Owasso council approves contracted striping, lighting maintenance agreement, signal study and vehicle lift

The Owasso City Council approved multiple operational and capital items during the meeting, including a traffic striping contract, a maintenance agreement for highway illumination, a traffic signal timing study, and the purchase of a heavy-duty vehicle lift for the new Public Works facility.

Traffic striping: Staff recommended using an existing State of Oklahoma contract (SW776) to perform paint striping on several long, straight road segments rather than thermoplastic. Using the state bid, staff presented a contract payment of $132,745.65 to Direct Traffic Control Inc. of Muskogee, Oklahoma, and said the work could take up to a month once the contractor arrives; depending on backlog it might be two months before they begin. Staff indicated the project covers roughly 3–4 miles of striping plus two miles that Tulsa County will handle on Mingo.

Highway lighting maintenance agreement (US 169): The council approved an agreement with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation that allows ODOT to install LED highway illumination as part of an ODOT project and requires the city to assume operation and maintenance of the lights after installation. Staff said the city would pay electrical costs (staff estimated about $1,000 per year initially) and any maintenance or repairs in perpetuity; the exact number of lights was not specified at the meeting and staff said they would provide that detail later. Staff said the poles for similar projects are about 30 feet high and the lights would be downward shielded to limit spill light beyond the right-of-way.

Traffic signal timing study: The council approved an engineering services agreement with Kimberly Horn & Associates Inc. of Oklahoma City for a 2025 traffic signal system timing study at 12 signalized intersections across three corridors (East 76th Street North corridor, East 90th Street North corridor and East 116th Street North corridor). The contract amount is $87,600 and includes data collection, model development, draft and optimized timing plans, field implementation and evaluation. Staff said the study is expected to take about 20 weeks.

Vehicle lift for Public Works facility: Council approved the purchase of a heavy-duty vehicle lift for the new Public Works facility. Staff reviewed state contract options and a local distributor proposal; they recommended buying a Sterling County Sky Lift 200 and ancillary components from Maokai Automotive Equipment Supply Inc. of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, for $155,751.32, funded from the capital improvements fund. Staff said the lift will accommodate most city vehicles except the fire department platform truck.

Each of these items was moved and approved; recorded roll-call votes for the motions listed Councilor Lindell Dunn, Councilor Cody Walter and Councilor Puiget as voting yes on the approvals recorded during the meeting.