HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014.08.05_City Council MinutesOWASSO CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
The Owasso City Council met in regular session on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 in the Council
Chambers at Old Central per the Notice of Public Meeting and Agenda filed in the office of the
City Clerk and posted on the City Hall bulletin board at 6:00 pm on Friday, August 1, 2014.
1. Call to Order
Mayor Jeri Moberly called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm.
2. Invocation
The invocation was offered by Reverend Linzy Sloyden, Senior Pastor of Friendship Baptist
Church.
3. Flag Salute
Councilor Bush led the flag salute.
4. Roll Call
Present Absent
Mayor - Jeri Moberly None
Vice - Mayor - Lyndell Dunn
Councilor -Doug Bonebrake
Councilor- Bill Bush
Councilor - Chris Kelley
A quorum was declared present.
Staff:
City Manager- Warren Lehr
City Attorney - Julie Lombardi
5. Presentation of the Character Trait of Joyfulness
Randy Cowling, Owasso Community Resources, presented the Character Trait of
Joyfulness for the month of August.
6. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a request for approval of the Consent
Agenda. All matters listed under "Consent" are considered by the City Council to be
routine and will be enacted by one motion. Any Councilor may, however, remove an
item from the Consent Agenda by request. A motion to adopt the Consent Agenda is
non - debatable.
A. Approval of minutes of the July 15, 2014 Regular Meeting
B. Approval of claims
Mr. Bonebrake moved, seconded by Dr. Kelley to approve the Consent Agenda with
claims totaling $534,430.96. Also, included for review were the self- insurance claims
report and the payroll reports 7/12/14 and 7/26/14.
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YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Kelley, Moberly
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
7. Consideration and appropriate action relating to items removed from the Consent
Agenda
None
8. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a budget amendment in the General
Fund for the receipt of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Forfeiture Funds
Scott Chambless presented the item recommending approval of a budget amendment
increasing the estimated revenue and increasing the appropriation for expenditures in
the General Fund, Police Services budget by $30,953.
Mr. Bush moved, seconded by Mr. Bonebrake to approve the budget amendment, as
recommended.
YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Kelley, Moberly
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
9. Consideration and appropriate action relating to the purchase of a disaster response unit
Mark Stuckey presented the item recommending approval to purchase and authorize
payment for a Pierce Arrow 1996 model truck from Palmetto Fire Apparatus of
Hardeeville, South Carolina in the amount of $162,461.50 as the lowest and best bid.
Mr. Bonebrake moved, seconded by Dr. Kelley to approve the purchase and authorize
the payment, as recommended.
YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Kelley, Moberly
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
10. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a budget amendment in the Hotel Tax
Fund for a grant from Home Depot for the Strong Neighborhood Program
Teresa Willson presented the item recommending approval of a budget amendment in
the Hotel Tax Fund increasing the estimated revenue and increasing the appropriation
for expenditures in the Hotel Tax Fund, Strong Neighborhood Program budget by $3,000.
Mr. Bush moved, seconded by Dr. Kelley to approve the budget amendment, as
recommended.
YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Kelley, Moberly
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
At 6:51 pm, Ms. Moberly recused herself from consideration relating to items 11 and 12
and exited the Council Chambers.
Vice -Mayor Dunn assumed the Chair.
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11. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a request for an executive session for
the purpose of discussing litigation CV- 2013 - 00898, District Court of Tulsa County, now
styled as Patrick D. Ross v. City of Owasso, Jeri Moberly and Shawn Reiss, such executive
session provided for in O.S. 25, Section 307(B)(4)
Vice -Mayor Dunn presented the item.
Mr. Bonebrake moved, seconded by Mr. Bush to enter into executive session for the
purpose of discussing litigation.
YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Kelley
NAY: None
Motion carried 4 -0 and the City Council, Julie Lombardi, Warren Lehr, and Vice -Mayor
Dunn requested Keith Wilkes, Attorney at Newton, O'Connor, Turner & Ketchum PC, and
David Weatherford, Attorney at Birmingham, Morley, Weatherford & Priore to join them
and entered into executive session at 6:52 pm.
At 7:31 pm, the City Council returned to open session.
12. Consideration and appropriate action relating to Resolution No. 2014 -08, retaining legal
services to provide a defense for the Mayor of the City of Owasso, Jeri Moberly, in the
litigation titled CV- 2013- 00898, District Court of Tulsa County, now styled as Patrick D. Ross
v. City of Owasso, Jeri Moberly and Shawn Reiss
Julie Lombardi presented the item recommending approval of Resolution No. 2014 -08.
Mr. Bush moved, seconded by Dr. Kelley to approve Resolution No. 2014 -08, as
recommended.
YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Kelley
NAY: None
Motion carried: 4 -0
At 7:35 pm, Ms. Moberly returned to the Council Chambers and reassumed the Chair.
13. Report from City Manager
Roger Stevens presented the Monthly Public Works Project Status Report.
14. Report from City Attorney
No report
15. Report from City Councilors
Ms. Moberly recognized Justin Wright and Remington Chatwin of Boy Scout Troop 875.
Mr. Bonebrake commented on positive feedback received from out -of -town shoppers
over the past weekend.
16. New Business
None
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17. Adjournment
Dr. Kelley moved, seconded by Mr. Bonebrake to adjourn the meeting.
YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Kelley, Moberly
NAY: None
Motion carried 5 -0 and the meeting adjourned at 7:43 pm.
J oberly, Mayor
LIS'a Wiison, Minute Clerk