The Woodward News

Local News

June 16, 2009

Quick night for commissioners

Woodward City Commissioners breezed through their full agenda Monday evening.

The agenda item that took the longest time to work through was an executive session where the commissioners received a report concerning the potential purchase or appraisal of real property. No action was taken following the approximately 15-minute executive session.

However, commissioners quickly renewed the city’s annual contract with the Woodward Public School District to provide a school resource officer to be at the district’s disposal. City Manager Alan Riffel noted that the schools “appreciate” having the added security and assistance from the resource officer.

The city commissioners just as quickly, and even eagerly, renewed the city’s annual contract with the Woodward Industrial Foundation.

As he gave his nod to renewing the contract, Commissioner Roscoe Hill told Industrial Foundation President LaVern Phillips, “we appreciate your work.”

This work has included the foundation’s assistance in securing funding for a convention center and the foundation’s efforts in attracting wind energy projects to the area, thus helping Woodward “transition into the renewable energy hub of the United States,” Riffel said.

Phillips assured the commissioners that there are even more “positive things on the horizon.”

In other business, the commissioners addressed bad debt issues by turning over more than $25,000 in delinquent utility accounts to a collection agency and by taking action to help offset and reduce the amount of delinquent utility payments in the future by increasing deposits for water hookups.

The commissioners also approved a $10,586 change order from Broce Construction to add additional parking spaces in two areas of the park and a $36,275 change order from Kline Mechanical Contracting to provide for changes to the dugouts and bullpens at Fuller Park to ensure the field can weather well.

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