At a glance

June 22, 2009 10:58 pm

City council
At its regular meeting Monday, the Muskogee City council approved:
• Estimated payroll of $900,000 for the pay period ending June 27.
• Bid for water treatment chemicals.
• Low bids by line item on ready mix concrete.
• Awarding $18.588 million construction contract to Van Horn Construction Inc. for Muskogee Water Treatment Plant expansion.
• Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality permits for construction of water lines to serve the Armed Forces Reserve Center to be built at Davis Field.
• Contract with Muskogee Development through June 30. City will pay group $175,000 for economic development activities.
• Agreement with attorney Michael Gilliard to represent the city in workers’ compensation court in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
• Final replat of 4.65 acres located on the south side of Chandler Road between Eastpointe Road and Muskogee Turnpike. A funeral home is proposed for construction on the property.
• Final replat of 7.6 acres located on the north side of Shawnee Bypass between Country Club Road and North 41st Street East. A security company has proposed building a facility there.
• Filing of supplement to the city code.
• Appointment of Jim Blair to the Convention and Tourism Committee for a term ending June 30, 2012.
• Changes in ordinance on the use of firearms in the city.
• Changes to correct typographical errors in the schedule of fees for use of Spaulding Pool, River Country Water Park and the Swim and Fitness Center.
• Holding an executive session to consider pending civil suit.

County Commissioners
At its regular meeting Monday, the Muskogee County Board of Commissioners:
• Approved agreements for juvenile detention with Garfield County Regional Detention Center and Sequoyah Enterprises Inc.
• Approved E911 addressing conversions.
• Tabled action until next week on agreement with U.S. Department of Agriculture for wildlife control services. Commissioner Gene Wallace said the contract costs each commission district $800 per year. He suggested commissioners talk with a private contractor about trapping beaver and other varmints.
• Approved agreement between Women in Safe Home and HUD for application for homeless prevention and rapid re-housing stimulus grant.
• Approved signing revised cover sheet on Cloud Creek Bridge project as requested by Holloway, Updike and Bellen. Project has been given a new number and is scheduled to be let for bids next month by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
• Accepted plat of Quail Creek Second Addition owned by Carlile Roberts.
• Received bids on ballot printing, janitorial services for the courthouse complex, mowing at the city and a dump/pull truck for District 3.

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