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Piedmont City Council NOTICE OF MINUTES Regular Meeting Minutes Monday, November 25th, 2024 -6:30 PM Piedmont City Hall – Council Chambers 314 Edmond Road NW Kurt Mayabb …………………………………………………..…. Mayor Ryan Aller…. …………….…….….…………………………. Ward One Ron Cardwell ………………….……………………………... Ward Two Rob Jones…………... ………………….……..……….……. Ward Three Jonathan Hisey ……………………………..... Mayor ProTem Ward Four Byron Schlomach…………………………………..…………..Ward Five Joshua Williams………………………………………….…City Manager Daniel McClure ………….…………………..……………. City Attorney Jennifer Smith ………….………………….…………………. City Clerk Morgan Clark…………………………………………..….. City Secretary 1. CALL TO ORDER___________________________________________________________________ Mayor Kurt Mayabb called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM. 2. ROLL CALL______________________________________________________________ City Clerk Jennifer Smith called roll. A quorum was present. Council Present: Mayor Kurt Mayabb, Mayor ProTem Jonathan Hisey, Councilman Ron Cardwell, Councilman Rob Jones, Councilman Ryan Aller, and Councilman Byron Schlomach Council Absent: NONE 3. INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE_____________________________________ Mayor Kurt Mayabb led the pledge of allegiance. Mayor ProTem Jonathan Hisey led the invocation. 4. CONSENT AGENDA_____________________________________________________________ All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the Board and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be separate discussions of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately. A. Approval of the Regular Meeting Minutes of October 28th, 2024 B. Approval of Income Statement C. Approval of Check Approval Register D. Approval of Encumbrance Report Councilman Byron Schlomach made a motion to approve Items A-D. Motion was seconded by Councilman Rob Jones. VOTE WAS: AYE: Mayor ProTem Jonathan Hisey, Councilman Byron Schlomach, Councilman Ron Cardwell, Councilman Rob Jones, and Councilman Ryan Aller NAY: NONE 5. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA________________________________ NONE 6. CITIZENS COMMENTS__________________________________________________________ Residents may address City Council regarding an item that are listed and not listed on the agenda. Residents must provide their name and address. City Council requests that comments be limited to five (5) minutes unless the Presiding Officer grants additional time. NONE 7. SCHEDULED BUSINESS____________________________________________________________ Kurt Mayabb made a motion to move into executive session at 6:33PM. Councilman Ron Cardwell seconded this motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Mayor ProTem Jonathan Hisey, Councilman Byron Schlomach, Councilman Ron Cardwell, Councilman Rob Jones, and Councilman Ryan Aller NAY: NONE D. Confidential communications between the City Council and its attorney concerning Canadian County case No. CJ-2022-384 & 385 and CJ-2021-447 if the public body, with the advice of its attorney, determines that disclosure will seriously impair the ability of the public body to process the claim or conduct a pending investigation, litigation, or proceeding in the public interest. Mayor Kurt Mayabb called the meeting back to order at 7:43PM. No action was taken on this item.  A. Discussion, consideration, and possible action on appointing one or more person(s) to the Board of Adjustments. Mayor Kurt Mayabb nominated Bill Long and Don Woodard to renew their terms. Councilman Ron Cardwell made a motion to keep Don Woodard and Bill Long on the Board of Adjustments. Mayor ProTem Jonathan Hisey seconded this motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Mayor ProTem Jonathan Hisey, Councilman Byron Schlomach, Councilman Ron Cardwell, Councilman Rob Jones, and Councilman Ryan Aller NAY: NONE B. Discussion, consideration, and possible action on amending the Fee Schedule on Ordinance 728 to include the fee for Fire Department response outside of city limits. Councilman Ron Cardwell made a motion to approve Item 7B. Councilman Byron Schlomach seconded this motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Mayor ProTem Jonathan Hisey, Councilman Byron Schlomach, Councilman Ron Cardwell, Councilman Rob Jones, and Councilman Ryan Aller NAY: NONE C. Discussion, consideration, and possible action on establishing a Tax Increment Finance district within the city. Councilman Byron Schlomach made a motion to direct the city manager to establish a TIF Blue Ribbon taskforce to study and recommend to the city council proposed TIF boundaries, purposes, and potential private participants in such a project. Councilman Ron Cardwell seconded this motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Mayor ProTem Jonathan Hisey, Councilman Byron Schlomach, Councilman Ron Cardwell, Councilman Rob Jones, and Councilman Ryan Aller NAY: NONE 8. NEW BUSINESS_______________________________________________________________ Any matter not known or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting the agenda in accordance with Title 25, Sec. 311.9 Oklahoma Statues. Councilman Byron Schlomach extended thanks and appreciation to the Mayor and Public Works. 9. PIEDMONT MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY _________________ Majority of a Quorum required for approval. Mayor Kurt Mayabb moved into the PMA meeting without objection at 7:44 PM. Mayor Kurt Mayabb reconvened the City Council meeting without objection at 9:11PM. 10. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT____________________________________________________ City Manager Josh Williams gave a monthly report. 11. ADJOURNMENT ______ Mayor Kurt Mayabb adjourned the meeting at 9:26 PM. ____________________________________ _________________________________ Mayor, Kurt Mayabb City Secretary, Morgan Clark  Piedmont Municipal Authority MEETING MINUTES Regular Meeting Minutes Monday, November 25th, 2024 -6:30 PM Piedmont City Hall – Council Chambers 314 Edmond Road NW Kurt Mayabb…. …………………………………………..…Chairman Ryan Aller …………….…….….………………………….Trustee Ron Cardwell ………………….…………………………….... Trustee Rob Jones……..… ………………….……………………...…. Trustee Jonathan Hisey ………………………...…………………...…. Trustee Byron Schlomach…………………………………………….…Trustee Daniel McClure………….………………………….…. PMA Attorney Jennifer Smith ………….………………….………....…….PMA Clerk Josh Williams………………..………………………….PMA Manager Morgan Clark……………...…………………………...PMA Secretary Present: Chairman Kurt Mayabb, Trustee Jonathan Hisey, Trustee Byron Schlomach, Trustee Ryan Aller, Trustee Rob Jones, and Trustee Ron Cardwell Absent: NONE 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Kurt Mayabb called the meeting to order at 7:44 PM. 2. ROLL CALL Without objection, Chairman Kurt Mayabb used the roll call from City Council meeting. 3. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes from October 28th, 2024 B. Approval of Income Statement C. Approval of Check Approval Register Trustee Ron Cardwell made a motion to approve items A, B, and C on the consent agenda. Trustee Byron Schlomach seconded this motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Trustee Jonathan Hisey, Trustee Ron Cardwell, Trustee Rob Jones, Trustee Ryan Aller, and Trustee Byron Schlomach NAY: None  4. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA____________________________________ NONE 5. CITIZENS COMMENTS ON AGENDA AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS___________________ Residents must provide their name and address. Council requests that comments be limited to five (5) minutes. Mark Simpson had questions regarding the water. He asked about the average cost for the customers. He also asked about the fire hydrants at the development on 164th and Richland Road. He made the council aware of the 1500 houses coming to the OKC limits right next door. Mr. Simpson thanked the mayor for helping fix the water line. John Mike Simpson had turned in a speakers form. When called to speak by the Chairman, he respectfully declined. 6. SCHEDULED BUSINESS________________________________________________________ A. Presentation on the Cost-of-Service Study for Piedmont Municipal Authority. Jon Wolff with Municipal Finance Services and Marc Long with SRB presented more options regarding the water and sewer rates that were presented in the October meeting. B. Discussion, consideration, and possible action on the Cost-of-Service study. Trustee Ron Cardwell made a motion to go with Option #1 for the water and Option #2 for sewer. Trustee Rob Jones seconded this motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Trustee Jonathan Hisey, Trustee Ron Cardwell, Trustee Rob Jones, Trustee Ryan Aller, and Trustee Byron Schlomach NAY: None C. Discussion, consideration, and possible action to adopt Resolution 11-25-24A. The PMA Attorney announced the motion to amend the resolution and substitute the rates for water from option 1 and substitute the rates for sewer for option 2, in section 2 add after the word “a” and before the word “capital” the word “new” so it reads “A new capital improvement fee of $22 dollars. The next paragraph would read “All rates or fees assessed in this resolution will be increased annually on January 1st beginning January 1st, 2026 at the amount increased by the increased rate passed along by the applicable service wholesaler or the CPI water and sewer rates maintenance index, whichever is greater.” And a new section 3 to be added that would read “The PMA shall preform a cost-of-service study every 2 years.” Trustee Byron Schlomach moved this motion. Trustee Jonathan Hisey seconded this motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Trustee Jonathan Hisey, Trustee Ron Cardwell, Trustee Rob Jones, Trustee Ryan Aller, and Trustee Byron Schlomach NAY: None Trustee Jonathan Hisey made a motion to approve the amended draft. Trustee Rob Jones seconded this motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Trustee Jonathan Hisey, Trustee Ron Cardwell, Trustee Rob Jones, Trustee Ryan Aller, and Trustee Byron Schlomach NAY: None D. Discussion, consideration, and possible action on submitting an application to the Oklahoma Water Resource Board for a Financial Assistance Program loan in the amount of $21,750,000.00. Trustee Ron Cardwell made a motion to direct the City Manager to work with the city engineer (SRB) to develop the application and bring it back to the December meeting. Trustee Byron Schlomach seconded this motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Trustee Jonathan Hisey, Trustee Ron Cardwell, Trustee Rob Jones, Trustee Ryan Aller, and Trustee Byron Schlomach NAY: None E. Discussion, consideration, and possible action on impact fees. Trustee Ron Cardwell made a motion that the City Manager and City Engineer look at the impact fee and come back with a number that makes sense to get the city through the next 20 years of improvements and bring it back to the January meeting. Trustee Jonathan Hisey seconded this motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Trustee Jonathan Hisey, Trustee Ron Cardwell, Trustee Rob Jones, Trustee Ryan Aller, and Trustee Byron Schlomach NAY: None Chairman Kurt Mayabb made a motion to enter into executive session. Trustee Jonathan Hisey seconded this motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Trustee Jonathan Hisey, Trustee Ron Cardwell, Trustee Rob Jones, Trustee Ryan Aller, and Trustee Byron Schlomach NAY: None F. Executive session pursuant to Title 25 Section 307B4, for confidential communications between the public body and its attorney concerning a pending investigation, claim, or action concerning the Gordon’s Hollow water connection, if with the advice of its attorney, the governing body determines that disclosure will seriously impair the ability of the public body to process the claim or conduct a pending investigation, litigation, or proceeding in the public interest. Chairman Kurt Mayabb exited the executive session without objection at 9:11PM. G. Discussion, consideration, and possible action on Gordon’s Hollow water connection. No action was taken on this item. 7. NEW BUSINESS___________________________________________________________________ NONE 8. RECONVENE TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING_______________________________________ Reconvened to City Council at 9:11PM. _________________________________ ____________________________________ Mayor, Kurt Mayabb City Secretary, Morgan Clark