MUSTANG CITY COUNCIL
JULY 5, 2005
The Mustang City Council
met in regular session on Tuesday July 5, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. Notice of the meeting was posted on the
front window of the Mustang Municipal Building on Thursday, June 30, 2005 at
3:45 p.m. in compliance with the requirements of the Open Meeting Act, 25 O.S.,
Section 301, et. seq.
A. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor McDowell called the
meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/INVOCATION
Pastor Michael Staton of
the First Baptist Church led the assembly in prayer and the Pledge of
Allegiance.
C. ROLL CALL
Councilmembers Present: Wilkerson arrived at 7:05 p.m.
Gibson
Bryan
Conner
Scott
McDowell
Councilmembers Absent: Moon
D. INTRODUCTION OF
GUESTS/HEARING OF CITIZENS OR DELEGATES
Harry Weatherford spoke to
Council about the Town Center subsidy.
He still feels that the Corporate rate is less than what a resident is
paying and he does not feel that is fair.
He went on to speak about the water rates. He feels that the 2% to 10% of residents that do not have City
sewer and water should have to pay a tax for their portion of payment to the
City. He does not feel that Council has
the authority to tax one segment of our Community and not another for the
welfare of the entire City. The last
thing is that he had to renew his license for his liquor store this week. It cost him $400 to do this. He also has a small computer business and
was charged $40 and told that the Fire Department would have to inspect the
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business. Why does he have to have a separate license
for all of the little things that he does when, he thinks, there are businesses
in town that are operating multiple businesses with just one $40 license fee. He asked why the Mayor does not have to have
a business license for his candle business.
Mayor McDowell stated that
if Mr. Weatherford feels that there has been any wrong doing to please contact
the District Attorney.
Greg Beardmore at 520 E.
Greenwood Lane spoke to Council
about shutting down the road between the Castle Rock Subdivision and the
Meadows Addition. There have been
robberies and vandalisms of the new homes.
If we can stop the construction of this road we could make the
subdivision safer.
Mayor McDowell stated that
if Mr. Beardmore would contact his Council Person, Len Scott, they could
discuss this issue with him.
Tony Wasson of 320 E.
Richmond Terrace spoke to Council
about Fireworks. He would like Council
to consider modifying the fireworks Ordinance.
He stated that he had five (5) hours of non-stop fireworks noise with no
relief. He does not mind a few
fireworks but five hours is entirely too long.
Sean Jones lives in Oklahoma City but he is in the Mustang
School District. He would like
permission to tap into the City of Mustang water. He is building a house on SW 59th Street on the
Oklahoma City side of the street. He is
going through the process now with the City of Oklahoma City to purchase water
from the City of Mustang.
Mayor McDowell asked that
Mr. Jones contact the City Manager and discuss this issue with him.
John Brand, the Planning
Commission representative to the
Board of Adjustment, addressed the Council regarding discontinuing televising
the Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment and he stated that he feels
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that they are not ready for
primetime TV. He stated that their
meeting would probably be pretty boring to most people, but it might do people
good to see that they are
just a bunch of average people doing their best to do the right thing for the
City of Mustang.
Dan Goss stated that he finds that the TV is a good
thing. When a member of these Boards is
not able to attend the meeting, they can watch the meeting on TV and be well
versed at the next meeting. He feels
televising these meetings would be a great benefit.
Norman Berry of 321 W. Strasburg spoke to Council on the
issue of pit bulls. He feels that these
dogs are baby killers. You can go to
Google and read the history of attacks by pit bulls on children. He went on to discuss part of the history on
these animals.
John Karayianas of 616
E. Elder Dr. spoke to Council about
his son who was deployed to Iraq. He
has seen a lot of 2 and 3 year old children around and is asking that the City
Fathers post the sex offenders pictures on TV.
Mayor McDowell stated that
anyone can access the City of Mustang website at www.cityofmustang.org and they can go
to the Police website where the sex offenders are listed with pictures.
Councilwoman Wilkerson
explained that the City does send out letters about reported sex offenders that
live within a certain number of feet from a residence.
City Manager Cockrell
explained the protocol regarding sex offenders. The Police Department does a very good job of keeping up with
this issue.
Gary
Hanson of 629 E. Elder Lane
requested an update on the website to include new streets. He also would like Council to look into
putting in a traffic light at the corner of Castlerock Subdivision. He stated that there have been many
accidents at the Castlerock Shopping Center.
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City Manager Cockrell
stated that there is a needs assessment being conducted on Castlerock through
the Traffic Commission.
Police Chief, Monte James,
stated that no action was taken on that issue.
E. NEW BUSINESS, DELETIONS
OR CONTINUANCES TO THE AGENDA
None
F. CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approval of 05/05/05 City Council Budget
Meeting Minutes
2. Approval of 06/07/05 City Council Minutes
*3. Approval of
Claims List for FY ‘05
4. Approval of Claims List for FY ‘06
5. Approval to Renew Interlocal Agreement with
City of Yukon
for Use of Firearms Range.
6. Approval to Proceed with Production of
Signage for New
City Hall.
7. Acceptance of E-Rate Grant for Library’s
T-Line.
Mayor McDowell stated that
in Item F4, the Claims List for FY ’06, the MEDA Claim needed to be pulled
because that contract with MEDA has not been issued at this time.
Councilman Gibson asked
that there be a brief discussion on Item F6.
City Manager Cockrell
explained that this would be door signs for each office, counter signs,
etc. He stated that when the cost
estimate bids came in higher than originally estimated the Architects reduced
the project costs and this item was removed from the budget. He recommended
that Council proceed forward with this project.
Gibson asked if they would
have to be installed and Cockrell said, yes and that would be an additional
$700 more.
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Cockrell stated that the
financial impact would be $3,856 plus $740 for installation. He also pointed
out that this company is the same manufacturer who did the signs for the Police
Department and the Community Center.
Gibson stated that he did
not realize that signs would be $100 a piece.
Wilkerson stated that signs
are expensive.
McDowell asked Gibson if he
would like to take another bid and Gibson stated that he thought this bid was
too much.
Cockrell asked Council to
let him know as a group what they want to do and this item can be approved not
to excee and he will double check pricing on it.
Councilman Bryan asked that
Item F6 be pulled.
MOTION was made by Councilman Gibson and seconded
by Councilwoman Wilkerson to approve the Consent Agenda Items
1,2,3,4,5 and 7 with the MEDA Claim being pulled from Item F4.
AYE: Wilkerson, Gibson, Bryan, Conner, Scott
Councilman Gibson stated
that he would like to have three (3) bids brought back on a future Agenda and
he asked if that was okay with Council.
MOTION was made by Councilman Gibson and seconded
by Councilman Bryan to direct the City Manager to bring back
three additional bids and bring back to Council on F6.
AYE: Wilkerson, Gibson, Bryan, Conner, Scott
NAY: None
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G. INFORMATION / REPORTS
1.
City Manager
a. City
Hall Update
Cockrell reported on the
City Hall Project. The drywall is being
installed. There are no change orders
at this time and he does not foresee any changes. We are going to try over the next several meetings to get some
of these allowance details
out of the way. We are still looking at
a November move.
b. City
Engineer’s Report
Mr. Painter stated that Ellen
was going to speak to Council regarding the water model. She received a couple of year’s data on
water consumption from Brenda Wright.
Ellen then went through all of the steps regarding this water model and
how it will work.
Joe Painter, City Engineer,
stated that it would be good to set up on a future agenda an item for
discussion of this water model.
2. City
Council
Councilman Gibson stated
that a resident called and asked about the cloudy water. This resident had heard that we had a pump
that was leaking air. There are a lot
of ways for air to get in the water that are natural and normal and that the
water is just fine.
Councilman Bryan spoke
about something that was brought up at an ACOG meeting. Enhanced 911 is on the plate and it is going
to come before Canadian County soon.
The Commissioner’s will be required to put it on a ballot for the
citizens to vote on. This will be a 50
cent tax on cell phones. This will
provide for enhanced 911which basically allows Police,
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Fire and EMS to locate
where you are at when you use your cell phone.
He stated that from a public safety standpoint this is extremely
important and very preferred and expect to see this in the next few months. He pointed out that it does have to be voted
on by the people because it is a tax.
Councilman Conner talked
about trash issues and stated that a resident’s trash was not picked up due to
cars blocking the trash receptacle. He
asked if there was a fee for that if they have to come back and pick up the
trash.
Brenda Wright stated that
we cannot service trash receptacles if they are facing the wrong direction or
if they are blocked by some object such as a vehicle and they cannot get to
it. There is a $5.90 fee to come back
and service the residence. She
explained that staff does need to know if the car belongs to someone other than
the resident if it continuously blocks the sanitation trucks from getting to
the trash containers so they can take the appropriate steps to eliminate the
problem.
Councilman Scott asked if
there were any projections on the sales tax that was generated by the fireworks
sale.
Wright stated that it would
be either the August check or the September check before we would know that
information.
Councilman Scott asked
about a stop sign being put up on the railroad tracks at County Line.
Cockrell stated that
Oklahoma City would be responsible for that and he mentioned that the railroad
has certain responsibilities on this issue.
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Cockrell stated that a
resident from Councilwoman Wilkerson’s Ward called him regarding the City’s
storm water management and what our plans are for certain disposal of waste
such as oils and paint. He explained that
this budget year Council has approved a position for this. He does not have an answer tonight but we
will be working on this to bring something back to Council at a future date.
Wright stated that there is
a company in the Midwest City area that contracts cities to do this. She has requested that they send her their
information but as of today, she still has not received anything from
them. We have been trying to research
this problem.
Mayor McDowell requested an
agenda item for signs at intersections with directions to different areas in
town.
a. Appointment
of One (1) Member to the Library Board
Mayor McDowell thanked
Phyllis Church for serving on this Board.
He stated that she is not able to fulfill this position anymore but she
has served this community well.
MOTION was made by Mayor McDowell and seconded by Councilman
Gibson to appoint Bill Edwards to the Public Library Board of
Trustees.
AYE: Wilkerson, Gibson, Bryan, Conner, Scott
H. DISCUSSION ITEMS
1. Discussion,
Consideration and Possible Action Regarding
Selection of Excess Worker’s Compensation Policy.
Cockrell explained to
Council that the City is self insured for Worker’s Comp. The coverage that we have today per
occurrence, we are covered in excess of claims that could result in more than
$350,000. Then the
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aggregate covers about
$528,000. We have received three
bids. He went on to explain these
bids. Our current company’s bid was
$33,564 but he pointed out that they put a limit on the liability of 25 million
dollars and in Oklahoma there have been cases that have gone above that. They
then raised our aggregate
retention to $850,000. This means that
if we had a very bad year we could expose ourselves to $850,000 in losses.
He went on to explain that
Midwest Employers bid did it for much less.
They put a statutory limit whatever the Worker’s Comp Court imposes is
what they are required to pay. They
lowered our retention with the exception of Police and Fire. They are proposing that everyone is covered
in excess of $350,000. They would then
raise the Police and Fire to $400,000.
The aggregate retention is $429,000 meaning that is the most the City of
Mustang would be out of pocket in one year.
The premium is less than what we are paying today and the aggregate
retention occurrence is better than it is today. Based upon our past history this appears to be very cost
effective solution and he recommends taking quote number 1 for $21,038.
MOTION was made by Councilman Conner and seconded
by Councilwoman Wilkerson to approve Item H1 and award the bid to
Midwest Employers for $21,038.
AYE: Wilkerson, Gibson, Bryan, Conner, Scott
NAY: None
2. Discussion,
Consideration and Possible Action Regarding
Approval of Ordinance No. 936, Amending Sections 1-8 ( c ) and (d) of Chapter 1 of the Mustang Municipal Code by Setting the Maximum Penalty for Violations of Speeding and Parking
Ordinances; increasing the Maximum Penalty for All
Other
Violations of the Municipal Code; Increasing the
Amount
Credited Toward Fines for Each Day of Community
Service;
Declaring Repealer; Providing for Severability;
and Declaring
An Emergency.
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MOTION was made by Councilwoman Wilkerson and seconded
by Councilman Gibson to approve.
Finance Director, Brenda
Wright, explained Ordinance No. 936 to Council. She stated that this is an amendment to
match the state statutes.
Councilman Bryan pointed
out that just because the State changes things does not mean that we have to.
Wright stated that we do
not have to.
Cockrell explained that a
DUI is a $500 bond. If the Judge
believes that they should be subjected to a fine, he can impose a fine of
$750.00 instead of $500 under this amendment.
AYE: Wilkerson, Gibson, Bryan, Conner
NAY: Scott
MOTION was made by Councilwoman Wilkerson and
seconded by Councilman Bryan to declare an Emergency.
AYE: Wilkerson, Bryan, Conner, Scott
NAY: Gibson
Mayor McDowell stated that
the motion failed.
3. Discussion,
Consideration and Possible Action Regarding
Direction to Staff and City Attorney to Prepare
Ordinance(s)
To Ban, Restrict, Limit or License Pit Bull Dog
Ownership in
The Corporate City Limits.
Councilwoman Wilkerson
stated that in light of the recent coverage of dog attacks she asked that this
item be put on the Agenda to discuss some things that we can do to prevent this
type of thing from happening. She does
not know if the fines are high enough to prevent people from having a dog like
these that attack. Our Ordinances are
not worded strongly enough regarding these things.
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Councilman Gibson stated
that he had a vicious dog-a Scottish Terrier.
He cautioned everyone to be careful with emotions. His dog was accused of biting a three year
old. He maintains to this day that his
dog probably scratched the child when she jumped up on him. Nobody saw it, not even
the neighbors but his
homeowners insurance folded like a deck of cards and they got $50,000. He just wants to caution emotions.
Police Chief, Monte James,
reported that the bond and fine for harboring a vicious animal is $124.00. If a dog attacks someone and the owner can
prove that the dog is current on their rabies vaccination, the law will not
allow them to impound the dog. If there
is no proof of vaccination, then the dog will be impounded for up to 10 days
and the veterinarian has the right to inspect the animal and find that there is
nothing wrong with it and return it to the owner.
Attorney, Jon Miller,
brought to Council’s attention that this particular agenda item is specifically
limited to pit bull dogs.
Councilwoman Wilkerson
stated she would like to see another agenda item placed on a future agenda for
increasing the fines for harboring a vicious animal and animals at large. This is for all animals, cats included.
Councilman Gibson stated
that he wants to see the definition of vicious.
Police Chief James stated
that the Ordinance and State Law have a definition of vicious. It is based on a dog bite. Oklahoma State Law is pretty specific. If your dog is out, you are
responsible. That is why Councilman
Gibson’s insurance company did what they did.
If the dog is in your backyard and someone is trespassing, then you are
not as responsible.
Councilman Scott asked the
City Attorney if we had the ability to request owners of vicious animals to
carry liability insurance.
Police Chief James stated
that there is in State Law a provision for that if it is an animal that is
determined to be dangerous, then they have to have
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at least $25,000 liability
and anytime the dog is out of its kennel it must be muzzled out on the
street. James then said that it is
$50,000 liability.
City Attorney Miller
explained Council’s ability or inability to make this type of change in our
Ordinances. He also cautioned Council
not to ask for a show of support for an Item that is not on the Agenda tonight.
Cockrell explained that
staff thought the debate was for one specific breed.
Council did not take any
action on this Item.
4. Discussion,
Consideration and Possible Action Regarding
Authorization to Amend Section 14 of the Mustang
Municipal
Code Governing Animals by Limiting the Number of
Rabbits
Allowed in a Residential Area.
Councilman Gibson explained
that he would like to discuss the issue of rabbits. They can be very stinky if you have 20 or 30 rabbits in the back
yard. Now if you have 5 or 6 that is
not so bad. He feels that Oklahoma
City’s code was the most comprehensive.
Mayor McDowell stated that
Stillwater’s code allows only three adult rabbits and up to fourteen young
under the age of 12 weeks. They must be
housed in hutches that are at least 50 feet from any dwelling. He went on to read the rest of the
code. He feels that something like this
would work for the City.
Councilman Gibson stated
that all he wanted to do tonight was to just discuss this issue and then maybe
let people have the opportunity to think about this and then bring it back for
action later. He asked the City Manager
if he could work on this with Melissa and Cockrell said, yes.
5. Discussion,
Consideration and Possible Action Regarding
Section 38, Article III-Cleaning and Mowing of
Property;
Direction to Staff to Prepare Appropriate
Amendments to the
Ordinance and Discussion with Staff on Enforcement
Procedures.
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Cockrell explained the
current procedure for cleaning and mowing of property is that once grass is taller
than twelve inches, then it is in violation of City Code. The owner of the property is contacted via
certified mail giving the owner a set amount of time to take care of this
problem. There is also a hearing on
this problem and they can come in and show good cause as to why this was not
done. If they are found to be in
violation of the City Code or do not attend the hearing, then the City can go
out and on a certain date and we will mow it and file a lien against the piece
of property.
City Attorney Miller
explained that the nuisance statutes allow for this to be considered a
nuisance. The nuisance is defined in
the Ordinance under Section 38-31. The
determination of what a nuisance is would be determined by the Code Enforcement
Officer at that time. It would be
subject to review if it went to Municipal Court and if there is an appeal
afterwards. What the City Manager said
is correct. There is currently not a
procedure strictly for grass. You can
site them under the Ordinance for nuisance.
If the Mayor is looking for something specially tailored for those
specific types of problems, it may take a new Ordinance.
Mayor McDowell stated that
he had not intended to get into the landlord issue tonight. He was mainly concerned with vacant commercial
property. He stated that he wanted our
Code Enforcement Officers to have the ability to go to someone and say that
this property needs to be, not just mowed, but cleaned up. If you do not have it cleaned up in two
weeks then that person will receive a ticket.
We are not having a hearing and not filing anything. This person would just get a ticket if it
was not cleaned up.
MOTION was made by Mayor McDowell to direct City
Staff to come back at a later date with an Ordinance in place concerning the height
of grass and the cleanliness of the property as well as a fine deemed by City
staff as justifiable to warrant someone to go out and be motivated by the fine
to either mow their grass or pick up their trash. This motion pertains to
vacant Commercial Property.
There was no second.
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Councilman Bryan stated
that if the Mayor included residential property he would second the Mayor’s
motion. He does not understand how you
can differentiate between residential and commercial properties.
Councilman Bryan made an amendment to the MOTION and
was seconded by Councilman Conner to include residential.
AYE: Wilkerson, Gibson, Bryan, Conner, Scott
NAY: None
Councilman Scott made an amendment to the MOTION and
was seconded by Councilman Gibson to include not only vacant commercial
property but also occupied commercial property.
City Attorney Miller stated
that under the grass Ordinance the procedure is that you can’t site a violation
for exceeding twelve inches high. The
Mayor is wanting to restructure this so that then you could site for a
violation of that provision.
AYE: Wilkerson, Gibson, Bryan, Conner, Scott
NAY: None
Councilman Gibson made an amendment to the MOTION and
was seconded by Councilman Scott to also include all industrial
property.
AYE: Gibson, Bryan, Conner, Scott
NAY: Wilkerson
Mayor McDowell stated that they would now vote on the original MOTION
to direct staff to come back with an Ordinance so that it would allow Code
Enforcement to be able to give a ticketing process for property that is
residential, commercial and industrial.
AYE: Gibson, Bryan, Conner, Scott
NAY: Wilkerson
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8. Discussion,
Consideration and Possible Action Regarding
Discontinuing Televised Broadcast of Planning
Commission
And Board of Adjustment Meetings on Public Access
Cable
Channel.
Mayor McDowell asked if
Council would mind jumping to this item so the Planning Commissioner members
who were in attendance could leave the meeting sooner and Council agreed.
Cockrell stated that this
item was placed on the agenda at the request of the Mayor. He reported that this is something that is
more challenging to do with fewer staff.
He went on to discuss further about staff requirements to attend and the
importance of each meeting.
Mayor McDowell stated that
this was one of the things that came up at budget time. Council felt that this should be an Agenda
Item for discussion and possible action and he also felt that this is an unnecessary
expense that we are incurring that is not justified. He also threw out as an option that this be put in the hands of
the City Manager. He stated that it
would cut the cost of not having a full time employee here for the meetings and
he asked for Council’s thoughts.
Councilman Gibson stated
that surely there are other ways to save money.
Councilman Scott asked Mr.
Landreth to speak.
Mr. Landreth asked how
difficult is it to turn the button on.
Mayor McDowell stated that
when we get into the new building it will be a lot easier but in the current
building it does require someone to stand back there all the time.
Councilwoman Wilkerson
stated that she is reluctant to do anything at this point.
After further discussion,
no action was taken.
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6. Discussion,
Consideration and Possible Action to Direct Staff
Regarding Engagement of a Consultant to work with
City on
Subdivision Regulation Review.
Cockrell stated that our
staff has the capabilities of dealing with the internal sub-division
regulations and some of the smaller changes that Council might want to make but
he thought for fresh new ideas, it would be beneficial to bring in someone with
experience like Dr. Warnekin.
MOTION was made by Councilman Scott and seconded by
Councilman Gibson to approve H6.
AYE: Wilkerson, Gibson, Bryan, Conner, Scott
NAY: None
7. Discussion,
Consideration and Possible Action Regarding
Approval of Audio/Visual Specifications for New
City Hall
Facility; Approval of Audio/Visual Project Budget
and
Direction to Staff to Proceed with Project.
Cockrell explained that the
purpose of this tonight is to give staff the authority to proceed and get all
of this equipment in. This proposal is
that you would have a Council desk that is built in. Each station would have a gooseneck microphone and there would be
a speaker podium with a gooseneck microphone.
Above Council’s head there will be three television monitors and the
people sitting in the audience will have two monitors facing towards them. There will be a fixed position camera on the
speaker and a fixed position camera on Council. There will also be a documents camera. He is unclear at this time as to the connectivity such as Power
Point. He has asked for a very good
system. This equipment provided and
installed by Audio Dimensions is $21,000.
Cockrell pointed out that
this is not comparing apples to apples and if Council would like staff to take
this proposal we can or take one like it.
McDowell asked if Council
would like to have this system.
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Wilkerson stated that with
any system we have we should be able to use power point.
Mayor McDowell asked if
these new microphones would pick up the noises that the current microphones
pick up.
Mike Rutledge replied that
they would not pick up all the little noises and he explained that when someone
speaks, the microphones would automatically adjust itself to that person’s
voice. There will still be a need to
have someone monitor the system during a meeting but this system does include a
DVR to be able to burn a CD if someone wanted a copy of the meeting.
McDowell asked if this
system would still need an employee to run it and Mike Rutledge said, yes.
Cockrell stated that this
system is upgradeable to house an automotive voting system. It costs about $4,000 or more and is not in
this specification. He suggested that
this is the appropriate time for Council to direct staff if they want that
specification added.
Mayor McDowell asked
Council if it was okay to direct staff to re-bid this with power point and
voting machine as separate line items.
Council agreed.
9. Discussion,
Consideration and Possible Action Regarding
Selection Procedure and Qualifications for City
Attorney.
Cockrell stated that this
Item was put on the Agenda at the request of Council to discuss and give him
direction on how to proceed in the selection of a permanent City Attorney.
Councilman Gibson has
talked to a few attorneys. He feels the
experience level should be a minimum of five years as a City Attorney. They need to show us that they have success
stories on litigation; bonding issues and their expertise; they need to know
the zoning issues; know the constitutional law and the employment law; must
have knowledge of the
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Open Meeting Act; have
knowledge of the Tort Claim Act and the Fair Labor Act. These should all be demonstrated in their
resume that is submitted to Council and it would be a plus if they are with a
firm that specializes in Municipal Law.
Couuncilman Bryan stated
that he already proposed that Council make Wheatley, Segler, Osby & Miller
and Associates our Attorney.
Councilman Gibson stated
that he felt that everyone here is happy with Jon Miller.
Council went on to discuss
this Item.
Councilman Bryan suggested
that there are two good resources for advertising—ACOG and Municipal
League. He suggested that a
representative of ACOG or OML be contacted to see if they could be a reference
for experience on who is doing what out there.
Then get the list of individuals who are interested in working for the
City of Mustang and then we will go from there.
City Attorney Miller stated
that the Oklahoma Bar Association publishes a weekly Bar Journal and in this
Journal there is a list of positions available. Every attorney in the State sees this Bar Journal.
MOTION was made by Mayor McDowell and seconded by Councilman
Gibson to advertise in the OBJ with a one month cut off as well as direct
staff to contact OML and ACOG and ask for references. Put out that we are looking to employ a City Attorney and request
a curriculum vita requesting to know how much they charge, what their
references are, experience served, what they have litigated and the outcome of
those litigations as well as what they specialize in.
AYE: Wilkerson, Gibson, Bryan, Conner, Scott
NAY: None
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J. CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT
1. Discussion, Consideration and Possible
Action Regarding
Approval of Agreement Between the City of Mustang
and
Local No. 4383, International Association of Fire
Fighters
For Fiscal Year 2005-2006, and Fiscal Year
2006-2007 and
Approval of Memorandum of Understanding Between
the
Parties and Authorization for City Attorney and
Staff to Take
Action Necessary to Accomplish the Same. Proposed
Executive Session as Authorized by 25 O.S.,
Section 307
(B) (4).
City Attorney Miller stated
that it was legal to adjourn to Executive Session.
MOTION was made by Councilwoman Wilkerson and
seconded by Councilman Scott to adjourn to Executive Session.
AYE: Wilkerson, Gibson, Bryan, Conner, Scott
NAY: None
Council returned to regular
session.
MOTION was made by Councilman Bryan and seconded by
Councilman Gibson to approve Item J1 as written.
AYE: Wilkerson, Gibson, Bryan, Conner, Scott
NAY: None
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K. ADJOURNMENT
With no objections from
Council, Mayor McDowell adjourned the meeting.
Meeting was adjourned at
10:48 p.m.
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Mayor
Attest:
______________________________________
City Clerk
JULY 5, 2005
The Mustang Improvement
Authority met in regular session on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. in the
Mustang Municipal Building. Notice of
the Meeting was posted on the front window of the Mustang Municipal Building on
Thursday, June 30, 2005 at 3:45 p.m. in compliance with the requirements of the
Open Meeting Law, 25 O.S., Section 301, et. seq.
A. CALL TO ORDER
Chairman McDowell called
the meeting to order at 10:48 p.m.
B. ROLL CALL
Trustees
Present: Wilkerson
Gibson
Bryan
Conner
Scott
McDowell
Trustees Absent: Moon
C. NEW BUSINESS
None
D. CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approval of 06/07/05 MIA Minutes
*2. Claims List
for FY ‘05
*3. Claims List
for FY ‘06
MOTION was made by Trustee Bryan and seconded by Trustee
Scott to approve.
AYE: Wilkerson, Gibson, Bryan, Conner, Scott
NAY: None
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E. INFORMATION / REPORTS
1. Trustee
Manager
None
2. Trustees
None
F. ADJOURNMENT
Chairman McDowell with no
objections from Council adjourned the meeting at 10:50 p.m.
.
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Chairman
Attest:
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Secretary