Moore City Council approves multiple contracts, awards $12.99M wastewater bid and proclaims Telecommunicators Week

Moore City Council on April 6, 2026 approved a series of routine contracts and budget amendments, awarded a $12,990,630 contract for wastewater treatment plant improvements and authorized a $468,500 construction-observation amendment to ensure on-site inspection during that project.

The meeting opened at 6:30 p.m. with Mayor Mark Ham reading and signing a proclamation declaring April 12–18, 2026, National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week to recognize dispatchers and the Moore Police Department Communication Center. "Now therefore, I, Mark Ham, mayor of the city of Moore, do hereby proclaim April 12th through the 18th, 2026 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week," Ham said as he presented the proclamation.

Shortly after, Katie Borne of Cox Communications presented an employee-funded donation to the city's police and fire departments. "We are incredibly proud to support the men and women who put their own safety on the line every day," Borne said, noting Cox employees' volunteer work during storm recovery.

The council unanimously agreed to table a scheduled presentation from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and then approved the consent docket. On the regular agenda the body approved a one-year extension of the public-works mowing contract with Green Shade at a 2% increase, a $286,965 contract to Midtown Construction Service LLC for renovations to a city sign shop and break room, and purchase of a hydraulic crane for $34,159.54 under a state contract.

Human Resources convinced the council to renew an administrative-services agreement with Assured Benefits Administrators effective Jan. 1, 2026, that included modest per-employee cost increases. The council also approved a $181,500 agreement with Pinnacle Consulting Management Group for right-of-way acquisition services related to the Southwest 34th Street project, funded from the city's GO bond.

Council members approved event and parks contracts, including a $65,000 contract with Ark Pyrotechnics for Fourth of July and holiday displays, a $13,356.24 purchase of calcium hypochlorite pool treatment supplies and a $4,624 aquatic maintenance contract with Sunb Belt Pools. Public works staff told the council that buying larger quantities of pool chemicals reduces shipping costs and "saves thousands of dollars in shipping fees throughout the summer." Those purchases were approved by unanimous roll call votes.

In the Moore Public Works Authority session, trustees awarded the wastewater treatment plant improvement contract to Crossland Heavy Contractors, Inc. for $12,990,630 and approved Amendment No. 1 to Garver LLC's work order — a not-to-exceed $468,500 contract for on-site construction observation estimated at roughly 72 weeks of inspection at about 40 hours per week.

The council also approved a FY25‑26 budget supplement to recognize unbudgeted loan proceeds, donations and other revenues; the MPWA approved a companion supplement tied to the OWRB loan proceeds that will fund the wastewater work.

Near the end of the meeting the council welcomed new Animal Control Superintendent Stephanie Adams Hawkins and reminded residents that election day was the next day. The meeting adjourned after unanimous votes on final items.

Votes at a glance: tabled OWRB presentation (unanimous); consent docket (unanimous); Green Shade mowing extension (unanimous); Midtown Construction sign shop remodel ($286,965, unanimous); hydraulic crane purchase ($34,159.54, unanimous); Assured Benefits Administrators renewal (unanimous); Pinnacle Consulting acquisition services ($181,500, unanimous); Ark Pyrotechnics fireworks ($65,000, unanimous); Sunb Belt Pools chemical purchase ($13,356.24, unanimous); Sunb Belt Pools maintenance ($4,624, unanimous); Tusnua/Tusnua Lawn & Landscape parks mowing ($194,670, unanimous); Two Oaks workers' comp administration renewal ($3,000/month, unanimous); budget supplements (city and MPWA, unanimous); Crossland Heavy Contractors wastewater contract ($12,990,630, unanimous); Garver LLC construction observation amendment ($468,500, unanimous).

The council's next procedural step on the wastewater project is construction under the awarded contract; the city did not set a public hearing or additional council review date on the item at the meeting.