McGee Creek Authority
Regular MeetingOklahoma City, OK · March 13, 2025
Agenda
AGENDA
March 13, 2025 11:00 AM
The Lake Atoka Reservation Association Meeting will be held immediately
following the McGee Creek Authority meeting.
Trustees:
James D. Couch, Chairman, OCWUT Chairman
Josh Morgan, Surrogate
Brian Cathey, Vice-Chairman, Mayor of The City of Atoka
Coby Sherrill, Surrogate
David Holt, Trustee, Mayor of The City of Oklahoma City
Mark K. Stonecipher, Surrogate
Ethan Settlemire, Trustee, Atoka County Commissioner
Spike Eaves, Surrogate, Atoka County Commissioner
Vacant, Trustee, Southern Oklahoma Development Trust
Vacant, Surrogate
Chris Browning, General Manager
Charity Robertson, Secretary
City Council Chambers, Third Floor
200 North Walker Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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McGEE CREEK AUTHORITY
MEETING INFORMATION
The McGee Creek Authority (Trust) typically meets twice a year. The first meeting is usually held in
spring in Council Chamber at City Hall, 200 North Walker Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The
second meeting is usually held in fall in Atoka County. Notices of or changes to meeting dates and
locations are posted prior to the meeting.
It is the policy of the Trust to ensure communication with participants and members of the public with
disabilities are as effective as communications with others. Anyone with a disability who requires
accommodations, modifications of policies or procedures or auxiliary aid or services to participate in this
meeting should call (405) 297-2422 at least 48 hours in advance (excluding 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 alternate 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 Board on certain items by signing up to speak and providing the agenda item
number and reason for appearing, but all comments must be relevant to the item. The Chairman or
presiding officer may in his or her discretion prohibit a person from addressing the Board or have any
person removed from the building if that person commits any behavior which disturbs, interferes, or
disrupts the meeting including 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 disturbs, interferes, or disrupts with 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 removal from the building for violation of Okla. Stat. Tit. 21, Sec. 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
Chambers.
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. 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.
To confirm meeting dates or for more information about the Trust, call (405) 297-2422.
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AGENDA
McGee Creek Authority
March 13, 2025
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
A. Approve the minutes of the September 12, 2024 meeting.
III. Consent Docket
A. Approve Amendment No. 3 and Restated Audit Contract with Allen, Gibbs &
Houlik, L.C., audit services for Fiscal Year 2025, AC-25-0001-MA, not to
exceed $27,474.
B. Resolution ratifying the actions of the Chairman in approving Amendment No. 1
and Change Order No. 1, Project WMC-037-R, MCA Headquarters Building
Replacement, McGee Creek Reservoir, Farris, Oklahoma, increase of
$54,807.36.
C. Selection of AmeriState Bank and Bank of Oklahoma as McGee Creek Authority
depositories for Fiscal Year 2026.
D. Ratification of McGee Creek Authority payments from August 21, 2024 through
January 28, 2025.
IV. Items for Individual Consideration
A. 1. Presentation on the McGee Creek Authority Fiscal Year 2026 budget;
and
2. Resolution adopting the McGee Creek Authority Fiscal Year 2026
budget, capital improvement projects, and pay plan; and directing the
General Manager to implement and administer the budget, capital
improvement projects, and pay plan, including but not limited to
development of plans, specifications, bid solicitations, bid
evaluations, contract negotiations, and award recommendations in
accordance with the McGee Creek Authority Purchasing Policy and
Procedures; and delegating to the Chairman the authority to award
and execute contracts as needed, which comply with applicable law
and do not exceed the funds available in the McGee Creek Authority
Fiscal Year 2026 budget, pursuant hereto for ratification by the
Trustees.
B. Fiscal Year 2026 Loan Agreement with the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust,
AC-25-0002-LA, estimated cost $2,799,000.
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C. Resolution directing the General Manager to request Participants make an election
regarding annual aliquot costs for Fiscal Year 2026 in accordance with the McGee
Creek Amended Trust Indenture.
D. Resolution appropriating McGee Creek Authority funds, as such become
available, for the Fiscal Year 2026 equipment replacement; authorizing the General
Manager or designee to purchase such equipment items from state and other
intergovernmental cooperative purchasing contracts bid and awarded in a manner
consistent with the practices of the McGee Creek Authority and/or state law; and
directing the General Manager or designee to prepare bid specifications or
requests for proposals for remaining equipment, formally advertise, and present
derived agreements to the McGee Creek Authority for ratification of award; and
authorizing the General Manager or designee to declare Fiscal Year 2026 surplus
items that are sold for more than $50,000 as surplus to the needs of the McGee
Creek Authority, estimated cost $97,000.
E. Resolution authorizing the General Manager or designee to submit an application
and provide such other information and documentation as may be required to
establish a separate new account in the name of the McGee Creek Authority at
Ameristate Bank as an escrow account for the MCA Residence Replacement
Project WMC-037-1 Revised; authorizing the transfer of not more than
$400,000 to the new account; authorizing the McGee Creek Authority General
Manager, the Oklahoma City Deputy Director of Utilities – Financial Services,
and Oklahoma City Senior Financial Services Manager as authorized agents and
signatories of the McGee Creek Authority on the new account and authorizing
each to authorize draws and the issuance of checks on that account; authorizing
the General Manager or designee to negotiate a fee with Ameristate Bank for the
escrow account services.
V. Items from Trustees
VI. General Manager Reports
A. Water Use Report for Calendar Year 2024.
B. Operations and Lake Levels and Pumpage Report.
C. Presentation – Project Updates.
VII. Citizens to be Heard
VIII. Adjournment
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