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Keep Durant Beautiful Committee approves funding for Christmas tree and storage container
Summary
The Keep Durant Beautiful Committee voted to approve funding for a community Christmas tree and a 40-foot storage container; committee members asked for budget detail and confirmed reimbursement and delivery timing would be coordinated with city staff.
The Keep Durant Beautiful Committee voted to approve funding for the community Christmas tree and a 40-foot storage container for off-season tree storage.
Committee members said the item had been discussed previously but that members wanted clearer budget numbers before taking action. Chairman Miller and four other committee members voted to approve the funding; one member voted no during the initial motion on the tree and storage funding. A separate, later roll call approved purchase of the storage container unanimously.
The committee discussed whether the tree purchase would be an outright purchase by the city with later reimbursement from the committee’s budget. Committee members asked for a three-year budget comparison and the amount remaining in the committee account before approving the tree so that the purchase would not deplete funds earmarked for other projects. Committee members were told city funds for the committee roll over when not spent, and that Council would approve the budget and any reimbursements.
Ryan, a parks department staff member identified in the meeting, told the committee that the container quote was time-limited: “the quote was good for 3 days and it would be here in time for them to take down the tree,” though he did not provide an exact delivery date.
At the meeting the committee’s director of finance (name not provided in the transcript excerpt) later supplied a figure the committee discussed as the total year budget for the program. Committee discussion referenced both a previously estimated remaining balance “about 50–60” and, later, a budget figure identified by staff as $133,700 for the current year.
The approved motions directed staff to coordinate purchase logistics with the parks department and to report back with the requested budget comparison and any timeline or delivery details necessary to ensure the tree could be removed and stored on schedule.
Votes at a glance: - Motion to approve funding for the Christmas tree and storage building: approved. Roll call recorded Board member Knight: yes; Board member Solis: yes; Board member Horstley: no; Board member Satterth: yes; Chairman Miller: yes. - Motion to approve purchase of the storage container: approved unanimously on subsequent roll call (Knight: yes; Solis: yes; Horstley: yes; Sutter: yes; Chairman Miller: yes).
Committee members said they would pause further action until staff provided the three-year budget comparisons and final delivery timing so that any reimbursement to the city and scheduling for tree removal could be confirmed.
