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Votes at a glance: Altus council approves equipment purchases, annexation ordinance and multiple contracts

November 04, 2025 | Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma


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Votes at a glance: Altus council approves equipment purchases, annexation ordinance and multiple contracts
Summary of formal actions taken by roll call or motion during the meeting (items listed by agenda number and short description):

• Item 6 (Municipal Authority): Adopted 2025 updated investment policy for Altus Municipal Authority investments — motion passed by roll call (unanimous among present municipal authority trustees).

• Item 7 (Bid 26004): Awarded bid 26004 to Roll Offs USA (Durant, OK) for purchase of new alley dumpsters, amount not to exceed $125,000 — motion approved (roll call: majority yes).

• Item 8: Approved purchase of a DL T2-60 diesel bucket truck for the Electric Department under Sourcewell contract, amount $296,274.41 — motion approved (roll call: majority yes).

• Item 11 (Trust report): Announcement of shooting range groundbreaking (grant-funded); informational — no vote required.

• Items 4–5 (City): Waived reading and adopted Ordinance 2025-19 annexing the municipal golf course (20650 US-62) into city limits — motion approved by roll call.

• Item 9: Council approved concept direction to consider use of emergency reserve funds as a temporary loan for ballpark construction, with staff to return with a funding plan (no final transfer authorized tonight) — motion passed (vote recorded: majority yes, two no votes recorded in roll-call on the concept motion).

• Item 10: Authorized execution of an interlocal cooperation agreement to join the Oklahoma Purchasing System (TOPS) — motion passed (roll call: majority yes).

• Item 11 (Hellas Construction contract for sports complex): No action tonight; council directed staff to study funding options further.

• Item 13: Adopted Ordinance 2025-18 amending lodging tax definitions and administration (pages 82–83 excluded); motion passed (several yes votes, Reister and Mayor Garrison abstained). Emergency clause for Ordinance 2025-18 was approved in a separate vote.

• Item 15: Adopted Resolution 2025-23 updating the centralized fee schedule to add a non-filing fee for lodging taxes — motion passed.

• Item 16: Authorized staff to initiate a feasibility study for annexation (Sureway Inc. parcel, Lot 4, Sec 4 T2N R20W, 40 acres) addressing utilities, stormwater and access; study to be presented before any final annexation ordinance — motion passed.

• Item 17: Approved contract award to Civil Design Solutions LLC for water tower inspection and authorized city manager to finalize price negotiations — motion passed (only proposer received).

• Item 18: Authorized purchase of Motorola radios and repeaters from Lawton Communications LLC for the police department not to exceed $205,000 — motion passed.

• Item 19: Approved a five-year ScoutCare maintenance agreement with Motorola Solutions for dispatch equipment at $18,097 per year (not to exceed $90,485 total), subject to annual appropriation — motion passed.

• Item 20: Approved amendment to owner-engineer agreement for airport hangar replacement at Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport; project estimated at $1.35M with federal/state shares and a city share (~$64,006) — motion passed.

• Item 21: Approved final change order and final payment to Shoestring Enterprises, LLC for the Navajo Road sidewalk project (final change order increased contract ~6%) — motion passed.

• Item 22: Council convened in executive session under 25 O.S. § 307(B)(4) to discuss a pending claim related to a pool contract; open session recorded that no action was taken following executive session.

Vote details: For items where roll-call was read, the record in the meeting shows most procurement and infrastructure measures carried by majority aye votes. For Ordinance 2025-18 adoption, two abstentions were recorded (Reister, Mayor Garrison); the emergency clause saw a separate roll-call with an abstention. Where names were announced in roll-call, those names are included in the official minutes.

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