Chickasha bodies approve janitorial contract, OK contract amendment for wastewater operator; deny rezoning refund request

The Chickasha City Council and related municipal authorities approved three formal actions and several consent dockets during the meeting: the City denied a refund request connected to a rezoning application, the Chickasha Municipal Authority awarded a $110,052 janitorial contract, and the authority approved a 4th Amendment to the Water and Wastewater Operation Service Agreement with US Water Services Corporation that allows the city to terminate the contract beginning Jan. 1, 2026 with 120 days’ notice.

The actions were taken as part of routine business that included presentations and council communications. Council members moved and approved the consent docket items before considering the separate motions on the rezoning refund, the janitorial-services bid and the operator agreement amendment.

The refund request denied by the City Council related to a petitioner identified in the agenda as Heidi Harrison and a rezoning request described in the minutes as the “Heidi helping the homeless rezoning request.” A council member moved to deny the refund request; the council voted to deny the request. The transcript records the item as “Item 6a, discussion consideration of possible action to approve the refund request from Heidi Harrison for Heidi helping the homeless rezoning request,” followed by a motion “that we deny the refund request.” No additional refund amount or statutory citation was listed in the meeting record.

On the Municipal Authority agenda, members considered bids for city janitorial services under bid CMA-2404. The board voted to award the contract to Commercial Cleaning Solutions LLC in the amount of $110,052. During discussion, a city representative said the previous contractor had not been performing required work under the contract and that the recommended vendor was expected to provide more-complete service. In the meeting record the presenter said, “they're not following the contract… They've cut out the amount of work being done,” describing earlier complaints about cleaning and restroom upkeep. The contract award motion carried.

Also on the Municipal Authority agenda, members voted to approve a 4th Amendment to the Water and Wastewater Operation Service Agreement with US Water Services Corporation. The amendment, as described in the motion, gives the city a discretionary right to terminate the agreement beginning Jan. 1, 2026 by providing 120 days’ notice and modifies terms relating to early termination. During discussion a council member asked whether the change was prompted by the new plant and whether it was intended to allow the city to seek a different operator once the new plant is completed; a staff speaker (identified in the transcript as Jim) confirmed the amendment is intended so the city “is not married to them” and can go out for bids for an operator for the new plant. The motion to approve the amendment passed.

The meeting record also shows the Chickasha Municipal Authority and the Chickasha Municipal Airport Authority each approved their respective consent dockets during the same session; the Airport Authority remarked briefly on appreciation for service and adjourned. No further action items or ordinance numbers were provided in the transcript for these consent-docket approvals.

Votes at a glance - Deny refund request connected to “Heidi helping the homeless” rezoning item (Item 6a): Motion to deny made and carried; specific vote counts were recorded in the roll call but not reproduced in the agenda text. - Award bid CMA-2404, City Janitorial Services to Commercial Cleaning Solutions LLC for $110,052: Motion made and carried after discussion of prior contractor performance. - Approve 4th Amendment to Water and Wastewater Operation Service Agreement with US Water Services Corporation: Motion made and carried; amendment grants discretionary right to terminate beginning Jan. 1, 2026 with 120 days’ notice and adjusts early-termination terms.

What officials said and next steps City presenters and council members framed the janitorial award as a response to repeated complaints about contract performance, and staff confirmed the water agreement amendment is intended to allow the city to solicit new bids when the new wastewater plant is ready. The meeting record does not include dates for implementation or the exact timetable for soliciting new bids; staff indicated the termination right would take effect Jan. 1, 2026, subject to the 120-day notice requirement.

The record contains no ordinance numbers or statutory citations tied to any of these items, and no dollar refund amount was shown for the denied refund request. The meeting adjourned after those agenda items.