Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
Regular MeetingOklahoma City, OK · October 22, 2024
Agenda
AGENDA
October 22, 2024 2:00 PM
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
City Council Chambers, Third Floor, 200 North Walker Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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OKLAHOMA CITY WATER UTILITIES TRUST
MEETING INFORMATION
The Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust usually meets twice per month on Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. in
Council Chambers at City Hall, unless different or prior notice of a change is posted. Call 297-2422 to
confirm meeting dates.
It is the policy of the Trust to ensure that communications with participants and members of the public with
disabilities are as effective as communications with others. Anyone with a disability who requires an
accommodation, a modification of policies or procedures, or an auxiliary aid or service in order to
participate in this meeting should call (405) 297-2422 at least 48 hours in advance (not including weekends
or holidays). The staff will give primary consideration to the choice of auxiliary aid or service requested by
the individual with disability. If you need an alternative format of the agenda, or any information provided
at this meeting, please call (405) 297-2422 at least 48 hours before the meeting.
Addressing the Trust
Citizens may address the Trust on certain items by signing up to speak and providing the agenda item
number, their reason for appearing and their address, but all comments must be relevant to the item. If
you wish to address the Trust, you may call 297-2422 or you may sign up to speak at the meeting. The
Chairman or presiding officer may in his or her discretion prohibit a person from addressing the Trust, or
have any person removed from the Council Chamber, if that person commits any disorderly or disruptive
behavior, which includes without limitation any of the following: speaking without being recognized by the
Chairman or presiding officer; continuing to speak after notice that the speaker’s allotted time has expired;
presenting comments or material not relevant to the item under discussion; failing to comply with the
lawful instructions of the Chairman or presiding officer; engaging in other conduct, activity, or speech that
delays, disturbs, interferes, or disrupts the effective or timely conduct of the meeting, or is otherwise
violent, threatening, abusive, obscene, or jeopardizing the safety of self or others. A person may also be
subject to arrest and removal from the Municipal Building for violation of Oklahoma City Municipal Code
2020, § 30-81 – Disorderly conduct and/or violation of Okla. Stat. tit. 21, §280- Willfully Disturbing,
Interfering With or Disrupting State Business, Agency Operations or Employees.
Citizens may address the Trust on individual concerns at the end of the agenda under “Citizens to be
Heard.” Comments must concern Trust services or policies. Please fill out a "Request to be Heard" form
located outside the Chambers. Please return this form to the Trust Secretary before the meeting
begins. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO 3 MINUTES. Continuing to speak beyond the time
allowed by the Chairman or presiding officer shall constitute grounds for removal from the Council Chamber.
Trust Actions
The Trust may take any of several actions including but not limited to adopt, approve, ratify, deny, defer,
recommend, amend, strike, or continue any item. The Trust is not limited by staff recommendations as to
the actions it may take. If more information is needed, the Trust may refer matters to the General
Manager or to Legal Counsel, or submit them to committees, boards, commissions, or independent
consultants for additional study. The Trust may authorize the General Manager or Legal Counsel to take
certain actions. Items may be stricken from the agenda, or no action may be taken.
Consent Docket
Consent Docket items are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a Trustee. Consent
Docket items usually involve routine actions or standard contracts. Trustees, staff, or citizens may request
discussion or separate consideration of any Consent Docket item. A separate vote may be taken upon the
motion of a Trustee.
Call (405) 297-2422 for more information about the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust.
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AGENDA
OKLAHOMA CITY WATER UTILITIES TRUST
October 22, 2024
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
A. Approve the minutes of the October 8, 2024 meeting.
III. Consent Docket
A. Amendment No. 1 to the Contract for Engineering Services with Smith Roberts
Baldischwiler, LLC, Projects W000TE-A and S000TE-A, Independent Engineer
to serve the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust.
B. Change Order No. 2 with Archer Western Construction, LLC, Project WT-0201,
Lime System Improvements, Hefner Water Treatment Plant, increase of
$880,218.94.
C. Amendment No. 1 to the Non-Disclosure Agreement with Environmental Systems
Research Institute, Inc., amending the term of the agreement granting conditional
access to certain information in the possession of the Oklahoma City Water
Utilities Trust, retroactive to October 14, 2024 through July 31, 2027.
D. Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Amended Permit to Construct,
Project WC-0855-R, Water Transmission Main, NW 4th Street and MacArthur
Boulevard to 7420 Melrose Lane.
IV. Concurrence Docket
V. Emergency Construction Contracts by Resolution (Four affirmative votes required
for approval.)
VI. Items for Individual Consideration
A. Ratifying and approving Addenda Nos. 1 through 4; awarding a contract to
McKee Utility Contractors, LLC, Project WC-0855-R, Water Transmission
Main, NW 4th Street and MacArthur Boulevard to 7420 Melrose Lane,
$15,640,000; and approving the contract and bonds.
B. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project WC-0872, Atoka
Pipeline Raw Water Transmission Line, Coalgate Pump Station to Stonewall Pump
Station.
C. Plans and Specifications to be advertised for bids, Project WC-1011, Second
Atoka Pipeline Raw Water Transmission Line, Second Konawa Pump Station.
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VII. Items from Trustees
VIII. General Manager Reports
A. Status Report of the Utilities Department for September 2024.
B. South Canadian Wastewater Treatment Plant quarterly progress update and
presentation.
IX. Citizens to be Heard
X. Adjournment
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