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Votes and key details

- Approve minutes (DCEDA regular meeting, 02/03/2025): Approved (unanimous). Agenda item: DCEDA minutes.

- Approve DCEDA motion to recess to Del City City Council: Approved (unanimous). (Procedural.)

- Approve DCEDA minutes and related DCEDA motions: Approved as recorded.

- Approve presentation: Dining in Del City recipient (The Trainee Grill) — presentation recognized; no financial action recorded.

- Approve presentation of VFW National Lifesaving Award to Del City Fire Department (Green Shift): Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 8.

- Approve presentation of VFW Public Servant Award for Officer Matthew Lisenby: Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 7.

- Approve out-of-state travel and training for Police Officer Chris Griggs to attend FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama (dates in March 2025). All travel and training expenses covered by FEMA: Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 9.

- Approve contract renewal with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma for administrative services and employee/retiree health insurance for calendar year 2025 (renewal option 1; effective retroactive to 01/01/2025 through 12/31/2025): Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 10.

- Approve extension on order of removal for property at 5501 Tinker Diagonal (delay order to 03/20/2025): Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 11.

- Assess abatement cost to property owner (3600 Vicky) in the amount of $869.54: Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 12.

- Approve purchase of flooring and installation for senior citizens and recreation center awarded to Aiken Brothers Commercial Flooring for an amount not to exceed $34,000: Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 13.

- Motion to hold a discussion only regarding potential projects for a GO bond renewal (public discussion): Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 14 (discussion only; no bond approved).

- Oklahoma Municipal Retirement Fund (OMRF) action to approve retirement for city employee Tony Humphrey (normal retirement; employee has served approximately 19 years and 7 months): Approved (unanimous). OMRF agenda items recorded separately and returned to council meeting.

Procedural votes to recess and adjourn were also taken and recorded as passed.

Vote context and tallies

Where roll-call tallies were read aloud during the meeting, Councilman Dean, Councilman Tatum, Councilwoman Brown, Councilwoman Finch and Mayor Eason recorded \"Aye\" for the listed motions. The meeting record shows unanimous approval for the items noted above. When motions listed specific funding amounts or contractors (for example, the flooring contract not to exceed $34,000), staff were directed to execute the contract and complete procurement actions.

What the votes do and do not do

Most items were approvals of presentations, procedural matters, single-contract awards or routine administrative actions. The council did not authorize a GO bond sale at this meeting; it only authorized a public discussion and requested follow-up work sessions and cost estimates. The executive session noted on the agenda concerned personnel matters, and the council returned to take action consistent with its rules, but details of executive-session deliberations were not disclosed in open session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Council Meeting 3/3/25","oneSentenceSummary","The Del City City Council on March 3 approved minutes, ceremonial presentations, a health-insurance contract renewal and a series of purchases and procedural items; the council also held a discussion-only session on a possible GO bond renewal.","taxTitle","Del City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma","taxId",68873,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6653268,"VFW honors Del City Green Shift firefighters and an officer for life-saving and public-service actions",358,1649000,2007000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2484434-547ccdd3b71870efe122f07600358904&start=1649&end=2007","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2484434-547ccdd3b71870efe122f07600358904/thumbnail_1649000.jpg","/articles/6653268/Del-City/Oklahoma-County/Oklahoma/VFW-honors-Del-City-Green-Shift-firefighters-and-an-officer-for-life-saving-and-public-service-actions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6653268-1599cb8bc909c241a998e7ed47287cf3/orig.mp4?Expires=1776502348&Signature=f30akd~XgoylhiLx6YVuuwcjyChi0xsGnZ6QTsGXljCmMxvenbDMjGS~WSSjjAaYYHPYOIVEOS6~b0uDEYbDzNRPkl~ZMim8Xz4wil6M-68KsXq7vw~uZHVIUe4LMJ146eLUrJaihOJ3p9NQluWwIMVPNHrgzuZqPRb-TW87WBNKR-3IzT85n0j5HoLHbjRGsTaFsGd6LviRGZ9o10oLPoG1VBcSbAHiX~YQVB-3-7is~xPtG2lQ-N8p4kDPicvIXlJjc5X8wF1hLRo0aoG6CQQBeJfdaAJDqHdqKM2nXANlVMYmP2QUDYTXxhjB1vllA~X3sii0JA7-cTtmpEHEZA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Del City\u0000's VFW Post 9969 presented awards to members of the Del City Fire Department Green Shift and to a police officer at the March 3 council meeting.

Gordon Wheeler of VFW Post 9969 read certificates recognizing the Green Shift for lifesaving actions on April 20, 2024, when firefighters responded to a severe crash with multiple victims, worked to free children trapped in wreckage and provided life-saving care during transport to hospitals. Wheeler read the names of the recognized personnel and presented a National Lifesaving Award and a state-level citation.

The council also approved a presentation recognizing Officer Matthew Lisenby with the VFW Public Servant Award for deploying a department drone and using thermal imaging to locate a missing child in Ray Trent Park on Feb. 9, 2024, and directing officers to the child\u0000's location. The council voted to approve the presentation and VFW representatives read certificates and commended the honorees.

Council members rose to honor the personnel and the mayor and trustees endorsed motions to approve the presentations; the council recorded unanimous approval for both items.","VFW Post 9969 presented a national lifesaving award to Del City Fire Department\u0000's Green Shift and a Public Servant Award to a Del City police officer who used a drone to find a missing child; council approved the presentations.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6653272,"Del City council member defends recent 4-way stop installations after resident raises visibility concerns",597,424000,1021000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2484434-547ccdd3b71870efe122f07600358904&start=424&end=1021","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2484434-547ccdd3b71870efe122f07600358904/thumbnail_424000.jpg","/articles/6653272/Del-City/Oklahoma-County/Oklahoma/Del-City-council-member-defends-recent-4-way-stop-installations-after-resident-raises-visibility-concerns","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6653272-2dae521a275b574ff756ddbcfb9939e8/orig.mp4?Expires=1776502348&Signature=mmI1-l7Qncw7YYQrTX-NDVRti0QduNUrj2IABXWiKMzF6QMAoRORMOXpCT4G5HfV2jnD8oww9SXh8rqvP3KCIHS~ybSjEmGqrND-5lbPUSjZiuI6j9tF~XcaZlwAE5lBPT2ficMLnk8MQnyu7pGSimCtyR-KdRUp5p1335D1~GG-IajgxEyBn8YxBp21sltTxQ2T4DuvtXXljIj9Yg2qCrA11LajRdGkj-wX6yOLAIvG~FLg21aIdHKvuLClpLXTnU3y8kzfa3VQXLdQQovLq6YDnvsdZxHYP83X8aQP11SRkEGv5m~4Eio3cynqwwBNaW041p~dmnIwwXE05yrr7Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A resident told the Del City City Council on March 3 that he could not see traffic signals until he was nearly in the intersection and warned the council a collision was likely if signage or sight-lines were not remedied.

At public comment, Joe Satterwhite of Lamar Drive said approaching the intersection of 15th Street and I-40 vehicles cannot see the stop lights until they are almost in the intersection. \"You can't see those till you're almost in the intersection,\" he said.

Later in the meeting a council member explained that 4-way stop signs had been installed at two Midway Village intersections (Matthews & Meadowview and Matthews & Long Drive) after constituents raised safety concerns. That council member said they personally reviewed the area, observed vehicles failing to yield at existing yield signs and saw vehicles traveling at high speeds into the neighborhood. The council member said they recommended installation to the city manager and that the signs were placed under the city manager\u0000's authority.

The council member cited Del City Code Chapter 11, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Section 11-11 (Designation and Marking of Through Streets, Stop, Yield Intersections), subsection c(1), which, as read at the meeting, authorizes the city manager \"to determine and designate intersections where a particular hazard exists ... and to determine whether vehicles shall stop at 1 or more entrances to any such intersection, in which event he shall cause to be erected a stop sign at every such place where a stop is required.\" The council member also cited Oklahoma Statute Title 47, Section 15-102(a)(6) (local authority over stop/yield designation) and portions of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) addressing stop-sign applications and multiway-stop criteria, including consideration of speed and roughly equal volumes on intersecting roads.

The council member recommended the signs remain for a review period tied to the city's five-year incident statistics for the intersections (January 2020 through January 2025), noting the police department had provided incident statistics for that timeframe and recommending staff review those numbers after a similar period to determine whether the devices are effective.

Council members did not vote on removing or changing the signs during the meeting; staff were asked to note the citizen concerns and the request for further review.","A resident and a council member discussed sight-distance and safety after new multi-way stop signs were installed at intersections in Midway Village. The council member cited Del City ordinances, Oklahoma statute and MUTCD guidance as the basis for the city manager\u0000's authority to place the signs.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6653276,"Del City begins public discussion on possible general obligation bond renewal, lists potential projects",721,2677000,3398000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2484434-547ccdd3b71870efe122f07600358904&start=2677&end=3398","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2484434-547ccdd3b71870efe122f07600358904/thumbnail_2677000.jpg","/articles/6653276/Del-City/Oklahoma-County/Oklahoma/Del-City-begins-public-discussion-on-possible-general-obligation-bond-renewal-lists-potential-projects","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6653276-6457900cdf4bc9daa3103e9886998c52/orig.mp4?Expires=1776502348&Signature=YZzv5rBeOeV2iOsswl1Mpi5hKmAtAsVaG926cfbsUv5tVL2iqY8WGSFJCjrgttwFb41dbe9NcUJP-s2mbNq0hNSFsZ3hJvjsFTSBfLALlmbOf9nSgM6Une32EtqBorS5rKnqREMLb76E9lDe6PHbiE0EpGNAhdFZKmH9-Drem-I2EFCiDZuv-aCJDhzamljWTL3JUvdAiVjzsx9~OClZ2AC~l8GGvZsPM~9UlxZQudojGPtzJWobAQlyXNcM8EQ80Kr2SsZ3R7dQSbZm6x07ZoH8NT0QuVWzXENqvG31Ixca37qNTWTp7gYl5qnNr1Rigkzn1U~ta~4t9tOKC3DBQQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Del City city leaders on March 3 opened a public discussion about whether to pursue a new general obligation (GO) bond when the city\u0000's current GO debt retires in November 2026.

City staff described the bond as a voter-approved property-tax-backed instrument that can fund one-time capital projects. City staff said previous GO bonds in 2011 funded fire apparatus and the outdoor warning system and later bonds paid for stormwater and other capital projects.

The staff presentation, led by a city staff member identified in the meeting as Kyle, noted possible projects that residents and staff have prioritized in the city\u0000's recent comprehensive planning and departmental needs assessments: concrete street replacement (with Reno to Northeast Fourth and Sunny Lane to I-40 discussed as examples), bridge repairs on Vicky and Mallard, stormwater/channelization work (including a focus on a known flood-prone creek), upgrades to water and wastewater infrastructure, sidewalk and trail connections (including a potential Eagle Lake to Ray Trent linkage), parks and playground upgrades (including Ray Trent Park and Sequoia), a new park in Ward 3, splash pads, public-safety vehicles, and improvements to the senior activity center.

Staff said GO bond proceeds are typically repaid with property-tax revenues dedicated for that purpose following a public vote. The presentation included a preliminary range discussed with the city\u0000's financial advisor of roughly $5 million to $7 million as a planning target; staff said updated, formal estimates and assessor data would be required before any ballot decision.

Council members and staff discussed funding alternatives, including using sales-tax revenues and pursuing grants or low-interest loans for water-treatment work. Assistant City Manager Kelly and others urged continued grant-seeking to offset costs. Council members emphasized narrowing priorities before placing anything on a ballot and suggested follow-up work sessions, focus groups and a citizen survey to refine choices.

Mayor and council members did not authorize a bond sale at the meeting; the council approved a motion to hold the public discussion and requested follow-up work sessions to develop cost estimates and outreach materials.

The city repeatedly emphasized that a GO bond requires a voter referendum and would be structured for specific projects; the staff presentation and council discussion focused on compiling a prioritized needs list for residents to review before any formal proposal.","Del City city officials opened a public discussion about renewing a general obligation bond that expires in November 2026, outlining potential uses including street and bridge repairs, park upgrades, stormwater and water-system work, new vehicles and a senior center remodel.","actionData","errors"]

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