Bartlesville Development Authority Regular Meeting
Regular MeetingBartlesville, OK · October 25, 2023
Agenda
Bartlesville Development Authority
Board of Trustees 201 SW Keeler Ave (Depot)
Bartlesville, OK 74003
Gayle Lester
Chair
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8:00 a.m.
Jamie Bennett October 25th, 2023
Secretary/Treasurer Call to Order -Gayle Lester
Drew Ihrig Minutes – Presentation of June 28th Meeting Minutes and September 19th 2023 Special Meeting
Diana Moon Adams
Minutes -Gayle Lester
Chase Allcott Financials – Presentation of year-end FY 2023 Financials and September 2023 Financial
Statements -David Wood
Audit restatement – Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) changes regarding
capital leases were not incorporated into June 2022 Audit necessitating correction and
Ex-Officio reissuance –Robert Haley, BLHK
Members
Dale Copeland • Motion and vote to accept the restated audit as presented – Gayle Lester
Mayor
• Discuss and possibly take action engaging Arledge, CPA to conduct BDA’s 2023 Audit –
Jim Curd David Wood
Vice Mayor Executive Session
David Wood
President • Motion and vote to move to Executive Session pursuant to 25 O.S. Sec. 307 (C) (11)
for the purpose of conferring on matters pertaining to economic development, including
David King the transfer of property, financing, or the creation of a proposal to entice a business to
Legal Counsel locate within their jurisdiction.
Return to Open Session
• Discuss and take action on a proposal to sell BDA-owned 4,000 sqft industrial building,
Lot 6, Bartlesville Industrial Park, Sections 1 & 2 and a final plat of a portion of the SW/4
of Section 14, Township 26, Range 13 East, to ABB for its appraised value of $425,000
and recommend to the City Council allocating up to $900,000 from the EDF for job
creation incentives up to a maximum of 60 new fulltime ABB employees at $15,000 per
new FTE over 36 months, and appropriating up $600,000 to fund the Resident
Recruitment employee incentive for up to 60 new residents associated with ABB’s
expansion over 36 months. Approval is subject to final documents acceptable to BDA
Chair and Legal Counsel, and the Bartlesville City Council. – David Wood
• Discuss and take action extending for an additional three years ABB’s existing Right of
First Refusal for acquiring approximately 16 acres of adjacent property (Lots 1,2, and 3,
Bartlesville Industrial Park, Section III, Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma.) at
no cost for potential future development at a ratio of 7,500 sqft of new interior space per
acre. The amended RFR will commence upon the closing of the building purchase and
remain available to ABB for ten (10) years. – David Wood
Staff Reports
Public Comment
Adjourn
The Agenda was received and filed in the Office of the City Clerk, Bartlesville, Oklahoma on
Monday, October 23, 2023 at 3:24 p.m. and posted same day at 5:00 p.m.
Jason Muninger /s/ Elaine Banes
Jason Muninger, CFO/City Clerk by Deputy City Clerk
Open Meetings Act Compliance (25 O.S. Sec. 301 et seq.): All discussion items are subject to possible action by the
Bartlesville Development Authority (BDA). Official action can only be taken on items which appear on the agenda.
The BDA may adopt, approve, ratify, deny, defer, recommend, amend, strike, or continue any agenda item. When
more information is needed to act on an item, the BDA may refer the matter to the City Manager, Staff or City
Attorney, or back to a committing or other recommending body. Under certain circumstances, items are deferred to
a specific later date or stricken from the agenda entirely. Agenda items requiring a public hearing as required by law
will be so noted. The BDA may at their discretion change the order of the business agenda items. City of Bartlesville
encourages participation from all its citizens. If participation at any public meeting is not possible due to a disability,
notification to the City Clerk at least one working day prior to the scheduled meeting is encouraged to make the
necessary accommodations. The City may waive this rule if signing is not the necessary accommodation.
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