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Home My WebLink About2025.10.21_City Council MinutesOWASSO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2025 The Owasso City Council met in regular session on Tuesday, October 21, 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 1 1:30 am on Friday, October 17, 2025. 1. Call to Order- Vice Mayor Paul Loving called the meeting to order at 6:30pm. 2. Invocation - The Invocation was offered by Pastor Casey Cariker of Rejoice Church 3. Flag Salute - Chief Woodruff led the flag salute. 4. Roll Call - A quorum was declared present. Present Absent Vice Mayor- Dr. Paul Loving Mayor- Alvin Fruga Councilor- Dr. Chad Balthrop Councilor - Cody Walter Staff: City Manager- Chris Garrett / City Attorney - Julie Lombardi 5. 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 - October 7 B. Approve claims Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr claims totaling $1,453,103.05. YEA: Balthrop, Walter, Loving NAY: None Motion carried: 3-0 2025, and October 14, 2025, Regular Meetings Balthrop, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented, with 6. Consideration and appropriate action relating to items removed from the Consent Agenda - None Consideration and appropriate action relating to the Ward 4 vacancy Juliann Stevens presented the item. There were no comments from the audience. Mr. Balthrop moved, seconded by Mr. Walter, to continue the matter to the November 4, 2025 meeting. YEA: Balthrop, Walter, Loving NAY: None Motion carried: 3-0 8. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a contract for specific excess workers' compensation coverage Jeff Atchison presented the item, recommending approval of the contract for coverage with Midwest Employers Casualty Company of Chesterfield, Missouri, authorization for payment of $132,153.00, and authorization to execute all necessary documents. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to approve the contract, authorize payment, and execute documents, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Walter, Loving NAY: None Motion carried: 3-0 Owasso City Council October 21, 2025 Page 2 Consideration and appropriate action relating to a contract for property -casualty insurance coverage Jeff Atchison presented the item, recommending approval of the contract for coverage with Oklahoma Municipal Assurance Group of Edmond, Oklahoma, authorization for payment of $316,696.00, and authorization to execute all necessary documents. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Balthrop moved, seconded by Mr. Walter, to approve the contract, authorize payment, and execute documents, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Walter, Loving NAY: None Motion carried: 3-0 10. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a contract for general liability auto insurance coverage Jeff Atchison presented the item, recommending approval of the contract for coverage with the Oklahoma Municipal Assurance Group of Edmond, Oklahoma, authorization for payment of $53,423.00, and authorization to execute the necessary documents. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to approve the contract, authorize payment, and execute documents, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Walter, Loving NAY: None Motion carried: 3-0 11. Consideration and appropriate action relating to bids received for the Rayola Park Restroom Improvement Project Larry Langford presented the item, recommending to award the construction contract to Limestone Construction of Owasso, Oklahoma, in the amount of $99,499.00 and authorization to execute the necessary documents. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to award the contract and execute documents, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Walter, Loving NAY: None Motion carried: 3-0 12. Consideration and appropriate action relating to the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program David Hurst presented the item, recommending acceptance of the SAFER Grant in the amount of $1,828,416.91 and authorization to execute the necessary documents. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Balthrop moved, seconded by Mr. Walter, to accept the grant and execute documents, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Walter, Loving NAY: None Motion carried: 3-0 13. Consideration and appropriate action relating to a budget amendment in the Half Penny Sales Tax Fund (Fire) related to the SAFER Grant award David Hurst presented the item, recommending approval of a budget amendment in the Half Penny Sales Tax Fund (Fire), increasing the estimated revenues by $370,625.00 and the appropriation for expenditures by $269,572.00. There were no comments from the audience. Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to approve the amendment, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Walter, Loving NAY: None Motion carried: 3-0 14. Owasso City Council October 27, 2025 Page 3 Consideration and appropriate action relating to the proposed project sites for the Annual Street Rehabilitation Program (2026) Roger Stevens presented the item, recommending approval of the following 2026 Street Rehabilitation Program priority sites: I Base Proiects: I Alternate Projects : I • North 141 st East Avenue, from East 861h Street North to Camelot • East 80th Street North, from North 122nd East Avenue to North 129th East Avenue • West Broadway, from Atlanta to Main Street • West Service Road, from East 76th Street North to Worley's Nursery Rejuvenation with HA5: • Champions East • Champions West • Mingo Crossing • Carrington II • Bailey Medical Drive • Three Lakes Loop • North 120th East Avenue, from East 761h Street North to East 801h Street North • Broadway, from Main to Birch Streets Rejuvenation with HAS: • Elm Creek, South/Elm Creek Pond • Double Oaks, N/Elm Creek Pond • Elm Creek, SW Mills Elementary • Lake Ridge Area There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to approve the priority sites, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Walter, Loving NAY: None Motion carried: 3-0 15. Consideration and appropriate action relating to Fiscal Year 2025-2026 budget amendments for the re - appropriation of carryover funds from Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Carly Novozinsky presented the item, recommending approval of the following FY 2026 budget amendments: • Increase the estimated revenues by $67,294.47 and the appropriation for expenditures by $2,485,079.35 in the General Fund; • Increase the appropriation for expenditures in the Half -Penny Sales Tax Fund by $286,215.61 for Fire and $1,904,255.94 for Streets; • Increase the estimated revenues by $33,220.81 and the appropriation for expenditures by $450,780.70 in the Half -Penny Sales Tax Fund for Police; • Increase the appropriation for expenditures in the Ambulance Service Fund by $354,680.28; • Increase the appropriation for expenditures in the E91 1 Fund by $167,000.00; • Increase the appropriation for expenditures in the Emergency Siren Fund by $43,609.73; • Increase the appropriation for expenditures in the Hotel Tax Fund by $5,000.00; • Increase the appropriation for expenditures in the Stormwater Management Fund by $3,514,860.02; • Increase the appropriation for expenditures in the Opioid Settlement Fund by $199,066.00; • Increase the appropriation for expenditures in the Fleet Maintenance Fund by $12,174.00; and • Increase the appropriation for expenditures in the Self -Insurance Funds (General Liability) by $24,983.00. There were no comments from the audience. Following discussion, Mr. Balthrop moved, seconded by Mr. Walter, to approve the budget amendments, as recommended. YEA: Balthrop, Walter, Loving NAY: None Motion carried: 3-0 Owasso City Council October 21, 2025 Page 4 16. Report from City Manager - None 17. Report from City Attorney - None 18. Report from City Councilors - None 19. Official Notices - The Mayor acknowledged receipt of the following: • Payroll Payment Report - pay period ending date October 4, 2025 • Monthly Budget Status Report - September 2025 • Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Permit No. SL000072250821 Owasso Parks Maintenance Office Sanitary Sewer Line Extension Facility No. S-21310 • Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Permit No. WL000072250822 Owasso Parks Maintenance Office PWSID No. OK3002718 20. New Business - None 21. Adjournment Mr. Walter moved, seconded by Mr. Balthrop, to adjourn the meeting. YEA: Balthrop, Walter, Loving NAY: None Motion carried: 3-0 and the meeting adjourned at 7:15 pm. NN^^ OF O 44 � G q � sN OFFICIAL � - O M. Stevens, City Clerk