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Residents urge caution on data center plans; council postpones nuisance demolition while buyer works on plan

Yukon City Council · December 17, 2025

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Summary

During visitor comments, residents raised concerns about a proposed data center on Route 66, utility-rate impacts and the Veterans Museum's funding. Separately, council postponed action on declaring 4805 Wilcox Lane a nuisance to the first meeting in Feb. 2026 because of a pending contract for sale.

YUKON, Okla. — At the Dec. 16 meeting, several residents used the visitor-comment period to urge the City Council to reconsider a planned data center near Route 66 and to support the Veterans Museum; the council separately postponed a formal nuisance action for a property at 4805 Wilcox Lane.

Eleanor Shibe, a Yukon resident, said she opposed building a data center on Route 66 and urged the city to pursue other Route 66-oriented development such as parks or a drive-in theater. "I just don't think it's a good thing to do for Route 66," she said, and asked whether the city is pursuing state or other funding for Route 66 projects.

Another commenter warned about potential utility-rate impacts tied to large data-center projects and urged the council to press utility providers and regulators. The comment highlighted concern that infrastructure costs for data centers can shift to regular customers, an issue other municipalities have debated.

Separately, the council conducted a public hearing on declaring 4805 Wilcox Lane a public nuisance under city code; no members of the public spoke during the hearing. Councilors then voted to postpone action on demolition and clearance to the first regular meeting in February 2026 because the property reportedly has a pending contract for sale and the prospective purchaser has committed to addressing structural issues and providing structural-engineering input prior to council reconsideration.

What happens next: Council directed staff to follow up with the purchaser and to return the Wilcox Lane item for adjudication at the Feb. 2026 meeting if the nuisance has not been resolved.