Due to the Veteran’s Day holiday on Monday, November 11, the regular monthly meeting of the Sulphur City Council was moved to Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 6:00 p.m.
A full report on the meeting agenda will be published in next week’s edition of the Times-Democrat.
Among the items that were scheduled to be discussed at the meeting is a proposed increase in utility rates.
Sulphur residents experienced a significant increase in rates in July 2022, when water and sewer rates were raised by 15% and trash service by 20%.
Many also received another increase in the first half of 2023 when all residents were required to lease city-owned poly carts at a one time rate of $30.00, but also added was a $3.00 monthly fee for cart maintenance. Citizens will be notified in next week’s edition on the status of the vote for the increase.
Other agenda items in Tuesday’s meeting included:
•returning the unused funds of the Attorney General’s Safe Oklahoma Grant in the amount of $1,950.00;
•declaring the soccer fields located on West 16h and Muskogee as surplus property and considering advertising the property for sale;
•setting a price per thousand gallons of water to be sold to area water districts;
•selecting a consultant for the FEMA Disaster Recovery process based on the request for qualifications as received;
•payment to CD Brown Construction in the amount of $295,445.45 for Chickasaw Nation/OWRB Project;
•payment to Myer’s Engineering in amount of $26,973.90 for Chickasaw Nation/OWRB Project;
•payment to Beytco, Inc. for $24,476.65 for the Irrigation Pump Station Project;
•approving bid in amount not to exceed $3,798,136.00 for the water wells Section B or Section C for laying lines depending on the well drilling location;
•approving an ordinance adopting the updated Oklahoma Municipal Retirement Fund Joinder and Master Plan documents to comply with Internal Revenue Service language requirements;
•quote from Dusty’s Diesel to delete the DEF System on sanitation truck unit #24.5 in the amount of $4,000.00 plus several other items pertaining to purchases for the police and fire departments and two item concerning the airport and FAA.
