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Durant staff outline roughly $90 million in capital projects, wastewater bids and airport design funds
Summary
City finance director presented January financials and sales tax figures while city manager outlined major capital projects including wastewater treatment plant bids ($31M–$44M), a $34M Main Street reconstruction estimate, a $35M waterline to the airport, and $3M in state funds for airport tower design.
City finance director Anne Chin and the city manager briefed the Durant City Council on the municipal financial picture and a slate of capital projects the city expects to advance this year.
Anne Chin reported that as of Jan. 31, 2026 the general fund was roughly on expected pacing for the fiscal year, noting a timing effect from three payrolls in January; she provided a February sales tax breakdown and a ten-year comparison that showed a modest year-over-year increase (about 1.18% for the comparable period).
The city manager gave a detailed update on planned projects and incoming bids: wastewater treatment plant improvement bids returned in a $31 million to $44 million range and will be brought back to the council for award consideration; the Main Street project (4th to 16th streets) is expected to bid in midsummer with an estimated $34 million scope for full reconstruction, sidewalks and stormwater components; a 24-inch water line running roughly 8.5 miles to the airport has an estimated cost of about $35 million and is targeted for early fall; and the city received $3 million from the state for design and engineering of an air-traffic control tower at the airport, a grant the manager attributed to support from Senator David Bullard and Representative Cody Maynard. Staff also noted a planned traffic-signal/utility relocation with ODOT (with an estimated $3.5 million utility-relocation cost that will be packaged as a zero-interest 10-year loan) and a low bid for a new animal shelter at $2.3 million.
Staff warned the council about new DEQ stormwater permitting requirements and said the city has begun meetings with an engineering firm to scope compliance; the projected compliance work could carry significant cost although details were not yet firm. The city is also conducting a utility rate study, considering a drainage fee and is undergoing a planning and code update process.
Council members asked clarifying questions about the capital budget pacing, the source of various project funds (grants, ARPA, loan, OWRB), and timing for upcoming bid awards. The manager said that while the capital program figure exceeds the current fiscal-year budget total, many projects will span multiple years.
What’s next: Staff will return to council with formal bid awards and contract documents for the wastewater project, continue rate-study work and provide more detailed cost estimates for DEQ stormwater compliance.
