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Muskogee committees approve minutes, claims, utility eligibility change and multiple procurement items
Summary
Finance and Public Works committees on Feb. 9 approved minutes and claims, raised water-rate income eligibility for disabled and elderly households, authorized airport design work, accepted an office-trailer donation, awarded a $2.67 million mill-and-overlay contract and approved two fleet truck purchases.
The City of Muskogee's finance and public works committees met Feb. 9 and approved a series of administrative, procurement and ordinance items, including an increase in income eligibility thresholds for reduced water service rates and authorization for airport hangar design work.
In finance committee business, members approved the committee minutes from Jan. 12 and authorized payment of claims covering Jan. 3–Jan. 30, 2026, following a purchasing committee recommendation. Both motions passed on roll call votes.
On a policy item, the committees approved Ordinance 42-92a to amend the city code (Chapter 82, Utilities) by raising income guidelines for reduced water rates for disabled and elderly customers. "Currently, for a single person household, our income guideline is $1,200 per month. I'm proposing to increase that to $1,300 a month, and for a 2 person household, it's going from 1,600 a month to 1,800 a month," said Mister Aacen, who introduced the ordinance. The ordinance was approved by roll call.
The committees also approved several procurement and facility items. The City authorized the city manager to negotiate and execute master agreement work order No. 2 with Olsen Incorporated for $171,800 to provide engineering design and bidding services for new two- or three-bay box hangars at Muskogee Davis Regional Airport. "This is a 95% funded project, that is paid for with our match only being 5% of the total cost," said Mister Evans. Councilors amended the agenda language to limit the current authorization to design and bidding phases; construction and closeout phases will return later once construction costs are known.
Public Works accepted a donated 12-by-56-foot office trailer from HGL Construction for temporary use by the stormwater division; staff said moving costs are expected to be about $1,500. The committee awarded the lowest and best bid for citywide mill-and-overlay Round 3 to Ross Construction for $2,674,478.73, funded from the 2019 CIP sales tax. The committees approved the purchase of two 2026 Chevrolet 4x4 trucks from Vance Fleet Services via state contract SW035 (not to exceed $100,000) for sanitation supervisors, to be paid from the solid waste collection fund.
Votes at a glance: - Finance committee minutes (01/12/2026): Approved (roll call) - Claims (01/03/2026–01/30/2026): Approved (roll call) - Ordinance 42-92a (water-rate income guidelines): Approved (roll call) - Master agreement W/O #2 — Olsen Inc. (airport design, $171,800): Authorized (roll call) - Accept donation: HGL Construction office trailer: Approved (roll call) - Mill-and-overlay Round 3 — Ross Construction ($2,674,478.73): Awarded (roll call) - Purchase two 2026 Chevrolet trucks (<= $100,000): Approved (roll call) - Appointment — Toni Cotton to Planning & Zoning Commission: Approved (roll call)
The committees concluded with reminders about the upcoming election and a brief review of the city's capital improvement program passed by voters.
