City Council
Regular MeetingEl Reno, OK · December 16, 2022
Minutes
EL RENO CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING OF
FRIDAY – DECEMBER 16, 2022 – 12:00(NOON).
EL RENO CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
101 N. CHOCTAW AVENUE – EL RENO, OKLAHOMA
MINUTES
A CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Mayor Jensen called the meeting to order at 12:00 (noon).
B ROLL CALL
Present: Amy Neathery, Council Member, Ward 1
Pete Stapperfend, Council Member, Ward 2
Steve Jensen, Mayor
David Black, Vice-Mayor, Ward 3
Dr. Brian Shafer, Council Member, Ward 4
Staff Present: Jana Knott, City Attorney
Tim Young, Assistant City Manager/Finance Director
Matt Sandidge, City Manager
Zachary McLemore, I.T. Director
Katie Gore, Executive Assistant
C EXECUTIVE SESSION; Consider convening into Executive Session for the
purpose of the following:
1. Confidential communications between the City Council and its attorney
concerning , The City of El Reno v. Chaparral Energy, LLC. CV-2021-
394, District Court of Canadian County, Oklahoma, as the City Council,
with the advice of its attorney, has determined that disclosure will
seriously impair the ability of the Council to process the litigation in the
public interest, pursuant to Title 25 O.S. § 307(B)(4), and take action in
open session.
Convened in Executive Session at 12:02pm. Reconvened in Open Session at 12:20pm.
Stapperfend MOVED, SECONDED by Black to Convene in Executive Session.
VOTE WAS:
AYE: Neathery, Stapperfend, Jensen, Black, Shafer
NAY: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mayor Jensen declared motion CARRIED by a vote of 5 to 0 with 0 absent.
Neathery MOVED, SECONDED by Stapperfend to Reconvene in Open Session.
VOTE WAS:
AYE: Neathery, Stapperfend, Jensen, Black, Shafer
NAY: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mayor Jensen declared motion CARRIED by a vote of 5 to 0 with 0 absent.
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Minutes of El Reno City Council
Special Meeting of December 16, 2022
Neathery MOVED, SECONDED by Stapperfend to approve proposed settlement
agreement to resolve City of El Reno v. Chaparral Energy, CV-2021-370 pending in
District Court of Canadian County, and allow City Manager and City Attorney to sign all
documents associated thereto.
VOTE WAS:
AYE: Neathery, Stapperfend, Jensen, Black, Shafer
NAY: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mayor Jensen declared motion CARRIED by a vote of 5 to 0 with 0 absent.
D ADJOURNMENT
Filed in the office of the City Clerk and posted on the bulletin board at the west entrance of the El Reno Municipal Building,
101 N. Choctaw and online at www.elrenook.gov at 11:30am on December 14, 2022.
Neathery MOVED, SECONDED by Black to adjourn.
VOTE WAS:
AYE: Neathery, Stapperfend, Jensen, Black, Shafer
NAY: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mayor Jensen declared motion CARRIED by a vote of 5 to 0 with 0 absent.
The meeting adjourned at 12:21pm.
Signed ___________________________
Steve Jensen, Mayor
Signed ___________________________
Lindsey Grigg-Moak, City Clerk
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