At a glance

August 08, 2007 12:32 am

— At its regular meeting Tuesday, the Muskogee Public Works and Finance Committees approved:
• Tabling request from Memorial Christian Church to rezone property at 4200 W. Okmulgee Ave. from single family residential to office and personal service district. A medical office building is planned for the 1.83-acre site.
• Request from Jeanne Rogers Trust to rezone property at 3505 Chandler Road from single family residential to office and personal service district. The application proposes locating an office complex on 29,500 square feet.
• Request from Danny Nevitt to rezone property at 1206 Illinois Ave. from single family residential to multi-family residential. The proposal will add units for older people on 1.2 acres.
• Request of DBL P LLC to rezone property at 104 N. York St. from single family residential to office and personal service district. The property has been used as office and storage units for 30 years, but the zoning has never been changed, according to the proposal.
• Request of city treasurer to destroy records not required to be kept any longer: warrant registers from fiscal year 1980-1981 and 1997-1998; requisitions and invoices from fiscal year 2000-2001 and 2001-2002; expired property and liability insurance documents, not including documents relating to workers compensation.
• Appointing John Archer to the Airport Board.
• Appointing Diane Plunkett to the non-uniform retirement committee replacing Shawn Erie.
• The report of claims for July 16 through Aug. 3.
• Change orders to M. Ross Inc. for grounds improvements at the Muskogee Civic Center: $1,570 for installation of guttering on the park structure and removal of 12 tree stumps.
• Accepting alternate bid from High-Tech-Tronics to add a new audio mixing console for the Civic Center arena sound system at an installed cost of $8,480.
• Change orders to M. Ross Inc. contract for re-roofing the Civic Center, deducting $80,000 resulting from a re-design of the new roof, increase of $6,869.81 for interior lighting and electrical equipment and increase of $47,069.44 for new doors and hardware.
• Authorizing Ideal Construction Co. to proceed with emergency repairs at the water treatment plant to include repairs to the 30-inch finished water line and the 48-inch settled water line and flume, on a time and material basis. Estimated cost: $225,000.
• Contract with Holloway, Updike and Bellen Inc. for engineering for emergency repairs and improvements to the water treatment plant at a cost of $92,500.
• Contract with WSI Corp. for Aug. 14, 2007 through Nov. 14, 2010, for aviation weather service at Davis Field.
• Discussing Willard Kendall’s workers’ compensation claim in executive session at Aug. 13 Council meeting.
• Discussing settlement of Dustin Duvall’s workers’ compensation claim in executive session at Aug. 13 Council meeting.