Altus council approves vehicle purchases, pool concession and municipal authority trash-bin purchase; Falcon Road bid expected

The Altus Municipal Authority and the Altus City Council approved multiple contract awards and purchases and authorized advertisement for bids on Falcon Road during the meeting.

The approvals included the Municipal Authority award of bid No. 25010 for a purchase of 204 trash containers, the council's authorization to buy four fully equipped 2025 Chevrolet Tahoes under a state contract, and award of the pool concession and amenities building to Jam Construction of Altus. Council members also agreed to advertise for bids on the Falcon Road contract project, which city staff estimated at about $7 million to $7.5 million and said will be funded by P3 funding.

Why it matters: the decisions move several capital and operational procurements into contract or procurement phases, commit city funds or contract authority, and set a major street project on a procurement timeline. The Falcon Road project in particular carries a multi-million-dollar price tag that the city says has already been secured through P3 funding.

Votes at a glance

- Municipal Authority — Award bid No. 25010 for purchase of 204 new trash containers from Roll Offs USA (Durant, Oklahoma) in the amount stated in the agenda. Outcome: approved (unanimous recorded vote). The motion was made and seconded during the Municipal Authority meeting and passed by roll-call votes recorded as “Yes.”

- City council — Consent agenda (item 4) as amended (item c removed from the consent agenda). Outcome: approved (unanimous recorded vote).

- City council — Purchase of four budgeted, fully equipped police pursuit-rated 2025 Chevrolet Tahoes under state contract No. SW0035. Outcome: approved (unanimous recorded vote).

- City council — Award pool concession and amenities building contract to Jam Construction (Altus) in the amount of $684,800. Outcome: approved (unanimous recorded vote).

- City council — Authorize advertisement for bids for the Falcon Road contract project (staff will advertise and expected to open bids by the next council meeting). Outcome: approved (unanimous recorded vote).

Details and context

Municipal Authority: The Municipal Authority moved and seconded the agenda item to award bid No. 25010 for 204 trash containers. The roll-call recorded affirmative votes for the members present and the authority chair closed the item with the award recommendation noted on the agenda.

Police vehicle purchase: A staff member presented a request to purchase one detective vehicle and three patrol vehicles as replacements. The council voted to approve acquisition under the state contract referenced in the agenda.

Pool concession building: The council considered the low bid from Jam Construction of Altus to build the pool concession and amenities building for the outdoor pool and approved the award. A councilmember asked whether the bid included remodeling of the current locker rooms and concession areas; staff responded that the current award was strictly for the outdoor portion and did not include remodeling of the existing indoor locker rooms or concession facilities.

Falcon Road: Staff updated the council that engineering was nearly complete and that the city planned to advertise the Falcon Road project for bids, with bids expected by the next council meeting. The project was estimated at about $7 million to $7.5 million and staff said the project is paid with P3 funding (a loan paid from income tax withholding associated with jobs at the base) and that the city has already received the funding.

What the record shows about votes and motions

The meeting record shows motions, seconds and roll-call votes for each approval; for each item the roll-call in the transcript recorded all council members present voting “Yes.” The transcript does not record named movers or seconders for each motion in all cases; where mover/second were not identified in the audio transcript, the approvals are recorded in the minutes as passed by roll call.

Next steps

- Staff will proceed with the purchases and contract awards per the approved motions and advertise Falcon Road for bids per the council directive. Specific contract start dates, purchase delivery dates and construction schedules were not stated in detail in the meeting record.