Council Appoints new P&Z Members

The Grove City Council has named three new appointees to the Planning & Zoning Board.
Norma Halterman, longtime Grove resident and city council candidate earlier this year, was appointed effective immediately; Bob Brogden, also a council candidate earlier this year, and William A. Miller, Grove resident the past 10 years, will serve beginning Nov. 1. The action was taken at the regular council meeting Tuesday evening.
Bonnie Buzzard, City Clerk, was named Employee of the Month for her outstanding productivity and loyal service to the community.
In other action, the Council:
--Approved authorization to apply for a $2000 grant from the Cherokee Nation for Grove Police law enforcement training and equipment for cars.
--Approved a bid from the Kansas Highway Patrol for three Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptors, all with less than 50,000 miles on them, and one Ford Crown Victoria Police Intercepter canine unit from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
--Approved donation of surplus equipment to the Delaware County Child Advocacy Center.
--Approved replatting lots 8,9, and 10 of the Patricia Island Estates Phase III subdivision to lots 8$,8A,8B,9R and 10R upon recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Board. This action was requested by the City Manager to clear up the issue of legal description for what is currently there. Three lots were divided up into 5 lots under the previous city administration and were never re-platted.
--Approved purchase of a new laptop computer from the State of Oklahoma for $2,929.01 for use by the city construction inspector. City Manager explained that everything the city owns, from pumps to street lights, is going on GPS and all of the new construction project data within the city such as utility relocations will be kept in the computer. The new computer will have 1.0 GM of memory and an Intel Pentium 750 processor.
--Tabled purchase of Liability Insurance for the Grove Municipal Airport Trust Authority and City Council pending receipt of more information from the City Treasurer.
--Approved the grant application to the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission and a low bid of $273,357 to apply a three inch asphalt cap on the parallel taxiway at Grove Municipal Airport, from Ellsworth Sealcoating.
--Approved authorization for the Mayor to sign a contract with Incode & Tyler Technologies for daily backup of the city's computers via FTP. Cost is $3,453 per year.
City Manager Bill Galletly thanked the community and GMSA employees for their action in repairing two pumps and electrical equipment damaged in a power surge last week. The surge took out two control panels for the pumps, which were "melted," even though they are on 440 volt circuits. Galletly also thanked volunteer workers in assembling materials which will be trucked this week to Texas for Katrina Relief.
In response to public comment from Dixie Wolfe regarding amending the current animal control Ordinance, City Manager Bill Galletly said he would look into setback requirements for the fence around property owner Paul Ruckman, who is keeping a horse on his yard inside the city limits. Mayor Nuckolls said that the next Planning & Zoning Board meeting would consider the issue of large animals inside the city limits and their recommendations would be taken up at the following city council meeting.