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Moore council approves package of purchases, contracts and two ordinance updates
Summary
At its Oct. 6 meeting the Moore City Council approved multiple budgeted equipment purchases and service contracts, accepted an actuarial report, appointed a representative to the health benefits committee and passed two municipal-code changes mirroring state law.
The Moore City Council on Oct. 6 approved a slate of purchases, professional contracts, an actuarial report and two ordinance amendments, and appointed a council representative to the city's health benefits committee.
The measures were taken by motion and voice vote during the regular meeting at Moore City Hall. Most items were routine, each carried by unanimous roll-call votes from the seven councilmembers present.
Key approvals included: acceptance of the city's annual actuarial report from Select Actuarial Services; purchase of a 2025 John Deere 317G compact track loader ($63,750); purchase of four trailers for Public Works ($31,935 total); a professional-services agreement with HAP Architecture LLC ($24,800) for facility renovation design; a contract with Bullseye Fence Company ($14,700) to install slats at Buck Thomas Park tennis courts; a fall spraying contract with Weed Warriors Inc. ($21,204); and a continuing dispatch agreement with Norman Regional Hospital Authority (doing business as Mstat) for ambulance dispatching services.
The council also approved a one-year cloud-storage purchase for police body and in-car cameras (through Motorola Solutions, $78,210) and authorized changing the city's payment processor to Tyler Payments, a move that will add a customer surcharge for card payments (2.95%) while offering a 50'cent fee for ACH/e-checks. Staff said $30,000 of the camera storage purchase was already budgeted in IT and the remainder would come from asset-forfeiture funds.
The council passed two ordinance items that mirror recent state law changes: Ordinance No. 10-67-25 creating a municipal offense for interfering with a first responder (fine up to $500), and Ordinance No. 10-68-25 removing the phrase "if available" from the post-collision driver's-license and insurance-verification requirement so the city code matches the amended state statute.
Council also nominated and approved Councilman Sid Porter to serve as the council representative on the health benefits committee. An agenda item (addendum No. 2 with WSB/EST Inc. related to intersection work) was stricken from the docket for further staff work and will be refiled later.
Votes at a glance (selected items): - Consent docket (items a-f): approved by roll call (unanimous). - Accept Select Actuarial Services annual report (fiscal year ending 06/30/2025): motion passed (unanimous). - Final plat: Riverstone Section 1 (151 lots, 47 acres): approved (unanimous). - Equipment purchases: John Deere loader ($63,750) and four trailers ($31,935): approved (unanimous). - Professional services: HAP Architecture LLC ($24,800): approved (unanimous). - Bullseye Fence Company slat installation ($14,700): approved (unanimous). - Weed Warriors fall spraying ($21,204): approved (unanimous). - Motorola cloud storage for police camera systems ($78,210): approved (unanimous). - Norman Regional Hospital Authority / Mstat dispatching agreement: approved (unanimous). - Payment processor: contract with Tyler Payments (implements customer surcharge; ACH/e-check 50'cent option): approved (unanimous). - Ordinances 10-67-25 and 10-68-25: both approved (unanimous). - Appointment: Councilman Sid Porter to health benefits committee: approved (unanimous).
Most votes were procedural and brief; when staff or department heads made presentations they remained available for follow-up. Several items approved by the council were described as budgeted purchases or within existing appropriations.
The meeting proceeded to other business after the roll-call approvals and then adjourned.
