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Votes at a glance: Muskogee council ratifies OWRB loan steps and approves plats, rezones and disaster-grant applications
Summary
City officials approved the Muskogee Municipal Authority's request to apply for an OWRB loan for the wastewater plant and ratified related bond-counsel work, and the council voted on multiple planning and grant items on Oct. 27.
The City of Muskogee on Oct. 27 approved a series of resolutions, ordinances and administrative items. Key votes included authorization for the Muskogee Municipal Authority to apply for an Oklahoma Water Resources Board loan for the wastewater-treatment plant, ratification of related bond-counsel work and multiple routine planning and grant actions.
Votes at a glance (selected items):
- Muskogee Municipal Authority, item 6 — Motion to authorize application to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and execute financing documents for the wastewater treatment plant: PASSED (roll call: Mike Brawley, Tom Martindale, Dan Hall, Melody Cranford, Shirley Hilton Flannery, Derek Reed and Mayor Patrick Kale voted yes; Tracy Hoos and Jamie Stout voted no). The authority read a ceiling amount of $37,170,000 and staff estimated needing about $33,700,000 pending scope deducts.
- Muskogee Municipal Authority, item 4 — Authorize professional services agreement with MFSOK: PASSED (same roll-call pattern; majority yes, two no votes).
- Muskogee Municipal Authority, item 5 — Authorize bond-counsel services for the Series 2025 promissory note to OWRB: PASSED (majority yes, two no votes recorded).
- Preliminary plat for Racetrack Hancock Street subdivision (2300 S. 30th St.): PASSED (unanimous roll call).
- Future land-use amendment and rezoning (2300 S. 30th St., from I-1 to C-2) including Ordinance 4276-A: PASSED (unanimous roll calls).
- Resolution 3056 — Call for City of Muskogee general election (Feb. 10, 2026) and related filing/withdrawal dates: PASSED (unanimous roll call).
- Resolution 3062 — City resolution approving action taken by the Muskogee Municipal Authority to issue a promissory note to OWRB and ratifying lease, sales-tax security and operation-and-maintenance contract: PASSED (roll call recorded; motion passed).
- Port branding resolution (incorporate Muskogee Industrial Park into —Port Muskogee South'): PASSED (unanimous roll call).
- CDBG-DR (2022) actions related to The Meadows: multiple approvals to adopt citizen-participation plans and submit applications for planning and voluntary housing buyouts: PASSED (unanimous roll calls). The city said the planning project application is for up to $600,000 (no local match required) and the buyout program could include up to $3,400,000 in voluntary housing buyouts.
- Police Department grant — Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act grant (COPS Office), $200,000 over two years: PASSED (unanimous roll call).
- Appointment of Cody Moore to the Planning and Zoning Commission (three-year term through 09/30/2028): PASSED (unanimous roll call).
- Executive-session item — approval of negotiated agreement with International Association of Fire Fighters Local 57 (action taken after executive session): PASSED (roll call in open session after executive session).
Council and authority minutes show staff recommended many of the items and presented supporting reports; most votes were unanimous except for the two no votes recorded on several items in the Muskogee Municipal Authority (noted above).
