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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025.10.07_City Council MinutesOWASSO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2025 The Owasso City Council met in regular session on Tuesday, October 7, 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 Hail, 200 South Main Street, at 9:00 am on Friday, October 3, 2025. 1. Call to Order - Mayor Alvin Fruga called the meeting to order at 6:30pm. 2. Invocation - The Invocation was offered by Pastor Bill Ascol of Bethel Baptist Church 3. Flag Salute- Carson Talent led the flag salute. *Mayor Fruga introduced Troop 90 members in attendance working on Citizenship in the Community badge.* 4. Roll Call - A quorum was declared present. Present Absent Mayor -Alvin Fruga None Vice Mayor - Dr. Paul Loving Councilor - Dr. Chad Balthrop Councilor - Cody Walter Staff: Senior Director -Michele Dempster 5. Presentation of Character Trait of Initiative - Johnathon Shepard presented the character trait for the month of October. 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 -September 16, 2025, Regular Meeting B. Approve claims C. Authorize payment of $60,000.00 to Flock Group Incorporated of Atlanta, Georgia, and execution of the one-year service agreement renewal D. Approve a budget amendment in the Half Penny Sales Tax Fund, Police, increasing estimated revenues and the appropriation for expenditures by $105,042 (2026 Oklahoma Highway Safety Officer Grant) E. Approve a budget amendment in the General Liability/Property Self -Insurance Fund, increasing appropriation for expenditures by $54,874.56 Councilor Walter requested to remove item C for further discussion. Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to approve the remainder of the Consent Agenda as presented, with claims totaling $3,171,444.52. YEA: Balthrop, Loving, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 Consideration and appropriate action relating to items removed from the Consent Agenda Jason Woodruff presented the item C from the consent agenda, recommending authorization for the annual payment for twenty (20) Flock Safety camera systems in the amount of $60,000.00 to Flock Group Incorporated of Atlanta, Georgia, and authorization to execute the one (1) year service agreement. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to authorize payment and execute the service agreement, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Loving, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 Owasso City Council October 7, 2025 Page 2 8. Consideration and appropriate action relating to the purchase of a police vehicle Jason Woodruff presented the item, recommending approval to purchase a 2025 F-150 Police Responder from Bob Moore Ford of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in the amount of $52,567.00 and authorization for payment. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Loving moved, seconded by Mr. Walter, to approve the purchase and authorize payment, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Loving, Waiter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 Consideration and appropriate action relating to payment for an additional scope of work performed on the Owasso Parks Maintenance Office Project Larry Langford presented the item, recommending authorization for payment to k+d architects, of Owasso, Oklahoma, in the amount of $12,880.00, increasing the Engineering Agreement total to $71,230.00. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to authorize payment, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Loving, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 10. Consideration and appropriate action relating to the acquisition of right-of-way for the East 96th Street North Widening from North 134th East Avenue to North 145th East Avenue Project Roger Stevens presented the item, recommending authorization for payment of $95,000.00 to The Ojala Family Revocable Trust and execution of all necessary documents for the acquisition of right- of-way and compensation for damages. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Loving moved, seconded by Mr. Walter, to authorize payment and execute all necessary documents, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Loving, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 11. Presentation of the monthly Public Works Project Status Report - Roger Stevens presented the item and discussion was held. 12. Report from City Manager - Michele Dempster reported on the statistics from Landfill Day, as well as the Collection and Recycling event held on September 27, 2025. She also shared information regarding the upcoming Harvest Festival scheduled for Saturday, October 1], 2025. 13. Report from City Attorney - None 14. Report from City Councilors - Chad Balthrop conveyed his appreciation for the Character Council Luncheon held on Monday, October 6, 2025. 15. Official Notices - The Mayor acknowledged receipt of the following: • Payroll Payment Report - pay period ending date September 20, 2025 • Healthcare Self -Insurance Claims - dated as of September 30, 2025 • Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Permit No. SL000072250838 Library Lofts Development Sanitary Sewer Line Extension Facility No. S-21310 • Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Permit No. WL000072250837 Library Lofts Development Potable Water Line Extension Facility No. S-21310 • Change Orders No. 9 and No. 10 executed by the City Manager or designee for the New Public Works Facility 16. New Business - None Owasso City Council October 7, 2025 Page 3 17. Adjournment Mr. Loving moved, seconded by Mr. Walter, to adjourn the meeting. YEA: Balthrop, Loving, Walter, Fruga NAY: None Motion carried: 4-0 and the meeting adjourned at 7:15 Alv r go, Ma L Lp�( Juliann M. Stevens, City Clerk OF 0* � 9s Z N OFFICIAL O SEAL Ok(.AHOO?'