HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020.10.20_City Council MinutesOWASSO CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
The Owasso City Council met in regular session on Tuesday, October 20, 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, October 16, 2020.
1. Call to Order
Mayor Bill Bush called the meeting to order at 6:30pm.
2. Invocation
The Invocation was offered by Pastor Linzy Slayden of Friendship Baptist Church.
3. Flag Salute
Councilor Chris Kelley led the flag salute.
4. Roll Call
Present Absent
Mayor- Bill Bush None
Vice Mayor- Kelly Lewis
Councilor - Chris Kelley
Councilor- Doug Bonebrake
Councilor- Lyndell Dunn
A quorum was declared present.
Staff:
City Manager - Warren Lehr
City Attorney - Julie Lombardi
5. Presentation of Employee of the Quarter
Warren Lehr presented the Employee of the Quarter, Carly Novozinsky, Finance Accountant.
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. Approve minutes - October 6, 2020, and October 13, 2020, Regular Meetings
B. Approve claims
C. Approve normal retirement benefits for Janet Jackson through the Oklahoma
Municipal Retirement Fund
D. Approve deferred retirement benefits for Phillip Pridgen through the Oklahoma
Municipal Retirement Fund
E. Approve the appointment of Marinelle McAlister to serve in the official capacity
of Clerk of the Municipal Court
F. Accept a donation from the Owasso Golden Agers Foundation, and approve a
budget amendment in the General Fund increasing estimated revenues and the
appropriation for expenditures in the Community Center Department by
$5,563.00
Mr. Bonebrake moved, seconded by Ms. Lewis to approve the Consent Agenda, as
presented, with claims totaling $841,247.38.
YEA: Bonebrake, Dunn, Kelley, Lewis, Bush
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
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Consideration and appropriate action relating to items removed from the Consent Agenda
None
8. Consideration and appropriate action relating to Resolution 2020 -19, calling an election for
the purpose of selecting City Council representation for City Council Ward 1 and City Council
Ward 2
Juliann Stevens presented the item, recommending approval of Resolution 2020 -19.
There were no comments from the audience. Mr. Kelley moved, seconded by Mr. Dunn to
approve Resolution 2020 -19, as recommended.
YEA: Bonebrake, Dunn, Kelley, Lewis, Bush
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
9. Consideration and appropriate action relating to budget amendments for the re-
appropriation of carryover funds from Fiscal Year 2019 -2020
Jennifer Newman presented the item, recommending approval of the following FY 2021
budget amendments:
• Increase the estimated revenues by $57,824.00 and the appropriation for expenditures
by $1,519,966.00 in the General Fund
• Increase the appropriation for expenditures in the Half -Penny Sales Tax Fund by
$192,169.00 for Police and $398,734.00 for Streets
• Increase the appropriation for expenditures in the Hotel Tax Fund by $144,815.00
• Increase the appropriation for expenditures in the E91 1 Fund by $3,518.00
• Increase the appropriation for expenditures in the Stormwater Management Fund by
$570,351.00
There were no comments from the audience. Mr. Bonebrake moved, seconded by Mr. Dunn
to approve the budget amendments, as recommended.
YEA: Bonebrake, Dunn, Kelley, Lewis, Bush
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
10. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a contract for specific Excess Workers'
Compensation Coverage
Jeff Atchison presented the item, recommending approval of a contract for specific excess
workers' compensation insurance coverage with Midwest Employers Casualty Company of
Chesterfield, Missouri, authorization for payment in the amount of $78,256.00, and
authorization to execute the necessary documents.
There were no comments from the audience. After discussion, Mr. Bonebrake moved,
seconded by Mr. Kelley to approve the contract, authorize payment, and execute the
necessary documents, as recommended.
YEA: Bonebrake, Dunn, Kelley, Lewis, Bush
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
11. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a contract for Property - Casualty Insurance
Coverage
Jeff Atchison presented the item, recommending approval of a contract for property -
casualty insurance coverage with the Oklahoma Municipal Assurance Group of Edmond,
Oklahoma, authorization for payment in the amount of $148,302.00, and authorization to
execute the necessary documents.
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There were no comments from the audience. After discussion, Ms. Lewis moved, seconded
by Mr. Bonebrake to approve the contract, authorize payment, and execute the necessary
documents, as recommended.
YEA: Bonebrake, Dunn, Kelley, Lewis, Bush
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
12. Consideration and appropriate action relating to the purchase of an ambulance and
declaring a vehicle surplus
David Hurst presented the item, recommending approval to purchase a new AEV Type I
ambulance, in an amount not to exceed $231,624.11, from Southern Emergency and Rescue
Vehicle Sales, LLC (SERVS), of Comanche, Texas, utilizing the Houston - Galveston Area
Council Buy Program Contract #AM10 -20, authorization for payment, and to declare the
2013 Terrastar ambulance (VIN# 1 HTJSSKKOEH797709) as surplus to the needs of the City in
order to be utilized as a trade -in towards the purchase of the new ambulance.
There were no comments from the audience. After discussion, Mr. Bonebrake moved,
seconded by Ms. Lewis to approve the purchase and declare the 2013 ambulance surplus,
as recommended.
YEA: Bonebrake, Dunn, Kelley, Lewis, Bush
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
13. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a sole source purchase of a body worn
camera system
Jason Woodruff presented the item, recommending authorization for the sole source
purchase of the Axon body camera system through Axon Enterprise, Inc. of Scottsdale,
Arizona, in the amount of $455,225.60, of which $129,723.80 will be paid in Fiscal Year 2021,
and subsequent payments for Fiscal Year 2022 through Fiscal Year 2025 are contingent upon
annual appropriations by the City Council.
There were no comments from the audience. After discussion, Mr. Bonebrake moved,
seconded by Mr. Dunn to authorize the sole source purchase, as recommended.
YEA: Bonebrake, Dunn, Kelley, Lewis, Bush
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
14. Consideration and appropriate action relating to the purchase of a service truck
Larry Escalonta presented the item, recommending approval to purchase a 2021 Ford F250
Crew Cab 4X4 7.31 V8 gasoline service truck, in the amount of $34,037.00, from Bill Knight
Ford Fleet and Commercial Center of Tulsa, Oklahoma, per the State of Oklahoma's
approved contract #SW035.
There were no comments from the audience. Mr. Kelley moved, seconded by Ms. Lewis to
approve the purchase, as recommended.
YEA: Bonebrake, Dunn, Kelley, Lewis, Bush
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
15. Consideration and appropriate action relating to an agreement for the relocation of utilities
for the East 106th Street North and North 145th East Avenue Intersection Improvements
Dwayne Henderson presented the item, recommending approval of the Utility Relocation
Agreement with Washington County Rural Water District #3 and authorization to execute the
Agreement.
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There were no comments from the audience. Ms. Lewis moved, seconded by Mr. Bonebrake
to approve and execute the agreement, as recommended.
YEA: Bonebrake, Dunn, Kelley, Lewis, Bush
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0
16. Report from City Manager
Warren Lehr reported on the retirement of Court Clerk, Janet Jackson.
17. Report from City Attorney
None
18. Report from City Councilors
Councilor Bonebrake commented on the donation from the Golden Agers Foundation.
19. 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 Report - pay period ending date October 10,2020
• Health Care Self- Insurance Claims - dated as of October 14, 2020
• Monthly Budget Status Report - September 2020
• Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Permit No. WL000072200538 for
Tropical Smoothie Caf6 Portable Water Line Extension
• Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Permit No. WL000072200606 for
Time to Shine Car Wash Waterline Extension
20. New Business (New Business is any item of business which could not have been foreseen at
the time of posting of the agenda)
None
21. Adjournment
Ms. Lewis moved, seconded by Mr. Kelley to adjourn the meeting.
YEA: Bonebrake, Dunn, Kelley, Lewis, Bush
NAY: None
Motion carried: 5 -0 and the meeting adjourned at
ill Bush, Mayor
Stevens, Ci `fy Clerk