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Home My WebLink About2018.08.07_City Council MinutesOWASSO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, August 7, 2018 The Owasso City Council met in regular session on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, in the Council Chambers at Old Central, 109 N Birch, Owasso, Oklahoma per the Notice of Public Meeting and Agenda filed in the office of the City Clerk and posted at City Hall, 200 S Main St, at 6:00 pm on Friday, August 3, 2018. 1. Call to Order Mayor Chris Kelley called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. 2. Invocation The invocation was offered by Kevin Harper, Director of Marketing and Business, A New Leaf. 3. Flag Salute Councilor Bonebrake led the flag salute. 4. Roll Call Present Absent Mayor - Chris Kelley None Vice-Mayor- Bill Bush Councilor - Doug Bonebrake Councilor- Lyndell Dunn Councilor- Kelly Lewis A quorum was declared present. Staff: City Manager - Warren Lehr City Attorney - Julie Lombardi 5. Presentation of the Character Trait of Decisiveness Laurel Williamson, Character Council Member, presented the character trait for the month of August. 6. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a request for approval of the Consent Agenda. (Ail 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. Approve minutes of the July 17, 2018 Regular Meeting B. Approve claims Mr. Bonebrake moved, seconded by Mr. Bush to approve the Consent Agenda with claims totaling $1,797,268.65. YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Lewis, Kelley NAY: None Motion carried: 5 -0 7. Consideration and appropriate action relating to items removed from the Consent Agenda None Owasso City Council August 7, 2018 Page 2 8. Consideration and appropriate action relating to Ordinance 1134, closing to the public use an alleyway located near 109 N Main Street and according to the recorded plat of block 15 of the Owasso Original Townsite Karl Fritschen presented the item recommending approval of Ordinance 1134. One citizen provided comment. After discussion, Mr. Bonebrake moved, seconded by Mr. Dunn to table the item until the August 21, 2018, meeting of the City Council. YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Lewis, Kelley NAY: None Motion carried: 5 -0 9. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a Tenant Release Agreement and payment for damages associated with N Garnett Rd Widening from E 96 St N to E 106 St N Roger Stevens presented the item recommending approval of the Tenant Release Agreement, authorization to execute the necessary documents, and authorization for payment in the amount of $37,000 to Stephanie Thompson for damages associated with the road widening project. There were no comments from the audience. After discussion, Mr. Bush moved, seconded by Mr. Bonebrake to approve and execute the agreement and authorize payment, as recommended. YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Lewis, Kelley NAY: None Motion carried: 5 -0 10. Consideration and appropriate action relating to the purchase of vehicles for the Police Department Scott Chambless presented the item recommending approval to purchase the following police vehicles from John Vance Auto Group, an Oklahoma statewide approved contract: • SW 0035 -4566, Two Chevrolet Traverses in an amount not to exceed $25,237.00 per vehicle • SW 0035 -4570, One Ford Explorer in an amount not to exceed $29,410.50 There were no comments from the audience. After discussion, Mr. Bonebrake moved, seconded by Ms. Lewis to approve the vehicle purchase, as recommended. YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Lewis, Kelley NAY: None Motion carried: 5 -0 11. Consideration and appropriate action relating to an executive session for the purpose of discussing confidential communications between the City Council and the City Attorney, concerning pending litigation styled City of Owasso v. Mary Lynn Cook, and pending litigation styled Mike Denton v. Scoff Chambless, et al., as provided for in Title O.S. 25, Section 307(B)(4) Julie Lombardi presented the item recommending the City Council enter into executive session. There were no comments from the audience. Mr. Bush moved, seconded by Mr. Dunn to enter into executive session, as recommended. YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Lewis, Kelley NAY: None Motion carried: 5 -0 At 6:59pm, the City Council, along with Warren Lehr, Julie Lombardi, and Roger Stevens entered into executive session. At 7:27pm, the City Council returned to open session. Owasso City Council August 7, 2018 Page 3 12. Consideration and appropriate action relating to Resolution 2018 -08, designating the City Manager, Warren Lehr, as the City's authorized settlement representative for mediation in litigation styled, City of Owasso v. Mary Lynn Cook, and additionally granting full and final settlement authority in this litigation matter to the City Manager Julie Lombardi presented the item recommending approval of Resolution 2018 -08. There were no comments from the audience. After discussion, Mr. Bush moved, seconded by Mr. Dunn to approve the Resolution, as recommended. YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Lewis, Kelley NAY: None Motion carried: 5 -0 13. Consideration and appropriate action relating to Resolution 2018 -09, designating the City Manager, Warren Lehr, as the City's authorized settlement representative for a settlement conference in litigation styled, Mike Denton v. Scoff Chambless, of al., and additionally granting full and final settlement authority in this litigation matter to the City Manager Julie Lombardi presented the item recommending approval of Resolution 2018 -09. There were no comments from the audience. After discussion, Mr. Bonebrake moved, seconded by Ms. Lewis to approve the Resolution, as recommended. YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Lewis, Kelley NAY: None Motion carried: 5 -0 14. Report from City Manager Roger Stevens provided the monthly project status update. Mr. Lehr reported on staff efforts to notify the public of alternative customer service hours for City Hall and the Public Works Department. 15. Report from City Attorney None 16. Report from City Councilors Mr. Bonebrake commented on staff's efforts to communicate city related messages through utility billing and various media sources. 17. Official Notices to Council (documents for acknowledgment or information only, no discussion or action will be taken) The Mayor acknowledged receipt of the following: • Payroll Payment Report - Pay Period Ending Date 7/21/18 • Health Care Self- Insurance Claims- dated as of 8/2/18 • Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Permit No. SL000072180456 for Garrett Creek Phase II Facility No. S -21310 18. New Business (New Business is any item of business which could not have been foreseen at the time of posting of the agenda) None 19. Adjournment Mr. Bonebrake moved, seconded by Ms. Lewis to adjourn the meeting. YEA: Bonebrake, -Bush „Dunn, Lewis, Kelley NAY: *ne .! ?` Motion carried O.and tho-meeting adjourned at 7:48p I-I 4 �� X�/�' Chris Ke y, Mayor Jl�,iann M. Stevens, City CIe�KJ ”`