City Council - Regular Meeting

Okay, we'll call to order tonight's MSO city council. Roll call. Municipal Authority. We're doing sorry. We'll call to order the meeting from MS Municipal Authority and Mr. Sher for the invocation.

Heavenly Father, we thank you for the privilege of gathering today to serve the people of our city. We ask that you grant us wisdom, patience, understanding as we conduct the business before us. Help us to listen with open minds, work together for the common good, guide our decisions so they may honor you and benefit all who call this community home. Amen. Attention salute. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

I salute the flag of the state of Oklahoma. All people.

Roll call, please. Mayor Ryan Low here. Deputy Mayor Derek Free here. Tracy H here. Shirley Hilton Flannry here. Melody Cranford here. Dan Hall here. Tom Martell here. Mike Broly here. Jeremy Schuler here. Item one please. Consider approval of MMA minutes of April 27th, 2026 or take otherness free action. Move for approval. Second. Have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Bro, Jeremy Schuler, yes. Mike Broly,

yes. Tom Martell, yes. Dan Hall, yes. Melody Cranford, yes. Shirley Hilton Flannry, yes. Tracy, yes. Deputy Mayor Derry Green, yes. Mayor Ryan Low, yes. Item passes. Item two, consider approval of MMA claims for all city departments for the month ending April 30th, 2026 or take other necessary action. Move for approval. Second. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Jeremy Schuer, yes. Mike Rwley, yes. Tom Martell, yes. Dan Dan, sorry. Melody Cran, yes. Shirley Hilton Flannery,

yes. Tracy H. Yes. Deputy Mayor Derry Creed. Yes. Mayor Row. Okay. We will adjourn that meeting now. We will open the Modia City Council meeting May 18th, 2026. Roll call, please. Mayor Ryan Low here. Deputy Mayor Gary Gre here. Tracy H here. Shirley Hilton Flattery here. Melody Cranford here. Dan Hall here. Tom Martell here. Mike Riley here. Jeremy Schuler here.

In approval of the minutes for the city council city council special call session April 13, 2026. Special call session April 22nd, 2026. Regular session April 27th, 2026. And special call session April 30th, 2026. or take other necessary actions. Approve. Move for approval. Second. Have a motion in a second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Jeremy Schuler, yes. Mike Broly, yes. Tom Martell, yes. Melody Cranford, yes. Shirley Hilton Flannry, yes. Tracy, yes. Deputy Mayor Derek Green, yes. Mayor Ryan Low,

yes. I will now entertain a motion for our consent agenda items 1 through eight. Motion to approve. Second it. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Jeremy Scheler, yes. Mike Raleigh, yes. Martell, yes. Dan Hall, yes. Melody Cranford, yes. Shirley Hilton Flannry, yes. Tracy H. Yes. Deputy Mayor Derry, yes. Mayor Ryan Low,

yes. Item passes. Item 14, please. Hold a public hearing on a previously tabled item regarding 926 Court Street, giving the property owner extended time to make improvements to the home to bring the property out of a state of dilapidation or consider upholding the findings of the uniform building code appeals board and approve the demolition or take other necessary action. Okay, I'm sorry. That was number nine. We will now open the public hearing and I'll turn the floor over to you, Miss Winkler.

Thank you. Um, good evening, council. Um, the item went before city council uh previously on January 27th of 2025 um as an appeal to the findings of EPCAB that was issued on November 27th, 2024. Those findings were that the structure located at 926 Court Street was dilapidated, becoming detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of the public as to constitute a nuisance and creating a fire hazard dangerous to other property and that the building was abandoned and should be demolished. Uh, Miss Elaine Scott came to the appeal of the EPCAB's findings that went before council and the findings of city council were to allow her to acquire a remodel permit uh within 60 days and then update council within 6 months on the progress of the work and then allow one year to complete the required repairs on the property located at 926 Court Street. A residential remodel permit was pulled on January 28th of 2025. However, there has been no significant repairs to date um that have been made and we actually did allow a lot more time than was allotted to try to get that um done because I know that the family has faced some health concerns and things like that. Um what I would like to show you are just some some comparison photos. So 2024 to 2026, you can see that there has not been any improvement. Um same thing in this situation. Um it's just different views of the home. Um, just wanted to let you guys know that we did do our homework and just made sure, you know, that we also went and checked the property ourselves, that we didn't just look to see if a permit was pulled and things like that. Um, our recommendation ask staff is that you please uphold the findings of UPCAB and approve the demolition.

Okay, since no one signed up to speak, we'll now close the public hearing. And do we need any action on this one? See any Any discussion? So, we've been since January 27th, 2025, correct? Was the last meeting and we tabled it for 60 days and for 6 months and we're now 15 months past that. Okay. I make a motion to pull the findings of the UBCAVition. You need to close the hearing first. He He closed it. Close that. Roll call.

So, I have a motion in a second. Any further discussion? Roll call, please. Jeremy Sheer, yes. Mike Broly, yes. Tom Martell, yes. Dan Hall, yes. Melody Cranford, yes. Shirley Hilton Flannry, yes. Tracy, yes. Deputy Mayor Jerry Creed, yes. Mayor Ryan Low, yes. Item 10, please. Consider the approval of ordinance number 4305A, an ordinance amending the Muscoi Code of Ordinances by amending chapter 22, business regulations, article 12, taxi cabs, section 22-520, title certificate, liability insurance, add repealer, severability, and set an effective date or take other necessary action.

Miss, thank you, Mayor Council. This is the second reading of this ordinance. We um had the first reading last week. Under Oklahoma statutes, municipalities have the authority to require proof of financial responsibility. That is insurance for taxi cabs or for vehicles for hire that operate within the city limits. The amendment to our ordinance adds the language vehicle for hire. That's going to encompass operators like Uber or Lift and then requires insurance coverage of uninsured motorists and then provides specific language for coverage limits required. staff does um recommend the approval of ordinance 4305A and I'm happy to answer any questions.

Motion to approve. Second. Any further discussion? Roll call, please. Jeremy Scheler, yes. Mike Brley, yes. Tom Martell, yes. Dan Hall, yes. Melody Cranford, yes. Shirley Yelton Flannry, yes. Tracy H. Yes. Deputy Mayor Gary, yes. Mayor Ryan Low, yes. This item passes. Number 11, please. Consider approval of resol resolution number 3090 authorizing the continuation of the account fund for the city of MSG titled solid waste improvements and designated the manner in which set account shall be operated or take other necessary action. Mr. Stewart.

Yes, Mayor and Council. This resolution uh enables us to fund the 212 solid waste account. Uh we have put this on the uh agenda every year annually since I've taken public over public works for many many years. The only change we have in it this year is we're asking that it be done in perpetuity. This account funds the solid waste account for maintenance. It buys our trucks, polycarts, and it buys the two yard containers and also miscellaneous repair material. Uh it brings in just about 360,000 a year. And we do spend just about all of that every year on maintenance work for our sanitation department. Do recommend approval and I'll answer any questions.

Any discussion? Move for approval. Second. Have a motion and a second. Roll call, please. Jeremy Schuler, yes. Mike Gwley, yes. Tom Martell, yes. Dan Hall, yes. Melody Cranford, yes. Shirley Hilton Flannry, yes. Tracy, yes. Deputy Mayor Yes. Mayor Ryan Low. Yes. Motion passes. Number 12, please. Receive a presentation from the city of Muscogi Foundation Board regarding the proposed 2026 2027 board of directors and officer Slate.

Mr. Franc. Thank you, Mayor. Um, I'm actually going to turn it over to Carrie Blakeley, the executive director of the community foundation.

Good evening. Thank you all for having me. Um as you all the information you received is the slate of directors um new directors and the officers for the city of Muscogi Foundation. Um these were approved um by well first they were recommended by the nominating committee um following their process and approved by the board of directors at our recent April meeting. Um so per our bylaws um it is that we are asked to bring those forward to you all for approval as well. Can certainly answer any questions you have.

So is it so the and this is going to sound I asked starting out this question but please give me some leeway. Um almost all of our boards on in the city of Moscone say that you got to live within the city limits or somewhere as such. This board has it set up that you don't have to have that. Correct. It it does not explicitly require that. No.

Okay. So what if I may um what we as the staff team um and as the nominating committee look for are individuals who are engaged in the committee process where a lot of the hard work identifying grant opportunities and evaluation is done. Um, so participating in that annual process, participating in the site visits. Um, and then folks who are engaged in Msogi on a day-to-day basis. Um, sometimes that's by owning businesses here. Sometimes that's working here and being super involved in the nonprofit and education or, you know, just in the Muscogi community in general.

So, and the reason that this gives me a little bit of heartburn,

Sure. is not the people that you you're trying to put on here, the people that are good people that you're putting on here, but I'm looking down the road when I'm not here, when these people aren't here, uh when Mr. Gilder's not here when Bob Cover and all them's not there and things have rolled around a few times because I remember six years ago and you may not have been here then uh we were um sitting here one night and found out that the port or someone was trying to move 300 jobs out of Muscogee and put them in Port Gibson in the warehouse over there. That's not a good thing for us because that's taxable income that we we get. They were using they were going to use foundation money to move those 300 jobs. So way I was looking at that was they're using our money to move 300 jobs across the river which is or would have been a great great place I guess for them. But my heartburn comes when I think that somewhere down the road we got to kind of make sure that we got enough people on that board that goes, "Hey, we can't do that because they they got Muscogee's heart at first." I'm not saying that the people that you're putting on there tonight are like that. Matter of fact, I have hold them in high regards. I just my heartburn comes that I remember when they tried to move those 300 jobs across the river and use our money to do it from the foundation. And what happens if we right now we have two people from outside Muscogee or more? I know we have a lady from Broken Arrow and I know we have uh the young lady tonight.

Uh I I believe so. Um I I don't want to I I would want to confirm that before I reply, but even the the individual you mentioned from Broken Arrow um owns business and does like like I said does work in the community and stay engaged in the community. Um and I do I respect what you're saying and understand that completely. Um but it is part of my job as staff is to stick with the mission too. always focus on the mission and focus on how we can help the like keeping this focused in in our town and making sure we look to that in the future with those who serve on the committees and those who are added on to the board and just um keeping that high priority. I appreciate you bringing that up and we can make sure and use that as a filter as we move forward too. Understand

how many people sit on the the the executive board, the one that does all the voting like 15 board members.

15. So, and my whole deal is I hope we never have like 10 people because then they gain control and they can move the money wherever they want to. And everybody talks about the next generation. We got to have the money for our grandkids, their grandkids. We want to keep it here forever. But understand when I when I vote no against this or when I'm saying no, it's it's not against the people. It's just You can't tell me all the people that put this together say it's about Muscoi and then turn around and say, "Let's put everybody on the board that's not from Muscoi." And I called one guy here a while back that got on the board and I said, "Hey, how did you find out that there was an opening?" He said, "They called and told me to put an application in so they could put me on the board." Whoa. hit the brakes because now we're handpicking people. U and I understand we only had four applicants this time and I'm sorry for that. Uh and I knew some people that was really wanting to put their name in to try to get on and for some reason or another whoever they called said we're not we don't have any openings right now so you might want to wait a little bit. And I don't know how that happened or what that happened, but I think we figured it out and I think that's going to be rectified. But those are some of the heartburn that I have about this because I was on city council and uh contrary to the hate hate text that I got today. U they don't understand what I'm trying to do. I'm not trying to tell you that the people you're putting on are bad people at all. Matter of fact, like I said, I have a lot of respect for them. They do a lot of stuff in our community. I just realized that if we didn't have

the right number of people the last time about 6 years ago, we'd had 300 jobs going across the river. And that that's that's where I come from when I do this. It's just not because I don't want people that's not from the go to be on boards. Sometimes I think they bring a lot to it.

I think that you got a couple candidates on there that bring a lot to that board. I just moving forward, I would like to see something that since we're going to put continue to put people that live outside of our city on these boards, I would like to fix it so we have a limited number of spots for those people. Uh because I would like to see more people from the Skogi on those boards than people that's not understood.

Is that is that fair? Would that be a fair assessment? Um, and I think knowing that and um, knowing that information from from the council, we can certainly use that um, the nominating process is annual. And I do want to say the application process for the city of Muscogee Foundation, the application is available all year on our website and we have the deadline of April 1st posted. um or anytime call our office and we're happy to give proper information and notify of when vacancies are available and like that is our job to share that information, share that communication. So, I'm sorry that happened with that individual, but I'm happy to have any follow-up conversations to make sure it's all cleared up and we we share the proper information. And like I said, out of what 15 spots, if we could five of them for outside city public, probably. I mean, that would be good. I just I'm just trying to meet in the middle here.

I have a little bit to add to that. I won't I won't be as longwinded. Um I I share those same concerns. Um I ran on on that before I sat in this seat. I believe that folks that are making the decisions for the citizens of our community, whether that be financial or uh whether that be decisions that u you know regard infrastructure or things that we want to see pleasure type activities, you know, pickle ball courts and this and that. I think they need to be in I think they need to be vested and they need to live in our community before they have a say. you know, I wouldn't I wouldn't expect to go over to Wagner and sit on one of their boards and know what their community needs. So, I agree with that. I think the bigger issue at hand going forward is we we say we want community involvement, but we don't promote that. Um, just saying that it's on your website and people have to go look. Most people don't know when those are available and they don't know how to do it. I called today and in one hour I've got five applications here. I've got three that were out of town and express their desire to fill out an application to be on that board. So there is interest um whether they just don't know how to do it or they feel like it doesn't matter if they put one in anyway because we pick who we want on there. There's a lot of those feelings as well. So, we can do do better going forward. And I I do agree that u you know, we have good folks out there that are that are really doing good things in our community and I appreciate that. Not a lot of them. I think they're fantastic. However, when it comes to voting for things that affect the lives of our citizens in this scope, I think they need to live here.

Okay. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Miss Blakeley, you've been with Foundation for a decade now. How long you been with them? Um so I have been working for foundation management um who provides the back office services for the city of Muscogi foundation for 16 years. Okay. Yeah. I would say working here in Msogi with you all around

Yeah. It's been a long time. Yeah. Because Yeah. That's actually one of the first things I served on when I came here. Um and uh I asked for a board position but I I didn't get it and they were very helpful at that time. But, you know, there's also the committees. And I think a lot of times the people that get these board positions is because they've been on this committees and they serve very active in those committees because it's not just something that you want to come in. It takes you almost two years to to kind of figure out the whole process because it's not I mean it's it's a grant process, but it's a very specific process. So, I think that I I I I hear what Mayor Low and and Councilman Hall saying, but also I know that you guys have been really diligent about making sure that you're going to have people in place that's going to succeed. You know, the purpose of a trust board is not to mirror voting districts. Its purpose is to assemble competent people that have an investment uh have demonstrated not just an investment that have demonstrated an investment uh in the community and want to see success of that organization. We're going to have another board recommendation tonight from someone that lives in Fort Gibson for the MLK Trust. I think it's one of the greatest people out there that has institutional knowledge and it's going to be one of the one of the best things that we can do. So in my opinion, representation shouldn't be based solely where someone sleeps at night, but basically where they actively contribute economically, civically, and you know, want to be strategically successful, but um I just appreciate what you've done. I know you work really hard with the foundation. I know you catch a lot of grief sometimes, too. So just want you to know that.

Thanks, Dr. H. I appreciate that. And that is a good point. Um and happy to follow up with the folks who indicated interest today. And we certainly encourage that committee participation as Dr. who's mentioned. Um I think that's the that's the workhorse of the foundation. Um so if those folks would be interested in that, happy to follow up and invite them um to participate in that way. One one last question. You you're at every committee meeting. How often does the chair of the committee go against what the committee requests?

Um it's really we we build in monthly meetings in the due process. So there is enough conversation that by the end of the the process, everyone is in agreement and comfortable with the decision being forward. So even whenever you we may have somebody from Park Hill or or from Broken Arrow, if they're on that chair, they're basically taking forward the wishes of the committee that has a pretty active rotation through it. Yes. Of citizens

and taking it forward as a recommendation to the board members. So those that really want to get involved with the city of Muscogee foundation, reach out and let them know what the committees are because they do struggle sometimes finding spots. Everyone wants to be in quality of life cuz that's the fun one, you know, but health and wellness where you got to talk about, you know, smoking sensation and car seats. It's not very fun, you know. I like it, but you know. So, but Yes, sir.

I know I don't speak often um up here behind the mic. Uh but one of the things that's that's really good about serving on the council is that really good people are up here and sometimes really good people have very different ideas about what we should do about anything. And you know, I'm happy to be here on a council that I think u has conversations among its members uh respects each other's opinions, especially when they differ 180 degrees from their own. Um and it's it's a pleasure to be a part of that. It would be just god awful to sit on a council and hear an opposing point of view from another council member and all of a sudden have that member become an enemy. Uh that's you know that's not what we do here. And uh you know that's certainly not something I want to be a part of. I guess the metric for me going back early early early on uh with the foundation as a committee member was exactly that that nobody moves up on the board of directors without serving on these different committees at the committee level. Um and and the other, you know, like the other metric for me regarding people who quote live outside the city of Muscogi, if someone sent me something that said I want to be on a city council and I'm from Porter or Wagner or Warner and I have no business associations with anybody in Muscogee,

u I work for a company that just strictly does business in my town, but I I'd like sit on one of your boards. Number one, I was really questioning why in the world, and you know, I mean, where did this person come from? I mean, they're totally out of the woodwork. And one of the things that the foundation has looked at always is not where a person lives, but where the person works. Do they have some organization here in the city of Muscogee that they come to work every day here? Here. uh and and that becomes part of the information, the knowledge base that they possess working for a company that's here in Muscogee all the time. Um they tend to have to deal with Muscogi problems with the Muscogee residents. Anyway, um that had me feel a lot better when I understood that that that's that's where the foundation or some of these other uh organizations are coming from is not so much on where they live, but where they work. And just for the record, I would never support somebody, you know, like from an outside city, one of our surrounding cities within the county, uh, wanting to be on some kind of a board that has no relationship with the city at all. I'd be absolutely opposed to that. Anyway, it's enough for me. That's probably six months worth of talk. Thank you.

Thank you, ma'am. Number 13, please. Consider approval of the recommendation by the city of Msogi Foundation Board of Directors to appoint Jamie Coburn Spear to the City of Musgi Foundation Board serving a six-year term beginning August 1st, 2026 and ending July 31st, 2032 or take other necessary action. Mr. Frank,

thank you, Mayor. Uh, so we've just kind of really talked at Nauseium through the the process of of how we got to the um these nominations. The nomination committee did uh uh vet through I I think she said four um applications. Uh Miss Spear, Miss Coburn Spear, um very well known here in our community, very active with our community. Um and I think that's all I would need to say. Um, staff would recommend approval. Move for approval. Second. Have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Roll call, please. Jeremy Scheler, yes. Mike Broly, yes. Tom Martell,

yes. Dan Hall, no. Melody Cranford, yes. Shirley Hilton Flannry, yes. Tracy H? Yes. Deputy Mayor Derek Green, yes. Mayor Ryan Lley, no. Motion passes. Number 14, please. Consider approval of the recommendation by the City of Muscogi Foundation Board of Directors to appoint James Gooey to the City of Muscogee Foundation Board serving a six-year term beginning August 1st, 2026 and ending July 31st, 2032 or take other necessary action. Mr. Francis,

thank you again. Mr. Bowling needs uh no introduction. um and uh just an excellent representation of our city, works very hard. Uh staff would recommend his approval as well. I move for approval. I do have I do have one thing to say on that. Um do we need to do the the motion first or No, go ahead.

Um kind of the same thing that we talked about and I'll make it short and sweet. Um, I talked to Mr. Gully earlier and I asked him if he was interested in being on this board and he said, you know, I don't want to say he said not really, but just kind of nonchalant and he said he's he he accepted because he was called and asked to be on this board and put in an application. U kind of the same thing, the status quo, the way we do business. I I I agree. He's a fantastic man and going to have lunch with him Wednesday morning. um just don't agree with the way we do business, but I'll we'll entertain a motion.

I move for approval. Second. I have a motion in a second. Roll call, please. Jeremy Scheler, yes. Mike Broly, yes. Tom Martell, yes. Dan Hall, yes. Melody Cranford, yes. Shirley Hilton Flannry, yes. Tracy H. Yes. Mayor Derek Green, yes. Mayor Ryan Lowe, yes. Motion passes. Number 15, please. Consider approval of the recommendation by the City of Muscogee Foundation Board of Directors appointing Kimberly Williams to serve a one-year term as board chair beginning August 1st, 2026 and ending July 31st, 2027 or take other necessary action.

Any discussion? Motion to approve. Second. Have a motion and a second. Roll call, please. Jeremy Schuler, yes. Mike Broly, yes. Tom Martell, yes. Dan Hall, yes. Melody Cranford, yes. Please. Shirley Hilton Flannry, yes. Tracy, yes. Deputy Mayor Derry Creek, yes. Mayor Ryan Lowe, no. Motion passes. Number 16, please consider approval of the appointment of Mayor Ryan Lowe and councelor Shirley Hilton Flannry to serve as members of the purchasing committee or take other necessary action. Mr. Re.

Yes. At the last finance committee meeting, uh we had two vacancies on our purchasing committee. uh ask for volunteers and uh honored to uh ask that we approve tonight to welcome to the purchasing committee Mayor Ryan Low as well as councelor Shirley Hilton Flannry. Uh this committee goes u and meets once a month and we go through all the claims and the purchases uh for the city and presents those to the finance committee. So with that in um being said that uh would be a motion that we appoint uh Mayor Ryan Low and Shirley Hilton Floundry to our purchasing committee. Second. Have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Jeremy Scheler, yes. Mike Broly, yes.

Tom Martell, yes. Dan Hall, yes. Melody Cranford, yes. Shirley Hilton Flannry, yes. Tracy H. Yes. Deputy Mayor Derek Reed, yes. Mayor Ryan, yes. Motion passes. number 17. Please consider approval of the nomination and appointment of council member Derek Reid as deputy mayor or take other necessary action. Uh that is my agenda item. I just want to say that Mr. Reid has been our deputy mayor for is it 12 years? Not that long. Not how many? Not that long. Not

25. Maybe 25. Anyway, a long time. Um well known in the community. He does a very good job and uh I'm proud to nominate him again for deputy mayor. Thank you kindly. Yes, sir. Second. Have a motion and a second. Roll call, please. Jeremy Schuler, yes. Mike Rolley, yes. Tom Martell, yes. Dan Hall, yes. Melie Cranford, yes. Shirley Hilton Flannry, yes. Tracy H? Yes. Deputy Mayor Derek Greed, yes. Mayor Ryan Lowe,

yes. Motion passes. Number 18, please. Consider approval of the appointment of Mayor Ryan Loe to the airport board to serve a two-year term filling the council member seat commencing upon appointment and ending on May 31st, 2028 or take other necessary action.

Mr. Martin, um I happen to know this gentleman uh and have become pretty good friends with um him and his wife at the Scott King games. And uh what I will tell you is this. You have a mayor who's genuinely interested in aviation and that matters and would love to serve on this particular board. So highly recommend it. Second it. Have a motion and a second. Roll call, please. Jeremy Schuler. Yes. Mike Broly. Yes. Tom Martell. Yes.

Dan Hall. Yes. Melody Cranford. Yes. Shirley Elton Flannry. Yes. Tracy H. Yes. Deputy Mayor Derek Gre. Yes. Mayor Ryan Low. Yes. Motion passes. 19. Please consider approval of the appointment of CB Ael to the Martin Luther King Community Trust Authority filling the unexpired term of Wayne Johnson commencing upon appointment and ending on July 31st, 2026 or take other necessary action. Mr. Reed.

Yes. Uh CB is a very well-known uh gentleman, especially around these parts. He's a former city councilman, uh former uh police officer, um served on several boards in our community and has stepped forward to show interest in the Martin Luther King Trust. So I would like to uh appointed this um CBA, but to the MLK trust. Second.

I have a motion and a second. I do have one word to say. I too know Mr. Ael. Think very highly of him. Um, but I would be remiss if I didn't say I still believe folks should live in Muscogee to be on our on our boards and committees. So, I have a motion in a second. Roll call, please. Jeremy Schuler, yes. Mike Broly, yes. Tom Martanddale, yes. Dan Hall, no. Melody Cranford, yes. Shirley Hilton Flannry, yes. Tracy, yes. Deputy Mayor Derry Creed, abstain. Ryan Low. No. Motion passes. Number 20, please.

Consider approval to purchase a 2026 Ford F350 regular cab four-wheel drive truck for the facilities maintenance department in the amount of 733,56 utilizing state contract pricing number SW35 or take other necessary action.

Mr. Thomas. Mr. May, mayor, council, um, we're looking for approval to purchase. It is a specialty truck. It is one time chassis, but it's going to have a utility box on it with ladder rack and inverter and things that we need to work on the job. It's going to replace a 2013 F-150 that is underpowered and undized for our needs to pull our equipment around and everything else. that 2013 could then be recycled back into the city through another department that they could use, you know, for whatever their their needs might be. Um, this is under state contract through John Vance. Uh, it is a budgeted item. Um, and I had the help of Mr. Swepston find this and he's here to help. If there's questions that I can't answer, I'd be more than happy to do my best to answer.

Move for approval. Second. Have a motion and a second. Mr. Thompson, we spoke about this the last meeting. Here's what I would ask moving forward. Uh if you would, I would like to involve local folks in the bidding process. Uh if you bring two, three, four bids in here in that particular dealer or dealership is the lowest investigative understandable. Uh but when we bring one only and it's from Guthrie, Oklahoma, that causes me great concern. I want to keep every dollar that we can in the city of Moscow. We need all we can get. Yes, sir. Uh so going forward, I would ask that we do that, please. Yes, sir.

Thank you. I have a motion in the second. Roll call, please. Jeremy Schuler. Yes. Mike Brley. Yes. Tom Martell. Yes. Dan Hall. No. Melody Cranford. Yes. Charlie Hilton Flannry. Yes. Sus. Yes. Deputy Mayor Derek Green. Yes. Mayor Low. No. Motion passes. We have a couple citizens that have signed up to speak. Miss Nina Ground. I'm here. If you don't know me, so I don't need any to address some stuff. And I'm not through. I'm doing a major audit on the city. I started on the foundation. Yes, sir. Just a second. Speak your name and three minutes. Okay. Nina ground. Hello. I've got three minutes.

Yes, ma'am.

I started an audit on the foundations and I see a lot of corruption. The city is very bad. I've only gotten into the second year. It's been that bad. Uh the collusion, the conflict of interest, the corruption is bad. So before you keep moving with business as usual, you need to check your charter and you need to realign with today's times. That's very very very important. You did the data centers, you got OG here and now you have what they call dark energy. Anybody familiar with that around during the wars? I'm a war baby. Anybody know what powered the tanks in World War II with no oil, no atomic power? It was called Dark Energy, which will now power your data centers. Already tested. If you're into stocks, you can make a fortune because they're building it right now. They're already sending data centers into space. Energy is free. It's cold. Why OG is doing what they're doing? Because you all didn't think 5 years down the road. And I definitely respect Dan Hall for saying we got to think down the road. That is not happening here. I also am in the police academy and I got a chance to speak to your emergency management team who by the way is not certified with FEMA. So they came about to reorganize offices which is part of the charter. Move the chamber, move this office, move that office, move this person, move that person. You're keeping them on payroll but they're not certified to be on a payroll and we're paying them. So, we need to really take a look at where our spending is and who our departments are and if they're affected because they're not. And I'm going to hit another subject. Darren Reed, you're very aware of this, Miss Cranford. You should know. We have a sewer problem in District Three. Now, there's many of us homeowners that have gathered. When it rains, it backs up into my basement. It is not my problem. I've paid plumbers over and over and over and over again. These two guys are innocent because they know it's aged

out. I have pipes from there. I don't know how long you want to keep ignoring us down there, but it's going to become a battle. Not just me coming to you. I'm going to ask you all to slow down. Get that charter right now and start to revise it. Start to think about this community. You made some decisions tonight that you may regret later. And you're going to regret your data center decisions. That I'm sure of. You're already going to find out they're rationing water and rationing power in seven states. Oklahoma will be next, I'm sure. New Mexico, Arizona, California, they're all having water problems. We're going to have the same from our data centers. Start thinking about the future. Surround yourself with smart people that can help you. A wise man said that to me. I'm that kind of person. I hope you all will take the same. Thank you for letting me speak and know I'm going to be back because I want district three, Ward Three. I want the sewers addressed. I'm sick of dealing with it. My gardens have flooded three years. I lose all my heirloom seeds. May mean nothing to you, but I'm holistic and I need that to survive. I'm in my 70s. So, stop and think about your community that you're neglecting while you're building out.

Thank you, Dina. Yes, ma'am. Have another citizen uh signed up to speak, Miss Debbie Rowan.

If you would come up to the podium, state your name, and you have three minutes. Wow, that kind of segus into what I was going to speak about. My name is Debbie Rowanne. I am a citizen of Mscogi, born and raised, raised four boys, grandkids, great grandkids. So, I am very invested in my community. Um, I wanted to talk a little bit about the data centers and I have to say I'm kind of embarrassed been busy raising kids, paying bills, working, and haven't been invested in my local government. So, I'm going to begin to do that. So, about a couple years ago, I heard about Bitcoin. Then I heard, oh, they um you know, file bankruptcy. They're out. Then I heard Google and I'm thinking as the lay person, oh, we're going to have this neat building and there's going to be people with their laptops and they're going to be with their headphones on, maybe some server rooms, things like that. Then realized this last month from social media in the news, kind of what I feel like we're up against. So there's a lot lot of areas that I have really lost some sleep over, but the main one for me is health. and Dr. H maybe you can help me to understand or speak a little bit to that but um so what I'm understanding and I've been watching one of the main things is uh Senator Holly from Missouri I don't know if y'all been watching that but 60 data centers there in Missouri um and so he was having a discussion with our secretary of health and human services Robert Kennedy in a legislative committee meeting asking him, he said, "My people are wanting to know how is

this going to affect our health." Um, so Dr. I just thought this was amazing. Uh, Secretary Kennedy talked about, he said he's been litigating over this for years and he said there's over 10,000 studies that they that shows the effect these centers have on citizens. Um he talked a little bit about the high voltage whatever that is you know their high voltage transformers that they have to use I guess for the water cooling the water and things and how it crosses the blood brain barrier and allows toxins to come in. Then you've got neur a lot of neurological stuff whether it be anything from seizures to Alzheimer's to oh all different kinds of um dementia even talked a little bit about feed uh miscarriages fetal uh malf forations everything that's what I'm concerned about so born again Christian believe that my create my God created it all and that I'm to be a good steward of what he's created, which would be the land, my community, my family, whatever that might be. So, that's why I'm here. Real concerned, kind of a lay person about it. That's what I want to talk to you'all about and just lay it out on the table. I've got some real concerns about that.

Thank you, ma'am. Among other things. Yeah. And if you and anytime you'd like to speak, I have an open door policy, so I know three minutes is kind of short. So anytime you would like anytime you'd like to discuss anything further, please feel free to reach out. Okay, I'll do that. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. Number 21, please.

Consider an exe session to discuss and take possible action on the following. A pursuent to section 307B4, title 25, Oklahoma statutes, consider convening an executive session to discuss workers compensation claim number 370102347 and if necessary take appropriate action and open session B. Pursuant to section 307B4, title 25 Oklahoma statutes, consider convening an executive session to discuss workers compensation claim number 370102525 and if necessary take appropriate action and open session pursuant to C pursuant to section 307B4, title 25 Oklahoma statutes, consider convening an executive session to discuss workers compensation claim number 3701024-5 and if necessary take appropriate action in open session D pursuant to section 307B4 title 25 Oklahoma statutes consider convening an executive session to discuss workers compensation claim number 370102439 and if necessary take appropriate action ction in open session.

We'll take a motion to go into executive session. So move. Second. I have a motion in a second. Roll call, please. Jeremy Scheler, yes. Mike Riley, yes. Tom Martell, yes. Dan Hall, yes. Melanie Cranford, yes. Shirley Henry, yes. Tracy Higs, yes. Deputy Mayor Gary Greed, yes. Mayor Rinlow, yes.

Okay, we'll need a motion uh to rec make a motion that we come out of executive session. Second. Have a motion and second. Roll call, please. Ryan Low, yes. Deputy Mayor Derek, yes. Tracy H. Yes. Shirley Hilton Flannry. Yes. Melody Cranford, yes. Dan Hall, yes. Tom Martell, here. Mike Raleigh, yes. Jeremy Schuler, yes. Miss Spencer,

thank you, mayor. Pursuant to section 307B4, title 25 Oklahoma statutes. The council did convene an executive an in executive session to discuss workers compensation claim number 37010 2347. If necessary, take appropriate action in open session. There is action needed on this item. An appropriate motion would be to approve the claim as presented in executive session. So move. That's it. Second it. I have a motion in a second. Roll call, please. Jeremy Schuler, yes. Mike Raleigh, yes. Tom Martell, yes. Dan Hall, yes. Melody Cranford, yes. Shirley Hilton Flannry, yes. Tracy H. Yes.

Deputy Mayor Jerry Green, yes. Mayor Ryan Low. Yes. Spencer. Thank you. Item B. Pursuant to section 307B4, title 25 of the Oklahoma statutes, the council did convene an executive session to discuss workers compensation claim number 370102525. And if necessary to take appropriate action in open session. Action is needed on this item. An appropriate motion would be to approve the claim as discussed in executive session. So moved. Second. I have a motion and a second. Roll call, please. Jeremy Scheler, yes. Mike Broly, yes. Tom Martell, yes. Dan Hall, yes. Melody Cranford, yes. Shirley Help Flannry, yes. Tracy H. Yes.

Deputy Mayor Derek, yes. Mayor Ryan Low, yes. Item C. Pursuant to section 307B4, title 25 Oklahoma statutes, the council did convene an executive session to discuss workers compensation claim number 3701024-5 and if necessary take appropriate action in open session. Action is needed on this item. An appropriate motion would be to approve the claim as discussed in executive session. So move a second. Have a motion and a second. Roll call, please. Jeremy Scheler. Yes. Mike Broly. Yes. Tom Martanddale. Yes. Dana Hall. Yes. Melody Cranford. Yes. Shirley Hilton Planner. Yes. Tracy H.

Yes. Deputy Mayor Dere. Yes. Mayor Ryan Lo. Yes. Motion passes. Miss Spencer. Item D. Pursuant to section 307B4, Title 25 Oklahoma statutes. Council did convene an executive session to discuss workers compensation claim number 370102439 and if necessary to take appropriate action in open session. Action is needed on this item. The appropriate motion would be to approve the claim as discussed in executive session. So move second. Have a motion and a second. Roll call, please. Jeremy Scheler, yes. Mike Broly, no. Tom Martanddale. Yes. Dan Hall, yes.

Melody Cranford, yes. Shirley Shirley Hilton Flannry, yes. Tracy, yes. Deputy Mayor Derek Greed, yes. Mayor Ryan Low, yes. Motion passes and we are ajourned.