthrie Public Library policy and fee schedule.

Thank you, Mr. Smith.

Thank you. Item number 13 is resolution number 2026-03, records retention and management policy. Oh, Kim gets to participate.

Yeah, how do I follow that? I know. So the city currently maintains its public records in accordance with state law, including the Oklahoma Open Records Act. This proposed policy pretty much mirrors the city of Oklahoma City's policy. It is comprehensive. And not only will it help my department, but it'll help all departments with the records retention. And...

It's simple enough.

It is.

Yeah.

The attorney reviewed it, so if you had any comments about it.

There's a few updates, but not many.

Yeah.

Okay. All right.

Anybody have any questions, comments?

Yeah. That recommends approval.

Motion's approved.

Okay.

Second. Oh, go. All right. Motion and a second. Again, deferred to Councilwoman Dean. No further comments or questions. Please cast your votes.

I'll vote for it.

Unanimous approval for Resolution Number 2026-03, Records, Intention, and Management Policy. Thank you, Mrs. Pitts.

Thank you, Ken, for putting this together. Very helpful. Thank you.

Item number 14 is the award of bid number 2026-05, demolition and site clearance services. Mr. Kasich.

Thank you, Mayor, City Council. This is part of our annual dilapidated structures. It's the point where we actually are going to award bids based on the homes that are no longer have any building permits or are ready to be torn down. The public hearing, if you remember, was back in April. There was the opening of bids on June 10th, and there are nine out of the 11 when you saw in your packet, there were a couple that were already demoed by the owner. I won't go through each individual one, but I will tell you that three of them are going to be awarded to Dewey Martin Construction. There'll be five of them to K&M Dirt Services and one to Harris Services LLC. Those were all the lowest bids for each of the addresses. The total for the whole bid package is $50,683.20. Our yearly budget is $55, so we came in with a few dollars to spare to probably mow some more weeds or something with that. So give it back to the council for your decision or approval. Sorry.

Make a motion to approve demo inflation and site clearance services. Second.

A motion and a second. Does anybody have any questions, comments for Dan on this?

It's quite a process.

Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

Demoing houses.

Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Oh, yeah. No problem. Part of the being on the public side. So, yeah.

If there's no further comments or questions, please cast your votes. Any unanimous approval to award Bid number 2026-05, demolition and site clearance services. You know, Dan, it'd be funny before these are approved and go out, you should put all the council members' addresses on that block just to see if somebody says something. Absolutely. Item number 15, resolution 2026-17, removal of dilapidated and dangerous structure declaration. Yes, thank you, Mayor.

I'm not sure if the council, many of you were here when we adopted this policy, but one of the things that we ran into with our dilapidated structure program is we do have some individuals that want to rehab their house. They go to the bank and the bank says, no, we're not going to give you that because you have a dilapidated lien on that particular parcel. So back in 2021, we put forth the policy to where number one, they would have to show us they're basically serious about doing it. And then secondly, it would come to the council for your decision to formally take it off of the list. In this particular case, they already have a building permit and they've already started construction in that and basically have been using their own funds. They're at a point now in which they need the loan and hence the issue that came about. So with the approval of this resolution, it would remove the designation as dilapidated, but it would allow the property owner to move forward to get the loan that they need to finish the home. We had a previous one that was probably in 2021, 2022. It ended up being completed as it would be expected. And in this case, we plan to see the same thing where it will actually be completed given all the work that's done. So with that, if you have any questions. Oh, and this was, no, this is nevermind. Sorry, next one. Sorry.

If they have been actively working on this?

Yes, because they have a building permit, yeah. Yeah, in fact, they were in my office today knowing that it was going to go tonight. So we are already coordinated with them that if it is approved tonight to get them a copy of the resolution so they can literally go to the bank and start the process to get the money.

Great, so moved.

Second.

Motion to second. If there are no further comments or questions, please cast your votes.

I'd much rather see a home be restored than torn down.

Totally agree.

All votes are in.

Unanimous approval for resolution 2026-17 removal of dilapidated and dangerous structure declaration. Item 16 is the termination of easement on West Noble Avenue in Owen Field.

Thank you Mayor, City Council. Again, I don't know if a lot of you were around, I sure wasn't, but back in 2006 the city had with an economic development agreement, sold some property that's right adjacent to or north of Owen Field there. That was the primary entrance to that. And so as part of that agreement, there was an access easement that was put forth so the city could ensure there was access to Owen Field. As we know, we have now ongoing improvements out there, which also relocated the primary entrance to the west. The current property owner is looking to possibly build on that property and they're wanting the easement removed so it doesn't affect their buildable area or their building on that property because it literally goes down the middle. The document would be the termination of easement by general release. This was all coordinated through our city attorney. He reviewed the document and had no issue with it. So obviously once, if approved, this gets recorded, their easement goes away and everybody's happy. So with that, if you have any questions.

I think my only question is that this easement's currently still being used. No. Oh, yeah, they're still using it out there.

Ma'am, this road was, when they put in the new parking lot with the gravel, this would be between Mercy and the north parking lot.

Yeah, I know where, it's, there's.

It's not, it's not active.

It's not accessible.

No.

I don't think so. Yeah, I didn't think it was.

Yeah, when I first saw it, I was confused by it too. Yeah. And Dan and Tenny helped me see that, so.

This is the one that was used as the exit for Owens Fields before.

On 33.

On 33, yes. No, they're still using that to come up the back way and park on the gravel lot that's there.

The whole thing?

Yeah. So you may want to check with the current lessor out there.

termination of this easement would terminate that ability. I was under the impression, and Tinney you can jump in if you'd like, but I was under the impression it wasn't even accessible at this point.

There is a big washout right there as we come off of 33.

It is the bigger, like the trucks or you know larger SUVs, but they're Still making their way up that way. I just want to make sure that everyone is aware that is currently still using those fields that we won't have access and it would be trespassing if they use it.

We can do that. Do we need to pass this with some kind of amendment or is it just a note.

I wouldn't I would just make sure that because we do have that property out there leased and just out of habit of being able to utilize that, that everybody is aware that that's not an accessible way to get it.

We can set some barricades up and take care of it.

Once we get the main sign up, we're shopping out the main entrance that's 100 feet or so down.

To the west. To the west. Yeah, not that much further. Not that much further.

Yeah.

Yeah.

How about just a big pile of dirt? That's what most say, just a pile of dirt.

So just want to be clear, there's no issue with the termination of the easement? No, not at all. We just want to make sure we communicate that?

Just notice.

Okay.

Yes, please.

We can take care of that. Thank you. Okay.

So moved.

Okay.

Motion to second. Any further comments or questions? I thought somebody did.

Thank you, Jeff.

Motion or second? No further comments or questions. Please cast your votes.

Thank you, Dan. I'll vote to rest.

And it's approval for the termination of easement on West Noble Avenue in Owen Field. Thank you, Mr. Kasich. Item number 17 is the special use permit open air farmer's market. Mr. Kasich.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, City Council. As many of you may remember, in March of this year, the City Council approved a special use permit for an open air market and also RV parking on the west side off of Warner. The applicant has come back. He's looking to have some amendments to the existing special use permit. There were some conditions that were put on the original, which included the Any temporary assemblages such as and similar to vendor tents, tables, benches, food trucks, temporary signage that have to be removed every week after the market's closed. The amendments specifically are the applicant is wanting to amend that condition to allow or basically exclude the tables and benches so they can remain there even after the market is closed. looking to put a portable shed on the property. Also include the additional property that wasn't a part of it originally. To the very east, if you remember, there was a parcel that was rezoned but was not part of the special use permit. As you see there, if approved, then amendment approved, it would allow for the market use to go on the Eastern property, and then also reconsideration of improvements. The applicant requests that the open air improvement shown on the site plan no longer be required. At this time, the RV area was not part of the request. So that is going to remain as originally approved. Again, this is with the market area. And then I'll just finish with the Planning Commission recommended approval of all the amendments in a four to one vote. So with that, I'll leave it to the commission, sorry, the council, if you have any questions. And the applicant is here.

Dan, just to clarify too, on the picture that was just up there with the red squares, if you could pull that up again, please, I'd appreciate it.

There we go.

Yeah, you're saying that

Yeah, that furthest one, yeah, because this would be the proposed, because the very one, as you see on the screen to the right, it had no designation previously. It was simply rezoned to C2, but was not originally part of the special use permit for the open air market. And then that blank area or the non-red area in between is our city parcel.

Oh, okay.

Yeah.

For a second, I thought you were saying that the entire top red portion was the new.

Oh, yeah, no, no, no, just, yeah, just the one to the furthest eastward.

This may be a question for Mr. Fagonas, but is there a size of the shed proposed?

I think by the city code, I can't do anything over 120 square feet, the footprint. So you're probably looking at a maximum 12 by 10, and I will try to hide it as best as possible. I was going to put it maybe in the trees on that west lot, so it won't be visible.

Just to clarify, the reason for that is anything over 120 square feet or 120 over that requires a building permit. Because it's in the floodplain, then we would have to look at it as a more permanent use and it would have to be elevated. Worse, we keep it, like he said, a 10 by 10 or something. It can still be considered temporary.

Thank you. John, you were saying when you drive into the driveway, it'd be to your left.

Yeah, it would be on the west. It would be on that west end. It's got a lot of trees. I want it to look nice. You can hide something in there. Oh, I don't want to say it like that. You can hide something.

You're not going to be able to hide table and benches in there.

I want to point out what was first we agreed to in the beginning. It says the market will not have on-site parking. The zoning code does not have an off-street parking requirement. Patrons of the market list would park on the street or the vacant lot, singular, that the applicant owns. I can attest absolutely these lots have already been in use. Parking is everywhere. And there's a lot of cars. I'll grant that. They're also parking on city property. They're using city property for their vendors. Even to the east side of 7th Street, I've seen them. They're parking on Department of Transportation property, which I don't know that that's cool or not, but... I don't know why we're approving something you're already doing. And also I want to point out that you had that picture up there a moment ago. That was the original arrangement we agreed to, right? That's correct. And that's not being utilized at all.

Correct.

And now you want to remove this. That's correct. So what you called in your paper to the council from the last planning commission meeting, it states that, um, Staff does not know exactly how many, the amount of vendors that have participated so far. Well, he can answer that. And that the improvements will help to stabilize the properties during use, both for vendors as well as the attendees, without the improvements as shown. We're talking about that, right? Yes?

Yeah.

These improvements. Yeah. Without the improvement as shown on the site plan, the use could continue to be scattered and disorderly, which it is. So now you're asking us to throw this away.

Well, I have made improvements. I mean, I did put in the electric. I have put in water.

This is what we agreed to.

I understand. The gravel paths are pretty much what I'm wanting to take out because I thought it was going to be like a rutted area, and it's not. The grass has held up very well.

I just drove by there. The grass is getting beat down. The dirt is showing everywhere.

And it's going to get worse. It's very green. I don't understand.

Well, there's a lot of red spots. And so less grass, more red dirt, which equals more possibility of erosion.

There's more grass there than there was before. I don't understand. I mean, they're fertilizing it and overseeding constantly. That's not my observation tonight.

So the point is, this is what we agreed to. Gravel, this is nice.

This is what we agreed to. The gravel would cause a safety issue, especially if it's mowed. It would throw rocks. Kids will throw rocks.

Well, you don't mow gravel.

Do what?

You don't mow gravel. You spray it for weeds.

I understand, but if they're running mowers over it, it will.

Who's running mowers?

The city doesn't mow it. Well, I mean, I could, or kids throw rocks. I mean, without putting the gravel paths in, it makes the area more flexible. This is what we agreed to.

And by the planning managers said that it would be unstable and disorganized otherwise. if we don't stick to this plan.

You agree?

I think it's very organized. I disagree with you. You called me before you ever made this move and asked me what I thought about a flea market and a food truck corral. I said, well, it sounds like a good plan, but until I see the plans adhered to from the planning commission, I can't give you a yes. Then you showed up to council with an RV park. That's primarily why I said no the last time.

Well, you know, we've had three months to experiment with this, and I think it's gone very well. I've been out there trimming trees, keeping the grounds. I think it looks better now than it did three months ago. I mean, can you attest to that? I mean, I think it looks great. I'm out there continuously doing improvements, and I think it's very organized.

This looks a lot better than what I've seen in the four months you've been out there. And you're already utilizing property that you're asking permission to use now. You've already been using it. And I've seen the parking during the wet times, and they're parking everywhere. The original specifically states that the on-site parking would be on that one lot that you're asking to use now.

Sure.

That's not true.

I did go to the city, and I did get an exclusive use permit for the lot to the east, and that could be utilized as parking.

Has that been approved?

Yes.

Okay.

At the Planning Commission?

For parking, the exclusive use permit has been approved, but there's not been an approval for vendors on city property.

So the city property that's between your properties and the city property that's off to the east is still being utilized and we haven't approved that. Yes. But it's being used. Just want to point that out. This is what we agreed to.

I understand, but you know, after three months of going forward. We have learned some things. It has expanded. It's gotten bigger than we thought it was going to be. So that's why we're coming to you now to amend some things so it's more versatile. It's been great for the community. I think it's been a great thing for Guthrie. How? Well, it's brought people into our town. My wife has a business downtown. It was struggling. She was going to close. I had to do something. And by having this market, it's brought people into her business. Her sales have gone up. It's brought the community to get together. It's got them off Facebook, face to face. This has been a great, a great thing. I mean, it's very community driven and people just love it.

And it's been very busy. I agree with you for that.

I think it's been an asset to our community. It's one of the best ones in the state already. And it's bringing people from everywhere.

but now you're asking to leave the tables and benches of vendors in place.

You know, I might put three or four picnic tables. We have elderly people that come there to eat and they, you know, they need somewhere to sit. We're just trying to make it accommodate our elderly. And I think it'll make it look nice.

Like your request. It's not specific. It's not specific to any. Well, you want to leave the benches and the tables. Sure. So we're not talking about all these vendor tables that are set up are going to be left there or any of them are going to be left there?

No, no, no, no. The vendors take their stuff with them. These are just three or four picnic tables we just want to leave out. They're heavy. I just don't want to move them every week. That's all.

I see. Yeah. Still planning on having food trucks there?

Yeah, probably a couple food trucks, sure.

Which would be nice to have the benches for somewhere to sit and to eat.

Yeah, it's the food. I mean, people love the food trucks. I mean, they come from on the west side. They seem to really enjoy having that.

So is RV park going to be a thing?

I don't know. I don't know about that yet.

You have two months left on your six months.

Sure.

To do all these improvements.

On the RV side? Are we talking about the RV side?

Both, right? Both. This and RVs. Unless we say... Yes to your requirement and request to change all this.

We're not discussing the RV park. But it's still the same time limit. Yeah, but that's not on the agenda, the RV park. We're discussing what's on the agenda.

It's still important to say.

You're going off the agenda, sir. Yeah, I know, but you're going off the agenda. You're going off the agenda.

That's what I'm pointing.

That could be another discussion later, but we're not discussing the RV park. I think that's a mute thing to discuss right now.

So I think, John, that... The largest part of the issue was what Councilman Williams is getting to is not the success of your market. And it isn't that we can't acknowledge that you are bringing a lot of people to town and it is greatly appreciated. What he's trying to get you to acknowledge is that like everyone else, you bring a plan and we approve the plan, but you didn't do the plan. Yes, you put your vendor tables where you said you were going to set up vendor tables, but as far as executing a constructed portion on your lots, that is not what you did to scale. It would be the same thing as if you brought something to change the front of one of your buildings downtown and you did completely something different than what was approved here. You just went and did what you wanted ahead of time. That is the issue. It's not that you haven't been successful. It's not that you're asking to make amendments based on what you've put there. And you do need to make amendments because it has grown. Sure. And you've seen the success. So the first one doesn't apply anymore, right? So there does need to be some update. But that is the biggest issue is that it was already a, well, let's see how this works. But you put up tables and tents before you actually built what you asked to be built. And I, that is the biggest caution.

Well, I mean, we did put in the electrical, we did put in the water. That was a major investment. So that was part of the plan. And the only thing we're wanting to exclude is the gravel pathways.

And I think that the light was very helpful.

Yeah, we did put security lighting. Yes.

And I just want to say it's probably helped a lot with, activity that has been going on down there. So I do want to say that that is appreciated. Thank you very much.

Well, just like anybody else in town with getting permission to do something, if he got in there and he acclimated, we are where we are now. What does he do to remedy moving forward with where we are? He needs to come here and get permission.

With the diagram, we do have the tents in the the way the diagram is written out, we do have our tents in a circular motion, our circular path. So we do try to stick to this with our tents.

I will say that it, you know, whenever it was very rainy and things in the earlier months, you know, that even the road where everybody was parking was getting really redded up and it, you know, and the grass was getting really warm. So I can see where the issue is coming forth whenever you have Three or four are lots down in the flats being used like that continuously when everything else looks really nice and green. And these lots are being used continuously, so they're looking a little worn down.

They look good.

I realize I'm probably looking better now, but also the market hasn't been as giant. It's kind of hot right now. So it hasn't been as exploded like I had been in the cooler months, but it's still successful. I'm not saying that it isn't.

Well, we did have the truck gathering down there and that was a major, yeah. And we did repair any ruts that did occur. We had haze.

They told me they came out and trimmed trees.

They did. They put dirt in and they made it nice. We are continuously trying to improve the area. Like I said, it looks better now than it did three months ago. Mr. Williams was saying that he didn't want his view being obstructed. That was his major concern in the beginning. I think the view is a lot better now than it was when he said He was concerned about his view.

My view was the RV park.

You say when it came over the bridge, my view was...

I didn't want to see an RV park there. Sure.

I understand. Well, there's an RV park there now. I mean, during Little Bridges or during... They come up pretty close. I mean, they have cattle trailers there. I mean, how is that worse than an RV? But anyway...

Thank you.

You've been against it from the beginning.

Absolutely.

I agree with yours. Okay. Well, he's is where he is now.

I mean, I just want to put a couple of picnic tables out. I mean, and some benches, that's all.

No, we'd like to encourage no matter what group we're on or what project we're talking about, that we, we ask that citizens or companies stay on the plan that we have, um, Much to our dismay, sometimes on some of these groups, like on HP, some people, they tear something open, they're there in the moment, and then they say, oh, I'll just do this, what we feel. But just like we tell them, you know, we say, hey, we understand, but the way that the process works is you come back. But we are where we are now.

Right.

And Mr. Bergonis is here with doing the right thing now of saying, hey, this is what, yes, I should have done, but I'm here now asking for that permission.

Yeah, I just don't want to grab a pass. That's all. I just...

So what you're actually looking for is still having the same layout.

Yes.

Just minus gravel.

Right.

But the parking, so we're parking because of the volume. We're having to park in lots that weren't on the original parking plan. Is that correct?

Not just parking, but using vendors using them that were not on the original plan. So that'll be approved in here.

That will be approved in here. Correct.

Yeah, we approve of this. Right. It would be the furthest lot to the east.

But as was indicated originally, that's where parking is now going to exist. But now it's to be utilized for vendors.

And that's, again, one that's furthest east.

So then where is that parking if it's used for parking now? And then you put vendors there. Where are those cars going to go?

Well, it states they could park in the streets, too.

There's street parking. And, you know, they could park on the lots to the west. We could get approval, yeah. I mean, they do that now for any other event that's down there. I mean, there's bluegrass, there's Renaissance, there's the truck gathering. I mean, why is this any different?

I think also just being completely clear for the public. There's been quite a bit of controversy on who owns what lot and how many lots you're using and are you supposed to be there? And I know it has caused a lot of back and forth. and so we we want to be completely clear if we're going to come back and we're going to make amendments and we're going to change some things we want to be completely clear that we understand so that way if somebody blows up our phones because it does happen that we can be completely clear with them sure that you know yes john does have approval to park on this city lot for his vendors and patrons can use parking on the street and he has use for his vendor setups on this lot, this lot, and this lot, which are his lots to do so. But we need to make sure that we're very clear in doing so.

Sure, I understand. And would that also go for any other event?

Absolutely, no.

I don't want to be singled out. I mean, there's a lot of events that go on down there, and nothing's being scrutinized like I am now.

I don't want you to think that it's scrutiny.

I mean, it's obvious. That's not scrutiny. Yes, sir. No, it is. That's not scrutiny. It is. It is. It's not scrutiny. I've done what that says that needs to be done. The only thing, yes, the water.

You've done this.

The electric.

And all arranged in this configuration.

They are arranged in that configuration. It's gotten bigger. And since we've had to extend.

Okay.

We have this. You haven't even come and visited. Have you been there? I've never seen you there.

I drive by it frequently.

You've never been there.

No, I don't. It's hard to see.

It's hard to see it from the road, sir. It's hard. You need to come visit and see it for yourself before you make these comments.

Let's stay on top. Thank you. Any more questions? Did you get your question answered?

I believe so. Actually, you're wanting to do away, if I read this correctly, gravel isn't going to be in the... If we pass this, it's just going to say dirt roads. They brought in loads of dirt.

I had to spend money out of my own pocket and to make everything level, And that's going to take some time to grow back. But where there was grass, there is still grass. And it's even thicker now than it was in March.

And why don't you want to do the gravel?

It gives us more flexibility with having the gravel paths there. Like I said, we had to expand. Having the gravel paths there kind of ties us to a specific format. I mean, we do use that format, but I think gravel is going to look ugly. I really do. I like it to look green. I like it to look pristine. Gravel, like I said, it's just, aesthetically, I don't think it's going to look good.

Thank you. I think you would have to gravel the entire lot for it to stay gravel.

Yeah. Honestly. Well, if this area was nothing but tables and benches and never, the gravel was only walked on, then.

Yes, but they're removed every Friday, right? So then that gravel would spread. So, you know, at they wouldn't stay paths for long.

It's also hard to walk on ground. It's hard to walk on. I mean, it could cause people to fall. It'll be an elevation there. It's just limited.

You know, we could look at it again in another few months and see what it looks like in another three months if you'd like to.

So you're saying table it?

No, I'm saying we could approve it, but come back, look and see, assess it again.

Assess it again. you know, leave it as grass and see how it holds up in the next few months and get back on to the agenda.

That's your motion.

One other thing I want to add, because I don't think I had stated it and you saw it, but just so we're clear. Also, the request or the amendment is to add a Friday to the existing Saturday, Sunday. So this would be for three days a week versus the current two. That's part of the amendments, and I apologize for not clarifying that.

And that doesn't include set up on Thursday, right? Then it would be setting up on Friday and open on Friday, correct? Right. Okay.

Betty, do you have anything?

No, I'm good, Mayor. Okay, thank you.

All right. Anybody have any more comments or questions? All right, so would you like to make a motion?

I make a motion to deny.

OK. Anybody like to second the motion to deny? OK. Motion failed to get a second. Anybody like to make a motion to approve?

I'll make a motion to approve with stipulations, which is we'll come back in a couple of months and see how that looks.

Yeah I mean we you can bring it back for review it's not a problem but yeah whether that's two three just.

This is July already so August September so by October October.

Okay okay yeah we'll make sure.

So a motion to approve with an evaluation in three months we have a motion made for that as our second.

Second.

Motion to second.

Ask your votes.

The motion passes 4-1, Special Use Permit Amendment Open Air Farmers Market with the amendment to reassess in three months. Item number 18 is the City Manager's Report.

Yes, Mayor and Council, it is budget season, so you're going to hear me say that until we get through the budget in September, so Your department heads and staff are all working very diligently preparing those proposals so that Kim and I can tell them that they don't have the funds to do what they want to do on your behalf. So we sat through several rounds of those meetings this morning. Really appreciate the department heads for all of their work on that. Our team really does a good job vetting out their requests. They don't bring us what I would consider extreme requests. it's a very reasonable request process and there's a plan. So I appreciate our team for doing that and making that budget season easier on us. If you haven't noticed, Street CIP project for 2026 is near completion. I think they've got maybe a day or two left, Tenny. We got Harrison, still needs to be striped, but Harrison, Oklahoma, both done. Finished up college, I think Lack, Chestnut, and University. Yeah, I was looking for that cross street chestnut university. So that contractor did a really nice job came in, um, you know, milled 1 day, pave the next same time, open the road back up. So move right along. We've been very pleased with them and heard lots of good things. Uh, so thank you the council for funding that and streets committee for vetting that project out. As of this morning, the earthwork contractor has moved on site to Owen Field. Of course, as soon as they were supposed to break ground on the 19th, we've had what seems like a monsoon of rain in the last week and a half, which I'm not complaining. We will definitely take the rain. But that has slowed down the earthwork contractor a little bit. But they do have equipment on site, and we anticipate once that work is actually started, that we'll truck right along. Estimated completion date on that project is February 18th. I look for that to move a little bit as we have more weather days between now and then. Fire station construction documents are complete and out for bid. So another project we're super excited to see come to fruition. We will have the bid opening in this room on July 29th at 10 a.m. So we'll have a groundbreaking ceremony for that probably mid to late August. another CIP number two project with that second fire station. As Caden Young previously mentioned, we have a bid opening tomorrow in this room for the airport terminal building and terminal apron, 10 o'clock in council chambers. The pre-bid meeting was packed at the airport conference room, so I suspect we're going to have some highly competitive bids. I'm looking forward to getting the best price and getting those two projects done. As you know, that terminal project. We've been talking about that for three years now, and that was one of the first things that Kate and I were able to get across the finish line that former city manager Alsup had started, so we look forward to seeing that. Excuse me. We do also have a request for proposals which we'll publish tomorrow for mowing services that will include the parks as well as the city entrances. Council may recall, excuse me, Council may recall that At the February 17th meeting, we rejected all bids for mowing services, which we had published the Summit View Cemetery in the city entrances. And I believe the low bid on that was a little over $330,000. Don't quote me on the exact figure, but it was several hundred thousand dollars for the season. Staff has re-advertised that with just identifying the parks. Banner Park, Mineral Wells, Highland Park, the two entrances, East-West Highway, 33 South Division, all of those, Lyons Park, all of those parks, Mitchell Park, the two lakes. So we look forward to seeing what those bids come back at. We will bring those to you on August the 4th. We're hoping, again, we hope for another competitive process that way that can alleviate some of the work on Tenney's Cruise and JB and the team out there. Our guys are consistently mowing, but I will tell you when you have a wet season like we've had, and then you have a really dry heat like we've had, no matter what you do, you can't keep up, especially when you throw in a couple of holidays like Memorial Day weekend when we send every guy we have out to Summit View to make sure the cemetery looks nice for decoration. And you don't think about what that impact is on the staff until you recognize that 40 hours of fence to fence and by the time they're done, that's 12 guys, time they're done, You got to go back to the fence and start again. And you didn't mow anything else. Not a park, not an entrance, not a city hall, not a public works building. So the amount of mowing our guys do is really tremendous what they're able to accomplish and stay on top of. I would ask that we give them a little bit of grace as we work through it. This mowing RFP is just one. spoke in the wheel that we're trying to evaluate options of what can we do. And we've got an open position that we've advertised for. We haven't been able to fill. We've purchased new equipment over the last couple of years. So we're still exploring other alternatives if this doesn't work out. But I will say our team works very hard and unfortunately they can only do what they can only do. There's only so much you can get done in an eight hour day. and a 40-hour week. And outside of that, over time, our guys, again, they're very generous to come in and work evenings and weekends, and I applaud them for the work that they get done. But just know that your staff is evaluating that and will bring you some options very soon. Pelican Bay will open on July 18th in Edmond. The city will resume its partnership to offer this amenity again. Utility office will have the wristbands for residents to pick up I believe Shonda said they'll be here this week. Yep. Yep. So they will be here this week. Utility office, Guthrie residents can come into the utility office with proof of address inside city limits. They will receive free admission into Pelican Bay and we'll give them the wristbands here and they are daily wristbands. This weekend, Saturday, the downtown downbeat will take place as well as a host of other festivities from bike night at the rock on Friday to the The Farmer's Market to the Guthrie Brew and the Jungle are having an event over on Harrison. There's going to be a lot of activity Saturday evening, followed up with a highly anticipated fireworks show sponsored by Fireworks of Poppin' downtown. So it's going to be a great night. Hope everybody can make it out. If you don't have any plans, nothing going on Saturday night, come out and enjoy that fireworks show. Live music, Brittany the Chamber. Justin, Shonda, the entire team has really pulled together to make this a great event. And we look forward to next year, already planning ahead. Next year, we anticipate this event to take place on the last Saturday in June, so it will occur before the 4th of July. With that, Mayor, that's all I've got for you. I'd be happy to answer any questions.

Thank you, Eddie. Item number 19, request comments from members of City Council. Councilman Williams.

Well, I'm going to steal Jeff's words. Thanks to the staff for all the work they've done regarding all these projects, which are really exciting. The airport and, my gosh, the ball field. After all these years, Olin Field. And, of course, the fire department. Very exciting times, very busy times. And just glad to see it launched and moving forward. Thanks. Councilwoman Denny?

I will ditto that. I was just thinking the other day, I drive pretty much the state of Oklahoma for my day job. And I sometimes take the back roads through the smaller towns and so on and so forth. And I've lived here in Guthrie for a long time. And to see just driving downtown, another street blocked off, and new parking spaces, and new paint, and the airport, the second fire station. I can't name a city, including the city of Oklahoma City, that has this much going on. So it is exciting. Thank you all for your hard work. The mowing, that's just another. I mean, every other day we're having to mow our yard. And we just drive around and see the enormity of what you guys, Timmy, your guys do. are in charge of. It's absolutely overwhelming. I don't know how your guys look at a mower every single day. I would just lay down in fetal position and throw my hands up in the air. So please send my condolences for all of that. And I'm looking forward to the bids and trying to get you guys some help. That's a lot. So thank you, everyone.

Vice Mayor Taylor. Thank you, staff. And you too, Eddie. Thank you. What we're doing. Thank you, sir. You're welcome. It's exciting to be able to see all the things that's happening. And I know we've got things coming up this weekend. I think it worked out great because everyone was griping about, but we're not having the 4th of July. We're not having fireworks. Well, it rained, so now it's perfect.

we took care of all that so this would be a fun weekend there's lots of things going on so and I mean everybody's here tonight so I really appreciate all y'all's hard work I really do other than that Councilwoman thank you guys very much I know everybody's put a lot of hard work into the last year and couple years so all the projects being completed I know that Tenney gets a check mark and when I finally gets to make a check mark, that's fantastic. So I'm right along there with him and This last weekend watching all of the bikes go by my house. Some people were scooting somewhere riding So a huge thank you to the grand old barber shop for hosting that yet again with the breakfast. It was really fun and Trace was still asleep, so we did not get up and participate. But we did a lot of waving and saying hi. And usually we're out of town, so it was a lot of fun to see. And there were a lot of joggers. I wouldn't have done that now. But it was very great, and I appreciated it. So I'm looking forward to this weekend, and I think it will be a lot of fun as well.

Yeah, just a fun little side note for me representing the people who live around the temple. Yes, it's so neat for the starting point for events to start there, but yeah, they start at like 5.30 in the morning. So for everybody who lives around the temple, just give me a little insight there. No, we love it. I love all of the events. I don't know why I feel like I had to look at Jeff to get approval to say this. Thank you, staff, as well as Eddie. Again, since I had to say both. Thank you, sir. Yeah, I appreciate that for all the projects that you guys are overseeing. We know that we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg of what you guys take care of and all the hours you guys spend even after you guys go home. And that can't be expressed enough. So thank you very much. Just to put something in perspective again with the mowing, we're trying to get after it. Tenny had told me a little interesting piece of trivia that I think I would just point out. that if we took every single person that we have on the mowing staff and put every single one of them simultaneously at the same time at the cemetery to mow, everybody going 40 hours a week, it would take the entire week plus more to get the entire thing mowed. And that's not mowing anything else in the city, just at the cemetery, everybody we have all day, every day, just to get that. So just kind of keep that in perspective, please. you know, a little bit of grace. We're getting to it. Also keep in mind, remember, a year ago, this time last year, we were praying and hoping for this much rain. So now we have it. So with that, that's all that I have. And up on the agenda on item number 20 is we have a proposed executive session pursuant to the authority of Title 25 of West 307 as follows.

Make the motion we go into executive session. Second. Proposed to authority, Title 25 OS 307. All right. Motion to second.

Pass your votes.

And it's approval to go into executive session.

What's that?

Hi.

All right.

I was going to tell them to move on.

So if they sub out all that mowing, the guys that normally have been mowing, what does their job become? It's not all the work that they're doing. That department is about 50% for the two years now. Okay. Well, the freedom department, we're about nine to 12, which is initially short of that public work. That's not covering all of our grants, though. And we still include the World Senate area. It's not there. I don't believe that it's going to work either way. It does not include the... West Highway, I believe they're being, you know, East Highway, South Highway, I believe one of the lake is. Yeah, I thought the entire portion of the ground operations.

They'll still be low, they're still, I mean.

They will still be low. We are not going to. I'll show you. I'll show you. I'll show you. Okay, I appreciate it. Thank you. Okay.

Yeah, because the last RA.

So have they ever sent it out before?

Is this something new?

We have never sent it out. We've received it two times. I think the way it's now, this is where I've found some of these smaller ones. We will probably see some smaller ones. You want to watch something a little bit more important? Probably for the city. Again, it's a smaller park. Let's try to have more. Yeah, if we look at this part of the island park. The island park would be one of our largest. Is that your turn yet? Yeah. That was good. I was going to take it. I was going to take it. All right. We do travel a lot. Really bad. Yeah, we'll . And it's not . Yeah. So like you said, we, you know, .

districts that are now being obscured because of . Even in the zoning code, it's . There's a treaty . Anything that would have struck, basically, that intersection, through my apartment.

I don't even know if it's on.

City property would obstruct it, whether it's private.

Yeah, even, well, no, right.

Even if it's in the right-of-way, it's the responsibility of that property owner that's in place to maintain it.

So that's why I'm saying... You might be getting a problem.

That's fine, yeah, because it goes through us, and that's why we send that property owner saying, yeah, that bush that's over out by the... And that's why I'm saying, to the property, and that its branches are obstructing our 12 feet .

That's a big thing. A lot of people don't realize that. They really feel like all these trains . But the city didn't go through the land all by itself. Surely the city's going to notice that you can't see this . You know, that's a good call. I mean, we're not just out driving looking for that stuff.

Yeah, it's like Jimmy's saying, you know, I or even my code board is going to hold on to our stuff, obviously, and then go, yeah, okay, we need to send a letter. But that's the thing. You know, everybody knows we've got a pretty big city geographically. And so we don't always get to the same areas. So, yeah, it's best just to call and say.

It's not like somebody's sticking their nose in front of you. No.

We get calls like that all the time. Especially when it is a side triangle, because obviously that's a safety issue.

So we want to take care of those. And that we don't have any accidents or pedestrian .. Well, we have two methods. We can't just give them a citation. But ultimately, because it's a safety issue a lot of times and all of that, we just go right to the maintenance. ... ... ... ...

I could have picked up enough here. I could have gone out and had dinner. Item number 21 is return to council chambers. Can I get a motion to return? Make motion to return from Executive Session.

Can I get a second?

Second.

Thank you. All right, motion or second to return to Council Chambers and come out of Executive Session. Please cast your votes.

Councilwoman Gidd. Sorry. All those in favor?

Okay, unanimous approval to return to Council Chambers and come out of Executive Session. Item number 22 is the firetruck antitrust litigation, legal representative McAfee and Taft. We'd like to make a motion, or Eddie, do you want to speak on that or just? Nothing to add.

Okay. We'd like to make a motion that on the firetruck antitrust litigation, the legal representation would be McAfee and Taft. Okay. Motion or second?

Second.

Okay. No further comments, questions?

I'll let- Cast your votes. unanimous approval to approve the fire truck antitrust litigation legal representative McAfee and Taft as discussed in executive session. Item number 23 is resolution number 2026-13, retention of McAfee and Taft for fire truck manufacturer litigation.

I'll make a motion on that as well. Retention of McAfee and Taft for the fire truck manufacturer litigation. Okay.

Second.

Motion and two seconds.

Ask your votes. Further comments or questions?

All votes are in.

Okay. Unanimous approval for resolution number 2026-13, retention of McAfee and Taft for firetruck manufacturer litigation as discussed in executive session. Item number 24, PFAS litigation, legal representation, McAfee and Taft.

I'll make a motion on PFAS litigation. Legal representation will be McAfee and Taft as well. Okay.

Second.

Motion and a second.

Any comments or questions, please cast your votes.

All votes are in.

Okay, unanimous approval for PFAS litigation legal representation McAfee and Taft. Item number 25, resolution number 2026-14, retention of McAfee and Taft for PFAS litigation.

Make a motion on that as well. Resolution number 2026-14, retention of McAfee and Taft for the PFAS litigation.

Second.

Motion and a second. Please cast your votes. If there's no further comments or questions.

That's read.

Okay. Anonymous approval from all those present on resolution number 2026-14 or intention to McAfee and Taft for PFAS litigation on item 25. Item 26 is the industrial part for business development. Eddie, anything to say on that?

Mayor and Councilman, I think we could proceed as discussed in the executive session. I don't know that we need any action tonight. Thank you. Okay.

So no action needed? No action, sir. Okay. All right. Item number 27, as we are adjourned, we'll call to order our free public works authority meeting, again, July 7th, 2026. Item number two is the consent agenda, items A through N.

Make a motion to approve A through N on the consent agenda. Okay, we have a motion. Can we get a second, please?

Second. We have a motion and a second. No further comments or questions. Please cast your votes.

I'll vote for it.

Okay, unanimous approval from all those present on the consent agenda items A through N. Item number three were items from the consent agenda that were removed. There were none. Item number four is water treatment plant SCADA system purchase. Mr. Baker?

Yes. City of Guthrie staff has received quotes to replace the aging SCADA system at the water treatment plant from Haynes Equipment and Worth Hydro, which are two leading vendors in our region. The SCADA stands for Supervisory Controlled and Data Acquisition. It's the system that's used to monitor, control, and collect data from the equipment and infrastructure in real time. The SCADA system allows operators to see what's going on in the field from the computer screens and, in many cases, control equipment remotely. The system at the water treatment plant has needed to be replaced for many years. Although the quote from Haines Equipment was lower coming in at $53,413, staff would like to recommend awarding the project to Worth Hydro based on prior experience with the vendor. responsiveness technical support and service reliability staff believes hydro worth hydro will provide the level of support necessary necessary to ensure the long-term success of the water treatment plant SCADA system one thing I would like to add to this is we just had an incident at our water treatment plant this last week and we were down for a period of time, we reached out to Worth Hydro. They responded out of Shawnee and had us back up and going in just a matter of a few hours. So that kind of goes along with the responsiveness that we are seeing here and why we'd be recommending the higher bid for this evening's quotes.

They could do this from their smartphone too, couldn't they? Maybe they're driving out to look at something else and the bell goes off or something, could they do that?

Yes, our staff, this allows our staff to operate the plant from their homes, anywhere out in the field. For the ones that have been to our plant, I believe most all of you have, I believe, The screens that you see up on the computers and on the walls down there, that's the SCADA that we're talking about here. I believe this also replaces some of the computers and programming and stuff that I believe is like Windows, I don't even know what they are, Windows 20 or something. We can no longer put the software over on these computers even.

I'll make a motion that we approve the... water treatment SCADA system from Hydro in the amount of $61,780. Second. I wish you a second.

Further comments or questions, Ms. Castor-Hood? I'll vote strength. For the water treatment plant SCADA system was an SCADA system purchase. Item number five is the acceptance of the OWRB SAI grant award.

Mr. Paupner? Yes, Mayor and Council, this is the identical item that City Council heard earlier. Just need to approve it under the Public Works Authority as well. So staff recommends approval. Appreciate the staff, Senator Chuck Hall, State Rep Colin Dibble.

I make motion to approve.

Okay. Motion to second. Motion to second. If there's no further comments or questions for Mr. Faulkner, please cast your votes. Unanimous approval for the acceptance of the OWRB SAI grant award. 6, we are adjourned.