Committee members discussed potential bond projects and preliminary cost work, focusing in particular on proposed hospital upgrades and the size of a future bond package.

Mister Tannehill reported that departments and architects identified proposals including cemetery work, an aquatic facility, library improvements, a senior center, an amphitheater and a new fire station; he said he is compiling renderings and basic cost estimates to share with the committee.

A hospital representative, Jim, described aging hospital infrastructure and specific needs: the first two floors date to 1978 (a third floor was added in 1984), about 82 beds are in the facility, and the two service elevators used for patient gurneys are "almost 50 years old" with replacements costing "about $300,000 per." Jim said a facade refresh and modernization of many patient rooms would be priorities and warned that a full list of projects could exceed the bond total and therefore must be pared to the most important items.

Committee members flagged a communications problem after one member said earlier communications suggested the hospital would not request more than $5,000,000; the hospital representative apologized for any poor communication, and members asked that the next survey include explicit project costs and visual aids.

On overall size, Tannehill told the committee the conservative total-collection figure staff plan to use on the next survey is about $57,000,000 (the estimated bonding capacity cited was roughly $42–43 million, with the difference covering interest). He said the decision whether to bond — that is, to borrow against future collections — would be a separate council determination at a later date.

Jim also noted federal funding opportunities could change planning: he said a recent federal bill included a rural health investment subsection and that Oklahoma received a preliminary recommendation of about $220,000,000 for the state, which could affect local project decisions.

The committee asked staff to include contingencies and conservative cost assumptions in materials to avoid future shortfalls and to present ranges or hard estimates on the next survey.