Seminole council approves use-tax resolution, road-match pledge, utility truck purchase and schedule change

The Seminole City Council approved two resolutions, multiple mayoral appointments, the purchase of a city utility truck, and a permanent switch to a four-day, 10-hour schedule for public works employees during a regularly scheduled meeting in Seminole, Oklahoma.

Council members voted unanimously to adopt Resolution No. 2025-06, described in the meeting as "providing the levy of $1.08 cents 1 eighth of 1¢, 0.125¢, use tax within the city of Seminole, Oklahoma." The council also unanimously adopted Resolution No. 2025-07, a commitment to provide a minimum 25% local match and to complete the proposed road project within one year of award for an Oklahoma Department of Transportation municipal road utility fund grant.

Why it matters: the first resolution concerns a city use tax referenced in the meeting and may affect municipal receipts; the second creates the city's formal pledge required to apply for ODOT funds to repair industrial roads the staff identified as damaged by oil-industry traffic.

Votes at a glance

- Resolution No. 2025-06 (use tax levy): Motion to approve; roll call recorded as unanimous (Trace Connor, Larry Church, Scott Rossman, Chris Anson, Jolene Doucette, John Kramer all voted yes). Outcome: adopted.

- Resolution No. 2025-07 (ODOT municipal road utility fund pledge): Motion to approve; unanimous roll call (Trace Connor, Larry Church, Scott Rossman,…