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OWASSO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY JUL 09 2020'
Minutes of Regular Meeting
Thursday, May 14, 2020 City Clerk's Office
The Owasso Economic Development Authority met in regular session on Thursday, May 14, 2020,
at City Hall in the Community Room, 200 S Main Street, Owasso, Oklahoma per the Notice of Public
Meeting filed December 13, 2019, and the Agenda filed in the office of the City Clerk and posted
at City Hall, 200 S Main Street at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. As a result of the COVID -19
Pandemic and the immediate local health threats posed by such pandemic, each member of
the Authority attended the meeting via teleconferencing and this meeting was available for
public viewing through YouTube Live Stream.
1. Call to Order
Dee Sokolosky, Chair, called the meeting to order at 10:01 am.
PRESENT
Dee Sokolosky via teleconference, Chair
Skip Mefford via teleconference, Vice Chair
Gary Akin via teleconference, Secretary
Lyndell Dunn via teleconference, Trustee
Bryan Spriggs via teleconference, Trustee
Absent
David Charney via teleconference, Trustee
Dirk Thomas via teleconference, Trustee
A quorum was declared present via teleconference [Title 25, Ok. Stat. 307.1 (C) (2)].
2. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a request for Trustee approval of the Consent
Agenda. All matters listed under "Consent" are considered by the Trustees to be routine and
will be enacted by one motion. Any Trustee 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 March 12, 2020, regular meeting
B. Approve claims
C. Accept monthly financial reports
Mr. Mefford moved to approve the Consent Agenda, seconded by Dr. Spriggs.
YEA: Dunn, Sokolosky, Spriggs, Mefford, and Akin
NAY: None
Abstain: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
3. Consideration and appropriate action relating to items removed from the Consent Agenda
None
4. Consideration and appropriate action relating to the proposed FY 2020 -21 Hotel Tax Fund 3%
Budget
Ms. Levo Feary presented the item and discussion was held.
Dr. Spriggs moved to recommend the proposed FY 2020 -21 Hotel Tax Fund 3% budget to the
City Council with anticipated revenues to reflect $183,000, seconded by Mr. Mefford.
May 14, 2020
YEA: Dunn, Spriggs, Mefford, and Akin
NAY: Sokolosky
Abstain: None
Motion carried: 4 -1
5. Consideration and appropriate action relating to the proposed Resolution No. 2020 -01
approving the OEDA FY 2020 -21 Annual Operating Budget
Ms. Levo Feary presented Resolution No. 2020 -01 approving the OEDA FY 2020 -01 Annual
Operating Budget. Discussion was held.
Mr. Dunn moved to approve Resolution 2020 -01 as recommended, seconded by Dr. Spriggs.
YEA: Dunn, Sokolosky, Spriggs, Mefford, and Akin
NAY:None
Abstain: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
6. Report from OEDA Director
Ms. Levo Feary referred to the reports included in the agenda packet.
Linda Jones gave the monthly sales tax report. Discussion was held.
7. Report from OEDA Manager
none
8. Report from OEDA Trustees
none
9. New Business (New Business is any item of business which could not have been foreseen at
the time of posting the agenda.)
none
10. Adjournment
Mr. Dunn moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Dr. Spriggs.
YEA: Dunn, Sokolosky, Spriggs, Mefford, and Akin
NAY: None
Abstain: None
Motion carried: 5 -0 and the meeting adjourned at 10:53 am.
Levo Fearv. CEcD. Economic aeJelooment Director