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Collinsville, Oklahoma

City Commission Meeting Dec. 17, 2007 City Election Followup

The Collinsville City Commission met Monday, Dec. 17th (at the City Hall Community Room, 106 N 12th Street) for a 7pm regular of the Municipal Authority & City Commission.

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

1. Call to Order.
2. Pledge
3. Roll Call --

Chairman Stan Sallee ______
Trustee Pam Porter ______
Trustee Melodie Bateman - absent
Trustee Trent Rogers - absent
Trustee James Rigdon ______

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 of 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 considered and discussed.

A. Approval of minutes of the Collinsville Municipal Authority Regular meeting of Dec. 3, 2007.
B. Approval of disbursements and payroll.
-- approved

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

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

• Ice Storm:
• only about 200 city electrical customers still without power (Friday target to have all restored)
• from a total of 2600-2700 customers
• 98% of primary lines restored ... mainly working lateral lines now
• Praise to all of the city and visiting crews for their efforts and with no reported accident so far
• Sallisaw and Stilwell crews had gone home for weekend but returned
• Dallas power crews stayed here along with Arkansas tree trimming crew.
• Received permit today for new brush pit and ability to burn there. No charge if city utility bill shown. Rural residents can pay $10 fee at city hall to show a receipt at dump site (on 156th between 19th & 5th). Brush only (no trash or construction material).
• Planatarty (Dallas) crews working as late as 10:30pm some evenings.
• City offices staffed over weekend to field calls. Lots of out going calls also Sunday to check status of weather heads and meters of those still without power.
• Much more long term work to do with power poles that remained standing but were weakened (& brush cleanup & trimming).
• Mayor and City Manager both thanked all city employees for their efforts and quick thinking ahead of the storm to have water tanks full and ordering of anticipated materials that are scarce now.

7. City Attorney Report -- none, other than to ask for a recess to check allowed action with only 3 commissioners.
(I returned at CHS wrestling at this point but understand all resolutions below were approved -- Ted)

8. Consideration of any new business, which can be considered an emergency to come before the Collinsville Municipal Authority not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen at the time of posting this agenda. --

9. Adjournment.

POSTED 12/14/2007 by Angela Long, Acting City Clerk

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

1. Call to Order.
2. Roll call and declaration of a quorum. --

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

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 the Dec. 3, 2007 Regular meeting.
B. Approval of disbursements and payroll.

4. Discussion and action on items removed from the Consent Agenda. --

5. Discussion and possible action on canvass election results from ONG Franchise election Dec. 11. 2007.

6. Discussion and possible action to consider Ordinance 805, an ordinance granting to Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, a division of Oneok INC., its successors and assigns, for a period of twenty five years from approval and acceptance of this ordinance, a non-exclusive franchise and right to enter the public ways to install, operate and maintain a distribution system along, across, over and under the public ways for transportation distribution and/or sale of gas to consumers and the public generally in the City of Collinsville, Oklahoma.

7. Discussion and possible action on canvass election results from Hotel Tax election Dec. 11. 2007.

8. Discussion and possible action to consider Ordinance 804, an ordinance relating to section 7, finance and taxation, of the code of ordinances of the City of Collinsville. Creating Chapter 8, Hotel Tax, section 801 to 816, levying and assessing an excise tax of five (5%) upon the gross receipts derived from rent for occupancy of hotel rooms.

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. --

7. Adjournment:

POSTED 12/14/2007 by Angela Long, Acting 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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