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Votes at a glance: Atoka bodies approve minutes, purchase orders, a transfer-station backhoe purchase and a 5-year Industrial Park lease
Summary
Across several Atoka boards the meeting record shows multiple routine approvals and three substantive approvals: purchase of a backhoe with a $75,000 grant reimbursement, a five-year lease to Green Lion in the industrial park, and adoption of the Emergency Operations Plan.
Multiple Atoka bodies (City Council, Municipal Authority, Industrial Development Authority, trustees and other boards) recorded votes on routine items and a handful of substantive purchases and contracts during the meeting.
What passed
- Emergency Operations Plan: The City Council adopted the plan as presented (roll call: Miss McGee, Miss Poe, Mister Turner, Mister Sheryl, Mayor Kathy — all yes). (See separate article for details.)
- Purchase of a backhoe for the municipal authority: Trustees approved purchasing a new backhoe from Associated Supply Co. under the Sourcewell contract for $137,729.96. Staff said the award included a $75,000 reimbursement from the SODA REAP grant, leaving the municipal authority responsible for approximately $62,729.96. Recorded vote: unanimous yes.
- Lease with Green Lion (Industrial Park): The Atoka City Industrial Development Authority approved a five-year lease with Green Lion for property in the heavy industrial park under the same rent and terms previously charged. Recorded vote: unanimous yes.
- Routine approvals: Across the City Council, Municipal Authority, Industrial Development Authority, Industrial Facility Authority and Airport Authority the bodies approved minutes from prior meetings, monthly purchase orders and managers’ reports. Those roll-call approvals were recorded as unanimous or with the available present members voting yes.
Items discussed with no formal action
- Mutual-aid agreement for remote storm-siren activation with Tushka and Caney was discussed by staff and council; staff said no action was taken and will return with the agreement language.
Vote details and items (as recorded)
- City Council: Minutes (02/03/2025 and 02/10/2025) — approved; Purchase orders for January 2025 — approved; Emergency Operations Plan adoption — approved (see item above); Mutual-aid siren agreement — discussion only, no action.
- Atoka Municipal Authority: Minutes and purchase orders — approved.
- Trustees (Tokyo Municipal Authority / transfer station): Purchase (backhoe) off Sourcewell contract from Associated Supply Co., $137,729.96; SODA REAP grant to reimburse $75,000 — approved.
- Atoka City Industrial Development Authority: Lease with Green Lion (5-year); minutes and purchase orders — approved.
How the votes were recorded
In each case where a formal roll call occurred the transcript records the council or board calling the roll and each named member recording Yes. Where a motion's mover or seconder was not captured in the transcript, the meeting minutes were recorded as "I recommend approving" followed by a second and roll call. For items without formal votes (discussion items), staff noted that no action was taken.
What was not specified
Where the transcript did not include a formal written motion or ordinance number, the item is described as "motion not specified". Specific contract or ordinance numbers were not provided in the meeting transcript for the lease or the backhoe purchase beyond vendor and dollar amount.
