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Votes at a glance: Pryor Creek council approves hotel‑motel allocations, several ordinances and authorizes a streetscape grant application
Summary
At its June meeting the council revised hotel‑motel tax allocations, approved a streetscape grant application, moved several ordinances forward and approved employee benefits renewals. Key votes and motions are summarized below.
The Pryor Creek City Council recorded multiple formal actions at the June meeting. The items below summarize motions, votes and immediate outcomes described in the meeting record.
Key votes and outcomes - Adoption of Mayes County Connected Safety Action Plan — passed (see separate article).
- Hotel‑motel tax resolution: council amended allocations and approved new procedures. The revised allocation accepted for the new fiscal year was described in discussion as 30% to the Chamber of Commerce, 10% to Pryor Main Street, 10% to Pryor Public Schools and the remaining balance to a grant/allocation fund administered by the Hotel‑Motel Board for events, tourism promotion and capital projects. The council also added a requirement that awarded funds be reimbursed (applicants submit receipts) rather than provided as unrestricted advance payments. Motion and amendment were made during the meeting and the revised resolution was approved by roll-call vote (majority yes votes recorded).
- Addendum: authorize Pryor Main Street to apply for TSET Legacy grant for completion of downtown streetscape, including updated signals, ADA-compliant ramps, bump-outs and permanent downtown lighting. Council approved submission of the application and staff said the grant window required rapid turnaround.
- Health and benefits renewal: council approved group health, dental, vision, life and disability renewals for FY2025–26 with negotiated changes that reduced an initial 15% renewal request to a roughly 5% overall increase in the city’s package; staff detailed estimated employee payroll impacts for family and buy‑up plan tiers.
- Ordinances and readings: - Second reading and approval of an ordinance amending city code 7‑4‑4 (camping) — council approved; the motion to waive reading and approve passed by recorded vote. - Second reading and approval of a zoning change from residential duplex to multi‑residential (RM) for a described property — motion passed by vote. - First reading of an ordinance amending the definition of hotel/motel to facilitate state collection was amended to take no action after staff reported guidance from the Oklahoma Tax Commission; council voted in favor of postponing action pending revisions.
Votes, movers and recorded tallies (selected items) - Hotel‑motel tax resolution (amended): mover (Brashears amended the motion), seconder (Trammell). Recorded vote: Bradshaw — yes; Beshears — yes; Trammell — yes; Coppier — yes; Smith — yes; Lamar — yes. Outcome: approved. (Motion text and allocation percentages discussed during meeting.)
- Addendum TSET Legacy grant authorization: mover (Gauthier), seconder (Bradshaw). Outcome: approved. (Council authorized staff to prepare and submit application.)
- Health benefits renewal: mover (noted in meeting), seconded; council approved the negotiated renewal package that reduced the initial premium increase. Outcome: approved.
Other procedural votes included approval of consent agenda items and minutes; the meeting record shows roll-call votes for those consent items.
What the decisions mean - Hotel‑motel allocations: the new allocation structure redirects a portion of the previously designated school allocation into a pooled grant fund for tourism and event support; the Chamber agreed to reduce its share to preserve a 10% allocation for schools as a compromise. The Hotel‑Motel Board also introduced a tiered application system (tier 1 local single‑night events, tier 2 regional draws, tier 3 multi‑night events intended to generate hotel stays).
- Streetscape grant application: staff said the project scope aligns with earlier engineering work and that final design approvals would return to the Streets Committee and council if the city is invited to proceed with implementation funding.
- Benefits renewal: staff negotiated a lower rate than originally proposed; employees on family tiers were given examples of expected paycheck impacts and the city said it would pursue programs (Insure Oklahoma, Medicare education events) to help employees manage costs.
