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March 10, 2026 City Council Meeting

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March 10, 2026 City Council Meeting

  • Date: 2026-03-10
  • Governing Body: City Council
  • Meeting Type: TODO
  • Location: Lawton City Hall, Wayne Gilley Auditorium, 212 SW 9th Street, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501-3944
  • Duration: TODO
  • Public Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID

Attendance

  • Present: TODO
  • Quorum: TODO
  • Absent: TODO

Summary

The Lawton City Council agenda for March 10, 2026 includes ceremonial items, a substantial consent agenda, unfinished business on the Gore Boulevard traffic signal report, multiple business items tied to the Lawton Youth Sports Trust Authority and sports complex, a lake-level staff report, and two executive-session items. Major consent items include a 85,262,131.70 wastewater treatment plant change order/final acceptance item, cyber insurance renewals, Arts for All support funding, and a lease involving the Lawton Youth Sports Trust Authority. Business items focus heavily on the Lawton Youth Sports Facility / Sports Complex project structure and management.

Agenda Items & Actions

Call to Order

Invocation

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

  • Title: Roll Call
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: Presented
  • Vote: No action
  • Notes: Roll call appears on the agenda immediately after the opening. Attendance names are not shown in the agenda packet excerpt reviewed.

Item 1

Items 2–5

  • Title: Proclamations
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: Presented
  • Vote: No action
  • Notes: Includes American Red Cross Month, Women’s History Month, Developmental Disabilities Month, and Flood Awareness Month.

Reports

  • Title: Consent Agenda
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Consent agenda covers items 6 through 20. Only items explicitly included in the consent motion should be marked as approved as part of consent agenda.

Item 6

  • Title: Award contract in the amount of $5,684,391.00 to Southwest Water Works, LLC for Transite Waterline Replacement Project PU2504
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Replacement of high-maintenance waterlines throughout the City.

Item 7

  • Title: Approve Change Order No. 3 for Wastewater Treatment Plant Phase I Improvements Project PU2103
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Reduces contract by 85,262,131.70; hold retainage for grassing and fiber optic cable.

Item 8

Item 9

Item 10

Item 11

  • Title: Approve lease agreement with Lawton Youth Sports Trust Authority
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Use of designated ballfield areas at McMahon Park and Miracle Field within Elmer Thomas Park.

Item 12

  • Title: Approve amendment to Council Policy 01-01: Employee Travel
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Allows reimbursement for reasonable tip expenses when local or courtesy transportation service is used in connection with official travel.

Item 13

  • Title: Approve amendment to Council Policy 13-02: Measurable Metrics and Performance Standard
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Establishes a formal framework for organizational efficiency training and continuous improvement funding.

Item 14

Item 15

Item 16

  • Title: Approve amendment to Right of Access at Fire Station 3 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: For purpose of detecting any PFAS detection from Ft. Sill property.

Item 17

  • Title: Approve Certification of Apportionment of Local Sales Tax, Use Tax, and occupancy tax
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Period July 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, pursuant to Resolution 25-281.

Item 18

  • Title: Approve demolition invoices for 904 SW Summit Avenue and 906 SW Summit Avenue
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Determining actual costs of dismantling and removal of dilapidated buildings.

Item 19

Item 20

Unfinished Business

Item 21

  • Title: Receive presentation from WSB on Final Gore Blvd Traffic Signal Improvement Report
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Council may provide recommendations and direct city staff as needed.

Business Items

Item 22

  • Title: Ratify and approve Development Agreement with Lawton Youth Sports Trust Authority
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Defines duties for delivering the Lawton Youth Sports Facility, including design coordination, procurement, construction administration, and funding flows tied to bond proceeds.

Item 23

  • Title: Ratify and approve Operations and Management Agreement with Lawton Youth Sports Trust Authority
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Appoints the Authority as exclusive agent to manage, operate, and maintain the Lawton sports complex and certain adjacent park-related recreational facilities.

Item 24

  • Title: Approve Construction Management-At-Risk Agreement with The Boldt Company
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Contingent upon approval of the Development Agreement and Operations and Management Agreement for the Lawton Sports Complex.

Staff Reports

Item 25

  • Title: Receive report from Public Utilities staff regarding current lake levels and projections for the next 12 months
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Council may take action as deemed appropriate.

Executive Session

  • Title: Executive Session
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: List each executive-session item separately below if the agenda identifies them separately or if motions are made separately.

Item 26

  • Title: Executive session regarding Joseph Gonzalez, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Tshante Gonzalez, Deceased v. City of Lawton, et al, Case No. CIV-24-1022-D
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Pursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes; if necessary, take appropriate action in open session.

Item 27

  • Title: Executive session regarding ongoing investigation concerning LATS record keeping and other related matters
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: TODO
  • Vote: TODO
  • Notes: Pursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes; if necessary, take appropriate action in open session.

Audience Participation

  • Title: Audience Participation
  • Start: HH:MM:SS
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDS
  • Action: Received
  • Vote: No action
  • Notes: Audience participation is limited to Lawton residents who submit a request-to-speak form, with 3 minutes per speaker, 9 minutes per topic, and 30 minutes total.

Adjournment

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