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Home My WebLink About2025.06.17_City Council MinutesOWASSO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2025 The Owasso City Council met in regular session on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in the Council Chambers at Old Central, 109 North Birch, Owasso, Oklahoma per the Notice of Public Meeting filed Friday, December 13, 2024; and the Agenda filed in the office of the City Clerk and posted at City Hall, 200 South Main Street, at 12:00 pm on Thursday, June 12, 2025. 1. Call to Order -Mayor Alvin Fruga called the meeting to order at 6:30pm. 2. Invocation -The Invocation was offered by Father Josh Litwack of St. Henry's Catholic Church. 3. Flag Salute - Councilor Balthrop led the flag salute. 4. Roll Call - A quorum was declared present. Present Absent Mayor -Alvin Fruga Councilor - Dr. Paul Loving Vice Mayor- Lyndell Dunn Councilor- Dr. Chad Balthrop Councilor- Cody Walter Staff: City Manager- Chris Garrett / City Attorney - Julie Lombardi 5. Citizen request to address the City Council regarding the Owasso Animal Shelter operations Nicole Gholson presented the item. 8 citizens addressed the City Council. 6. Consideration and appropriate action relating to 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 - June 3, 2025, and June 10, 2025, Regular Meetings B. Approve claims C. Approve a budget amendment in the Healthcare Self -Insurance Fund, increasing the appropriation for expenditures by $32,1 15.14 Mr. Dunn moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented, with claims totaling $2,775,755,19. YEA: Balthrop, Dunn, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 7. Consideration and appropriate action relating to items removed from the Consent Agenda -None 8. Consideration and appropriate action relating to various appointments to the Owasso Citizen Boards and Committees Alvin Fruga presented the item recommending to appoint the following appointments: AUDIT COMMITTEE - Cody Walter (Seat 1, City Council), term expires June 30, 2026 Nick Sokolosky (Seat 5, Banker), term expires June 30, 2028 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT -- Jim Bausch, term expires June 30, 2028 Kyle Davis, term expires June 30, 2028 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE -term expires June 30, 2026 Chad Balthrop (City Council Representative) Jason Drake (At Large) Lyndell Dunn (City Council Representative) Jim Hunter (At Large) David Smith (Planning Commission Representative) Rob Haskins (At Large) Dirk Thomas (OEDA Representative) Kent Inouye (At Large) Jeff Davis (At Large) Keith Whitfield (At Large) Owasso City Council June 17, 2025 Page 2 OWASSO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY - David Charney, term expires June 30, 2030 Chelsea Feary (Chamber Representative), term expires June 30, 2026 Alvin Fruga (Council Representative), term expires June 30, 2026 PERSONNEL BOARD - Kristin Duggins, term expires June 30, 2028 PLANNING COMMISSION - Kent Inouye, term expires June 30, 2026 Kelly Lewis, term expires June 30, 2028 Brian Cook, term expires June 30, 2028 INDIAN NATIONS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS (INCOG) BOARD OF DIRECTORS/GENERAL ASSEMBLY Alvin Fruga, term expires June 30, 2026 Chris Garrett (Alternate) INCOG TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE - Lyndell Dunn, term expires June 30, 2026 Chris Garrett (Alternate) INCOG TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL COMMITTEE - Roger Stevens, term expires June 30, 2026 Dwayne Henderson (Alternate) REGIONAL METROPOLITAN UTILITY AUTHORITY - Travis Blundell, term expires June 30, 2026 Dwayne Henderson (Alternate) There were no comments from the audience. Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to approve the appointments, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Dunn, Loving, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 5-0 9. Consideration and appropriate action relating to an Employment Agreement between the city and Julie Lombardi for the position of City Attorney, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 Michele Dempster presented the item. There were no comments from the audience. Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to approve the employment agreement, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Dunn, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 10. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a budget amendment for fiscal year-end supplemental appropriations of excess revenue Carly Novozinsky presented the item, recommending approval of the following budget amendments by increasing the estimated revenues and the appropriations for expenditures in the following amounts: • General Fund $ 850,000 • Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Fund 140,000 • Ambulance Service Fund 19,800 • Federal Grants Fund 2,016,828 There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to approve the budget amendments, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Dunn, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 Owasso City Council June 17, 2025 Page 3 11. Consideration and appropriate action relating to Resolution 2025-04, providing for the adoption of an annual budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 General Fund and other Funds, establishing levels of expenditures by department, and establishing budget amendment authority as provided by state statute Carly Novozinsky presented the item, recommending approval of Resolution 2025-04. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Fruga moved, seconded by Mr. Dunn, to approve Resolution 2025-04, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Dunn, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 12, Consideration and appropriate action relating to the purchase of an ADS-B receiver drone first responder system Jason Woodruff presented the item, recommending authorization for the sole -source purchase of the Palidin M30T Drone as First Responder System from Palidin Drones Inc. of Houston, Texas, in the amount of $107,000.00 and authorization to execute all necessary documents. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Fruga moved, seconded by Mr. Dunn, to authorize the purchase and execution of documents, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Dunn, Fruga NAY: Walter Motion carried: 3-1 13. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a proposed lease agreement between the City of Owasso and OK Community Roots, consisting of approximately 0.23 acres, located south of East 22nd Street North and west of North Garnett Road (old water tank site) for a community garden project Shellie Wingert presented the item, recommending approval of the lease agreement and authorization to execute all necessary documents. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Dunn, to approve the agreement and authorize execution of documents, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Dunn, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 14. Consideration and appropriate action relating to Ordinance 1235, approving a Planned Unit Development for Owasso Trails, a proposed single-family residential development located north of East 76fh Street North and west of North Memorial Drive on approximately 38 acres, as referenced in application OPUD 25-02 Wendy Kramer presented the item, recommending adoption of Ordinance 1235. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Dunn moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to adopt Ordinance 1235, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Dunn, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 15. Consideration and appropriate action relating to an amendment to the Agreement for Engineering Services with BKL, Inc., of Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the East 961h Street North from North 119fh East Avenue to North 1291h East Avenue -Roadway _Improvement _Project Dwayne Henderson presented the item, recommending approval of Amendment No. 6, in the amount of $70,000.00, and authorization to execute all necessary documents. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Dunn moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to approve the Amendment and authorize execution of documents, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Dunn, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 Owasso City Council June 17, 2025 Page 4 16. Consideration and appropriate action relating to bids received for the 2025 Street Rehabilitation Project Maintenance using High Density Mineral Bond Jake Ketner presented the item, recommending to award the contract to Holbrook Asphalt, LLC of Saint George, Utah in the amount of $332,992.00 and authorization to execute the necessary documents. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Dunn moved, seconded by Mr. Walter, to award the contract and authorize execution of documents, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Dunn, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 17. Consideration and appropriate action relating to bids received for the Owasso Parks Maintenance Office Project Larry Langford presented the item, recommending to award the construction contract to Magnum Construction of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma in the amount of $1,369,000.00 and authorization to execute all necessary documents. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to award the contract and authorize execution of documents, as recommended.. YEA: Balthrop, Dunn, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 18. Report from City Manager- Chris Garrett reported on the upcoming Community Movie Night scheduled to take place at Redbud Park. 19. Report from City Attorney - None 20, Report from City Councilors - Alvin Fruga commented on the recent opening of Boot Barn. 21. Official Notices - The Mayor acknowledged receipt of the following: • Payroll Payment Report - pay period ending date May 31, 2025 • Healthcare Self -Insurance Claims -dated as of May 30, 2025 • Monthly Budget Status Report - May 2025 • Change Orders No. 1 and 2 executed by the City Manager or designee for the East 961h Street North from North 1 191h East Avenue to North 1291h East Avenue Project -West Side • Change Order No. 6 executed by the City Manager or designee for the New Public Works Facility 22. New Business - None 23. Adjournment Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Dunn, to adjourn the meeting. YEA: Balthrop, Dunn, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 and the meeting adjourned at 8:08 pm. 1 ,�N CITY OR w-v e i Fr C r� M. Stevens, it Clerk�zn o L