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Commissioners withdraw vote on WSB LLC professional services agreement after identification issue
Summary
The board briefly voted to renew a professional services agreement with WSB LLC for on-call development and H&H review, then retracted that vote after a commissioner said WSB had formerly been Meshach and Associates, which would create a conflict for that commissioner.
Wagoner County planning staff presented a renewal of a professional services agreement with WSB LLC for on-call development and hydrology/hydraulics (H&H) review at the Aug. 11 meeting. Staff said the contract modifies compensation to hourly billing under an attached fee schedule and removes a prior $50,000 cap; the fee schedule itself did not change and the district attorney's office had approved the contract language.
After the board initially motioned and recorded aye votes, Commissioner (first name not stated) said he would have to retract his vote because WSB LLC formerly operated as Meshach and Associates, a firm with which he said he had a disqualifying connection. The board discussed options, and the commissioner moved to retract his earlier vote; the motion to retract was seconded and approved by roll call. The clerk and staff indicated the item would be returned to a future agenda when the absent commissioner (Stamps) was present and when the prior name would be identified in the packet (staff said it would note "formerly known as Meshach and Associates"). The board also noted that the previously imposed $50,000 cap in the former contract had been reached on earlier work and that the contract had been operating under an additional $3,000 authorization.
No final approval of the WSB LLC agreement occurred at the meeting. Commissioners asked staff to follow up on fund availability for critical projects and to place the item back on the agenda when appropriate.
Provenance
- Topic intro: transcript segment 00:13:16.625–00:13:38.25 (Casey Sanders presenting the WSB LLC renewal)
- Topic finish: transcript segment 00:18:44.919–00:19:03.595 (motion to retract vote; roll call approving retraction)
Speakers
Casey Sanders, Planning and Zoning staff; Commissioner Tim (mover); Commissioner James (second); unnamed commissioner who retracted his vote (identified in transcript as the speaker who could not vote due to prior association).
