[6:28] if you would please uh join join me uh

[6:30] in a prayer and a salute. And if you

[6:32] would please stand while we we'll have a

[6:34] prayer and a salute to our flag. Let's

[6:36] pray together. Our God, our father in

[6:38] heaven, we're so blessed to be in your

[6:39] presence tonight. We look to you, God,

[6:41] for guidance, for wisdom, for courage.

[6:44] We're so thankful for the many blessings

[6:45] that you shower on our city, on the

[6:47] families that live here, and the

[6:48] families that work to make this city a

[6:50] better place every day. God, it's a

[6:51] great day to be in Durant. We're

[6:53] thankful for that. We're thankful for

[6:54] you. We pray a special blessing on those

[6:57] folks who are sick, who are grieving,

[6:59] for those who are traveling. Lord, we

[7:01] just pray that everyone who works for

[7:03] the city and lives here, that we have a

[7:05] such a pleasant place that people want

[7:07] to continue to come back and and visit

[7:09] with us and be with us. Lord, we're so

[7:11] thankful for this city and for

[7:12] everything that it means to us. We're

[7:14] most of all, we're thankful for Jesus,

[7:16] who's our savior. In his name we pray.

[7:18] Amen.

[7:19] >> If you would please face the flag and

[7:20] render a hand salute and join me in a

[7:22] pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag

[7:25] of the United States of America and to

[7:27] the republic for which it stands, one

[7:30] nation under God, indivisible, with

[7:33] liberty and justice for all. Thank you

[7:36] all and please be seated. Will the clerk

[7:38] please call the role?

[7:40] >> Miller

[7:41] >> here.

[7:41] >> Morrison

[7:42] >> here.

[7:43] >> Similelescu

[7:43] >> here.

[7:44] >> Sheer

[7:45] >> here.

[7:45] >> Tucker

[7:46] >> here. We have a quorum. At this time, I

[7:48] would ask the the city council members

[7:50] to join me down front for a

[7:52] presentation.

[8:04] » All right. You weren't here last month

[8:06] and so we struggled a little bit with

[8:07] the uh microphone. Those of you who were

[8:09] here, may you remember.

[8:12] >> Would Miss Sue Stanfield come up,

[8:14] please?

[8:28] This is a proclamation from the city of

[8:30] Durant. Whereas Sue Stanfield began her

[8:32] distinguished career with Hand of Hope

[8:34] in 1988, demonstrating an unwavering

[8:37] commitment to loving God and loving

[8:39] people. And whereas collectively serving

[8:42] 35 years, Sue has served as founding

[8:44] director, consistently exhibiting

[8:47] exceptional leadership, compassion,

[8:49] service, wisdom, gratitude, and love.

[8:53] And whereas along with her longevity and

[8:55] hands of hope, Sue is deeply respected

[8:57] by the community for her integrity and

[9:00] her mission to love people back to life.

[9:02] And whereas Sue's 35 years of dedicated

[9:05] service represents a remarkable

[9:07] milestone and an enduring legacy of

[9:09] prayer, love for their neighbor, and

[9:11] most of all, love for God. And now,

[9:13] therefore, I, Mayor Martin Tucker, do

[9:16] hereby proclaim August the 11th as Sue

[9:19] Stanfield Day in Durant, Oklahoma. And I

[9:21] encourage all Durant to join me in

[9:23] expressing our gratitude.

[9:26] Now

[9:28] I got to sign it, Sue, so it'll be

[9:30] legal.

[9:38] Would

[9:49] family come up and join too?

[9:54] » And well, the whole fan club if they

[9:56] want to.

[10:06] » They're all

[10:18] » [laughter]

[10:25] » Don't be shy.

[10:37] around

[11:19] Sue Stanfield day. Isn't that great?

[11:21] >> There is.

[11:23] Don't go away.

[11:25] Yeah. One more.

[11:48] You want to go up there and

[12:04] All right, that was great. At this time,

[12:05] I would like to call to the podium Kevin

[12:08] McCulla, who is program specialist for

[12:10] the Oklahoma Law Enforcement

[12:11] Accreditation Program, and he has a

[12:13] presentation to make, and Chief Petty's

[12:15] going to join him.

[12:20] » Thank you, Mayor. Appreciate it. I I

[12:22] appreciate the opportunity to appear

[12:24] before uh citizens and the and the

[12:27] council this evening. Uh my name is

[12:30] Kevin McCulla. I do serve uh on the

[12:33] Oklahoma Law Enforcement Accredititation

[12:36] Program. I'm I serve on the executive

[12:38] board of the Oklahoma Association of

[12:40] Chiefs of Police as well. The Oklahoma

[12:43] Law Enforcement Accredititation Program

[12:45] provides Oklahoma law enforcement

[12:46] agencies with an avenue to demonstrate

[12:49] that they meet commonly accepted

[12:51] standards and best practices for

[12:54] efficient and effective operations. Law

[12:57] enforcement executives who seek

[12:58] accreditation under this program have

[13:01] had their written policies, procedures,

[13:03] and operation evaluated to ensure they

[13:06] meet all statutory requirements and

[13:08] national best practices for policing.

[13:11] The program is endorsed by CLET, uh,

[13:14] OMAG, OML, and CMAO.

[13:18] I'm here this evening to recognize the

[13:20] city of Durant, Police Chief Jesse

[13:22] Petty, and the members of the Durant

[13:24] Police Department. The Durant Police

[13:26] Department was first recognized as an

[13:28] accredited agency in 2008.

[13:33] This evening, your police department

[13:34] will receive their reacredititation

[13:36] credentials.

[13:38] Of and I think this next part is very

[13:40] important. Of the nearly 600 law

[13:43] enforcement agencies in the state of

[13:45] Oklahoma, only 21 have achieved this

[13:48] status.

[13:54] So I say that to bring attention to the

[13:56] fact that Durant Police Department is a

[13:58] member of a rather elite group. So we

[14:01] should be proud of them. So it's because

[14:03] of the AY's dedication and commitment to

[14:06] professionalism that I'm honored to

[14:08] present Chief Jesse Petty with the

[14:10] leadership award and the Durant Police

[14:12] Department with their award of

[14:14] reacredititation.

[14:28] Those

[14:58] All

[15:21] right,

[15:23] got this on there.

[15:31] All right, those are our favorite things

[15:33] to do if you can't tell. So, we really

[15:35] enjoy that. Uh, next on our order of

[15:38] business on the agenda tonight is the

[15:40] consent agenda items. There are three

[15:42] items. There's the uh consider approval

[15:45] of a budget supplement which is BA2612,

[15:48] consider approval of regular session

[15:50] meeting minutes of July 14th, and

[15:52] consider uh special session meeting

[15:54] minutes of July 23rd. Uh do any of these

[15:58] items need to be pulled from the consent

[16:00] agenda to be considered separately?

[16:06] Hearing none, do I hear a motion to

[16:08] consider all the consent agenda items?

[16:11] >> Motion to approve all consent items.

[16:13] Second.

[16:13] >> We have a motion and a second to approve

[16:16] all the consent agenda items. Will the

[16:17] clerk please call the role?

[16:18] >> Morrison?

[16:20] >> Yes.

[16:21] >> Similles?

[16:22] >> Yes.

[16:22] >> Shear?

[16:23] >> Yes.

[16:24] >> Miller?

[16:24] >> Yes.

[16:25] >> Tucker?

[16:26] >> Yes. That item passes. Item two is to

[16:28] consider those uh items removed. There

[16:30] were none. So, we move on to item three,

[16:32] information items. Today is the June of

[16:36] 2026 financial reports and the July

[16:38] sales tax reports by Miss Anne Chin.

[16:42] Good evening.

[16:46] Okay, I did a little bit change for the

[16:48] report. So, uh I think we don't need to

[16:52] have all those detail numbers. So, I I

[16:54] changed to the the general fund that I

[16:56] use the percent percentage and then you

[16:59] can see the uh our revenue take out the

[17:03] beginning fund balance is our revenue

[17:05] compared to the budget is 108.32%.

[17:11] And then our ex expenditure is 88.33%.

[17:16] And then we we we have the we transfer

[17:18] the money from the uh 405 which mean the

[17:21] DCUA to the general fund to cover our

[17:24] expense. And then so uh after the the uh transfer the ending balance

[17:32] is $782,95.

[17:36] And then you can see that on the right

[17:38] the way right the the actual amount the

[17:40] beginning balance we did not touch any

[17:42] of our beginning balance

[17:47] » and that and again that is the whole

[17:48] year's worth of uh operations

[17:51] >> so far but

[17:53] >> the July we still paying the June's uh

[17:56] invoice so it was slightly yes slightly

[18:00] changed

[18:01] >> and the second one is the DCUA utility

[18:04] authority and the Same that um you will

[18:07] see that the the beginning balance we

[18:09] did not spend any beginning balance and

[18:11] the the uh revenue is 98.33%

[18:15] and the expenditure is 74.24%.

[18:20] So the uh ending balance is gain

[18:23] 1,894,792

[18:27] but also I have to say this one that

[18:29] July we still paying some invoice so

[18:31] this will change. Yeah.

[18:35] And the next three pages is capital

[18:38] improvement. I did a little bit change

[18:41] that the high the the the the red font

[18:45] is the one that we

[18:47] completed or we still working on it but

[18:52] at least we started it. For example, the

[18:53] one the first one is police uh law

[18:56] enforcement the uh body camera. That one

[18:59] that we we we start uh how to say that

[19:04] purchasing it and there's still some

[19:06] remaining money in it. And the the

[19:10] another one is a body armor vest that we

[19:13] purchased 12 vest vest and we still got

[19:16] money left that we can we can spend

[19:18] more. And then for example the animal

[19:20] control facility this one that we well

[19:24] we we spend a little but major one is

[19:28] still in process in progress and then

[19:32] let me see

[19:35] put one.

[19:40] So the red one the red fund that means

[19:42] that we we we either the completed it or

[19:45] still working on it.

[19:49] So I think this is e uh more clear that

[19:52] than the just numbers.

[19:54] >> Yes.

[20:00] » And the next is our sales tax.

[20:09] Oops.

[20:12] Okay. this the July sales tax

[20:14] is1,887,95452

[20:20] and the next page is uh

[20:24] 10 years for 1% and then you can tell

[20:27] that uh compared to the prior month the

[20:31] same year is 5.79%

[20:34] increase and then compared the 12 months

[20:38] period is 3.96%

[20:42] increase.

[20:46] And then next page is the our budget

[20:50] versus our actual uh uh receipt. So so

[20:55] far, of course, we only have one month

[20:57] the the the the the numbers. So

[21:01] it's supposedly 8.33%

[21:04] for the first month and we got 8.35%.

[21:08] So it it's about 16,000 more than our

[21:11] budgeted.

[21:13] >> That's a good start.

[21:15] >> And then the sales the use tax use tax

[21:18] is really hard to projected it and we we

[21:23] project really conservative. So um for

[21:27] this month is about 66,000

[21:32] more than what we budgeted it.

[21:37] Okay. Any questions?

[21:39] >> Very good. Any questions for Ann on the

[21:41] financials? And appreciate the new

[21:42] format. Uh thank you for that.

[21:49] » Okay. Next under administration

[21:52] is item 4A.

[21:54] Consider possible approval of a regional

[21:56] emergency management mu mutual aid

[21:58] agreement or EMAC which is uh C 2026-29.

[22:04] Mr. Eel.

[22:05] >> Good evening council. You're not going

[22:07] to read this whole thing to us, are you?

[22:08] No, sir.

[22:08] >> Okay, good. Thank you.

[22:10] >> Myself and some other area emergency

[22:11] managers have been working together to

[22:13] try to get a more regionalized uh mutual

[22:17] aid compact together. And so between

[22:20] Marshall County, Kingston, Medil,

[22:23] Johnston County, Brian County, Carter

[22:25] County, city of Ardmore, Love County,

[22:27] and the city of Durant, we have worked

[22:30] this out and we are individually taking

[22:33] it to our uh authorities and getting

[22:37] signatures. Uh I know Marshall counties

[22:40] has already passed. Um,

[22:43] Brian County I think goes for the

[22:45] commissioners in a week or so and Carter

[22:48] counties is this week. I'm not sure

[22:50] about the other ones yet. Um, but we

[22:53] just ask that uh you approve that this

[22:55] is for just mutual aid if another

[22:59] >> Do the council understand the need or

[23:01] the purpose or the function of a of a

[23:03] mutual aid emergency mutual aid

[23:04] agreement? Okay,

[23:05] >> that was my question I guess like um

[23:07] what I what this allow us to do that we

[23:09] couldn't do before set of curiosity.

[23:10] It's all about time. Uh we've pre-agreed

[23:14] on some things that we want to help each

[23:15] other out on in an urgent situation,

[23:18] which is what Mr. Director Eel does.

[23:21] Time we don't have. And so this takes

[23:23] that off.

[23:24] >> You just already have it established

[23:26] ahead of time. So if there's a need in

[23:29] Marshall County, uh then we would just

[23:32] >> automatically go over there and and help

[23:34] them. And we're also working on a larger

[23:37] scale for all of southeast Oklahoma. But

[23:40] um that'll be in yet to come. And I did

[23:43] run this by um Mr. Elliot and he had no

[23:47] legal objection.

[23:51] » Comments or questions for director EO?

[23:54] These are very important when you need

[23:56] them, right?

[23:58] >> Yes, sir.

[23:59] >> Otherwise, it's just a piece of paper,

[24:00] but when you need them, they're very

[24:02] important.

[24:04] >> So, comments or questions for M for

[24:06] Director Eel? No.

[24:10] I'll make a motion then that we approve

[24:12] the uh regional emergency man management

[24:15] mutual aid agreement which is 26-29.

[24:18] >> Second.

[24:19] >> We have a motion and a second to approve

[24:21] item 4A the uh emergency mutual aid

[24:24] agreement. Will the clerk please call

[24:25] the role?

[24:26] >> Shear.

[24:27] >> Yes.

[24:28] >> Miller.

[24:29] >> Yes.

[24:29] >> Tucker.

[24:30] >> Yes.

[24:31] >> Similles.

[24:32] >> Yes.

[24:32] >> Morrison.

[24:33] >> Yes.

[24:34] >> The motion passes. Thank you. Uh

[24:36] Director Reisel. Next is item 4B,

[24:40] consideration and possible approval of

[24:42] the vehicle surplus list. And I believe

[24:46] that tonight the only vehicles we're

[24:48] going to consider are those of the

[24:50] police department. So, Chief Petty uh

[24:52] can answer questions or make comments on

[24:55] this declaration of surplus. Thank you,

[24:58] council. So, before you uh pretty

[25:00] straightforward, we have 14 vehicles

[25:02] that we have identified that uh need to

[25:04] go out of service. they're actively not

[25:06] worth the the vehicle maintenance and

[25:08] the price that you would be putting in

[25:10] the vehicle for the cost or the value of

[25:11] the vehicle for fair market value. So,

[25:15] you have a list in the packet to give

[25:16] you some examples. We're looking at

[25:19] vehicles with 170,000 mi, 169,000 mi,

[25:23] 127,000 miles. So this is our initiative

[25:26] to begin taking surplus vehicles and get

[25:29] some sort of return of investment rather

[25:31] than typical operations to where they

[25:34] were parked somewhere and just continue

[25:36] to collect dust and depreciated value

[25:39] year after year. So this is our attempt

[25:41] to start getting return of investment.

[25:43] This trade in value would go back

[25:45] towards our vehicle acquisition program

[25:48] with the leasing program.

[25:54] » And the newest vehicle on this list is

[25:56] 11 years old.

[25:58] >> Yes, sir.

[25:58] >> I see it if I understand it.

[25:59] >> Yes, sir.

[26:01] >> Yeah. Some some of these vehicles are

[26:03] just actively they've just been sitting

[26:05] for for a year. So, we we want to grab

[26:07] onto those and get some sort of return

[26:09] of investment on them.

[26:11] >> Comments or questions for Chief Petty?

[26:14] No,

[26:15] >> I think you taking the initiative to try

[26:17] to save the city a little money, it

[26:18] sounds like, and to stuff we don't need

[26:20] we're not using.

[26:21] >> Yeah. I'd also point out we're uh we're

[26:24] widening spaces and storage

[26:26] capabilities, too. So, they're they're

[26:27] taking up space somewhere, whether it be

[26:30] our department at the city yard. So,

[26:32] >> so these will be auctioned off. Are you put they'll be traded in? Yes. And

[26:36] they'll go towards our vehicle

[26:37] acquisition that's currently in

[26:39] progress. Okay.

[26:39] >> So, we we're getting a tradein value for

[26:41] them.

[26:45] No comments or questions. Do I hear a

[26:47] motion?

[26:47] >> I do have some I have a question. Why

[26:50] would the auction not be considered?

[26:52] >> Because this was part of the uh the

[26:54] classic bill.

[26:55] >> Yes, sir.

[26:55] >> Okay.

[26:58] >> And I think our standard is council is

[26:59] that it be done in a commercially

[27:01] reasonable fashion. And I think this is

[27:04] I think it meets the standard.

[27:06] >> Motion to approve 4B.

[27:08] >> Second. We have a motion and a second to

[27:11] approve item 4B. Will the clerk please

[27:13] call the role?

[27:14] >> Morrison,

[27:14] >> yes.

[27:15] >> Simillescu,

[27:16] >> yes.

[27:16] >> Tucker,

[27:17] >> yes.

[27:18] >> Sheer,

[27:19] >> yes.

[27:19] >> Miller,

[27:20] >> yes.

[27:22] >> I'm start defer.

[27:24] >> Motion passes. Next is item 4C, consider

[27:27] consideration and possible approval of

[27:29] resolution R260,

[27:32] approving the 911 or 911 call handling

[27:35] system grant application. So, Chief

[27:39] Petty knows about that.

[27:40] >> So, council, this is an upgrade in some

[27:42] NextG 911 and uh I'm certainly not the

[27:46] subject matter expert. There's a lot of

[27:47] technical terms. So, I would like to

[27:49] introduce more of a subject matter

[27:51] expert and the research that develops

[27:53] this and that would be Audrey and she

[27:55] has that information for you. Thank you.

[28:01] » Hi, how are y'all?

[28:02] >> Good.

[28:04] Um, so the Oklahoma 911 Management Board

[28:06] opened up a grant that is going to

[28:08] upgrade all the 911

[28:11] um, call handling systems. Right now we

[28:13] call it call works. That's what we have.

[28:15] They are getting they're doing away with

[28:17] call works. And they're offering a kind

[28:20] of an incentive program to upgrade to

[28:22] the next version of that. And so now is

[28:25] the time to kind of strike with that. So

[28:27] we've talked to Motorola, our vendor is

[28:28] here with us tonight. and they're going

[28:30] to give an us an incentive and then they

[28:33] opened up this grant that's going to pay

[28:34] for 80% of it. So, it's the perfect

[28:37] timing to apply for this grant and

[28:39] they're upgrading the entire state of

[28:41] Oklahoma right now to NextGen 911, which

[28:44] is I guess the best way to describe it

[28:46] is going from a home phone that's

[28:48] individualized to like a departmentwide

[28:50] phone to where everybody in the state is

[28:51] kind of connected and has access. It's

[28:53] really great from a 911 perspective. Um,

[28:57] so we all have access to each other's

[28:59] mapping. Technology is much better.

[29:01] There's better mapping. There's

[29:02] transcription from So it's it's a

[29:05] wonderful program and the entire state's

[29:07] going to it. So now is the best time.

[29:09] We've got the incentives from our

[29:11] outdated call works that's not being

[29:13] renewed. We've got the grant that's

[29:15] being offered right now and then the

[29:17] whole state's going to it anyway. So if

[29:19] we do it now, we have these financial

[29:22] options that we might not have in the

[29:24] future.

[29:28] No, I was uh reading through it looked

[29:30] like uh the grant covered 80% then we

[29:33] picked the 20 but it looked like maybe

[29:34] we are some funds we can for that but uh

[29:37] >> sounded really interest. So use AI and

[29:39] stuff like that that

[29:40] >> to help.

[29:42] >> It uses an AI assist kind of thing. It

[29:45] listens to the caller and then uses that

[29:47] for transcription. Um

[29:50] so it doesn't actually

[29:52] use AI for anything. So AI will not be

[29:55] answering the phone, but it will help to

[29:56] transcribe. It'll pick up on words to

[29:58] where like if a dispatcher doesn't hear

[30:00] gun, it will highlight the word gun.

[30:02] >> Okay.

[30:03] >> So we'll be able to see that. It also

[30:04] offers like a video link to where we can

[30:06] send if we approve it. Like it doesn't

[30:09] broadcast to dispatchers or to officers,

[30:11] but you could share links with videos to

[30:13] officers in the field. So that will be

[30:16] super helpful if necessary.

[30:17] >> Nice.

[30:18] >> But it's all under the dispatchers

[30:19] control. So, it's a lot of technology

[30:21] that is just it's the newest available

[30:24] thing. We'd be the first ones in the

[30:26] state of Oklahoma, I believe, is what

[30:27] the conversation I had today.

[30:28] >> Well, it's also I mean I don't know much

[30:30] about dispatching, but it said I guess

[30:33] everything would be in one program

[30:34] versus I guess like now dispatchers

[30:36] probably have to use multiple different

[30:37] things at once.

[30:38] >> I think right now we have two a mapping

[30:40] screen and then another screen. I think

[30:42] it would be together which is super

[30:44] helpful and it's cloud-based so there's

[30:47] more security redundancy. the upgrades

[30:49] would be a little bit faster. I've

[30:51] worked on a previous version of it

[30:53] before and and it was great. Also, when

[30:56] you call in, when somebody calls in on

[30:58] 911, it pops up a little box under their

[31:00] name. It tells you every single

[31:01] jurisdiction to dispatch for them to

[31:04] route them immediately. So, yeah. So,

[31:06] you would call in and it would be like

[31:07] send fire department, send this EMS,

[31:09] Colbert EMS or this one, and it tells

[31:11] the closest available units to send

[31:13] immediately.

[31:14] >> So, we covered the entire county really.

[31:15] Okay. That was the only other thing I

[31:17] kind of wondered was like is that

[31:18] normal?

[31:20] >> Are we just going above and beyond

[31:21] >> it? No, it's it's it's not it's unique.

[31:26] It's a different type of thing. It's

[31:28] >> in some ways it's a huge benefit to have

[31:30] one central hub. They uh Lance Terry, he

[31:33] calls it not revictimizing the victim.

[31:35] So, in this county, you're not

[31:36] transferring calls where they get

[31:38] dropped. You don't have to say, "Hang

[31:40] on, while I transfer you to the right

[31:41] jurisdiction." You have one central hub

[31:43] that really takes care of everything.

[31:44] And then all of our units for the entire

[31:46] county are in one place. So we know

[31:48] what's going on with everybody. So in

[31:50] some ways it's a huge benefit.

[31:51] >> No.

[31:52] >> Yeah.

[31:52] >> I was just curious when I started

[31:53] reading I was like, "Huh, what do other

[31:54] counties have to do with it?" Okay.

[31:56] >> Yeah. It's a tremendous challenge. We

[31:58] are we're dealing with challenges that

[31:59] no other people are. But in some ways

[32:01] it's a huge benefit.

[32:06] » More comments or questions? Any?

[32:08] >> Well, I just thought you might tell uh

[32:11] total cost and total amount of the

[32:12] grant. The total cost to upgrade is

[32:15] $619,000.

[32:18] The Let me find the

[32:22] And I just got Motorola to rerun all of

[32:24] that. So, they sent a new proposal over

[32:27] this morning. The numbers didn't change.

[32:29] Um,

[32:31] find my right paper. And then the grant

[32:34] will cover I think the matching part was

[32:36] $147,000.

[32:38] And I talked to Lacy at Bryan County

[32:40] today and she said as soon as this

[32:41] meeting was approved, she would earmark

[32:43] that and she sent over our line item

[32:45] budget that she had and as soon as we

[32:47] approve it and send it, she'll earmark

[32:48] that money so that we don't spend that

[32:51] 20% until the grant is approved and then

[32:53] she'll release it. But

[32:54] >> okay, but the grant amount

[32:56] >> the grant amount um they right now they

[32:58] have 5 billion that they're giving away.

[33:00] We're going to apply for the 619,999.

[33:04] Okay.

[33:05] >> Is the whole cost and then they'll

[33:06] approve 80% of that and then we'll pay

[33:08] for the 147,000.

[33:11] >> Thank you.

[33:14] >> I'm not sure if you're the one to answer

[33:15] these questions, but if we're providing

[33:16] the 911 service for the entire county,

[33:19] are any of the smaller towns,

[33:20] municipalities chipping in for this?

[33:22] >> They are. And we do get on every single

[33:24] 911 bill that you get, there's a

[33:27] percentage of money that comes to us.

[33:29] So, we get paid that tax money that's on

[33:31] if you look at your phone bill that that

[33:33] you never want to see the 15 pages that

[33:35] come apart of your bill. All of that tax

[33:36] money comes to us. So, we're getting the

[33:38] 911 money separate from anything else.

[33:41] But the other agencies do pay more of a

[33:43] dispatching fee that we're

[33:45] re-evaluating, but the 911 funds do come

[33:48] to us.

[33:49] >> And I'm not trying to stump you or

[33:50] anything since we have a provider here.

[33:52] The 911 funds that you're talking about

[33:54] are on each individual bill of everyone

[33:56] in the county.

[33:57] >> That yes, that's everyone in the

[33:59] everybody who has 911 phones. Correct.

[34:01] >> And how is that remitted? From the

[34:02] carrier.

[34:04] >> I believe from the carrier. Yes.

[34:05] >> Do you know that for sure?

[34:07] >> From the carrier.

[34:08] >> From the like southwestern bail,

[34:10] >> right?

[34:11] >> Okay. Thank you.

[34:15] >> Just kind of reading through the uh I

[34:18] guess black bit better term. Like it

[34:19] sounded like you could take calls from

[34:20] almost anywhere, right? They have told

[34:22] me that I would be able to log into the

[34:24] comm center from well and we also are

[34:26] building our coupe building. So we would

[34:28] be able to take a laptop and sort of

[34:30] travel with our 911. I'd be able to log

[34:32] in at home and pick up a call or see

[34:34] what the dispatchers are doing and

[34:36] monitor calls or get a report of what

[34:37] they're doing. So it would give a

[34:39] greater opportunity for everything that

[34:41] we're building. It'll grow with us.

[34:42] >> Yeah.

[34:43] >> So that's going to be great. They'll be

[34:45] able to just log into a computer since

[34:47] it's cloud-based and and plug in and

[34:49] start taking calls.

[34:49] >> That's great.

[34:53] Now we're limited to the four consoles

[34:55] that we have.

[34:56] >> Yeah.

[34:56] >> So if we did have like Fourth of July, I

[34:58] think we had

[35:00] >> tremendous volume of calls. We could

[35:01] bring in two or three extra people, just

[35:03] line them up, and they can just start

[35:04] taking calls. Okay.

[35:07] >> Is there any other counties or states

[35:09] using this?

[35:10] >> Texas uses NextG 911 almost I would

[35:13] think almost exclusively. I was

[35:14] surprised when we went to the conference

[35:16] and they were like, "Next 911 is new."

[35:18] And I was like, it's not. It's just new

[35:21] to Oklahoma. So, and there it's going to

[35:23] be mandated that everybody go to it

[35:25] soon. So, we'll just be on the beginning

[35:27] of we'll be one of the first to finally

[35:29] switch over. But

[35:30] >> it it's not new. It's just going to be

[35:32] new to our state. Okay.

[35:35] >> What's time frame for implementing?

[35:39] >> Um, once we pull the trigger and send

[35:41] all the money, I think it's going to be

[35:43] six to nine months to get everything

[35:45] done optimistically. And then you always

[35:47] want to add 3 months on top of that just

[35:49] for delays. But they're going to use

[35:50] some of the existing equipment that we

[35:53] have and then bring in upgrade

[35:55] everything and then bring in some

[35:57] probably I think it's just a matter of

[35:59] upgrading programs.

[36:01] The dispatchers are already trained on

[36:03] it so it won't be extensive training or

[36:05] timeout or anything like that. It's just

[36:06] a matter of upgrading equipment. So

[36:13] » I got another question about the

[36:14] funding. is 911 coming in since you're

[36:16] getting that 911 funding from the

[36:18] outlying areas. Is there any is there

[36:22] any time limit or inability for another

[36:24] area to take on or take take that away

[36:26] for a neighboring city to go no we want

[36:28] to be a hub or do you have some sort of

[36:30] exclusivity for an area

[36:33] once you pay this amount of money?

[36:36] >> You mean like in the future of paying

[36:38] for this?

[36:38] >> Let's say Durant pays this this money

[36:40] and they are the dispatch if you will

[36:42] for the 911. Do they have exclusivity

[36:45] for the region? Do they do they maintain

[36:47] that in that source of funds forever?

[36:49] >> Somebody have to So we are called a PAP,

[36:52] a primary safety answering point.

[36:53] Somebody else would have to prove that

[36:55] they would be able to substain. It's

[36:56] very hard to become a secondary PAP.

[36:59] >> Um

[37:00] >> somebody else would have to prove that

[37:01] they were able to they are Lance Terry

[37:04] especially at 91 management board is

[37:06] very very hesitant to transfer like so

[37:09] they call it you transfer your calls

[37:11] they call it a make busy switch. um we

[37:14] have to have serious nobody else even in

[37:16] our area is even capable of even taking

[37:19] our call load of even transferring our

[37:21] calls to them. So he would not open up

[37:24] another one. You have to maintain so

[37:25] many standards of being fully staffed.

[37:28] Um being able to you can't just have an

[37:31] idea and then want to do it. Like you

[37:32] have to be able to prove that you have

[37:34] that cap like you have to really prove

[37:39] that you have the capabilities. So I I

[37:42] don't think that that would be something

[37:43] that they would approve somebody to do.

[37:45] Am I saying that clearly?

[37:46] >> Well, I just wondered if it granted you

[37:48] a

[37:49] >> They won't even respectfully and I'm

[37:52] trying to say they won't even grant

[37:53] Chalkaw a PAP and they do answer. We

[37:56] have to transfer call information to

[37:57] them, but they won't even make them a

[37:58] secondary PAP, which would benefit us

[38:00] because we could transfer calls to them,

[38:02] but they won't let them be one. And they

[38:04] have funding, they have dispatchers

[38:06] trained, but they won't let them be a

[38:07] secondary PAP. So now we would have to

[38:09] transfer calls to A to Toka who does not

[38:11] have the capability of answering calls

[38:12] for us. So we don't even have another

[38:14] anywhere in our vicinity that can take

[38:16] the kind of calls that we can take. So

[38:18] to take on what we do is an

[38:21] impossibility.

[38:22] >> So can you take on other areas? Can you

[38:24] encompass other areas that don't have

[38:25] the ability?

[38:26] >> I'd love to, but um I'd love to. We

[38:29] could. Sure. And we could be a backup

[38:31] for other areas, but [laughter]

[38:35] >> fire department saying no. Every time I

[38:37] get frustrated with the neighboring

[38:38] county, I go and tell the chief that I'm

[38:40] going to take them over. Um

[38:42] >> I think that'd be kind of unpopular from

[38:43] the background.

[38:44] >> No.

[38:44] >> Thanks.

[38:45] >> Well, Richard's writing or you know,

[38:48] >> and I can tell you those the 911 funds

[38:50] do not come close to covering

[38:53] >> no

[38:53] >> all the budget that we have. So,

[38:55] >> no. And none of the agencies can even

[38:57] come close to even paying a fraction of

[39:00] how much it costs to run a center. So,

[39:02] I'm not

[39:03] >> Sounds like the system be a whole lot

[39:04] more efficient, too, as far as like time

[39:06] and stuff like saving time and

[39:08] >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. And I I like the

[39:11] reliability of the mapping systems, too.

[39:13] We're getting updated mapping. Also, if

[39:16] you had So, I just want you to imagine

[39:18] if you had a wreck and everybody with a

[39:20] cell phone calls in on a car accident

[39:22] and so you get 60 phone calls, but you

[39:24] don't know how to differentiate what

[39:26] phone call is coming from this wreck and

[39:27] what phone call, what 911 call is coming

[39:29] from a heart attack across town. This

[39:31] pinpoints on your map where the calls

[39:33] are clustering from, which is hugely

[39:35] bene. Not that you wouldn't answer them,

[39:37] but you kind of get to see, okay, and

[39:39] then when you do answer a 911 call,

[39:41] they're stuttering. They're like, uh, uh, there's an emergency, but you're

[39:44] like, are you calling about the wreck

[39:45] that just happened? Are you calling

[39:47] about the blue truck in the white car?

[39:48] Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Okay, officers

[39:50] are in route. And it helps you to

[39:52] streamline the the what you're doing at

[39:54] in the office better.

[40:02] Other comments or questions? No. Do I

[40:04] hear a motion?

[40:06] >> Motion to approve.

[40:08] >> Second.

[40:08] >> We have a motion and a second to approve

[40:10] item 4 C. Will the clerk please call the

[40:13] role?

[40:13] >> Morrison?

[40:14] >> Yes.

[40:15] >> Similelescu?

[40:15] >> Yes.

[40:16] >> Tucker?

[40:17] >> Yes.

[40:17] >> Sheer?

[40:18] >> Yes.

[40:19] >> Miller?

[40:19] >> Yes.

[40:21] >> That item passes. Next is item 4 D uh

[40:26] which is obviously going to be for the

[40:27] funding of this consideration and

[40:28] possible approval of resolution R202607

[40:32] regarding matching funds for this 911

[40:35] communication grant and and the

[40:38] documents we have the grant uh is uh the grant application will be $495,999

[40:45] and the matching will be $124,000

[40:49] uh dollar and it says to be paid from

[40:51] Brian County Fire Tax tax funds. Is that

[40:54] accurate?

[40:57] » Yes, it is. And I questioned this while we were even

[41:02] having to do this because we don't, you

[41:04] know, the city doesn't oversee these

[41:06] funds. The county does, but I believe it

[41:08] is needed. And Audrey, correct me if I'm

[41:11] wrong. Needed for the grant application.

[41:16] >> Yeah. And she did send me that letter

[41:17] that says that we have the money

[41:19] available. She will earmark it today.

[41:20] She called to ask how this went and if

[41:22] she needed to come up here today. So,

[41:24] she's available to she sent the the bank

[41:27] account statement. So, she's willing to

[41:28] earmark that today if we do approve

[41:31] sending this in.

[41:34] » It sounds like we're subsidizing the

[41:36] operation of this anyway. So, I have no

[41:38] qualms using that money.

[41:40] >> Right. Exactly. Exactly.

[41:44] Now, what I don't see is an emergency

[41:47] declaration on the agenda. Is it going

[41:48] to require that to be effective

[41:50] immediately or no?

[41:54] >> No.

[41:55] >> Okay.

[41:56] >> Just to be approving funding. You're not something you have to put into

[41:59] effect.

[42:00] >> Gotcha.

[42:03] Comments or questions.

[42:06] >> Motion to approve 4D.

[42:08] >> I'll second.

[42:08] >> We have a motion and a second to approve

[42:10] item 4 D on the agenda. Will the clerk

[42:13] please call the role?

[42:14] >> Miller?

[42:14] >> Yes.

[42:15] >> Shear?

[42:15] >> Yes.

[42:16] >> Similelescu?

[42:17] >> Yes. Morrison.

[42:18] >> Yes.

[42:19] >> Tucker.

[42:20] >> Yes. That item passes as well. Thank you

[42:22] very much. That's all the uh items on

[42:25] the administration uh agenda tonight for

[42:27] city council. Uh next is new business.

[42:30] There's none listed there. That being

[42:33] the case, I'll move for adjournment of

[42:35] the city council meeting.

[42:36] >> So moved.

[42:39] >> Second.

[42:39] >> I second.

[42:40] >> We have a motion and a second to adjourn

[42:42] the city council meeting. Will the clerk

[42:43] please call the role?

[42:44] >> Morrison?

[42:44] >> Yes.

[42:45] >> Similles?

[42:46] >> Yes.

[42:46] >> Shear? Yes.

[42:47] >> Miller.

[42:48] >> Yes.

[42:48] >> Tucker.

[42:49] >> Yes. We stand adjourned. At this time,

[42:51] >> tricking us.

[42:52] >> I got you again. [laughter]

[42:54] >> At this time, I will call to order a

[42:56] meeting of the Durant airport authority.

[42:59] Will the clerk please call the role?

[43:02] >> Tucker

[43:03] >> here.

[43:03] >> Similelescu

[43:05] >> here.

[43:05] >> Morrison

[43:06] >> here.

[43:07] >> Sheer

[43:08] >> here.

[43:08] >> Miller

[43:09] >> here.

[43:10] >> We have a quorum. Uh all members are

[43:13] present. On the consent agenda, we have

[43:16] one item that is to consider approval of

[43:18] regular session meetings from July the

[43:22] 14th.

[43:23] Uh does that need to be removed from

[43:26] consent agenda for further discussion?

[43:28] As I recall, during that meeting, we

[43:30] approved the minutes of the meeting we

[43:32] had before that.

[43:34] >> Motion to approve consent items.

[43:36] >> Second.

[43:36] >> We have a motion and a second to approve

[43:39] the consent agenda item. Will the clerk

[43:40] please call the role?

[43:41] >> Sharer,

[43:42] >> yes. Simillescu,

[43:43] >> yes.

[43:44] >> Miller,

[43:44] >> yes.

[43:45] >> Morrison,

[43:45] >> yes.

[43:46] >> Tucker,

[43:47] >> yes. There are no other items on the

[43:49] airport authority agenda for tonight. I

[43:51] move for adjournment.

[43:52] >> Second.

[43:52] >> We have a motion and a second to adjourn

[43:54] the airport authority. Will the clerk

[43:56] please call the role?

[43:57] >> Morrison,

[43:57] >> yes.

[43:58] >> Shear,

[43:59] >> yes.

[43:59] >> Miller,

[44:00] >> yes.

[44:00] >> Similles,

[44:01] >> yes.

[44:01] >> Tucker,

[44:02] >> yes. We stand to journ. At this time, I

[44:05] would call to order a meeting of the

[44:06] Durant City Utilities Authority. Will

[44:08] the clerk please call the role?

[44:10] >> Tucker,

[44:10] >> here. Morrison

[44:12] >> here.

[44:12] >> Sillescu

[44:13] >> here.

[44:13] >> Miller

[44:14] >> here.

[44:14] >> Sheer

[44:15] >> here.

[44:17] >> Similar to the airport authority, there

[44:19] are only consent agenda items tonight on

[44:22] the utilities authority uh board meeting

[44:24] and that is for consideration of regular

[44:26] session minutes of July 14th, special

[44:29] session minutes of the July the 23rd and

[44:32] also special session minutes of July

[44:36] 30th. Do we need to remove any of those

[44:39] from consent agenda for further

[44:41] consideration?

[44:43] And if not, do I hear a motion to

[44:45] approve those minutes?

[44:47] >> Motion to approve consent agenda.

[44:51] >> Second.

[44:52] >> We have a motion and a second to approve

[44:54] the consent agenda items for the

[44:55] utilities authority meeting. Will the

[44:57] clerk please call the role?

[44:58] >> Similelescu,

[44:59] >> yes.

[45:00] >> Miller,

[45:00] >> yes.

[45:01] >> Tucker,

[45:02] >> yes.

[45:02] >> Cheer,

[45:03] >> yes.

[45:03] >> Morrison,

[45:04] >> yes.

[45:05] That item passes. There are no other

[45:07] items on the utilities authority meeting

[45:09] agenda for tonight. I move for

[45:11] adjournment.

[45:12] >> Second.

[45:12] >> We have a motion and a second to adjourn

[45:14] the utilities authority meeting. Will

[45:16] the clerk please call the role?

[45:17] >> Morrison?

[45:18] >> Yes.

[45:19] >> Simillescu?

[45:20] >> Yes.

[45:20] >> Shear?

[45:21] >> Yes.

[45:21] >> Miller?

[45:22] >> Yes.

[45:22] >> Tucker?

[45:23] >> Yes. We'rejourned. Thank you all very

[45:26] much.

City Council Meeting 8/11/2026

Transcript