Meeting Recap: May 21, 2012

(Stillwater, Okla. / Posted May 23, 2012) — The Stillwater City Council held a regular meeting Monday, May 21. Download the evening’s agenda.

Note: The Audio is bad on this meeting video.

Approval of Minutes.

Council approved the minutes from the May 7 meetings.

Consent Docket.

Both items were approved 5-0.

 

Hearings.

• Public Hearing A concerned the proposed 2012-13 budget. There was one request to speak and it was approved 5-0.
• Public Hearing B  was presented by Development Services Director Paula Dennison. She explained the proposed Corridor Redevelopment Plan for are south and east of the OSU Campus and north of 6th Ave. The plan is a vision for how the area could be developed and codes and zoning provide the day-to-day guidance in how things are developed. Mayor John Bartley and Vice Mayor Chuck Hopkins both complimented the staff and the community committee that worked on this plan.This was approved 5-0.

General Orders.

• Approved a land swap with Stillwater Public Schools. This included park land surrounding Will Rogers School and Hamilton Field.

Resolutions. (Click here to read resolutions in full.)

Resolution No. CC-2012-3. Approved 5-0.

Resolution No. CC-2-2012-4. Approved 5-0.

Ordinances. (Click here to read ordinances in full.)

  Second Read

• Ordinance 3176. Approved 5-0.
• Ordinance 3177. Approved 5-0.
• Ordinance 3178. Approved 5-0.
• Ordinance 3179. Approved 5-0.
• Ordinance 3180. Approved 5-0.

Reports from Officers & Boards

• City Manager Dan Galloway explained that the City had installed new audio/visual equipment and we were still working on some of the details.
   
  
• Mayor Bartley thanked the League of Women Voters for inviting him to the state meeting that was held in Stillwater.
• He also told people about the Stillwater Public Library's Summer Reading Program and family programs that will be held on the OSU campus on Thursday's this summer.

Council meeting was recessed for the Stillwater Public Works Authority Meeting.

Stillwater Public Works Authority Meeting May 21, 2012

Approval of Minutes.

Trustees approved the minutes from June 6, 2011 meeting.

 

Consent Docket was approved 5-0.

SPWA meeting was recessed for the Stillwater Utilities Authority Meeting. 

Stillwater Utilities Authority Meeting May 21, 2012

Approval of Minutes.

Trustees approved the minutes from the May 7  meeting.

 

Consent Docket, with item A pulled for discussion, was approved 5-0.

 

Trustee Cody Scott asked David Higgins, director for Waste Management and Fleet, to explain about the Fleet facility updates. Higgins explained that the facility has a loft that was used for storage. They are doing some updates that better uses the square footage--adding office and training area. 

General Orders.
Higgins provided an updated on the curbside single-stream recycling pilot program. The trustees approved the recycling service contract with Cedar Creek Farms and authorized Waste Management to purchase polycarts.

SUA meeting was recessed for the SIRA.

 

Stillwater Industrial & Redevelopment Authority Meeting May 7, 2012

   
Resolutions
Approved Resolution No. SIRA-12-01. Approved 5-0.

SIRA meeting was recessed for the city council meeting, which then recessed for the evening.

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Recap by Sherry Fletcher, Marketing and Public Relations.

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Next City Council Meeting: Monday, June, 4 2012, at 5:30 p.m. at Stillwater Municipal Building, 723 S. Lewis.  Click here for agendas. 

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