Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
Regular MeetingOklahoma City, OK · December 3, 2024
Agenda
AGENDA
December 3, 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.
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AGENDA
OKLAHOMA CITY WATER UTILITIES TRUST
December 3, 2024
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
A. Approve the minutes of the November 19, 2024 meeting.
III. Consent Docket
A. Preliminary Design Report, Project TS-0006, Tinker AFB Lift Station Elimination,
Area D, Tinker Air Force Base.
B. Pricing Agreement award and approval for Contour Sierra Aebi Terratrac, LLC
(OCWUT00087), slope mower, cost $243,198.
C. Amendment No. 3 to the Contract for Engineering Services with Johnson and
Associates, LLC, Projects WM-0261 and SM-0156, Water Meter Vault
Replacement Program, fee increase of $20,000.
D. Amendment No. 1 and Change Order No. 1 with Brewer Construction
Oklahoma, LLC, Project WM-0426, Hefner Dam Wall Repair, Lake Hefner
Parkway and East Wharf Drive, West Lake Hefner Drive and West Britton Road,
increase of $17,374.
E. Amendment No. 1 and Change Order No. 1 with Krapff-Reynolds Construction
Company, Project SC-1104, Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation, NW 19th Street to
NW 16th Street between Independence Avenue and Drexel Boulevard, decrease
of $27,643; and accepting the project; and placing the maintenance bond into
effect.
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F. Joint Resolution with The City of Oklahoma City related to water and wastewater
construction on Tinker Air Force Base by federal employees and federal
contractors of the United States of America, or an agency or department thereof,
that Oklahoma City specifically directing the City Engineer to not prepare or
approve plans and specifications or to supervise and inspect the construction and,
to not sign or issue work orders or permits for such water and wastewater
construction on Tinker Air Force Base; that Oklahoma City waives prequalification
and licensure requirements of federal employees and federal contractors
performing construction on the water and wastewater systems at Tinker Air Force
Base; that the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust directs its General Manager, or
designee, to provide project management and to document and record water and
wastewater construction on Tinker Air Force Base, directly or indirectly,
connecting to the Oklahoma City water or wastewater system and construction
related to the federal water and wastewater systems on Tinker Air Force Base;
and jointly resolved by Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma City Water Utilities
Trust that as to water and wastewater construction on Tinker Air Force Base,
plans and specifications shall include applicable sections of the Oklahoma City
ordinances, manuals, standard details, and standard specifications for construction
of public improvements, provided, however, the United States of America, and its
agencies and departments, need not comply with bidding procedures. And further
jointly resolve that Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
shall delegate the responsibility for compliance with all requirements of any issued
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality permitting and will not self permit
for construction by federal employees and federal contractors on Tinker Air Force
Base for construction by federal employees and federal contractors on Tinker Air
Force Base and United States of America, or its agencies or departments, or the
federal contractors thereof shall be responsible for compliance of any state and
federal permit or licensure requirement for construction by federal employees and
federal contractors on Tinker Air Force Base.
G. Receive an application from the City of Midwest City, Project SB-2021-00002,
oversized sanitary sewer main extension under Policy B-1 procedures to serve
Midwest City Sports Complex, in the vicinity of SE 29th Street and Douglas
Boulevard, estimated purchase price $48,000.
H. Ratification of payments from October 23, 2024 through November 26, 2024.
IV. Concurrence Docket
V. Emergency Construction Contracts by Resolution (Four affirmative votes required
for approval.)
VI. Items for Individual Consideration
VII. Items from Trustees
VIII. General Manager Reports
IX. Citizens to be Heard
X. Adjournment
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