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

NAY:  None

 

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

NAY:  None

 

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:

 

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 City Clerk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUSTANG IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

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

 

MUSTANG IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

JULY 5, 2005

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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