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Haileyville council approves 5% increases for water and sewer and OKs higher garbage rates under new contract
Summary
At a Sept. 24 special meeting, the Haileyville City Council voted 4–2 to raise water and sewer rates by 5% and approved higher garbage rates tied to an updated contract with Republic Services. All motions passed after roll-call votes; one council member was absent.
Haileyville’s City Council approved a series of utility and service rate increases during a special meeting Sept. 24 at Haileyville City Hall.
Councilmember Joe Fisk moved to increase water rates by 5%, and Councilmember Tyler McGuire seconded. The council recorded a roll-call vote of 4–2; Tyler McGuire, Johnny Ray, Joe Fisk and Debbie Brown voted yes, and Terry Sensibaugh and Danny Karr voted no. The motion passed.
Councilmember Debbie Brown then moved to raise sewer rates by 5%, with Joe Fisk seconding. That motion was approved on a 4–2 roll-call vote with the same yes and no votes as the water-rate motion.
The council also approved an increase in garbage rates tied to an updated contract with Republic Services. Councilmember Joe Fisk moved the change and Councilmember Debbie Brown seconded; the motion carried 4–2 on roll call (McGuire, Ray, Fisk and Brown yes; Sensibaugh and Karr no). The motion’s text referenced applying rate changes consistent with the updated Republic Services contract; the meeting minutes do not specify the contract’s effective date or the dollar amount of the increase.
Mayor Catherine Bailey-Morgan called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m.; the council had a quorum with Councilmembers Danny Karr, Johnny Ray, Terry Sensibaugh, Tyler McGuire, Debbie Brown and Joe Fisk present (Councilmember Norman Lawson was absent). Mayor Bailey-Morgan adjourned the meeting at 7:24 p.m.
The minutes show each motion passed by a 4–2 margin; the minutes do not list further discussion, public comment, or implementation details such as effective dates, billing schedules or exemptions. Those details were not specified in the meeting record and would need to be provided in subsequent council documents or by city staff.
