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Chickasha council approves series of contracts, ambulance purchase and hires city manager
Summary
Council approved multiple contract awards and payments — mowing parcel award, splash-pad rehabilitation, ambulance purchase, box-hangar change order and final pay request — and approved hiring James Crosby as city manager following executive session.
The Chickasha City Council approved a package of routine yet consequential items including contract awards, equipment purchases and personnel actions during its meeting.
Key votes at a glance: - Mowing parcel COC 2405-2024 (Parcel 3) awarded to Philip Willis. - RFP COC 2407 (splash-pad rehabilitation phase 1) awarded to RJR Enterprises, Inc., not to exceed $53,900. - Purchase authorized for a 2025 Ram 55100 ambulance through Emergency Vehicle Sales and Service of Oklahoma, reimbursement by the EMS district, not to exceed $385,469; staff confirmed it replaces a unit out of service. - RFP COC 2408 (swimming pool rehab) awarded to Sunbelt Pools in the amount not to exceed $460,025 with an amendment omitting two $4,000 hydrants. - Change order #1 for CAA 2303 (construct two box hangars) approved for an increase of $11,841.50; final pay request #6 for the box-hangar project to WL McNatt approved for $92,843.23.
Council also approved CMA (Chickasha Municipal Authority) items after the council meeting, including awarding a water-main construction contract (CMA 2401) to Bear Creek Construction of Clinton, Oklahoma for up to $480,071, authorizing a 2-inch overlay on Country Club east of the railroad (not to exceed $97,790), approving a road-striping project for $47,599.98, and awarding an emergency water-line repair to Matthews Trenching Company, Inc. for $282,950.
After an executive session, the council approved an agreement with FOP Lodge 129 and then voted to approve an employment agreement to hire James Crosby as the new city manager.
Most motions passed on roll-call votes; where recorded the council’s votes were overwhelmingly in favor with occasional abstentions noted in the transcript.
Next steps: staff will execute contracts and move forward with procurement and construction timelines; payment approvals will follow as invoices arrive.
