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Wagoner council approves routine claims, contracts, budget amendments and a land settlement; votes to enter executive session on city administrator hire
Summary
At its Dec. 1 meeting, the City of Wagner approved minutes and claims, adopted resolutions for 2026 meeting dates and observed holidays, appointed Kevin Higginbotham to the airport board, accepted a Civic Center repaint bid, approved a $139,639.79 wastewater pay application, authorized a $12,500 settlement to acquire property for a detention pond and voted to enter executive session to consider hiring Eric Jones as city administrator.
The City of Wagner handled a slate of routine and substantive items at its Dec. 1 regular meeting.
Minutes and claims: Council approved the Nov. 3, 2025 minutes and the November claims docket (manual warrants and ambulance refunds). A councilor raised privacy concerns about listing individual names on ambulance refund entries; staff responded the refunds derive from MediClaims after overpayment identification and are processed as checks when due.
Meeting calendar and holidays: The council adopted resolutions setting its regular business meeting dates for 2026 and approving the list of observed holidays. On the holidays item, one councilor noted Oklahoma Municipal League (OML) guidance that towns can formally adopt holidays by ordinance; council adopted a list that includes federal holidays and local observances previously used by the city.
Appointments and boards:…
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