2026-09-22 - City Council

Summary

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Built from the posted agenda and packet highlights. Minutes are not yet posted and the video has not been transcribed, so votes are not recorded.

• Consent agenda includes $7,849,796.70 for Phase 4 of the 107 in 25 Street Project and a contract in that amount for the Citywide Pavement Rehabilitation Project (Street Maintenance and Road Projects and FYE27 Budget Amendments).
• Five traffic-control resolutions from the Streets and Development Committee (Traffic Calming and Street Signs).
• Economic development: the Lawton-Fort Sill Economic Development Corporation agreement ($793,461), an amendment to the LEDA trust indenture, and an Increment District No. 2 apportionment of $558,688.89 (Economic Development Incentives and Agreements).
• Business: a public hearing on an R-1 to R-2 rezoning for a duplex (September 2026 R-1 to R-2 Rezoning), an alcoholic beverage occupation tax ordinance (Fees and Charges Amendments), and the CDBG and HOME performance report (CDBG and HOME Funding).
• Staff reports on the Police Department's Sentinel Program (Police Equipment and Technology) and lake levels and water restriction stages (Water Supply and Lake Levels).
• Executive sessions on the City's opioid litigation (Opioid Abatement Funds) and police union negotiations (Police Union Contract Negotiations). The Special Meeting held the same date is on 2026-09-22 - City Council Special Meeting.

Agenda

• Presentation: introduction of a newly hired Assistant City Attorney (name omitted)

Consent agenda:

• 2. Tort claims recommended for denial (claimants omitted)
• 3. Budget amendment, $7,849,796.70 from the 2019 Capital Improvement Fund for Phase 4 of the 107 in 25 Street Project
• 4 to 8. Stop signs (private road off 82nd Street; two drives off SE Flower Mound Road), radar speed signs (NW Ozmun; SE Aberdeen Avenue) and reducing stay right signs on arterial medians (approved by the Streets and Development Committee on September 8)
• 9. RFPCL27-018 ARFF Crash Truck financing lease-purchase with Liberty National Bank
• 10. Public construction contract, $7,849,796.70, T&G Construction, Citywide Pavement Rehabilitation (PW2504P4)
• 11 to 14. Building Group 2 locations (RFPCL27-007), manhole coating (CL27-011), manhole rings and covers (CL27-012), work clothing rental (RFPCL27-013)
• 15. Change Order No. 1, +$4,200 and 5 days, SW Lee Boulevard (EN2002C), contract total $3,673,548.45
• 16 and 17. FYE 2026-2027 agreement with the Lawton-Fort Sill Economic Development Corporation, not to exceed $793,461; First Amendment to the LEDA Trust Indenture
• 18 to 20. Extension requests to remodel: NW 25th, SW 26th and SW 25th Streets
• 21. Certification of Apportionment of Local Sales and Use Taxes, Increment District No. 2, January 1 to June 30, 2026, $558,688.89
• 22. Ratify the application to the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority for the FY27 PSAP One-Time Payment grant
• 23 to 25. Claims list; appointments to boards and commissions (names omitted); minutes of September 8

Business items:

• 26. Public hearing and ordinance, change of zoning from R-1 to R-2 for one new duplex
• 27. Ordinance amending Alcoholic Beverages Sections 4-1-1-102 and 4-1-1-110: $75 occupation tax for businesses offering complimentary beverages
• 28. Public hearing and approval of the CAPER for CDBG and HOME, FY 2025
• Staff reports: 29. Police Department Sentinel Program; 30. Lake levels and stages of water restriction
• Executive sessions: 31. Opioid litigation (In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL 2804); 32. Collective bargaining negotiations with IUPA Local 24, FYE 2027

Sources

• Meeting page and files: https://lawtonok.portal.civicclerk.com/event/956/files

• Agenda (PDF): https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15253,plainText=false)

• Agenda packet (PDF): https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15254,plainText=false)

• City page: https://www.lawtonok.gov/129/Agendas-Minutes

• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RPT_g3Bz98 (City of Lawton YouTube channel)

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