City Council Meetings for Sept. 28, 2026

The City of Muskogee’s municipal authority, redevelopment authority, and City Council meetings (meeting title dated Sept. 28, 2026; metadata timestamp Sept. 29 UTC) included several procurement and infrastructure actions. Council approved the grant-application requirements for a CDBG-DR 2022 award for the Meadows stormwater master plan study, including Resolution 3107, a local match from the stormwater fund, a citizen participation plan, and an agreement preventing duplicate funding. The study would fund engineering and planning, not construction. Council also approved negotiating an agreement with PEC, selected after a competitive process, for a Safe Streets for All transportation safety action plan, with a not-to-exceed amount of $380,000. It ratified an emergency $87,045 wastewater-treatment trickling-filter repair by Cook Consulting LLC; staff cited regulatory timing and compared bids or estimates from Clearstream (over $100,000) and Brentwood (approximately $750,000). Council approved a budgeted $221,000 Mack knuckle-boom grapple truck through United Engines and Oklahoma’s state purchasing contract, and approved $358,747.77 for outfitting police vehicles under state contract after James Hodge declined to participate. Monthly claims were also approved by the authorities and council.

Staff reported that ODOT had awarded Beco Contractors of Tulsa a $44,687,000 contract for a 2.463-mile Highway 69 project; this was an agency award reported to council, not a city contract award. Council accepted ODEQ construction permits for planned sewer and water-line work associated with the Scissor Tail development. During discussion of the MLK Community Center management agreement and an alleged conflict involving a council member, council voted to reject the interim city attorney’s opinion and enter other legal opinions into the record; the transcript does not show an award or approval of a revised management agreement. The mayor also referred to a possible $29 million lawsuit settlement and said avoiding a taxpayer burden was a priority, but no related funding action was taken at this meeting.