HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020.04.07_City Council MinutesOWASSO CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
The Owasso City Council met in regular session on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in the Council
Chambers at Old Central, 109 North Birch, Owasso, Oklahoma, per the Notice of Public Meeting
filed Friday, December 13, 2019; and the Agenda filed in the office of the City Clerk and posted
at City Hall, 200 South Main Street, at 6:00 pm on Friday, April 3, 2020. As a result of the recent
and rapid escalation of the COVID -19 Pandemic and the immediate local health threats posed
by such pandemic, each member of the City Council attended the meeting via
teleconferencing and this meeting was available for public viewing through YouTube Live
Stream.
1. Call to Order
Mayor Chris Kelley called the meeting to order at 6:30pm.
2. Invocation
The Invocation was offered Warren Lehr.
3. Flag Salute
4. Roll Call
Present Absent
Mayor- Chris Kelley via teleconference None
Vice -Mayor - Bill Bush via teleconference
Councilor- Doug Bonebrake via teleconference
Councilor- Lyndell Dunn via teleconference
Councilor - Kelly Lewis via teleconference
A quorum was declared present via teleconference [Title 25, Ok. Stat. 307.1(C)(2)].
Staff:
City Manager - Warren Lehr
City Attorney - Julie Lombardi
5. Presentation of Character Trait of Humility
Warren Lehr presented the character trait for the month of April.
6. Presentation of Proclamation - Removed from the Agenda
Consideration and appropriate action relating to a request for approval of the Consent
Agenda. (All matt ers 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 -
• March 17, 2020, Regular Meeting
• March 20, 2020, Emergency Meeting 9:00 AM
• March 20, 2020, Emergency Meeting 2:00 PM
• March 24, 2020, Special Meeting
• March 31, 2020, Emergency Meeting
• April 1, 2020, Emergency Meeting
B. Approve claims
C. Accept a donation from the Cherokee Nation in the amount of $5,000.00 and
approve a budget amendment in the General Fund increasing revenues by
$5,000.00 and increasing the appropriation for expenditures in the Police Services
budget by $5,000.00
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D. Accept the completed White Vinyl Fencing Project along the US 169 service road
from East 861h Street North to East 901h Street North and authorize final payment to
Stronghand, L-C, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, in the amount of $1,675.25
E. Accept public infrastructure improvements of asphalt roadways, sidewalks,
stormwater system and sanitary sewer system for Hawthorne at Stone Canyon Phase
I, located west of North 193rd East Avenue at East 72nd Street North
Mr. Dunn moved, seconded by Mr. Bush to approve the Consent Agenda, as presented,
with claims totaling $527,164.13.
YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Lewis, Kelley
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
8. Consideration and appropriate action relating to items removed from the Consent Agenda
None
9. Consideration and appropriate action relating to the COVID -19 Pandemic and local public
health issues
Mr. Kelley presented the item and discussion was held.
Mr. Bonebrake moved, seconded by Ms. Lewis to extend the termination date listed in
Resolutions 2020 -10, 2020 -11, and 2020 -12 from April 14, 2020 to April 30, 2020.
YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Lewis, Kelley
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
10. Consideration and appropriate action relating to the acquisition of right -of -way and
easement for the East 116th Street North Roadway Improvement Project from Garnett Road to
North 129th East Avenue
Roger Stevens presented the item, recommending authorization for payment to Fireside
Bible Baptist Church, in the amount of $110,000.00, for the acquisition of right -of -way,
permanent easement, and compensation for damages at 11516 North 123rd East Avenue.
After discussion, Mr. Dunn moved, seconded by Mr. Bonebrake to authorize payment, as
recommended.
YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Lewis, Kelley
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
11. Report from City Manager
Warren Lehr introduced Roger Stevens
report. Mr. Lehr
Cherokee Nation
parking lot.
acknowledged Joe
for facilitating a foo
12. Report from City Attorney
None
to provide the monthly Public Works project status
Deere, Cherokee Nation Tribal Councilor, and the
d distribution event on April 17, 2020 in the YMCA
13. Report from City Councilors
Mr. Bonebrake acknowledged city staff efforts and the use of technology to allow the
Council to continue to safely meeting and to continue public access to the meetings and
information. Mr. Kelley acknowledged the Cherokee Nation for the generosity.
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14. Official Notices to Council (documents for acknowledgment of receipt or information only,
no discussion or action will be taken)
The Mayor acknowledged receipt of the following:
• Payroll Payment Reports - pay period ending date March 14, 2020 and March 28,
2020
Health Care Self- Insurance Claims - dated as of March 31, 2020
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Permit No. SL000066200056 for
the Coffee Creek Lift Station Sanitary Sewer Project
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Permit No. SL000072200092 for
the Owasso Market Sewer Improvement
15. New Business (New Business is any item of business which could not have been foreseen at
the time of posting of the agenda)
None
16. Adjournment
Mr. Bush moved, seconded by Ms. Lewis to adjourn the meeting.
YEA: Bonebrake, Bush, Dunn, Lewis, Kelley
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0 and the meeting adjourned at 7:1
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