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Oak Lawn trustees approve consent agenda, water-system change orders and $564,520 tree contract
Summary
At its Nov. 11 meeting the Oak Lawn Board of Trustees approved a consent agenda that includes promotions in the Fire & Police Commission, an ordinance changing village-manager contract/purchasing authority, multiple change orders for the Regional Water System, and a contract with Smitty's Tree Service not to exceed $564,520; trustees also approved disbursements of $9,459,742.02.
The Oak Lawn Board of Trustees on Nov. 11 approved its consent agenda, authorizing personnel actions and multiple contracts and change orders tied to the village’s regional water transmission project and routine maintenance services. Trustees also approved a disbursement resolution to pay $9,459,742.02 in bills.
The board approved, as a single motion, several personnel and procurement items: direction to the Fire and Police Commission to promote one bureau chief of EMS, one lieutenant and one firefighter and to hire one firefighter-paramedic from the current eligibility list to fill the resulting vacancy. The trustees voted to adopt ordinance 25-18-62, described in the packet as an amendment to sections of the Oak Lawn code that address the village manager’s powers and the contracts and purchases provisions in Chapter 11.
The consent agenda included three resolutions related to the Oklahoma Regional Water System (RWS) transmission-main contracts. Resolution 25-18-89 approved five change orders with a net aggregated increase referenced in the meeting packet; Resolution 25-18-90 approved a change order increasing cost by $49,366.36 for RWS transmission main bid package 7A with Benchmark Construction Company; Resolution 25-18-? (packet referenced bid-package work with Reliable Contracting and Equipment Company for bid package 5) was also read into the record. The board also approved Resolution 25-18-91, waiving competitive bidding to award a contract to Smitty’s Tree Service, Inc., for 2026 tree pruning and removal services for Oak Lawn, not to exceed $564,520.
Village clerk presented Disbursement Resolution 2025-18D, dated Nov. 11, 2025, for $9,459,742.02 and asked for a motion to pay the bills; trustees moved, seconded and approved the payment by roll call.
The motions were made and seconded from the dais and passed on roll-call votes recorded in the minutes. The record shows affirmative responses during each roll call and the presiding officer declared the motions passed.
What’s next: No additional discussion of phasing or funding conditions was recorded on the RWS change orders during the meeting. Implementation steps such as contract execution or scheduling were not specified on the public record at this meeting.
