Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
Regular MeetingOklahoma City, OK · June 7, 2022
Agenda
MEETING MINUTES
OKLAHOMA CITY WATER UTILITIES TRUST
June 7, 2022
TRUSTEES:
James D. Couch, Chairman, Independent Trustee
Sharon Voorhees, Independent Trustee
Todd Stone, Council Trustee
David Holt, Mayor Trustee
Mark K. Stonecipher, Vice Chairman, Surrogate Trustee
Craig Freeman, City Manager Trustee
Laura A. Johnson, Surrogate Trustee
Chris Browning, General Manager
Amy K. Simpson, Secretary
(The Agenda was filed with the City Clerk’s Office at 11:25 a.m. on June 3, 2022.)
I. Call to Order at 2:00 p.m.
PRESENT: COUCH, VOORHEES, STONE, STONECIPHER, FREEMAN
II. Approval of Minutes
Approve the minutes of the May 24, 2022, meeting.
APPROVED. MOVED BY STONE, SECONDED BY STONECIPHER
AYES: COUCH, VOORHEES, STONE, STONECIPHER, FREEMAN
III. Consent Docket
A. Receive the Consultant Review Committee Report and authorize negotiation of a
contract for engineering services with Crafton Tull and Associates, Inc., Project
SC-1078, sanitary sewer rehabilitation, Lightning Creek from SE 15th Street to
SE 17th Street.
RECEIVED AND AUTHORIZED. MOVED BY FREEMAN, SECONDED BY
VOORHEES
AYES: COUCH, VOORHEES, STONE, STONECIPHER, FREEMAN
B. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project WC-0991, MacArthur
elevated storage tank rehabilitation, MacArthur Boulevard and NW 28th Street.
APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED. BID RECEIPT DATE: JULY 6, 2022.
MOVED BY FREEMAN, SECONDED BY VOORHEES
AYES: COUCH, VOORHEES, STONE, STONECIPHER, FREEMAN
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C. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project WM-0382, Hefner
Dam erosion improvements, Lake Hefner Dam.
APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED. BID RECEIPT DATE: JUNE 29, 2022.
MOVED BY FREEMAN, SECONDED BY VOORHEES
AYES: COUCH, VOORHEES, STONE, STONECIPHER, FREEMAN
D. Pricing Agreement award and approval, Ethanol Products, LLC dba POET Pure
(C239003), carbon dioxide for water treatment plants, July 5, 2022, through July
4, 2025, estimated annual cost $300,000.
AWARDED AND APPROVED. MOVED BY FREEMAN, SECONDED BY
VOORHEES
AYES: COUCH, VOORHEES, STONE, STONECIPHER, FREEMAN
E. Renewal of the Pricing Agreement with Shannon Chemical Corporation (R23-
C209003), zinc orthophosphate, July 16, 2022, through July 15, 2023, estimated
annual cost $700,000.
RENEWED. MOVED BY FREEMAN, SECONDED BY VOORHEES
AYES: COUCH, VOORHEES, STONE, STONECIPHER, FREEMAN
F. Amendment No. 2 to the Contract for Engineering Services with Garver, LLC,
Project WC-0871, Atoka Pipeline raw water transmission line, Atoka Pump
Station O to Coalgate, fee increase of $102,680.
APPROVED. MOVED BY FREEMAN, SECONDED BY VOORHEES
AYES: COUCH, VOORHEES, STONE, STONECIPHER, FREEMAN
G. Amendment No. 2 and Change Order No. 2 revising the construction contract
with Brewer Construction Oklahoma, LLC, Project WE-0095, emergency water
service line replacements, SW 28th Street from Shartel Avenue to Hudson
Avenue, increase of $18,446.75; and accepting the project and placing the
maintenance bond into effect.
APPROVED, ACCEPTED, AND PLACED INTO EFFECT. MOVED BY
FREEMAN, SECONDED BY VOORHEES
AYES: COUCH, VOORHEES, STONE, STONECIPHER, FREEMAN
H. Amendment No. 1 and Change Order No. 1 revising the construction contract
with Brewer Construction Oklahoma, LLC, Project WE-0096, emergency water
service line replacements, SW 28th Street from Shartel Avenue to Hudson
Avenue, decrease of $25,235; and accepting the project and placing the
maintenance bond into effect.
APPROVED, ACCEPTED, AND PLACED INTO EFFECT. MOVED BY
FREEMAN, SECONDED BY VOORHEES
AYES: COUCH, VOORHEES, STONE, STONECIPHER, FREEMAN
I. Cooperative Service Agreement with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry, (AC-23-0001-OK), for the trapping and removal of feral
hogs and beavers in and around the Lake Stanley Draper Reservation and the
trapping and removal of beavers in and around the Lake Hefner Reservation, July
1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, cost of $20,000.
APPROVED. MOVED BY FREEMAN, SECONDED BY VOORHEES
AYES: COUCH, VOORHEES, STONE, STONECIPHER, FREEMAN
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J. Ratification of payments from May 4, 2022, through June 1, 2022.
RATIFIED. MOVED BY FREEMAN, SECONDED BY VOORHEES
AYES: COUCH, VOORHEES, STONE, STONECIPHER, FREEMAN
IV. Concurrence Docket
V. Emergency Construction Contracts by Resolution (Four affirmative votes required
for approval.)
VI. Items for Individual Consideration
A. 1. Presentation by Public Financial Advisors LLC (PFM) on Revenue Bond
Refunding; and
2. Resolution authorizing the General Manager, or designee, to proceed with
the refunding of certain outstanding revenue bonds of the Oklahoma City
Water Utilities Trust, including preparation of a preliminary official
statement and solicitation of ratings; authorizing the General Manager, or
designee, to distribute a solicitation of underwriters from the pool of
prequalified underwriters for the issuance of Utility System Revenue
Refunding bonds; authorizing the General Manager, or designee, to
approve, ratify, and affirm professional services agreements related to
bond and financing professionals; and containing other provisions related
thereto.
Dennis Waley, CPA, Managing Director, PFM Financial Advisors LLC
presented the item.
ADOPTED A.2. MOVED BY VOORHEES, SECONDED BY FREEMAN
AYES: COUCH, VOORHEES, STONE, STONECIPHER, FREEMAN
VII. Items from Trustees
VIII. General Manager Reports
IX. Citizens to be Heard
X. Adjournment at 2:12 p.m.
Amy K. Simpson, Secretary James D. Couch, Chairman
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