City council

At its regular meeting Monday, the Muskogee City council approved:

• Estimated payroll of $900,000 for the pay period ending June 27.

• Bid for water treatment chemicals.

• Low bids by line item on ready mix concrete.

• Awarding $18.588 million construction contract to Van Horn Construction Inc. for Muskogee Water Treatment Plant expansion.

• Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality permits for construction of water lines to serve the Armed Forces Reserve Center to be built at Davis Field.

• Contract with Muskogee Development through June 30. City will pay group $175,000 for economic development activities.

• Agreement with attorney Michael Gilliard to represent the city in workers’ compensation court in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.

• Final replat of 4.65 acres located on the south side of Chandler Road between Eastpointe Road and Muskogee Turnpike. A funeral home is proposed for construction on the property.

• Final replat of 7.6 acres located on the north side of Shawnee Bypass between Country Club Road and North 41st Street East. A security company has proposed building a facility there.

• Filing of supplement to the city code.

• Appointment of Jim Blair to the Convention and Tourism Committee for a term ending June 30, 2012.

• Changes in ordinance on the use of firearms in the city.

• Changes to correct typographical errors in the schedule of fees for use of Spaulding Pool, River Country Water Park and the Swim and Fitness Center.

• Holding an executive session to consider pending civil suit.



County Commissioners

At its regular meeting Monday, the Muskogee County Board of Commissioners:

• Approved agreements for juvenile detention with Garfield County Regional Detention Center and Sequoyah Enterprises Inc.

• Approved E911 addressing conversions.

• Tabled action until next week on agreement with U.S. Department of Agriculture for wildlife control services. Commissioner Gene Wallace said the contract costs each commission district $800 per year. He suggested commissioners talk with a private contractor about trapping beaver and other varmints.

• Approved agreement between Women in Safe Home and HUD for application for homeless prevention and rapid re-housing stimulus grant.

• Approved signing revised cover sheet on Cloud Creek Bridge project as requested by Holloway, Updike and Bellen. Project has been given a new number and is scheduled to be let for bids next month by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.

• Accepted plat of Quail Creek Second Addition owned by Carlile Roberts.

• Received bids on ballot printing, janitorial services for the courthouse complex, mowing at the city and a dump/pull truck for District 3.