Daniel Gordon Elected As Mayor In Council Reorganization
In a 3-2 vote, City Manager Andy Freeman was re-hired for another year at Monday night’s monthly council meeting. Following a six-minute executive session, members returned to regular session to make the approval and enter into contract negotiations with Freeman.
During new business, Ward 1 Councilman Alan McKay tendered his resignation as councilman effective immediately. McKay told staff they would have his official resignation letter before the end of the week.
In other business, clarification of a previously awarded bid was discussed by members. In a special meeting held on April 22, 2026, members awarded a bid on a water line project from the new water well on the Corey Stevens property to the water plant, however the bid proposals were for two different size lines. Bids were submitted for a 12” line and also for a 8” line. When approved at the special meeting, the motion did not specify which size line was being approved.
At Monday’s meeting, members approved the bid on the 8” line for the project. This line is part of the Chickasaw Nation/ OWRB Project.
In total seven contractors bid on the water line project. Contractors submitting bids and bid amounts for the 8” line are as follows: B & H Construction, LLC $2,753,000.00; Mach Energy $2,835,043.75; Heartland Utility Services, $3,152,558.00; C.D. Brown Construction, Inc. $3,372,615.00; Marsau Enterprises $3,427,608.67; Timco Blasting & Coatings $3,700,851.47 and Downey Contracting $4,337,815.00. Brown Construction was the only local bidder on the project.
Following the clarification of the line award, members voted 3-2 to approve the contract with C.D. Brown Construction on the project.
Bids to build an access bridge to the new well site were rejected by members because the bids received would have exceeded the remaining funds available in the $10 million grant project.
No action was taken on consideration to allocate additional funds for the Chickasaw Nation/ OWRB Project to build the access bridge and no action was taken on awarding a contract on the bridge since the bids were rejected.
Several bid openings were conducted at the meeting. D & D Outdoors received approval for the purchase of two Bad Boy Maverick 54” mowers at a total cost of $12,388.00. Casco Industries received approval on bids for 3 sets of coats and pants for the fire department at a cost of $16,650.00 plus shipping and for 15 MSA Air Pack Bottles at a total cost of $20,850.00.
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Two bids were received for the annual IT Services for the city. The successful bidder was Chickasaw Telecommunications Services Inc.
No action was taken on bid request for airport fuel and Hazmat & Spill Cleanup Services because no sealed bids were received.
Members approved the contract with RFD Construction for the building of the fire department substation. The bid was awarded at a recent meeting.
In final agenda action, members approved the annual SORD Landfill Agreement.
In the consent agenda, questions were raised on some of the purchase orders and invoices.
After some discussion, regarding the City Attorney budget, members approved payment on two of the three claims in the purchase orders. The third claim will be paid after a budget amendment is approved to once again increase the budget for the city attorney. Members increased the attorney budget a few months ago by taking $10,000.00 each from the fire and police budgets but that money has now been expended. To date the attorney position has been budgeted approximately $68,000.00 with two more months left in the current physical year.
City officials had requested a budget amendment for the Civil Defense Department of $500.00 but after reviewing the expenditures and encumbrances, it was determined that amount would need to be increased to $1,600.00 to cover all the invoices and encumbrances.
In the consent agenda, the board also approved the following: •payment to FirstNet for cell phone service in an amount no to exceed $900.00;
•payment to Finish Line for fuel for th4e month of May not to exceed $25,000.00;
•payment of $150.00 to D’Andra Parsons for interpreting services;
•payment to Environmental Resource Technologies, LLC for lab testing for $850.00;
•payment to Premiere Truck Group for repair of the 2025 Freightliner Truck for $38,236.48; and
•setting the FY 2026-2027 budget schedules for the General Fund Budget and the Sulphur Municipal Authority Budget.
Freeman updated members various projects within the city and stated he had been studying the City Nuisance Ordinance and letters could be going out soon to property owners.
Prior to agenda action, reorganization of the board was approved. Daniel Gordon was approved as Mayor and Darrell Cole was approved as Vice-Mayor.
All five board members were present at the meeting.
