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Tuttle accepts $816,007 gas-line contract for State Highway 76; council supplements gas fund for easements
Summary
The Tuttle Total Public Works Authority accepted an $816,007.79 contract with NPL Mid America LLC for the State Highway 76 gas line project and the council approved a $38,270 budget amendment from the natural gas fund to cover additional easement costs.
The Total Public Works Authority (TPWA) and Tuttle City Council moved forward on a planned gas-line upgrade along State Highway 76, accepting the construction contract and adding budget authority to cover easement costs.
At the TPWA meeting the board accepted the contract and bonds with NPL Mid America LLC for the State Highway 76 gas line project. Staff confirmed the previously awarded bid totaled $816,007.79; board members voted to accept the contract and associated bonds pending the routine verification that the surety company and signatories are licensed and named correctly for Oklahoma.
Separately at the council session, members approved budget amendment 2025-11 to supplement the natural gas fund by $38,270 and move the amount into a capital outlay line to pay for easements tied to the same Highway 76 project. Staff explained that some property owners revised their asking prices after nearby parcels sold, so negotiated easement costs rose above earlier fair-market offers; the amendment covers the remaining expected easement payments.
Council and TPWA votes: TPWA accepted the NPL Mid America contract by roll call (Dixon, Hughes, Watson and Mayor McLeroy voting yes). The council approved the $38,270 budget amendment (Dixon yes, Hughes yes, Watson yes, Mayor McLeroy yes).
Staff said the overall project cost remains in line with earlier expectations despite the additional easement expense; earlier budget planning had anticipated roughly $55,000 for easements, and the current settlements plus prior approvals put the total near the amounts discussed in previous meetings.
Next steps: staff will finalize contract documents and confirm surety details; TPWA and city staff will continue easement negotiations and make payments from the amended capital outlay account.
