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Votes at a glance: Del City council approves routine minutes, awards, contracts and purchases
Summary
The Del City City Council on March 3 approved minutes, ceremonial presentations, a health-insurance contract renewal and a series of purchases and procedural items; the council also held a discussion-only session on a possible GO bond renewal.
The Del City City Council on March 3 voted on a series of routine and substantive items. The motions below were recorded on the meeting agenda and approved by a majority vote unless noted.
Votes and key details
- Approve minutes (DCEDA regular meeting, 02/03/2025): Approved (unanimous). Agenda item: DCEDA minutes.
- Approve DCEDA motion to recess to Del City City Council: Approved (unanimous). (Procedural.)
- Approve DCEDA minutes and related DCEDA motions: Approved as recorded.
- Approve presentation: Dining in Del City recipient (The Trainee Grill) — presentation recognized; no financial action recorded.
- Approve presentation of VFW National Lifesaving Award to Del City Fire Department (Green Shift): Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 8.
- Approve presentation of VFW Public Servant Award for Officer Matthew Lisenby: Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 7.
- Approve out-of-state travel and training for Police Officer Chris Griggs to attend FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama (dates in March 2025). All travel and training expenses covered by FEMA: Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 9.
- Approve contract renewal with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma for administrative services and employee/retiree health insurance for calendar year 2025 (renewal option 1; effective retroactive to 01/01/2025 through 12/31/2025): Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 10.
- Approve extension on order of removal for property at 5501 Tinker Diagonal (delay order to 03/20/2025): Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 11.
- Assess abatement cost to property owner (3600 Vicky) in the amount of $869.54: Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 12.
- Approve purchase of flooring and installation for senior citizens and recreation center awarded to Aiken Brothers Commercial Flooring for an amount not to exceed $34,000: Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 13.
- Motion to hold a discussion only regarding potential projects for a GO bond renewal (public discussion): Approved (unanimous). Agenda item 14 (discussion only; no bond approved).
- Oklahoma Municipal Retirement Fund (OMRF) action to approve retirement for city employee Tony Humphrey (normal retirement; employee has served approximately 19 years and 7 months): Approved (unanimous). OMRF agenda items recorded separately and returned to council meeting.
Procedural votes to recess and adjourn were also taken and recorded as passed.
Vote context and tallies
Where roll-call tallies were read aloud during the meeting, Councilman Dean, Councilman Tatum, Councilwoman Brown, Councilwoman Finch and Mayor Eason recorded "Aye" for the listed motions. The meeting record shows unanimous approval for the items noted above. When motions listed specific funding amounts or contractors (for example, the flooring contract not to exceed $34,000), staff were directed to execute the contract and complete procurement actions.
What the votes do and do not do
Most items were approvals of presentations, procedural matters, single-contract awards or routine administrative actions. The council did not authorize a GO bond sale at this meeting; it only authorized a public discussion and requested follow-up work sessions and cost estimates. The executive session noted on the agenda concerned personnel matters, and the council returned to take action consistent with its rules, but details of executive-session deliberations were not disclosed in open session.
