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OW ASSO CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING
Tuesday, September 25,2001
The Owasso City Council met in special session on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 in the Lower
Level Conference Room at Owasso City Hall per the Notice of Public Meeting and Agenda
posted on the City Hall bulletin board at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, September 21,2001.
ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Barnhouse called the meeting to order at 6:08 p.m.
PRESENT ABSENT
Mary Lou Bamhouse, Mayor
Randy Brogdon, Vice Mayor (out at 6:50)
Will Williams, Councilor
Rebecca Armstrong, Councilor (in at 6:20)
Michael Helm, Councilor
STAFF
Larry Mitchell, City Manager
Ronald D Cates, City Attomey
Marcia Boutwell, City Clerk
A quorum was declared present.
ITEM 2: DISCUSSION RELATING TO UTILITY RATES AND PROJECT FINANCING
OPTIONS..
Ms Bishop discussed current indebtedness and bond rating. She distributed handouts and
discussed various scenarios for funding the proposed water system improvements. Included in
the handouts were utility rates from surrounding communities, and proj ected income if rates are
raised by varying amounts. She will put together a recommendation utilizing a combination of
the scenarios discussed, and it will be included as a discussion item at the November Work
Session.
ITEM 3: REPORT FROM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
Mr Rooney announced that the Oklahoma Municipal League is holding a series of meetings
across the state dealing with the proposal to eliminate sales tax on groceries. One of the
meetings will be in Miami on October 4th and another will be in Tulsa on Oct 10th. Infonllation
regarding these meetings has been distributed to the Council.
Owasso City Council
September 25, 2001
ITEM 4: ADJOURNMENT
Mr Helm moved, seconded by Mr Williams, to adjoum.
AYE: Helm, Williams, Armstrong, Barnhouse
NAY: None
Motion carried 4-0, and the meeting was adjoumed at 8:10 p.m.
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