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City staff explained these documents were prompted in part by conditions of an EPA grant and noted the policies “bring it up to date” without changing day‑to‑day operations. A city speaker told commissioners the purchasing policy and internal control policy are “already stuff you're already doing; it's just putting it in” writing and that the “only new thing in either of those is the signature stamp.” The policies include checks‑and‑balances language: the signature stamp must be kept locked, users must initial when the stamp is used, and the stamp may not be used on checks.

Council members approved motions to adopt the city purchasing policy and the internal controls policy. The PPWA separately adopted its purchasing and internal controls policies during its regular meeting; recorded votes show assent from mayor and PPWA commissioners.

Officials said documenting these policies will aid transparency and satisfy grant conditions; no changes to procurement thresholds or material new authorities were described during the meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of Perkins (Oklahoma) City Commission & Perkins Public Works Authority Meetings","oneSentenceSummary","The City of Perkins and the Perkins Public Works Authority approved updated purchasing and internal‑controls policies required by federal grant conditions; the policies formalize existing practices and add limited new rules for signature stamps and internal checks and balances.","taxTitle","Perkins, Payne County, Oklahoma","taxId",74319,"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},6201990,"Perkins appoints Floyd & Driver as city attorney",164,1555000,1719000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3788291-18752532cf9282816b59d1519e15d2c7&start=1555&end=1719","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3788291-18752532cf9282816b59d1519e15d2c7/thumbnail_1555000.jpg","/articles/6201990/Perkins/Payne-County/Oklahoma/Perkins-appoints-Floyd-Driver-as-city-attorney","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6201990-96f4d9dd8f794fa4d2b4cf0d63664b75/orig.mp4?Expires=1771179547&Signature=V1UOIHEXIgcc8MybAil9fnHt20KCXRxtgPnL6QToLxESiZNQYK8eUgo-RcaiPNeM02EAfWWscIgLMO5fP6Gq-8mXopXrtT3itCfSOgOds6SFssZ0Z9l9z5gR4u0~pKgjglgieHnQfgHpX-NbE4nzo7ZSRof~Ji7tXf4pxlkI8cCKUWpI8RIAu4-qwRG-9o73SG3ayxB4WpSPaZBm02jFLB7GQ6yM93127NENvHt08OnkEehpA7ZT48WY2fDy~CrbIbt2gJ0PlrghymceFz-fVZaBYgMmkGeOwebPZqN4BakiGufB7aCHw15DhHfJ4DymUyBiolSFz8qdDkstxT3-3Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City of Perkins on Tuesday voted to appoint the law firm Floyd & Driver as city attorney following a review of five proposals.

City staff reported that proposals were similar in cost and that professional experience was a deciding factor. A staff speaker (Mr. Ernst) told commissioners that Floyd & Driver had submitted a proposal and that city staff had worked with the firm previously on bond counsel and financial matters. He said the firm’s members and associates have municipal experience, including work for other Oklahoma cities.

Commissioner motion and recorded votes approved the appointment. Following the vote, the appointed representative thanked the council for stepping in on short notice and said they look forward to working with the city.

No terms of the contract, fee schedule or start date were read into the record during the meeting; staff recommended the firm based on prior working relationships and experience.","After reviewing five proposals, Perkins commissioners voted to appoint the firm Floyd & Driver as the city attorney, citing prior work the firm has done for the city and familiarity with municipal finance matters.",{"_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},6201995,"Perkins approves sewer evaluation and replacement contract, and a $9,500 lift‑station pay application from OWRB funds",909,890000,1799000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3788291-18752532cf9282816b59d1519e15d2c7&start=890&end=1799","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3788291-18752532cf9282816b59d1519e15d2c7/thumbnail_890000.jpg","/articles/6201995/Perkins/Payne-County/Oklahoma/Perkins-approves-sewer-evaluation-and-replacement-contract-and-a-9500-liftstation-pay-application-from-OWRB-funds","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6201995-3bd4f8c5148a4b585028498e6bf9e83a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771179547&Signature=VON-vAj1KkXOk07gOkz0zjqYpMZxfZwZ~JrJLKY2KtuwdJlvde-Uy5nSAT4Yy6scJbAWTLnSSKeKRUVQsI1QjEE604kqcLouexvpKvbW8jeHWvLcMUYN~s44gD7D8WRO4xcwcIOuAaxsm~mqOsWLvjcTSknetBcTAMKMxEbxnW6a7K~N1GdBffw0vJGglBnxU009trADCiq2hfWl3KHF8igUKs3yM3p7h9Pm36RjcPaJ58ERsjhMF71Ue87kXESrUcyTMznb-cX3JGm4EnTl4N44FPEVP3SNm7TovyuGIeASNKYrIDcE~1PJ36PdPJvpk4epgmg0dcQGFIeQmeUR8A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City of Perkins on Tuesday approved a contract to perform a sanitary sewer-system evaluation and to prioritize repairs, using federal grant funding, and separately acknowledged a $9,500 contractor pay application for a sewer lift‑station project funded by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) American Rescue Plan Act award for a joint project with the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma.

“Mister Ballhaus” (staff member) summarized the sewer evaluation scope for the council: it will assess infiltration (he referred to “eye tracking, which is infiltration”), perform camera inspections of manholes and lines including 3‑D mapping, smoke testing and provide a prioritized report listing sites that need repair. He said the work will “prioritize the issues,” producing a document that the city can use to schedule and budget repairs. The work is to be procured through a purchasing cooperative — the Houston‑Galveston Area Council (HGAC) contract — that staff said already meets federal and state procurement requirements for the EPA grant.

The vendor name and contract amount were discussed during the meeting with inconsistent figures in the record. The agenda item initially listed Root Control Incorporated at $299,643.90. During discussion a motion referenced Duke’s Root Control Inc. at $287,703.90, and at one point a speaker read an amount as \"$2,299,643.90\" for the City of Perkins Sewer Line Replacement Project. Council members approved the contract as presented; staff later confirmed that the procurement uses the HGAC competitively solicited cooperative contract.

On the lift‑station payment, the council acknowledged pay application No. 1 in the amount of $9,500 to the contractor for the sewer lift station project, funded by OWRB ARPA funds awarded for the joint Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma and City of Perkins project. The agenda item and motions show the payment was approved following engineering and staff review.

Council discussion noted heavy infiltration during rain events as a key problem for the treatment plant and explained that the evaluation will help identify where focused repairs will yield the most benefit. Council members thanked staff and noted Senator Inhofe’s role in placing the EPA funding in the congressional budget; staff said the city then applied to the EPA and completed required steps to secure the grant.

Motions to approve the sewer evaluation/replacement contract and to acknowledge the pay application were carried by recorded yea votes from the mayor and commissioners.","City council approved a competitively sourced cooperative contract to evaluate and prioritize sewer-line repairs under an EPA community grant and acknowledged a $9,500 contractor pay application for a lift‑station project funded by Oklahoma Water Resources Board ARPA funds for the joint Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma and City of Perkins project.",{"_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},6202001,"Perkins approves PIDA trust amendment and steps to issue up to $700,000 in sales-tax bonds for library renovation",1426,118000,1544000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3788291-18752532cf9282816b59d1519e15d2c7&start=118&end=1544","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3788291-18752532cf9282816b59d1519e15d2c7/thumbnail_118000.jpg","/articles/6202001/Perkins/Payne-County/Oklahoma/Perkins-approves-PIDA-trust-amendment-and-steps-to-issue-up-to-700000-in-sales-tax-bonds-for-library-renovation","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6202001-26c863b3b91a65537c95b13bddb32df3/orig.mp4?Expires=1771179547&Signature=KodwzFdRfjd0H5o4Q7pp9S5w2TE71DAq0Ol067SY2SUwwYICinkNyv3gpITKKM7gBhW11L1h~8lPB1GFiVuQKkeUDqR31h8IAIuyL1vZz-uOH3NAyKHBPL5NvuXbyv0mIhfh5ULgbDjtCGQSpHWx8-tLJgl7QgU79hsSjK9Z1sCHrHhaO2F43M3Rhcj1FZDOfrZbQirTcF2BlJOGEl0DOw8O8rWDAGroWFzwFgzImBz5Nl482cbc8om8t4ltfHwDeWnkdgZc~ioz22~FG~v84iwv79qsaCJh~mgvV5nwH4xDTfecQlAyfCohoNmP~3RxcUQjTZOqzpO5Rn~Cf2gmeA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Perkins trustees and the City of Perkins on Tuesday approved amendments to the Perkins Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) trust and authorized steps to issue up to $700,000 in sales-tax revenue bonds to fund renovation and improvements to a public library.

City officials said the trust amendment adds explicit authorization for PIDA to finance library facilities. David Floyd, attorney with the firm Floyd & Driver, told the governing bodies, “we would like to use the Perkins Industrial Development Authority as the vehicle to issue that debt,” and that amending Article 4 would “give explicit authorization to… issue these bonds for a library.”

The move sets a sales-tax revenue bond transaction that will use collections from a quarter-cent sales tax approved last year for the library as the source of repayment. Floyd explained the financing structure: “So there will be a sales tax agreement that’s entered into between the city and PIDA that provides on an annual basis for sales tax revenues from that specific tax … to be passed over to the authority. The authority will then issue its bonds using those sales tax collections as security and as the source for repayment of the bonds.”

The Perkins Industrial Development Authority resolution authorizes the issuance of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness in one or more series on a tax-exempt or taxable basis in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $700,000, to finance acquisition, construction, equipping, renovating and improving certain public library facilities and to pay issuance costs. The authority also approved waiving competitive bidding on the initial sale of the bonds so the bonds may be sold on a negotiated basis to an underwriter who will market them to investors.

City officials approved a companion city resolution accepting the trust amendment and separately approved the city’s role as beneficiary to permit PIDA to issue the debt. Floyd said professionals for the transaction will include Stephen H. McDonald & Associates as financial advisor, Floyd & Driver as bond counsel, and D.A. Davidson (Adam Norman named) as underwriter. He also described a likely nine-year financing timeline and said the city will need to “rework the lease” later because the library is currently leased to a library trust that lacks debt capacity; the city plans to give PIDA an interest and lease it back to the library trust so the trust can continue facility operations.

Council members and PIDA trustees voted in favor of the trust amendment, the bond authorization, the waiver of competitive bidding and a declaration of emergency to give the resolution immediate effect and allow negotiations to proceed. The declaration of emergency was stated to allow the city to “proceed immediately with negotiating the sale of the bonds, and going ahead and getting this transaction rolling,” in Floyd’s words.

Officials said designating the bonds as “bank qualified” under Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code may broaden interest from banks by improving their tax treatment of bond-carrying costs. No final sale terms, rates or repayment schedule beyond the anticipated nine-year term were presented at the meeting.

Discussion included brief explanations of why PIDA is being used: because the city faces statutory debt limitations and a public trust does not have the same limitation, allowing the project to be financed without creating city general-obligation debt. No substantive opposition or alternative financing plan was presented during the meeting.

The bodies approved motions to (1) amend Article 4 of the amended declaration of trust for PIDA, (2) authorize PIDA to incur indebtedness for the library project not to exceed $700,000, (3) waive competitive bidding for the initial sale to an underwriter, (4) approve companion city actions accepting the amendment, and (5) declare an emergency to make the city resolution effective immediately.","Perkins trustees and the city approved amendments to the Perkins Industrial Development Authority trust and voted to authorize up to $700,000 in sales-tax revenue bonds, waive competitive bidding for a negotiated sale and declare the matter an emergency to speed issuance for a public library project.","actionData","errors"]

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