City Council - Regular Meeting

They didn't get the email. Yeah, Kathy's in blue. I said you're in blue.

Like the right color blue. What kind of dog did you get? A white dog.

OK, my dear friends, it is 630. And we'll call to order the August 17, 2026 Moore City Council meeting. Would you call the roll, please?

Kathy Griffith. Here. Sid Porter. Here. Melissa Hunt. Here. Louie Williams. Here. Adam Webb. Here. Rob Clark. Here. Mark Ham.

Here. Would you please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance?

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

We have a proclamation and then a presentation. The first proclamation I will read. It says, whereas as America marks its 250th startup birthday in 2026, we must celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit that built our nations, states, and cities, forged by starters, makers, doers, and dreamers who pursued a better future, And whereas the American dream is at risk, and because America belongs to the living generation, it is our turn to renew the nation's entrepreneurial spirit. And whereas entrepreneurs are essential to fostering economic prosperity, creating homegrown jobs, raising incomes, generating wealth, building stronger communities, diversifying goods and services and reducing inequality and poverty and whereas each of us has the power to be a founder of our nation's future and we encourage every resident to take action that builds a more perfect union and whereas entrepreneurs have played a critical role in revitalizing the city of Moore and it's fitting to publicly recognize and celebrate the vital contributions of entrepreneurs to the prosperity and the well-being of our community Now, therefore, I, Mark Hamm, Mayor of the City of Moore, do hereby proclaim that Moore will join America the Entrepreneurial and take action to encourage more entrepreneurship across our city and to celebrate its entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial spirit throughout the 2026 as Moore, Oklahoma the Entrepreneurial during our nation's 250th startup birthday. Signed, and approved on the 17th day of August 2026. And this is something that I had learned about at the United States Conference of Mayors. And really, it's true. And before, more was what it is today. You drive up and down I-35 or some of our arterial streets, you see a lot of the the big name brand stores we were just a lot of the small mom-and-pop stores and we still have a bunch of those in our community so without those men and women who had the idea to start a business we wouldn't be here today and a lot of these other big stores wouldn't be here so appreciate all of those with that entrepreneurial spirit who have an idea and they want to go out and start a business. And it has helped to make more what it is today. So thank you to all of our small businesses and entrepreneurs that are here in Moore, Oklahoma. With that, I have a, and I would just recognize some of our guests. We have some guests here. We have city managers and mayors, because in just a moment, we're going to recognize our city manager. But I couldn't help that the Norman city manager is here, Darryl Pyle. We're glad to have you. Brooks, how's our Costco doing? Is it doing well? Very well. All right. Just a little fun. Just a little fun. But remember, whether you live in Moore, South Oklahoma City, or Norman, don't shop online. Come to the Costco and shop here and get you a hamburger or something as well. So we appreciate Norman and all of the communities in our city. Just a little fun. So item D is we're going to receive a presentation from the City Managers Association. So I'd like to recognize the president of the City Managers Association, Chuck Rawls. And he's also the city manager of Collinsville, Oklahoma.

Mr. Mayor, members of the council, thank you so much for the opportunity to come and speak before you. You get to experience Brooks on a daily basis. And you already know what a legend he is in the municipal profession. And I'm so thankful that he's been a mentor to me. And he's one of the smartest city managers I've ever met. legacy that he's built and the impact that he's had on the profession is certainly evident by the number of city managers that have come in from across the state to recognize him and show our appreciation and our respect. Brooks, you are an amazing man. We're so thankful that you are a city manager here in Oklahoma, that you support our efforts, and I believe you're rejoining the board again, right? Yes. So thank you for what you do. On behalf of the City Managers Association, we would like to present you with the Gerald Wilkins City Manager of the Year Award.

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Okay, here we go. Couple of these.

One, two, three. Looking good. One, two, three. One, two, three. Okay, everybody on me, here we go. You know the drill, one, two, three. One, two, three. And one, two. because they all had a drive. Chuck came from Collinsville and Tim Rooney from West End. I really appreciate

All right. Item two is the consent docket. And I just need to make a note. Item C and just counsel. So everyone is aware when we vote to approve the consent docket that item C, there's just a typo and it says Southwest 27th and Shields Boulevard, but it should be Northwest 27th and Shields Boulevard.

OK, make a motion would prove the consent docket items A through H second.

We've had the motion and second. You can call the vote.

Kathy Griffith. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Clark. Yes.

Mark Camp. Yes. Consent docket passes. Item three is consider adoption of resolution number 14426 of the City Council of the City of Moore, Oklahoma, approving the occurrence of the indebtedness by the Moore Economic Development Authority, the authority, and the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $3,060,000 in connection with the issuance of its sales tax revenue note, series 2026 municipal capital improvement project providing that the trust indenture as amended creating the authority is subject to the provisions of the general indenture and supplemented and amended as authorizing the issuance of said note, waiving the competitive bidding and approving the proceeds of the authority pertaining to the sale of said note, approving a security agreement between the city and the authority pertaining to the deposit and the transfer of sales tax revenue, ratifying and confirming an agreement of support between the Moore Public Works Authority and the authority whereby the Moore Public Works Authority agrees to transfer revenues to the authority and containing other provisions relating thereto.

Mayor and Council, this was a borrowing that's been previously discussed and was part of the budget process, the proceeds of which will go to purchase the KOMA property, the remaining portion that we don't own, and then also to help with the financing of the rest of the design for a proposed public safety center and then some additional monies for a City Council Chambers renovation.

financial advisor Chris Ganders here to talk about the interest rate and the term recommend approval so I handed out the it's always a question we waived consent competitive bidding but then I hand you a bunch of bids so there's a formal process we go through with the geo bonds where it's published in the papers multiple times so we go through a competitive process so in front of you you have the bids we got an excellent bid at 4.15 percent uh prepayable anytime if you choose to do so you can see the other bids really aren't even close and have more restrictive call provision or prepayment provision so with that we're recommending approval to the low bidder at 4.15 which is i should say fnb community bank

I'll make a motion that we approve the resolution. Second.

With a motion, you can call the vote.

Sid Porter.

Yes.

Melissa Hunt. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Bob Clark. Yes. Kathy Griffith. Yes. Mark Camp.

Yes. Item passes. Item four is consider adoption of resolution number 14526, authorizing the calling and holding of an election in the city of Moore, Oklahoma for the purpose of submitting to the registered qualified voters of said city the question of authorizing the extension of an existing one-half of one percent sales tax and providing the use thereof containing other provisions relating thereto.

Mayor and Council items four and five are companion items. This has to do with the renewal of the half cent sales tax for the November ballot. And just again, the half cent sales tax is comprised of 70% goes for residential streets, 20% goes for public safety equipment, 10% for public safety operations. Recommend approval.

Make a motion to approve.

Second.

Would you call the vote, please?

Melissa Hunt. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Clark. Yes. Kathy Griffith. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Mark Ham.

Yes. Item passes. Item 5 is consider adoption of ordinance number 107826 of the city of Moore, Oklahoma, amending the city of Moore, Oklahoma Sales tax ordinance, ordinance number 60, as amended by ordinance number 33183, as amended by ordinance number 4788, as amended by ordinance number 55106, as amended by ordinance number 67710, as amended by ordinance number 78014, As amended by ordinance number 88818, as amended by ordinance number 101522, to provide for the renewing of the levying and assessing of an existing one half of 1% sales tax upon the gross receipts or proceeds derived from all sales taxable under the sales tax law of Oklahoma, fixing effective date and termination providing the purpose of said additional sales tax, making provisions severable containing other provisions relating thereto.

And that's the companion item. Motion to approve.

Second. OK, we've had the motion and second. You can call the vote.

Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Clark. Yes. Kathy Griffith. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. Mark Kim.

Yes. Item passes. Item six is consider adoption of resolution number 14626, authorizing the calling and holding of an election in the city of Moore, Oklahoma for the purpose of submitting to the registered qualified electors of said city the question of the issuance of general obligation bonds of said city and the amount not to see the sum of $18 million to provide funds for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, improving, or repairing streets, bridges, and drainage improvements in said city with all said improvements to be owned exclusively by said city in levying and collecting an annual tax in addition to all other taxes upon all the taxable property in said city for payment of the interest in principle on said bonds.

Mayor and Council, this geo bond proposal addresses three projects to the projects in the northeast part of the city, 20th and and Lincoln and then the Ramblin Oaks. These were projects that were discussed as part of the sales tax election. Even though that failed, we feel that these projects are still very important to address drainage issues in that area. And then the third project is for some initial work to do on Sooner Drive right off of Southeast 34th. Recommend approval.

And this would be in the November election?

Yes, this will be on the November election. And I would just emphasize what our city manager said, is that we need people to go vote. And we did try to do a one cent sales tax that would have paid for a lot of this, but that didn't happen. So we want to put this before the voters again, because we, the council, believe that we need to do something about some of the flooding that we have happening in this part of our city. And so we'd ask you to go and vote.

Make a motion to approve.

Second. We've had a motion and a second. Would you call the vote?

Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Clark. Yes. Kathy Griffith. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. Mark Hamm.

Yes. Item passes. Item seven is consider authorizing the execution of special election proclamation and notice pertaining to the proposed general obligation bond issue.

Make a motion we approve. Second. Call the vote, please.

adam webb yes rob clark yes yes sid porter yes melissa hunt yes louis williams yes yes item passes item eight is consider approval of a purchase and sales agreement with tyler media for the purchase of real property located in moore cleveland county oklahoma in the amount of two million two hundred thousand dollars

Mayor and Council, this will be for the purchase of the KL&A property for the rest of the proposed public safety facility. Recommend approval.

Second to approve. Second. You call the vote.

Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Clark. Yes. Kathy Griffith. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Mark Hamm.

Yes. Item carries. Item nine, consider approving amendment number one in the amount of $40,000 to the engineering service agreement with Olsen Inc. For the Northeast 27th Street and Pole Road Improvement Project, perform a limited environmental investigation of the Pole Road property as required in the purchasing agreement between the City of Moore and BNSF Railway.

Mayor and Council, the purpose of Amendment No. 1 is to assess the potential presence of any contamination at the property that we obtained from BNSF Railroad. Remember, that was a requirement of their contract. Purchasing agreement is that we perform a phase two environmental assessment. Would recommend approval. Make a motion we approve.

Second.

Would you call the vote, please?

Rob Clark. Yes. Kathy Griffith. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Mark Hamm.

Yes, item carries. Item 10, consider acceptance of a quote from Rush Truck Centers in the amount of $63,326.32 as the lowest quote for engine replacement on fire truck 11.

Mayor and council, this item is for the purchase of a new motor for engine 11. I'd be happy to answer any questions or concerns you may have, and staff recommends approval.

How old is the engine we're replacing?

It was the original engine. It's been rebuilt four times and failed almost every other year. So I said, enough, let's... We need the engine to last another five years. So it is the original engine.

OK. When was that? How long ago did we get that engine? Do you know?

I don't have it off the top of my head.

All right. Just need a motion. Make a motion we approve.

Second.

Can you call the vote, please?

Kathy Griffith. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Clark. Yes. Mark Ham.

Yes. Item carries. Item 11, consider authorizing the budget purchase of two zero-turn mowers for MetroTurf OPE using state contract number SW0190 and the amount of $46,347.70.

Mayor and Council, this item is for the purchase of the two zero-turn mowers that we use to do our right-of-way mowing and some of the drainage channels to replace two of the worn-out mowers that we have. I'd be happy to answer any questions or concerns you may have, and staff recommends approval. How long do these normally last? These here, we bought these in 2019. Got over 1,000 hours on each of them. And they're just, that's about the life expectancy. OK.

I would say that, I don't know the other council, but I've only received one complaint about the drainage channels. So I think we're on a good cycle. We're doing good. In there and getting them mowed and maintained well. Thank you.

Make a motion we approve. Second. You call the vote.

Sid Porter. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Clark. Yes. Kathy Griffith. Yes. Mark Hampton. Yes.

Thank you. Adam Carey. Thanks. You.

Item 12 is consider approval of a new job description for major of support in the fire department and place it in the range 932 of the pay matrix per the IAFF contract approved August 3rd, 2026 in accordance with the budget approved by the city council for fiscal year 2627.

Mayor and council, the fire department requests approval of the submitted draft of a new job description for major of support in the fire administration division. The duties assigned to this position will be assumed progressively as logistical and administrative functions are transferred from suppression. This position should be assigned to range 932 of the pay matrix in the IFF contract approved on August 3rd, 2026, based on the duties, responsibilities, and accountabilities assigned. Staff recommends approval, and I'll be glad to answer any questions you may have, and Chief Marler is here as well.

So I'd like to understand the actual role that this position will play once all the duties have been transferred and everything.

Let me introduce you to Chief Marler.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. How are you? Good. For years, we've operated with just a suppression division training and fire marshal. When we hire people all the way to put them on the front porch of people's houses for calls and keeping all the things in working order, fire trucks, air packs, communications, bunker gear, there's a lot of support that's required today. We have 90 people. We used to have 40. There's a lot of things to upkeep, keeping the stations working, the overhead doors functioning, the air conditioners functioning. This is going to be support the people that are there to make the calls.

They will do their role at all four of the stations.

They'll do their role from fire stations to attending meetings to interacting with dispatch to making sure that all components of the fire station are working so that when our suppression people show up, they can make the calls.

Okay, excellent. Thank you very much.

Make a motion to approve.

Second.

Okay, we had a motion and a second. You can call the vote.

Melissa Hunt. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Park. Yes. Kathy Griffith. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Mark Camp.

Yes. Item passes. Item 13 is consider authorizing the police department to solicit bids for the budgeted purchase of six fleet vehicles.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. This item is to authorize the Police Department to solicit bids for six police vehicles. They will be marked vehicles, and this is a budgeted item. Staff recommends approval.

Make a motion to approve.

Second. With a motion and a second, you can call the vote.

Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Clark. Yes. Kathy Griffith. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. Mark Camp.

Yes. Item carries.

Thanks.

Item 14 is consider approval of a FY25-26 budget supplement to budget additional collections for multiple funds in the current and previous years.

Mayor and Council, this is a budget supplement to budget collections in FY26 above what we had budgeted for expenditures that have been incurred. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them as far as sources or expenses.

This is just our annual rectifying of all these accounts.

There will be one more FY26 budget amendment that will be for the carryover, 2060-27, that will carry over the purchase orders from 2060-27. Okay. This will be the last one really for significant additional collections that we collected last year.

Very good. Make a motion we approve.

All right.

We can call the vote.

Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Clark. Yes. Kathy Griffith. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Mark Camp.

Yes. Item passes. Item 15 is consider approval of the budgeted construction projects with Silver Star Construction Company for park paving and sidewalk plan at Phillips 66 Park in the amount of $616,350.83. Good evening, Mayor and Council.

This agenda item is the budgeted continuation of construction for the Phillips 66 Park. Grading and dirt work has been completed and has made it possible for the park paving and sidewalks project to begin, recommend approval.

How long will it take to get it completed?

Well. We're doing projects one at a time. So as it's a nature park, having the sidewalk and the parking lot done will help tremendously in the completion. And after that will be trees and natural grasses and things like that.

Are there any pavilions going to be there at all? No, there will not be any pavilions.

There's restrictions on that land.

OK, thank you. Is it meeting the time schedule that you were hoping for?

Yes, it's doing very well. Make a motion to approve.

Second. We have had the motion and second. You call the vote.

Rob Clark.

Yes.

Kathy Griffith. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Mark Hanf.

Yes. Item carries. We are going to recess the city council meeting and convene a more public works authority meeting. Item 16 is the consent docket. Approve the consent docket items A through C.

Second.

We've had the motion and a second.

Kathy Griffith. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Clark. Yes. Mark Camp.

Yes. Item passes. Item 17. Oh, wait. That was 50. Oh, I missed. Yes. Just wait till we go back to the city council. I missed an addendum. We'll have to come back and get it. I'm sorry. Yeah. Are we on 17 now? I got off. OK. Consider adoption of resolution number 275 26. of the trustees of the more public works authority authorizing an agreement of support by the of support by and between the authority and the more economic development authority pertaining to the more economic development authority sales tax revenue note series 2026 more capital improvements project.

Mayor and Council, just a companion item for the city part of the docket. Recommend approval.

Make a motion. We approve. Thank you. OK, would you call the vote?

Sid Porter? Yes. Melissa Hunt? Yes. Louie Williams? Yes. Adam Webb? Yes. Rob Clark? Yes. Kathy Griffith? Yes. Mark Camp?

Yes. Item carries. This time, we're going to recess the Moore Public Works Authority meeting and convene the Moore Risk Management meeting.

I make a motion that we approve consent docket items A and B. Second.

Would you call the vote? Kathy Griffith? No, you're supposed to do that.

No, next one. No, that's the next one.

I'm just off. I got off. I'm sorry. Go ahead. I'm sorry. I interrupted you.

Yes. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Clark. Yes. Mark Camp.

Yes.

This time we're going to recess the more risk management meeting and convene the more economic development authority meeting.

Item 19, roll call, please.

Kathy Griffith. Here. Melissa Hunt. Here. Mark Hamm.

Here.

Louie Williams. Here. Adam Webb. Here. Rob Clark. Here. Sid Porter.

Here. Item 20 is consent docket.

Make a motion we approve the consent docket. Item A. Second.

I have a motion and a second. Call the roll, please.

Kathy Griffith. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. Mark Ham. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Clark. Yes. Sid Porter.

Yes. Item 21, consider adoption of resolution number 3026 of the trustees of the Moore Economic Development Authority, known as the Authority, authorizing the issuance of its sales tax revenue notes, series 2026, Municipal Capital Improvements Project, the note, in the great principal amount not to exceed $3,060,000 for the purpose of financing various municipal capital improvements, including but not limited to purchasing real property within the city, funding improvements to existing municipal facilities, and paying certain cost of issuance in connection with the reference financing. waiving competitive bidding and authorizing the note to be sold on a negotiated basis, ratifying, approving and authorizing the execution of other documents related to the transaction and authorizing employment of financial advisor and bond counsel pertaining to said financing and containing other provisions relating thereto.

Make a motion to approve.

Second. A motion, a second. Call roll, please.

Kathy Griffith. Yes. Melissa Hunt.

Yes.

Mark Camp. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Clark. Yes. Sid Fork.

Yes.

How do you read the next one?

Recess the Moore Economic Development Authority meeting and reconvene the City Council meeting.

Item 22 is new business. And just let the record reflect that everybody's still present. And we need to go back to the addendum item 15.1. I left it off. And that is to consider authorizing the reimbursement purchase of a passenger van for the brand senior center and the amount of $112,887 from model one using state contract number SW0035 and fund through federal transit administration section 5310 grant funds in the amount of $112,264 with matching funds from the city in the amount of $623.

Mayor and Council, this purchase of a new van through the FTA's Section 5310 grant for the Brandt Senior Center will be completed with the reimbursable finance payment from META of $112,264. The reimbursement should be received within 60 days. The Moore Council on Aging has been working with Embark Transportation, the new grant authority for senior transportation in Oklahoma, for the past year to complete this transaction. The new passenger van will be replacing the present one, which has close to 100,000 miles on it and is in rough condition. Recommend approval.

Okay. And so are we going to investigate at any point in time for a second van? Or is that something that we get to put more discussion into?

But we need to put some more discussion into it.

All right. Make a motion. We approve.

Second.

We've had the motion and second. You can call the vote.

Kathy Griffith. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. Louie Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Rob Clark. Yes. Mark Camp.

Yes. Item passes. 22. Can we go to 22? Let's do it. Item A, citizens forum for items not on the agenda. Nobody signed up. Item B, citizens from city council trustees. I just have one thing I had the. Mayor Teresa Rich from Farmington Hills, Wisconsin, was in town and Her and her husband were just touring parts of Oklahoma and came into Moore. And I know her, again, through the US Conference of Mayors. So we were able to have lunch. And she even took time to go to our senior adult center. And their cities, they have about 83,000. I think they're about 22 square miles. So they're similar to ours, but had a good visit. And I appreciate her stopping by and reaching out to say hello. Items from the city trust manager.

I'd like to thank Public Works for all their hard work in cleaning up the storm damage that we had. They're down to 270 pickups, which is the normal amount of pickups in a week. So they're caught up. So Dennis, congratulations to you and your team.

Thank you. A lot of work. And with that, adjournment. So move. Second. And call the vote.

Kathy Griffith. Yes. Sid Porter. Yes. Melissa Hunt. Yes. B. Williams. Yes. Adam Webb. Yes. Ross Clark. Yes. Mark Campbell.

Yes, we're adjourned. Thanks, everybody, for being here. Thank you. Good job, Sid.

That was fast.