City Commission Meet -- March 3, 2008 -- Collinsville, OK -- www.cvilleok.com

The Collinsville City Commission met Monday, March 3rd (at the City Hall Community Room, 106 N 12th Street) for a 7pm regular of the Municipal Authority & City Commission.

Commissioner Rigdon has moved outside of Ward 4 and no-one filed for the seat in Feb. 2008.

----------- Collinsville Municipal Authority:

1. Call to Order.
2. Pledge
3. Roll call. -- All present (except Ward 4 unrepresented)

Chairman Stan Sallee _____
Trustee Pam Porter _____
Trustee Trent Rogers _____
Trustee Melodie Bateman _____

4. CONSENT: All items listed under the Consent Agenda are deemed to be routine in nature by the governing body. They will be approved by one motion by the governing body. Items on the consent agenda will not be discussed. Any member desiring to discuss an item may request that it be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the regular agenda. It will then be discussed and considered.

A. Approval of minutes of February 18, 2008 regular meeting.
B. Approval of disbursements and payroll.
-- approved

5. Discussion and possible action on items removed from the Consent Agenda. -- n/a

6. City Manager Report. Pam Polk reported on the following topics:

City officials and citizens were encouraged to contact State Representative Earl Sears and the Speaker of the Oklahoma House to express opposition to HB 1739. The proposed bill would allow electrical rate changes with less citizen or municipal input. It would also allow independent electrical provider to use city right of way in town without a franchise.
The state EMS web site is updating the state-wide map of EMS districts. No change planned to Collinsville's EMS boundaries.

7. City Attorney Report -- Ken Underwood reported that a letter had been sent to the Collinsville Rural Fire Department with information to address concerns with continued cooperation with fire/EMS services, E-911, and dispatcher training.

8. Discussion and possible action to approve equipment bids:

A. Large bucket truck.
B. Two (2) small bucket trucks.
C. Digger derrick.
D. EZ Haul.
-- approved: a $90K refurbishment of one existing small bucket truck, and a new chassis / refurbishment ($74 total) for the existing digger derrick. A $5-$7K refurbishment of the large bucket truck was left to the city manager. Staff recommended no action on the EZ haul.

9. Consideration of any new business, which can be considered an emergency, to come before the Collinsville City Commission not known about or which could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time of posting this agenda. -- none

10. Adjournment.

POSTED 2/29/2008 at 4:00 p.m. by Angela Long, City Clerk.

IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION PURSUANT TO THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, PLEASE NOTIFY CITY HALL BY 3:00 P.M. THE DAY OF THE MEETING.

----------- Collinsville City Commission:

1. Call to Order.
2. Roll call. -- All present (with Ward 4 unrepresented)

Mayor Stan Sallee _____
Commissioner Pam Porter _____
Commissioner Trent Rogers _____
Commissioner Melodie Bateman _____

3. CONSENT: All items listed under the Consent Agenda are deemed to be routine in nature by the governing body. They will be approved by one motion by the governing body. Items on the consent agenda will not be discussed. Any member desiring to discuss an item may request that it be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the regular agenda. It will then be discussed and considered.

A. Approval of minutes of February 18, 2008 regular meeting.
B. Approval of disbursements and payroll.
C. Supplemental Appropriation in the amount of $297.31, reimbursement for December 2007 OSHO Grant.
D. Cemetery Deed for Sadina Eschbach, one space.
-- approved

4. Discussion and possible action on items removed from the Consent Agenda. -- n/a

5. Discussion and possible action to approve Equipment Bids:
A. Grade all with bucket and grapple hooks.
B. Skid Steer with bucket and grapple rake.
-- Staff recommended against items A & B and instead recommended a $58.5K bid for a T-300 (compact track loader) Bobcat which was approved. The new equipment could be delivered in approximately a week. It will initially be used for storm debris removal and (with a jack-hammer attachment) use on the streetscape project downtown.

6. Discussion, possible nomination, consideration and possible appointment of Billie Reeder for unexpired term of Ward IV Commissioner. -- Local dentist and wife of the CHS baseball coach, Billie Reeder was nominated and approved to become the next Ward 4 City Commissioner. Reeder will be sworn in at the Tuesday March 18th meeting unless a special session is called before then. Brad Overholt was unopposed for a 4-year term in April 2006. James Rigdon was appointed to fill the position in Oct. 2006 after Overholt moved out of the Ward. Rigdon later also moved out of the ward and the seat has been unoccupied starting with the Feb. 18, 2008 city meet. No one filed for the position during the Feb. 2008 filing period.
Billie Reeder will move to the other side of the podium at the next city meet after greeting the commission Monday March 3rd, 2008.

7. Discussion and possible action to enter into Executive Session as allowed by O.S. 25, 307 (B) (3).
A. Discussing the purchase or appraisal of real property.

Property located at:

· 13900 N. Old US 169 Highway
· 13605 N. Old US 169 Highway
· 13701 N. Old US 169 Highway

8. Discussion and possible action on matters considered in Executive Session. -- no discussion or action after the executive session.

10. Adjournment.

POSTED 2/29/2008 at 4:00 p.m. by Angela Long, City Clerk.

IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION PURSUANT TO THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, PLEASE NOTIFY CITY HALL BY 3:00 P.M. THE DAY OF THE MEETING

Additional comment by Ted Wright (in purple)

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