What: Interior ceiling, fire suppression and lighting renovation at the Lawton Public Library (Engineering Project EN2201), within a $2 million voter-approved budget.
Where it stands: On 2026-10-13 the Council approved 4 to 2, over a motion to table, Amendment No. 2 ($14,372) for the revised ceiling design, estimated at about $1.5 million to build. A separate citizen survey on the library's future closes November 3.
Next: design completion, bidding and the survey results (the motion to table had named January 12, 2027).
Item 22, pulled from consent: Amendment No. 2, $14,372, for the revised ceiling design. A motion to table to January 12, 2027 pending the citizen library survey was replaced by a substitute motion to approve, which passed 4 to 2. Supporters said the repair is voter-approved and needed regardless of where the library ends up.