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A Special Session of the Collinsville City Commission will be held at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 2010, at Collinsville City Hall, Commission Chambers, 106 N. 12th Street, Collinsville, Oklahoma.

AGENDA

1. Call to Order

2. Flag Salute

3. Invocation

4. Roll Call: Sink, York & Porter (Present) ... with Davis & Sallee (Absent)

5. Consideration and possible action relating to a request for Commission approval of the Consent Agenda. All matters listed under “Consent” are considered by the City Commission to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. Any Commissioner may, however, remove an item from the Consent Agenda by request. A motion to adopt the Consent Agenda is non-debatable.

A. Approval of November # 2 Payroll in the amount of $42,262.02 and December # 1 Payroll in the amount of $40,696.81.
B. Approval of Claims in the amount of $35,309.87.
C. Approval of Minutes of the November 22, 2010 Special Meeting.
D. Approval of Resolution Number 2010-12, authorizing application for Rural Economic Action Plan (REAP) Grant.
-- approved

6. Discussion and possible action concerning items removed from the Consent Agenda. -- n/a

7. Discussion and possible action for approval of a one-time, lump sum salary increase for personnel. -- approved, a Christmas bonus for city employees totaling $11,565 as budgeted.

8. Discussion and possible action for approval to award 13th Street Parking Bid. -- approved (Jones Plan's low bid of $94,288 for the asphalt option). The property at the NW corner of 13th and Main has been under a long-term (20 year) agreement between Dolton Funeral, First Baptist Church and the City for shared use of the lot. Dolton owns the property; the church paid for the filling station removal; and the city will pay (see item 9 below) for the paving to be done in conjuction with the streetscape phase II project already in progress. (Sample Previous Coverage 2007)

9. Discussion and possible action on the source of funding for improvements to the 13th Street Parking Lot. -- approved, the $94,288 bid (above) will be paid from a projected $1.8 million surplus from the 2009 sales tax increase as a captial improvement similar to the already completed roadway asphalt overlays.

10. Discussion and possible action on Community Cablevision Company sale and transfer of Franchise. -- approved, Dennis Soule (& family), who have managed the company since 1985, are buying the company from the Hamilton family. Mr. Soule stated there were no changes planned that would impact the city franchise.

11. City Managers Report.-- Pam Polk reported on these topics:
* City employee Christmas party 6:30 Thursday
* New city public works director (Phil Stowell) filled in for an absent employee on the city trash truck and ended up with 5-6 stitches in his leg after the driver cut a corner too close and Phil collided with a brick mail box a few days ago.
* Streetscape Phase II target date for "substantial completion" by January 5th is looking to be in doubt but crews are working additional hours. Only 4 weather days have been granted so far.
* Bids for the S-Curve "straightening" are expcted in March 2011 (per INCOG)
* Post Office drop box is now back at the alley (previous coverage)

12. New Business (business which was not foreseen prior to the posting of this agenda.) -- none

13. Adjournment.

This notice and agenda was posted at Collinsville City Hall, 106 N. 12th Street, Collinsville, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.

Christmas Bonus Approved

Community Cablevision Franchise Changing Ownership