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Votes at a glance: Perkins approves pay requests, proclamations, library trustee items and emergency repairs
Summary
On March 10, 2026 the Perkins commission approved multiple contractor pay applications and disbursements (Maguire Iron pay apps, Cowen Engineering invoice, lift station pay app), accepted several proclamations, tabled a naming-sponsorship pending bond counsel review, and authorized emergency sewer repairs and associated purchase orders.
The Perkins City Commission approved a series of routine and project-specific motions during its March 10 meeting, including contractor pay applications for the joint Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma and City of Perkins water projects, budget amendments tied to water projects and library bond depository agreements, as well as proclamations and emergency repair authorizations.
Key votes and formal actions approved on voice or roll-call votes:
- Consent agenda: Approved by motion and voice vote.
- National Safe Place Week proclamation: Mayor Carla Cummings read the proclamation; the commission approved acceptance of the proclamation.
- World Autism Month proclamation (April 2026): Read by the mayor and accepted by vote.
- World Down Syndrome Day proclamation (03/21/2026): Read by the mayor and accepted by vote.
- Naming-sponsorship agreement for the library (Bill and Virginia Sasser community room, $40,000): Staff recommended tabling the agreement pending review of tax-exempt bond rules; the commission voted to table the item for further review.
- REAP grant contract for telemetry/SCADA (water systems): The commission approved a contract associated with the REAP award (discussed amount approximately $71,711.25).
- Maguire Iron contractor pay application #3: Approved for $399,475 (split approximately $199,737.50 ITO funds / $199,737.50 ARPA).
- Maguire Iron contractor pay application #4: Approved for $331,550 (split between ITO funds and ARPA as described in the agenda).
- Cowen Engineering invoice (invoice 10619): Disbursement request #6 approved for $2,250 (split between ITO and city ARPA funds).
- Lift station contractor pay application #6: Approved for $51,528; staff said this application will nearly complete the lift station project.
- Lead and copper corrosion-control treatment stations at three wells: Approved at a cost not to exceed $90,000; a corresponding budget amendment (capital improvement sales tax — water) was also approved to fund the work.
- Ordinance 523 (closing portion of public right-of-way/Hart Street): Approved; the commission also voted to declare an emergency on the ordinance so it could take effect sooner.
- Emergency declaration and retroactive authorization for sewer repair expenditure: The commission declared an emergency for the sewer-line collapse at 423 West Dubbo and retroactively authorized an emergency expenditure of $114,540 to repair the collapsed sewer line.
- Purchase orders for sewer repair: Purchase order #2602048 ($23,390) and #2602053 ($91,150) to Jordan Contractors LLC were approved along with a budget amendment using capital improvement sales tax funds for the repair.
- Perkins Industrial Development Authority (special meeting) items: PIDA acknowledged signatures and approved depository and trustee arrangements (Payne County Bank as depository; Bank First as bond trustee) and related purchase orders and budget transfers needed to service debt on the renovated library project.
All motions that recorded roll-call responses in the transcript show unanimous "Yes" votes among the commissioners present on those items. The meeting record indicates staff or engineers recommended approval for the project payments and disbursements noted above; in some instances staff asked for tabling pending bond counsel review (naming sponsorship).
